As a TNG fan, I don’t want to see these characters act exactly like they did 30 years ago. That would have big “peaked in high school” energy. It wouldn’t be entertaining, it would be sad.

Maybe we’re talking past each other.

You missed my point. Anytime they try to write out of the box fans turn on them. OP made it sound like the series writers are terrified of doing something new because anytime they do the fanbase turns on them. 

“And Discovery for people who hated Star Trek”

Who else are you supposed to write for? People who aren’t fans of the show? They’ve got Discovery for that.

Because the fanbase is super welcoming to new ideas and approaches to their favorite franchies.

I mean, have you seen their attempts at doing something new?

Why Star Trek: Picard’s New Main Ship Looks Like the Classic Enterprise

Perhaps it makes sense then that, on reflection, as a new century begins and the Federation picks itself up from a period of crisis, that it wants its flagships to reflect an old era—a time of optimism and exploration.

With Twitter dying, this is now where my inane thoughts go.

1: I doubt they will.

I believe I speak for the entire internet when I say that we are so happy you shared that with us.

Counterpoint: it looks fun as hell.

I grew up playing the Tengen Tetris because it’s what the local Blockbuster had to rent. My folks loved it too and when they finally bought “me” a copy, they were really annoyed that all they could find was the official Nintendo one. So my mom rented the Tengen and swapped the carts, returning the Nintendo one.

They could use this as an opportunity to stay closer to the book, certain fans didn't like that the movies strayed from the books.

Not really. A huge number of people with prosthetics get around just fine, and if they can CGI out a leg for 2.3 movies, they sure can CGI in a leg for .7 of one instead.

He had his whole leg for most of the first one so if they really want to go for true authenticity it’s time for some extreme method acting.

I mean, I didn’t hate it, but it felt like a retread of the second with a far less interesting villain.  That plus Hiccup’s mom and his friends getting sidelined with nothing to do. . .it just never gelled.  The ending was supposed to be a beautiful, bittersweet farewell, but I felt nothing.

While I admit I didn’t like the 3rd film as much as the first 2, I did still enjoy it quite a bit.