Comments by "Christopher Conard" (@christopherconard2831) on "Star Trek Picard - No More Reviews, I'm Out" video.

@54356776 Roddenberry, like Serling with The Twilight Zone, believed science fiction could be used as a modern morality play. But they at least understood subtlety and the message was woven into the story. There were also shades of grey. To many shows today are 100% about the message. Story, characters, the possibility of an alternative view or motivations be damned. It's presented with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the face.
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Voyager always seemed schizophrenic to me. I believe they had different writers during the course of the show and each new group had something else they wanted to try. But if you have something, for example, in season 1 that you plan on being relevant during the second half of season 2, but have switched development teams it gets confusing. There are several episodes that justifiably get dumped on, but I'll give the series an overall B. It's sad that Voyager and Enterprise are held up as "When Star Trek was good". It's fallen so far since then.
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@EvilDoresh Roddenberry, and many of the early writers came out of military service. They saw the Enterprise, and Star Fleet in general, being run similar to a navy. Yes it was civilian controlled, but each starship has the firepower two wreck a planet. No one is going to call out the Captain or any senior officers with a lot of backlash. Doubly so over "feelings" without a large amount of evidence to back them up. Insubordination was used as an occasional character trait in the original series, but with the understanding that they were risking their careers when they did it. There was also an out presented at some point to explain why the entire officer staff hadn't been broken up and reassigned. As an example see the episode when Spock got horny and redirected the Enterprise to Vulcan.
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