New Picard Series to fuse Prime and Kelvin timelines - That's a nice boyhood hero you have there...

[XYZpdq]

Orson Scott Card called Star Trek: TOS "Wagon Train in space" and he wasn't wrong. But that's the selling point of the show. Our group of plucky heroes explore new horizons, seek out worlds never seen before, and deliver corny dialogue telling us what lesson they learned by punching green guys. It's the most goddamn American TV franchise out there!

As bad as Voyager was, the writers seemed to understand the basic premise. Janeway was a cunt but Dr. McHologram and Seven of Titties stole the show. I can't speak to Enterprise. I still pretend the entire show was a long episode of Quantum Leap.

iirc the Wagon Train To The Stars line goes back to Roddenberry.

 

[Dropped Burner]

Sounds right, Card ripped off everything he ever wrote from better writers, then added a splash of Mormonism to make it fresh.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Orson Scott Card called Star Trek: TOS "Wagon Train in space" and he wasn't wrong. But that's the selling point of the show. Our group of plucky heroes explore new horizons, seek out worlds never seen before, and deliver corny dialogue telling us what lesson they learned by punching green guys. It's the most goddamn American TV franchise out there!

Uhh... did you not watch Lost in Space?

It was the above, except the father also taught the villains of the episode the lessons too. It was like all american space dad, telling everyone to wash their damn hands and sit up straight!