New Trek show...

[AFTT47]

I LOVE all this hate over 24th Century Star Trek characters because now we're discussing REAL Start Trek rather than the abortion that was Abrahms Trek or the horrible Enterprise.

I don't know if this new series will be any good. I'm guessing Picard will now be an admiral. I have a hard time imagining it being any worse than the pathetic efforts we have seen after Voyager, though.

Don’t get my comments wrong.

I’m a Trekkie through and through.

All three major series had their good and bad points, but I generally enjoyed them all, though DS9 was my favourite and I still think the best character in all three wasn’t even Starfleet... Garak.

Yeah, Garak was sooo good!

"That's why you came to me, Captain, wasn't it? You knew I could do those things you weren't capable of. Well, it worked. You'll get a war between the Romulans and the Dominion. And if your consciousness is bothering you, you should soothe it with the knowledge that you may have just saved the entire Alpha Quadrant and all it cost was the life of One Romulan Senator, one criminal and the self-respect of one Star Fleet officer. I don't know about you but I would call that a BARGAIN."

Epic!

IMO, Star Trek was at its best when it hits those philosophical high notes - when it made the audience think. IMO, nothing does this better than in the DS9 episode, "In the Pale Moonlight" when Garak and Sisko plot to trick the Romulans to enter the Dominion War on a false pretext. Sisko goes against the principles the Federation is founded upon out of desperation. Garak was streaming him along the whole time but was sympathetic to Sisko's views and makes a genuine attempt to soothe his conscience - even after Sisko beets the crap out of him.

Wow!

I doubt we'll see anything like this again but it's nice to see TPTB acknowledging the real Star Trek rather than that Abrams garbage.