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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:36AM (#28629756)
I feel DS9 pulled off realism better - Picard seems to me to fly past realism and straight into dystopian stereotypes. And there was too much meaningless killing.

I'm also pissed about the Borg subplot - in the trailer and initial episodes, they set up the scene for some amazing drama and deep storytelling, and then they just literally crashed it into a planet and discarded like space trash. It was a huge letdown to me.

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by hef19898 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:49AM (#28629954)
I honestly believed that the AI-gods were the creators / origin if the Borg. DS9 is quite a high bar to be measured against, so. Just shy of Babylon 5 for that period in my mind.
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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:52AM (#28630014)
Right. B5 is a masterpiece.
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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by dragonwriter on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:34PM (#28631500)
> Picard seems to me to fly past realism and straight into dystopian stereotypes

The “dystopian stereotypes” in Picard seem to me to be classic Trek with a very slight change of focus (largely in dwelling in aspects of the setting and social contexts which were indicated in other parts of the franchise but only briefly or tangentially interacted with.)

Kind of like what Lower Decks does, but in a different direction (and played for drama rather than laughs.)

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