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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a bit of a spoiler, but the guy who mentions Musk is actually from the evil mirror universe. So the second guy from the mainline universe is confused as to why Musk is on that list. He was probably a bigger figure in the mirror universe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh. There are a bunch of other references to him even after Lorca returns to his universe. For example Tilly was on musk high school iirc.

I don’t think I was ever more ashamed and disappointed of trek than when they whipped out those lines, billionaire worship in a show about a socialist utopia. A fucking embarrassment

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm with you on this. I actually think it speaks to something Disco kinda didn't do well on ... being a bit to mindful of its real life present.

Like the Stacey Abrams thing. I'm sure some loved it but I think many are very fair in asking Trek to not be so directly connected to the real world like that. If she wanted to be on the show ... cool ... I think the Voyager style cameos were done well where they weren't really central to the scene but were just there and you'd be forgiven to not notice ... more of an easter egg than something central (even if for only a moment).

I'd forgotten all about these Musk references but boy have they unnecessarily aged and tarnished the show in retrospect, and, honestly, made the writers look a bit too much like influencers trying to get engagement with their writing than focusing on the core philosophies, values and story telling.