Americans are too caught up in special effects. We need a Star Trek that does 30+ eps seasons, as opposed to 10. It needs stage actors and solid writing over high-end special effects. I don't care how good the warp trail looks.... just write really good stories and great performances!
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Also, the writing and performances today are just fine, some among the best.
I just don't need to be epic'ed anymore. The times are ePiC enough. Give me hope it can be done w/o guns and frantic shots... Mostly.
There are creators on YouTube using a single Mac with After Effects that create videos every week on almost no budget with effects that are "good enough" for TV (and far better than TNG had).
It's science.
You're definitely right thought, lasers are totally made up silliness. 🥴
Apparently not enough people felt that way. :(