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Re: Jonathan Frakes BLASTS Star Trek Fans In CYNICAL Starfleet Academy Interview!

From	Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com>
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Subject	Re: Jonathan Frakes BLASTS Star Trek Fans In CYNICAL Starfleet Academy Interview!
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Date	2026-03-13 16:45 -0700

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WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> writes:

> On Mar 10, 2026, The True Melissa wrote
> (in article<MPG.441a3587f08a57d8989b51@news.eternal-september.org>):
>
>> Verily, in article
>> <0001HW.2F60965F00123B4C70000DEC738F@news.supernews.com>, did
>> akwolffan@zoho.com deliver unto us this message:
>> >
>> > On Mar 9, 2026, The True Melissa wrote
>> > (in article<MPG.44187f9a60adcc7d989b49@news.eternal-september.org>):
>> >
>> > > Verily, in article<10om70o$36p6e$2@dont-email.me>, did
>> > > weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
>> > > >
>> > > > This is part of what the access media does with Star Trek and all other
>> > > > produtions. Fans don't like Starfleet Academy so they attack us and call
>> > > > us names. Jonathan Frakes and Robert Picardo are out actively doing so
>> > > > and it's a media opp.
>> > > >
>> > > > https://youtu.be/uQgyPRVGEG8?si=FicsJmBdJqDSA3w5
>> > >
>> > > I read Frakes' actual comments, and he doesn't really blast Star Trek
>> > > fans. He points out that the resistance to each Trek iteration has been
>> > > higher. He's right. There were objections to ST:TNG and ST:DS9, but
>> > > nothing like the objections to more recent shows.
>> > >
>> > > At some point there will be more people yelling at them to please stop
>> > > than actually watching the latest show.
>> >
>> > Hmm. I didn?t much care for V?ger, or Disco, or Pick A Card. Strange New
>> > Worlds was ok, and Lower Decks, once past the first few episodes of the
>> > first
>> > season, was excellent. Not as good as TNG or DS9, but far better than Disco.
>> > I have actively avoided seeing any eps of Starfleet Academy.
>>
>> I can now recommend Star Trek Continues, a fan production available on
>> YouTube. It's not like most fan productions. It matches the quality of
>> ST:TOS, or at least the first few episodes do, and matches its style and
>> tone as well.
>
> If it’s like The Doomsday Machine or The Enterprise Incident, no prob. If 
> it’s like Spock’s Brain, I’ll pass.

I will give Lower Decks a shot this weekend. Only heard good things
about it from sources I respect.

Maybe, just maybe, it'll give a glimmer of hope that my beloved
franchise isn't truly dead...

Unlike most trekkies, I also loved star wars. For me, that franchise is
much more deader-er than star trek.

D

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