• Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    A solarpunk Star Trek would be amazing! Tell the story of civilians living in a post-scarcity economy, building a colony, farming, and running restaurants. The “Articles of the Federation” idea of “The West Wing in Space” made my heart skip a beat.

    I want to see more of Federation life, through a lens other than the military!

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      I enjoyed the couple episodes of DS9 where you meet Sisco’s dad back on earth running a restaurant.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly what I was thinking about. Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you’d probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

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          Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you’d probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

          I could see a series in the vein of “The Love Boat” centered around Risa.

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        Absolutely. Star Trek writers are in no way immune to capitalist realism themselves, especially when they’re beholden to studio execs and budgets.

        I didn’t make it more than a few episodes into Picard before giving up in disgust, and this only validates my choice there. It’s not just Picard though. Strange New Worlds is generally quite good, but the colony shown in the most recent episode was explicitly modeled on a mid 20th century American small town, a place Federation citizens should know better than to emulate.

        Are there any novels or fanfics you’d recommend that do an actual good job of portraying a properly post scarcity Federation culture?

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    1 year ago

    Could we have a spinoff show but it’s just every faction except Starfleet going about their day? Klingons, Cardassians, Vulcans, Ferengi…

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    1 year ago

    idk but I would like to know how they get dome people to be dilithium miners, as like in a moneyless society, what benefit they have in return.

    Would love to explore that.

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    1 year ago

    Just watched the video… it seems like it’s asking for Prodigy without acknowledging its existence. 😕