“Enterprise was unwatchable. Here they were, going into deep space for the first time, discovering new civilizations and new species...with all the wonder of ordering a cheeseburger.”
Yep. An almost like each week at a different fast food joint with no memory of which one was visited in the prior week - but that rule applied to the entire Star Trek series so it was not really anything unexpected or new.
there are PC zombies that watch tv no matter what.
star trek beyond would have killed off any other franchise. The money was not there. PC is unprofitable. Suits have an agenda not profit.
No, it wasn’t new. But at least it made some sense for the others...having been traveling deep space for hundreds of years. But to be the first deep space travelers and have no sense of wonder...stupid, stupid, stupid writers.
Your fast food joint analogy is spot on.