Man some people need to just let it go.
Agree. Enterprise became a rehash of TNG and Voyager and bombed. So of course they plan another rehash. Einstein’s definition of insanity comes to mind.
My new rule for sci-fi “space epics”: if it relies on “ion storms”, anomalies, or otherwise “unusual space weather” as plot devices I don’t want to hear about it. Those are marks of weak writing. Trek has been using those as a crutch for way too long.
If it relies on the same old, tired, “you’re the only starship in the sector” plot device just bring in a bigger empire and kill them off already. A Federation so myopic as to not maintain a robust military deserves to be annihilated. This probably rules out any plotline originating in California due to the writers involved—perhaps they need to open an office in flyover country.
If it relies on “evolved human sensibilities” (code for SOCIALIST) then I’ll happily ignore it as political propaganda. People haven’t changed in 12,000 years and we’re not going to. The words “governments are instituted among men to secure these rights” are in the Declaration of Independence for a profound reason—it is a statement about a fundamental and unchangeable part of human nature. Assuming a change in human nature is once again a mark of lazy writing. It takes effort to write about actual human nature.
Babylon 5 was far better wtitten, perhaps because the writers didn’t try to create fairy-tale people.