20th October 2017, 8:46 PM
Even DS9's darkest moments were done with characters that were trying to find the best way to do things. This new show has characters that consider morality itself foolish and self-defeating. Win or go home. I'm here to win, not to make friends. You know, reality show morality. It's no wonder the younger commentators describe literally any speechifying moments from old shows as "too cheesy".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)