well then.  sounds like kurtzman has basically killed star trek.  The new picard series is in trouble, cbs is out of cash for it because they had to throw so much at disco and they're also being sued because someone made a tardigrade game back in 2014 (I think?) that it looks like discovery pretty much ripped right off.

I liked 'beyond' as well, it was the most...trek like?  but the director is a trek fan.  

the problem is JJ took trek and made it star wars (because he even admitted he didn't like star trek, too cerebral) and it was a bigger success to a wider audience.  to make real money you can't make what the fans want, and real trek is a slower more thoughtful sci fi (space hippies!!).  that's a tough sell for a wide audience.  those transformer movies made a ton of money so that should tell you something.

I'm a little bothered by stewart coming out for picard after saying he'd only do it if it was a REALLY special story, and then hearing about how it's a cluster and they've shown the episodes to test audiences and it's like 75% unfavorable.

oh well.