Star trek academy series

Over the years we've gotten to meet various ancestors of Noonian Soong, all bearing a significant resemblance to Brent Spiner. Instead of bringing Robert Picardo back as the EMH, why not have him play a descendant of the original Starfleet Officer the EMH was based on?

Having a 72 year old EMH makes zero sense to me.

Not sure u would trust him around teens after the way he tried to groom 7.

S2 started off great. Had real potential. But very quickly fell off the tracks.

Picard in general was a disaster. Half baked ideas, ignorance of continuity, a lead who had no interest in doing anything other than being himself and far, FAR too many Noonien-Soongs!

Season 3 is closest to what the series should have been in general but it still boils down to getting the band back together for one last mission, which All Good Things already did, and did it better.

I have higher hopes for the Academy series - mostly all new characters and far enough away for them to not have to step on any continuity.

Id half agree with the idea that Picard was a disaster. For me its failure was mitigated by a half decent season 3, and my general love of the characters throughout. Season 2 was ruined by the last few episodes, but i was very enthusiastic as it began.

The characters of TNG are the ones that many of us grew up with. And therefore we love the character elements within Picard, even if we hate some of the general story telling. It was the inclusion of our cherished heroes that made many of us forgive the negative aspects of the show.

In terms of Academy, I dont have any confidence in it at all. I can see it being character driven, which explains the inclusion of the Doctor. Who for me, is only there to serve as Fan Bait. Aside from Doc, this show feels like Discovery 2.0 and I expect more Burnham like characters who we will be 'pushed' into liking.

I grew to hate the cast of discovery, even Saru toward the end. Im not at all enthusiastic to see Tilly again. Literally couldnt stand her from day one. The fact that she took so much airtime away from other more senior crew members, only infuriated me more. From day one, Discovery seemed to do something that other trek shows never attempted. We were basically TOLD we must like the main character (spocks secret sister), and then pushed into appreciating the others, whom the writers felt 'worthy' of fleshing out.

And i could see this being the case with Academy.

And another thing: Why do the writers think a Starfleet Academy based show will be in any way entertaining?

I remember this concept being discussed decades ago, after Enterprise. Wasnt it Berman and Braga who floated this concept way back when? I was glad when it didnt materialize. JJ obviously included elements in JJtrek-1, but i would hardly call this successful.

I sincerely ask my fellow trekkies- When you think of our Franchise, do any of you yearn to see a bunch of cadets play at being officers? Do any of us really want this? An occasional episode based around Starfleet Academy is fine, but an entire show?? For me, I struggle to be enthused at all.

In my opinion, this is another attempt to create a NOT TREK version of Star Trek - for NON trekkies, with an emphasis of bringing in 'new fans' - and a character driven narrative, where we are urged to 'see it from the POV of this or that cadet' -

In my opinion, everytime they attempt this - it backfires.

• Enterprise was the first such attempt, and the creators even removed 'Star Trek' from the title for the first few seasons. It was a total disaster, and arguably played a part in killing trek for a long time. Yes we fondly recall it now, because as bad as it was, at times, it is BEST OF BOTH WORLDS compared to JJ and Disco.
• JJTrek was modestly successful, but many fans, including me, dont view it as star trek at all. And I am squarly in the camp of having zero interest in a fourth movie.
• Discovery at least attempted to appeal to fans, but as the show rolled on, and the stories became totally character driven, I yawned a lot. If the fandom grew in any way, during the shows run - i havent seen evidence of it. The rotten tomato user ratings for discovery are the lowest in franchise history. Writers and defenders criticize these scores and call many of us toxic fans. But i have struggled to find a real trekkie who does not view Disco as an abomination.

Iv said I will wait and see what you folks think of Academy, and I will. I fully expect its critical reviews from professional outlets to be stellar - but if ACTUAL Fans, like the people on here; if you folks confirm my worst fears of the show, then il be avoiding it.

In Picard there was a bit with a gadget that would put Harry Potters wand to shame. You just thought of the solution and it would fix anything. And that was Picard so what, 24th Century? Not a thousand years from now.

Yes, in Disco in the 31st century there were some tech "improvements" that make no sense. Warp nacelles that are not connected to the ship. What is that advantage?

Captain: Helm, take us to Kron'os, maximum warp.

Helmsman: Just a moment sir, I'm waiting for the warp nacelles to pair with helm control

Captain: Can't you reset the EPS conduit?

Helmsman: Well.. no sir, now that we are using the floating, disconnected nacelles, there is nolonger an EPS conduit to reset, we just have to wait until we pair with the nacelle. It's usually instant, but sometimes, well, look:

"Syncing with nacelles, please wait".

FFS, they teleported from the captains quarters to the bridge.

I wonder do they still use the bathroom in the 31st century, or do they just beam the poop out. Do their morning ablutions consist of "Computer, one turd to transport direct to the jacks"?

I honestly never thought about it at any level of detail.

Makes sense. It's just a bunch of atoms.

4 minute clip from the series:

https://blog.trekcore.com/2025/12/star-trek-starfleet-academy-premiere-clip-ccxp25/

I'll be honest, that doesn't look too bad.

Funny that 1000 years into the future they still manually say "shields up".

I really like the captains uniform. Akin to the TOS movie uniform. Hardly a coincidence?

The woman in yellow with the short hair is Becky Lynch the Irish wrestler.

That captains uniform just looks too much like a standard TOS uniform.