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Originally Posted by OtinG
That is why I like the older Star Trek series and movies, but not so much the newer stuff. After Roddenberry died the Star Trek enterprise quickly lost its way. (Pun intended!) Now a days nearly all action-adventure and SciFi movies rely on computer graphics and they no longer seem to care about dialog or plot.
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Well I was talking strictly about “The Motion Picture", the first of the original cast movies. That movie just spends waaaaaaaay too much time showing things and showing the characters reacting to things, etc. Its slow and monotonous IMO. Usually when I’m going to do a marathon I skip TMP and go straight to Wrath of Kahn.
I would agree that the modern franchise focuses way too much on action, forgetting that Star Trek is supposed to be about people and stories. That’s the main reason I prefer The Orville to Discovery.
As for Roddenberry, I feel he had much the same strengths and weaknesses as George Lucas. Both are wonderful world builders who crafted beloved franchises with the aid of a talented cast and crew. However when either one’s ego got in the way and they stopped listening to said talent (Lucas with the prequels, Roddenberry with TMP and first-season TNG), the product suffered.