I attended a panel about Star Trek: Discovery a few weeks ago, and for the most part the panelists talked about what they didn’t like about the show. The common thread through the discussion was that Discovery was not Star Trek the way they knew it. The main argument being that the hope was gone from Star Trek. While I agree that it’s not the same Star Trek that we had thirty or more years ago, I don’t believe it’s because the hope is gone, I believe it’s because the conflict changed and hope for what we as a race can become moved to the background. (Minor Spoilers for Discovery Below)

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