“You never know what’s going to happen”: Star Trek: Discovery Haters Get the Worst Possible News, Actor Says ‘Keep Hope Alive’ Even after Final Season 5

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Game of ThronesandThe Witcherhad one thing in common. They veered too far off the source text and kept going until the fans tasted nothing but bitterness and the critics foamed at their mouths with razor-sharp expletives.Star Trek: Discoverycould very well be headed down the same road after one Season 5 announcement throws the original fans off their seat with a measure of abject horror.

Given the state of adaptations, remakes, and spin-offs in the current era of the entertainment industry, it can be said with enough accumulated expertise gained through experience that it never ends well for those who overstay their welcome. Currently,Star Trek: Discoveryaims to do just that with its storyline which has by far run its course after launching to warm reviews in September 2017.

Star Trek: DiscoveryAims High But Falls Flat Upon Release

As a vestige of the originalStar Trekseries helmed by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy,Star Trek: Discoveryis no stranger to the fan craze that comes with being the torch bearer of a 50-year-old franchise. But no matter the number of flowery words and tearful goodbyes, some things are meant to be rescinded from the public eye to wait out their days in relative peace and obscurity.

The Sonequa Martin-Green series that attempted to replicate the magic of the original series did so by stirring the emotions far too violently for anyoneʼs liking. With its prequel-sequel format, the series aimed to smash boundaries and set new limits for what is achievable by cleverly manipulating the elements that are usually used to build an interstellar space saga.

Sadly, however, the format failed to resonate with the fans whenDiscoveryʼs genre-bending storyline abandoned the core idea of trekking to turn the space opera into a soap opera. As succinctly put by oneReddit user,“It’s what a man thinks a woman wants from Star Trek.”

Moreover, a subreddit thread dedicated to understanding what makesStar Trek: Discoveryso bad explicitly states:“It just comes off as a YA show in space, nothing like Trek used to be.”Another Reddit user going by the usernamesquigsexplains:

A friend said about a character in another series, “they tried to make her special but forgot to make her interesting.” That seems to apply to Michael Burnham as well. Combine this with the insistence we have a single character star, rather than an ensemble, and we end up with “Star Trek: Look how special I am”.

6 Reasons Star Trek: Discovery Can Never Come Close To The Success Of Star Trek: TNG

Getting down to brass tacks,Star Trek: Discoveryhas accumulated a massive following of critics and haters in the 7 years since its release. The seriesʼs failure to adapt deep space exploration using spore drive and instead involving itself in the Federationʼs politics squandered its potential to directly influence the events leading up to the original 1966 series storyline.

The series also rejected the most basic premise ofStar Trekby drowning itself in tales of sadness and violence. There were no overall grand arcs worthy of the viewerʼs emotional investment because the story was too busy shoving emotion down the audience’s throats every 5 minutes.

Star Trek: DiscoveryActor Has the Haters Running Scared

Seven years and one spin-off later,Star Trek: Discoveryis preparing to wave its final goodbyes to its fans and dissenters. But for the cast, the moment is marked by tears and sorrow. In a recent video interview withGold Derby,Star Trek: DiscoveryactorWilson Cruzclaimed:

We’re going out on a high note. It’s a great season and we had a lot of fun making it. These people are in my heart forever. I don’t want to start crying at the beginning of the interview, because that’s too much. The camaraderie and the bond with these actors has been life-altering. That part is really heartbreaking.

It’s bittersweet that it’s over, but we say this all the time; it’s ‘Star Trek.’ You never know what’s going to happen, and this season has been so well-received both by the viewers and by the critics. You never know where you’ll see us again. It’s ‘Star Trek,’ so keep hope alive!

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Cruzʼs words which were meant to comfort the fans in the final moments ofStar Trek: Discoveryinstead ignited horror and revulsion among those who were trapped in a cycle of unyielding emotional tantrums thrown by the series.

The ending, which came as a relief to many, has now taken the shape of a nightmare waiting on the sidelines, ready to come true at any moment with a single snap of the studioʼs fingers. The best the fans (or haters!) can do is wait it out with no end in sight.

Star Trek: Discoveryis available for streaming on Paramount+

Diya Majumdar

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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.

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