• helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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    some of the writers were not or actively disliked the books and games (even actively mocking the source material.)

    Imagine loving a series, getting the chance to do a high-budget TV show, and these are the people behind the script. I’d leave too.

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      They’re the same kind of people who made “Picard” with the announcement, “This ain’t your daddy’s Picard!”

      THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. THAT IS WHY WE LIKE HIM.

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        “Let’s take this very successful character/IP, strip away everything people liked, insert depth less, one sided, middle school chatgpt quality characters and plot and then blame the viewers when if flops” seems to be the current procedure.