You’re right.
I never could get into the spin offs.
Much as I loved Star Trek, the next series just were not the same. Too much like, “Me too.”
I tried to watch the first one because I like Patrick Stewart.
He turned out to be a cat cuddling, flute playing nancy boy who was SO worried about not offending anyone or anything that it gagged me.
Kirk just beamed his bad self on down, took control and said “Screw the prime directive!” [and that hot green chick over there, too]
/Shatner owns Dobermans. Game over.
;D