• Transporter Room 3@startrek.websiteBannedEnglish
    34·
    2 years ago

    Every Fandom has its cringe.

    Some people take it way too seriously and end up alienating potential audiences.

    Just look at Rick and morty. It’s a decent comedy if you’re into crass humor. I’ll admit I have seen most seasons. But you’ll never see me wearing merch because I simply don’t want to be associated with the crowd who scream at fast food employees over meme sauce. I happily wear my live long and prosper shirt or the Mando shorts my wife bought me though.

    Some fandoms just take a little more digging to find the super shitty people.

    • KptnAutismus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      same with MHA. liked the show, but the fandom is on another level of cringe. i do recommend it to people, but i won’t make it obvious that i really like it and have also read the manga.

  • TheMongoose@kbin.social
    21·
    2 years ago

    I mean Star Trek is not much better

    What was it like before Disco came out? I know not everyone loved Enterprise, but was there always such a degree of animosity? I always thought Trekkies were generally pretty chill, especially compared to some of the assholes in the Star Wars fandom…

      • kaitco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        As a newer Trekkie, I thoroughly appreciate this write-up; helps explain a lot of the things I see online these days.

        I’ve only recently finished watching TNG for the first time and I’m going through DS9 now. It never occurred to me that people would have issues with a gasp woman CMO and with a bald captain, but it all just goes to show that people will always find something to gripe about.

        For the most part, I mainly stick to the meme communities for Star Wars and Trek to avoid most of the vitriol. For Star Wars, don’t get me wrong, I’ll argue about the sequels all day, but it all gets old when people complain about the other stuff we’ve got from Disney and refuse to find anything even entertaining about the sequels.

        I’m excited to continue on my Star…Trek 😅. Just started S3 of DS9, I’ll get into Voyager and continue from there. Time has shown meme, however, that the larger communities for these things just aren’t for me since I can’t find fault in every single thing that gets produced.

      • EtherWhack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I feel the same could be said about Stargate. (or any other “cult-esque” sci-fi) All three started out a bit shakey. SGU was just discontinued a bit too early; before the fan base really accepted it and grew.

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        42·
        2 years ago

        Absolutely based write up Stamets, especially the part about the visual reboot. That’s something that I’ve struggled with as a new Trek fan talking to older Trekkies. I see no incongruity with Disco’s aesthetics compared to DS9, but rather an update. I’ve been shouted down on other forums for expressing that.

        • Kepabar@startrek.websiteEnglish
          32·
          2 years ago

          I’m one of those older Trekkies who will complain about the aesthetic choices of the DSC sets.

          My view is that there is a certain style with sci-fi shows of this nature that are part of their identity.

          Large swings in design choices are very distracting to the point of being off putting to me unless there is good reason for it.

          One thing I absolutely applaud Disney for is how they’ve managed to modernize but still keep the 70s aesthetics in their Star Wars shows. And I wish Trek had followed the same path.

          • MintyAnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            2 years ago

            Disco is like a movie budget in terms of production quality, it’s insane. And I guess in terms of writing quality too? Since almost every nutrek movie sucked.

    • Xariphon@kbin.social
      11·
      2 years ago

      Enterprise was the television equivalent of the smell of a roadkill skunk being slowly roasted over a tire fire.

  • fidodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    2 years ago

    What I think is ironic is that Star wars also has the silliest lore (which I like, I think it allows it to be more fun and creative), so when the fandom fights about it it’s over totally ridiculous stuff.

    • totallynotarobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I assume they’re also a regular on c/mycology but I don’t want to check because I’d be super disappointed if they’re not.

    • slingstone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I love Auralnauts so much! Aside from the Star Wars stuff, I really like Fictional Fight Commentary and the infomercial stuff.

      • Ann Archy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        “Oh my! Some kind of green gas is coming out of the shell, and it’s like kryptonite on Superman!”

        But mostly, I am such a massive fan (MASSIVE FAN) of their music. Their mixing is sublime, and their music sounds like what I’ve tried producing my whole life. I’m old, I saw Daft Punk in 97 on a small stage, Prodigy were my last Laser Masters, but Auralnauts fill that void now. There is not a single tune of theirs that don’t get me beatboxing and start dancing… :) <3

  • george@lemmon.website
    3·
    2 years ago

    To adapt an asian proverb:
    Me against Star Trek fans, me and Star Trek fans against LOTR fans, me and Star Trek fans and LOTR fans against the world.