“A total, complete and utter failure, a disgrace.”
Agree totally, a ham handed secular preach fest. We made it about 20 minutes too. I was looking forward to the reboot. When it started with that Galaxy class liar Obummer I figured we may be in for a disappointment and hoo boy was it ever.
I think part of the problem is that they had no audience, or the wrong audience in mind. Carl Sagan was going for the PBS wine and cheese crowd. He never insulted the viewers’ intelligence, his presumptions were off-handed and not belabored. He assumed his audience shared his assumptions, or , if not, was beyond redemption.
I think the current production is trying to reach the unreachable, the unwashed rabble, who do not have the patience or acumen to sit through a more straightforward presentation. This universe is interesting enough for those with a sense of curiosity and the persistence and willingness to learn. That was not the audience they were appealing to.