We all care about the franchise. Do you honestly think that we'd all be hanging out on a Star Trek BBS if we didn't? Most of us here are lifelong fans. I remember one night when I was 2 or 3 in a hotel and my dad was flipping through channels and stopped on an episode of Star Trek. I watched from under the covers. I remember being not much older than that and having my mom rent the VHS of TMP and watching it from one of our kitchen table captain's chairs so I could be just like Kirk. (I can't imagine I actually finished that movie at that age... but I appreciate it now.)
I'm sorry, but if TWOK is one of the best films you've ever seen, I think you need to watch a lot more film. Its a good movie. I will admit, I find it a little overrated but I understand that there is a lot of love for the movie. (My feeling that its overrated comes from the fact that it is considered the pinnacle of filmmaking in regards to Trek. That, in my mind, is a low bar if you're going with TWOK or any Star Trek movie in existence.) Its not in my top ten let alone my top 50 movies of all time. But of course, to each his own.
Its a different kind of a series than anything that's come before it in the franchise. Honestly, that's why I find it appealing. Like you, I grew up on the TNG era. It had its place and its time, but if Star Trek is going to survive, its going to need to appeal to a broader base than just those who were growing up watching the adventures of Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer and their respective crews. I am not going to suggest for a moment that you can't criticize any of these new shows. They all have their faults. But warts and all, I personally enjoy them. And I care about this franchise. I want to see it succeed. And yes, at some point, there's probably going to be a point where I say, "Yeah, that's not for me." But right now what it needs to do is not lock itself in a box from 1994. It needs to experiment, to evolve. Yeah, that may mean some uncomfortable moments and some realization that this particular incarnation isn't for a viewer. Or it might mean that none of the current iterations are right for the viewer. But, you still have your DVDs of the shows and movies you do love. After all, one of the cornerstones of Star Trek is acceptance. You don't have to like it. You don't have to watch it. But you can accept that it is a thing. And move on. And believe me, I know how hard that can be.
I'm glad they didn't make that movie. I don't ultimately know what I would have really wanted for Generations, but it was certainly not that. Nor what we got.
The idea is that this show is showing a different side of Starfleet. Not every show can be focused around the most important ship in the fleet. That, in my opinion, gets boring after awhile.
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