I love insurrection. It's Nemesis, and the jj reboots I didn't like. Although some of the reboot cast were very good.

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The first Abrams Trek especially felt like an audition reel to be allowed to make a Star War, and it certainly worked out that way.

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This is why the Darmok episode was a moving one - Picard realises the alien captain is just like himself - someone who believes in the ideals of discovery & communication and is willing to risk himself for them

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but the whole goddamn premise of trek--yes, including TOS--is that with science, reason, teamwork, faith, honesty, openness--all those old-fashioned liberal virtues--you can overcome these horrifying obstacles, overcome violence, overcome war and destructions

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what latter-day trek failed to *believe*--and this starts with abrams imo--is that all that peace and diplomacy stuff actually works "oh all the talking is cute, it's Right, but it's actually just a cute little luxury, at the end we must resort to Force"

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