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Moghul , 11 months ago

There are parts of this video I agree with, and parts I don’t agree with. “Real men” don’t have to be pseudo-militaristic officers to be “real men”. What Star Trek shows in older media isn’t necessarily something to aim for in your day to day life, but what they DO show is a degree of professionalism that is lacking in the newer shows. I do not agree that stoicism and self suppression are the hallmarks of manhood and adulthood, but I do feel that they are part of what a good officer might look like. Other parts also include a good sense of camaraderie and team spirit, and those are also things that feel somewhat missing from some modern media beyond big moments when the characters finally realize they must work together.

I’m partial to TNG so I will say that the crew of the Enterprise D felt like a team of trained officers who gradually became more familiar with each other and gradually developed friendships and familial relationships over time. The crew of the Discovery felt to me like a group of friends on an adventure, pretending to be officers. It also didn’t feel to me like they were real professionals. Professionalism to me implies a degree of decorum, and separation from private life. In TNG the intrusion of personal life in the work environment always felt like an intrusion (of various levels of importance and severity). In STD people openly show PDA while on the job and routinely make their personal problems everyone else’s problem too.

Of course, I recognize there are exceptions. Firstly, TNG had many flaws. Beverly Crusher did not need to fuck a ghost, but at least she was there to bury her grandmother. And at my workplace, there is some leeway in terms of mixing work and private life - but then again, we aren’t military.

I don’t think this post should be downvoted, let’s discuss it.