A lot of this has been touched upon in the Orville thread, but I thought it could use rehashing. The latest Star Trek series is completely saturated with Social Justice themes.
To start with, Discovery's main protagonist is a black female commander with a boy's name ('Michael') who was raised by Vulcans. She begins the series as the second in command to an asian female captain. The first episode already touched on race issues where an albino white Klingon was shunned by the other black Klingons before being accepted after displaying fanatical religious zealotry.
I've just started watching the third episode where, I shit you not, 'Michael's' new roommate walks in and the first thing that comes out of her mouth is her telling Michael about her special needs.
This isn't the Star Trek I remember. The gay Sulu from the new movies was bad enough, but Discovery continues signalling Trek's converged progressiveness with all the subtlety of a bullhorn.
The actress' opinion regarding calling the female protagonist Michael:
And CynicalContrarian posted this in the Orville thread:
Has anyone else been watching?
To start with, Discovery's main protagonist is a black female commander with a boy's name ('Michael') who was raised by Vulcans. She begins the series as the second in command to an asian female captain. The first episode already touched on race issues where an albino white Klingon was shunned by the other black Klingons before being accepted after displaying fanatical religious zealotry.
I've just started watching the third episode where, I shit you not, 'Michael's' new roommate walks in and the first thing that comes out of her mouth is her telling Michael about her special needs.
This isn't the Star Trek I remember. The gay Sulu from the new movies was bad enough, but Discovery continues signalling Trek's converged progressiveness with all the subtlety of a bullhorn.
The actress' opinion regarding calling the female protagonist Michael:
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Martin-Green was on board with the moniker twist from the beginning, which she calls a "lovely symbol," as it not only helped her understand her character's backstory -- a human raised by a Vulcan (James Frain) -- but is in line with the franchise's message of open-mindedness and diversity, and a future with more gender fluidity.
And CynicalContrarian posted this in the Orville thread:
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Has anyone else been watching?