Watching Star Trek Strange New Worlds, I'm enjoying so far after watching season 1, but I personally think Paramount appeals for nostalgia more than a new public, specially with lots and lots of reference who only fans will catch.
And I start to remembering those people who complaing about Star Wars or Fallout, with the idea of franchises which need a 360 grades turn to bring something new, for example, Fallout fans complain about the overuse of Broterhood of Steel, something I think is a silly thing to complaing since is almost the face of Fallout franchise is a whole.
But my question is; do Star Trek fans has the same opinions and thoughts? Of letting go the franchise?
Image as example, also, I'm waiting for respectful discussion and not flamewar.
For Wheel of Time I can think of only two narrative choices that pissed me off as a book fan. In general I just accepted that it was a new turning of the wheel. Things would play out a little differently. No big deal.
I put it aside for a bit and then it was canceled. That hurt more. Star Trek at least had told it's stories. It can end gracefully. It deserves that much.
People don't like endings. I'm one of them.
But, if you force something to continue past it's time then you start making the property as a whole...less than the sum of it's parts.
The last two seasons of supernatural were rough for that.
Much of the Hulu Futurama is cringe-y
Stargate (while admittedly problematic in premise) got bad with the Ori.
Each of those shows had multiple ending seasons that were almost perfect, if they had been allowed to end.
It's not that I necessarily disagree, I just refuse to give it my energy and don't understand the folks who make it their whole thing. I can watch older Futurama. Old King of the Hill. Read WoT (the show was fine, I don't have strong opinions about it except that the timing kind of fucked them with the covid restrictions, it's unfortunate but I get it). I don't have to watch the Dresden Files TV show.
You're out here with well reasoned examples. You've said your piece. I bet if I go into your history (I won't) that you won't have 50 posts today bitching about it. Those are the folks I'm talking about. Not people who are disappointed and looking to talk. That's natural and human!