A review by eyan_birt
Phasers on Stun!: How the Making--And Remaking--Of Star Trek Changed the World by Ryan Britt
3.0
I was disappointed by the overall presentation. While the early chapters I found fascinating and insightful, giving credit to early creators while giving historical context, etc., was great. I'm a new Trek fan, I missed on TOS, TNG, DS9, everything until DISCO and now I'm watching from the start. However, neglecting to remember the entire character of Keiko (which could have been avoided by slightly different phrasing), writing about Pride in a weird kind of "cis ally thinks they know how to be helpful" kind of way I found disengenous, and a deep self-regard for himself "hey guys a fan figured out the twist on DISCO before it aired and CBS reached out to him to stop..that was totally me, y'all" just felt like a pat on the back instead of continuing to discss the relationship between Trek and fan base.
I don't know. For how strong the start was, I feel very let down by the second half. I recognize the second half covers a lot of the new and ongoing Trek, but even the Ds9, Voyager, and Enterprise sections were remarkably sparse.
The first half would have been better as the start to a "making of TOS" biography type thing, and the second half as a series of disconnected essays.
I don't know. For how strong the start was, I feel very let down by the second half. I recognize the second half covers a lot of the new and ongoing Trek, but even the Ds9, Voyager, and Enterprise sections were remarkably sparse.
The first half would have been better as the start to a "making of TOS" biography type thing, and the second half as a series of disconnected essays.