Sorry to go back a bit, but I think we need to remember that we all like and dislike different things and it colors our interpretation. We need to be careful not to make attacks too personal. This has been an interesting year for being a fan of both Star Trek and Star Wars. Well, it has been interesting for the past few years. JJ Abrams came along and gave us a vision of Star Trek that made most long time fans go “huh?” and his next installment was just bad. Followed by a third mediocre movie and a new series that lost me halfway through the first episode. Now if you want to deal with a franchise that said FU to fans, that would be it. We have now had 3 Star Wars films under Disney’s ownership and they have tried very hard to stay in the same universe. There are complaints about the story. I didn’t like TFA, many did not like TLJ, but when you compare the job these three films have done to what Star Trek fans got, it is night and day. Star Trek fans did get a gift, though it has been cut off, in that two fan productions made some very classic style episodes that were very true to the original 60’s series. That makes the travesty of the 3 films and the new series so painful. That plus watching how one of the same people went in with a who cares attitude with Star Trek and turn around and give us a love letter to Star Wars.
So my feelings on the matter might be a bit touchy because in two different fandoms I am on two different sides of appreciating the new offerings and I have very logical and solid reasons. I do not think anyone over at Paramount/CBS deliberatly set out to piss all over the classic. They have, but I don’t for a moment think that was their intent. They wanted the same thing NBC did back in 66 - action. They got it in 66 with a lot of substance and in 2009 with no substance. Frankly I think TFA had very little substance and TLJ has a lot. I don’t care if you like or dislike anything, but please put some thought and logic into your arguments. We aren’t going to agree, but we can have a great conversation (and I think we have been).