Imagine going to your favorite steak house, you place your order, you're waiting patiently, and then your food comes. Yet, it isn't the delicious piece of beef you ordered, instead, it's the most impressive-looking sushi you could picture. Do you eat it? Not likely, because it's not what you wanted. It's not what you ordered. It's also darn sure not what you expected.

So why do "filmmakers" keep trying to "subvert expectations" by giving fans of established franchises different things than they want? I'm not watching Ozark for a fun sitcom. I'm not watching Community because I want high-tension scares. I'm not watching Bluey because I like cats.

And I'm not watching Star Trek for someone else's interpretation of what they think Star Trek should be. There's a formula, a successful formula, and deviating from it makes very little sense. Especially after the last eight years, where we know what...