I agree that the series has kind of leaned a little too hard into Starfleet being an absolute miserable job where everyone is basically cannon fodder that just expects horrible things to happen all the time. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense when you think about how their society works. For most of TNG they really give the impression that its a great job that is mostly about discovering new shit and helping people. They really have drifted away from that.
I have no idea what you’re trying to say then. My point was that you don’t really get to claim that the newer shows started drifting from TNGs hopefulness when DS9 had the darkest storylines imaginable with people being cannon fodder during a war.
I agree that the series has kind of leaned a little too hard into Starfleet being an absolute miserable job where everyone is basically cannon fodder that just expects horrible things to happen all the time. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense when you think about how their society works. For most of TNG they really give the impression that its a great job that is mostly about discovering new shit and helping people. They really have drifted away from that.
They are in radically different timeframes.
Moreover… Deep Space 9? This whole thing about ‘Starfleet being a miserable job’ is not a Modern Trek invention.
Good thing i didn’t say it was then, huh?
I have no idea what you’re trying to say then. My point was that you don’t really get to claim that the newer shows started drifting from TNGs hopefulness when DS9 had the darkest storylines imaginable with people being cannon fodder during a war.
You do understand that what current Trek shows are sub isn’t dependent on what ds9 did, right?