Regardless of the circumstances around its cancelation, the latest ‘Star Trek’ series has been robbed of the chance almost every other show in the franchise has been given.
[R]egardless of what you believe about Starfleet Academy‘s ending, one thing is certainly true: the series wasn’t given the chance to grow that it deserved.
Although it’s become something of a common belief among Star Trek fans that no series has a great first season (they’re often mixed, sure, but there are definitely diamonds even among the seasons assumed to be the roughest), something the vast majority of Star Trek shows have all been given is time to find their footing. It’s arguably only Prodigy that has faced a similarly unfortunate fate, booted from Paramount’s own streaming service to come to an end on Netflix after just two seasons—and that show likewise faced similar challenges of trying to find a new audience and likely was a predecessor to the ramifications of Paramount preparing itself for acquisition. Even Lower Decks, which faced a similar kind of cultural backlash when it first launched, was given the time to grow into one of the strongest series of Trek‘s latest era.
I am so mad at this decision, and at all the trolls, bots and haters that influenced this outcome. Just like they did with Discovery, Picard, and Prodigy.
These shows were a much needed beacon of hope in a world facing again its darkest times.
These undeserving little shits managed to kill the entire franchise.
I can’t believe evil and hatred has won.
Good thing there’s still a large backlog of Trek novels I haven’t read yet. Not really a consolation prize or silver lining, but it’s at least something.
I’ve been picking up old ST novels at thrift stores for $1-2. I only have a handful, but the ones I’ve read are pretty good. It’s like reading an extended episode of ST.
It’s arguably only Prodigy that has faced a similarly unfortunate fate
This is certainly true by the standards laid out, but I’m struck by the fact that the only new series that was more-or-less free of studio fuckery was Picard (which certainly had its own issues).
Even then it wasn’t. Chabon was hired on for a 3 season slow-burn plot about the nature of humanity and about a legacy left sullied, and he didn’t even get 1/3 of the way there before they stuck interdimensional killer robots from outerspace into it for a big climax. Then they falsely lured him away from the project with a promise to produce a show on his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, and shoved Matalas in there to let him do his TNG Sequel.
I thought the first season was a terrible mess, but it definitely deserved a chance at a second season
We’re getting a 2nd season, right? They shot it but it hasn’t been cut and finished yet.
The second season has finished shooting, yes. And IIRC the cancellation announcement says the show will end after s2. But if Paramount want to really dig their heels in on hurting its audience, they could still stop post-production and write off the season like Warner did with that Batwoman show…
I’m not convinced Ellison isn’t going to shelve the rest of SFA and SNW for tax purposes at this point. It won’t match up with his and Weiss’s vision for Paramount/CBS.
