it was easy to resent Trek when it had three overlapping series taking up all the oxygen in the room
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Replying to @arthur_affect @RowanKaiser
now Trek is the underdog, the property that was declared dead and is struggling for resurrection
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Replying to @arthur_affect @RowanKaiser
I'm pretty sure Dr Who went through this cycle too
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Replying to @arthur_affect @RowanKaiser
before Dr Who died it was a frequent punchline for how hammy and dumb and campy it was
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Replying to @arthur_affect @RowanKaiser
and how the series had gone on for fucking ever and didn't make sense anymore
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give it a break for a while and suddenly the triumphant resurrection makes everyone nostalgic for what they used to mock
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Replying to @arthur_affect
that's probably part of it, but since space TV largely disappeared as a whole in the US, Trek was always still the gorilla
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nah when Enterprise ended ppl were seriously worried Trek was completely over
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Replying to @arthur_affect
this part is true, but it wasn't Trek, it was almost all space TV.
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sure but that's because fantasy was resurging and sucking the oxygen from space opera
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TNG made it respectable to watch space shows, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings brought back magic and swords
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