Post B0QfdfXNYPwtkUoWsS by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
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(DIR) Post #B0IheuCYWTCMw2Ficq by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T10:24:24Z
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One of the best things about #StarTrek was its idealism and optimism for the future. More recent fiction seems obsessed with telling grungy hyper-realistic stories. I think that's garbage.Stories are for entertainment. We don't need to be reminded how cruel, vicious, and inhuman real world evil can be. We see it every day, that's not entertaining.Writing "realistic" stories with deeply flawed heroes to show their humanity does no one any favors.
(DIR) Post #B0IhevSBrpIaooZidM by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-11-16T10:46:29Z
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@hyc something I liked about 90s star trek is that it doesn't have this overfuturistic look which mordern startrek has. Its as of they turned rtx on
(DIR) Post #B0IheyodMq2BFI6BX6 by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T10:25:42Z
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It's limiting your storytelling. Stick with 2 dimensional heroes and villains. The point of storytelling isn't to be another news broadcast. It's to imagine something better than what everyone knows in everyday life.Stop shaping your imagination to match reality. Start shaping reality to match your dreams.
(DIR) Post #B0IhkgTcSpZ66czOvQ by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T10:48:03Z
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@fox that too. Some eye candy is nice, but going overboard doesn't advance the story, it just drives up the cost of production.
(DIR) Post #B0Ii6KllqrTf9XnqXA by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-11-16T10:51:59Z
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@hyc just out of curiosity, what's your favourite star trek?
(DIR) Post #B0IiFcHC8BGi3VvYqO by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T10:53:39Z
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@fox good question, I haven't really ranked them in my mind. TOS, TNG, SNW are all up there.
(DIR) Post #B0IiM31NbghGk0b45Y by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-11-16T10:54:49Z
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@hyc for me it's either ds9 or Lower Decks
(DIR) Post #B0IkAxQwF2Q28MOJlo by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T11:15:11Z
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@fox Lower Decks was funny and fun, definitely. Not sure what message to take away from it.I rewatched DS9 recently. Binge watching definitely gets you into the characters more. But they were obviously aiming for gritty reality with war, political intrigue, espionage, etc. running rampant. The stories could have been set anywhere on 20th century Earth and they would've been the same, no need for a space station or a wormhole.
(DIR) Post #B0IvzOGnpxjVLBtw6C by fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz
2025-11-16T13:27:10Z
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@hyc why does everything need a message. I don't even know what the message in the other startreks is supposed to be.
(DIR) Post #B0Qe2AgHDOYRNeX1m4 by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T06:22:45Z
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@hyc I do not entirely agree, you can have science fiction with deeper character while also being hopeful while also being a really sad story at the same time. Alice Tiptree's "The Only Neat Thing To Do" is an example
(DIR) Post #B0Qe2BinLWAAbkiYL2 by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-20T06:25:01Z
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@Archivist of course you can do anything. But IMO if you're delving deep into the dark and not focusing on light, you're actively harming your audience.
(DIR) Post #B0Qe2CV0SGjB1HH3U8 by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T06:44:03Z
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@hyc and I would argue the exact opposite. Diving in the dark is what fiction should be. But light there must be, but it must be seeked. I personally think that for most people, life is darker than it is bright. People are generally inclined to look at the good instinctively. By experiencing the point of view of a world where light is more tenuous they can remember what looking for the light is like.The world is very very much darker than fiction. The imagination of authors is much much brighter than how horrific the world we actually live in. Authors are not able to show how horrifying the world is, but they can explore corners of how it is, and even good people will do horrific things.
(DIR) Post #B0Qemxkr5kwMtvz9Ae by hyc@mastodon.social
2025-11-20T06:52:31Z
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@Archivist I personally don't need authors to show me how horrific the world is. I can see that very clearly already. So can anyone who has any contact with daily news around the world.
(DIR) Post #B0QfdfXNYPwtkUoWsS by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20T07:02:05Z
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@hyc those daily news seem awfully optimistic to me. Shy to show the worst, and just showing bad enough to cause some outrage, but not too bad so as not to be too pessimistic