No, I’m not talking about the animated pre-title sequence showing off the franchise’s favorite starships. I’m not even bothered by nostalgia-casting characters from previous shows — including Tig Notaro’s Jett Reno (from “Star Trek: Discovery”) and Robert Picardo’s “The Doctor” (an Emergency Medical Hologram introduced in “Star Trek: Voyager”) — or fan-casting famous Trekkies like Paul Giamatti (who makes for a memorably teeth-gnashing villain).
No, what’s unpalatable about the new “Star Trek” series is that it mainly cares about the franchise’s past, not the audience’s, and that imbalance makes for a bland, cautious adventure. “Starfleet Academy” is a genre hybrid: half science-fiction, half teen-drama. But only one of those halves is developed…
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