ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
I've softened my initial hatred of Lower Decks. Perhaps I started off too harshly with residual STicard hate. I'm not going to say it's great, but not worthy of disdain. For a comedy, the Easter eggs are pretty funny and not purely fan service. At least it's fan service with a purpose.
I certainly can't be swayed to be optimistic about Disco based on one trailer as long as Kurtzman has influence. I noticed he didn't have a writer's credit for the S3 premier, so that's a ray of hope, maybe he's going to be less hands-on this season.
The worst thing about Kurtz trek is it now has Youtube's algorithm thinking I'm part of the "go woke go broke", "the sjw agenda ruined Trek (or insert other long running franchise that's always promoted social progress)" crowd. After watching Picard reviews from RLM, Youtube began recommending other reviewers and I watched a couple without knowing who they were. It turns out they were the various "gate" types (e.g. gamergate, comicsgate). Now YT starts autoplaying neckbeards ranting about "of course they made the buffoon a STRAIGHT WHITE GUY". I guess I have to start actively downvoting those vids.
As for worst, at least Disco was first of the consecutive series with the season long arc "AI wants to destroy sentient life" so it didn't appear as derivative as STicard. Obviously this is a VERY well worn trope in sci-fi but 2 consecutive seasons? C'mon.
Help us Strange New Worlds, you're our only hope.
yeah, +1 to basically all of this. I'm not saying watch the Red Letter Media guys but watch the RLM guys. Best take on what's wrong with Trek right now from people who know and love but are not slavish about the IP.