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[–] maegul@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh man. I never got around to watching it!

[–] struds@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

It's really good.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I saw the trailer and figured it was a kids show and never watched.

[–] RoagisMaximus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

It is targeted at kids, that's why I never checked it out either.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

It is a kids' show, but surprisingly deep and thoughtful for one. Characters are well realized and the plotting is tight. Plus it's absolutely gorgeous to look at.

I'm exposed to a lot of kids' media by virtue of, you know, having kids, and this show is top shelf. And my young kids actually liked it and would sit down to watch it, which is something they wouldn't do with other Trek.

[–] Shimmer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually a decent Trek show, and had Kate Mulgrew as Janeway for bonus points. Way better Trek than Discovery and Picard, at least.

[–] exscape@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Including Picard season 3? 1+2 and 3 are so different that I think it's almost unfair to even lump them together.
(On IMDb, the worst-rated episodes of S3 are about tied with the best of S1+2.)

[–] porthos@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

meh, I don't trust IMDb ratings on trek, a certain section of angry star trek "fans" seem like they review bomb star trek shows pretty hard

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[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Usenet and Yorrentst 😎

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the first I've heard about Star Trek Prodigy

The promotion hasn’t been what it could and the merchandising came very, very late.

[–] FormerGameDev@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Blah. I hate this.

[–] ryan@the.coolest.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, this sucks. I didn't get around to finishing season one yet but really enjoyed what I have seen so far. It's refreshing to see Star Trek deviate and try something new, and I felt like Prodigy was really hitting the mark there.

I hope season two finds a home quickly and we're not stuck waiting forever.

The lack of completions were one of the things that hurt the show.

[–] ppb1701@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

@Coliver Well crud, I thought it was doing pretty well and that they had said it was renewed.

[–] lxskllr@mastodon.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

@Coliver

I don't follow the TV biz closely. What exactly does this mean? Is it no more Prodigy for sure, or is it being shopped around for someone to maybe continue it?

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[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

it's already a thing for several shows. The worst off are game shows that aren't as popular. or series that only had a couple of seasons. Capitalism and it's continuous churn of removing and adding new is going to put us in a new dark ages.

It's happening with everything. A friend of mine got a bike secondhand that only came with a digital manual. He didn't get the manual when he got his bike, so he had to go on the site to get it. Except the site had deleted the page his big was on, and the manual for it. It wasn't on the way back machine either. Luckily he found a similar model ok the way back machine but this is going to continue to happen.

So many things are going to be lost because they aren't printed and then they're deleted and no one is backing them up. All those news papers from local towns that we're using to piece together certain events in history just won't exist in 50 to 70 years because they were 100% digital and are now gone.

It's really upsetting and no one is doing anything about it. At least not at every level, sure there are efforts, but not in every small town.

[–] ProfessionalHandJob@lemmy.beyondcombustion.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

removing it completely is a bit extreme

[–] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They ended up removing it earlier than they planned because so many people were rushing to watch it before it was removed.

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[–] astroturds@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Awww nooo! Not murf! I loved that little dude.

This is a shame, but maybe it means more money available to make star trek legacy? Also Kate Mulgrew is now free and can play a part in that series. Probably wishful thinking.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Was it that poorly received? I thought it was great for a kid show.

[–] marlowe@meow.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@chronicledmonocle

@Coliver

It was a great kid's show AND great star trek.
It was well received.

there is no good reason for doing this.

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[–] shirro@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Had a kid that loved it and he generally refuses to watch any trek show. Cutting off that audience is going to cost them in the long run but I don't think the owners of the IP have a long term vision

Nickelodeon didn’t get as much linear audience as they’d hoped, but Nickelodeon is doing poorly overall since 2020.

On Paramount+, it was popular but didn’t have as high a completion stat as it should.

Too many fans watched and episode or two and then bailed because it starts out looking more like other franchises that kids and families unfamiliar with Star Trek would find initially appealing. Within a very few episodes it really brings you into a very Star Trek experience, but too large a proportion of viewers didn’t give it the chance it deserves.

Also, Paramount’s promotion and timing of merchandise releases was incredibly weak. The algorithm didn’t promote the show to kids. The toys came out a year after the show premiered. The full year break between short seasons lost audience etc.

[–] felixxx999@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Itunes has all of S1 for 9.99 today. I'm buying in support of the show.

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