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“I gave this show a chance, but the pervasive negativity makes it hard for me to tolerate. Others might disagree, and that’s fine—unlike the hosts who treat their own opinions as objective fact, I get that my view is subjective. But I wanted to submit this review to give fair warning to those who don’t like this show’s kind of snobbery.
It’s really quite paradoxical: Most people who listen to Star Trek podcasts do so because they love the franchise, not because they want to hear idiosyncratic and ultra-pedantic takes on many beloved episodes and movies—week in and week out. Yet that’s what this show has devolved into.
Would you like an example or two? How about openly musing about doing an episode on non-Trek movies that did Star Trek “better than Star Trek”—in order to teach the writers how to make a good Star Trek movie? That was the final straw for me. Apparently, these guys think even the best Trek films were mediocre at best. Well, I for one think a lot of the movies were actually great, and I think the writers deserve some credit. Or just take a listen to their various episodes relentlessly trashing First Contact—a movie that a wide consensus of fans and critics think is one of the best. Or repeatedly insulting Patrick Stewart by blaming him for various story elements they don’t like, based on pure speculation about his ego and creative control. What benefit does a person who loves Star Trek get from listening to that?
The uncreative and endless pejoratives are another stain on this show. I was ready to throw my phone down if I heard the phrase “train wreck” one more time. It grates my ears to hear this over and over and over again, particularly when it’s used to describe something that’s far from such. For folks who love to criticize every aspect of the writing and hard work done to make these shows, the overuse of a few tired tropes is particularly obnoxious.
It would be one thing if the hosts were actually experts like they claim, but a lot of their critiques are half-baked and based on straw men. Half the constant criticisms are lazy and ill-formed “it doesn’t make sense” style claims (with the term “train wreck” inevitably strewn in multiple times) that, if these guys actually took the time to contextualize, do indeed fit in well and make sense.
If I were a listener who had never watched Star Trek, I would come away from this show thinking Trek was one of the most poorly written, nonsensical franchises ever created, with a few decent episodes strewn in on rare occasions. Sorry, that’s just not my view of the franchise.
I honestly don’t know why these guys even watch a franchise they despise so much. Gluttons for punishment I guess, just like Trek fans who listen to this show.”
Shaymound via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/23
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