Sorus wrote:
They sort of covered it in the second season finale where (no spoilers) they made a lot of stuff about Discovery classified.
I'd have to have already watched Discovery to know that.
The real answer is the current creative team doesn't mind bending or breaking with established canon to tell their story and that happens all the time whether it's new Trek or new Star Wars or contemporary issues of long running comic book series. I know the Simpsons does it. And it's perfectly natural for creative people to want to put their own spin on the entertainment they create. However it was Gene Roddenberry and the amazing men and women who worked on TOS and TNG that created my understanding of what Star Trek is. To serve me onion soup, tell me it's chicken noodle and then Paramount is annoyed with me that I don't just go along with it isn't logical. Why not be honest from the beginning and admit it's onion soup. I might actually like it.
If they had done what Seth MacFarlane did with the Orville and Discovery was its own original thing I'd probably be it's biggest fan right now. But they had to build their new house on top of a cemetery filled with my childhood memories.
The truth is, like Enterprise before them, Discovery and Picard simply weren't made for old school fans like me and that's ok.
Oh and I look forward to sampling more Strange New Worlds when I get the chance. ��