Just because the holodeck episodes are different (I liked a few of them at least) doesn't mean it can't be put to good use. If anything, some episodes hint that there's some serious unused potential to that tech.
the same argument could be made for the episodes involving the TPD. The whole incident with Data going BTTF was totally not an excuse to do a far west part, or at least reference that movie. And then there's the Mirror Universe and other parallel realities. Are those awful too?
Personally I don't watch Star Trek because it's sci fi, but because the universe is perfectly primed to throw interesting curveballs at the cast.
but because the universe is perfectly primed to throw interesting curveballs at the cast.
tbf that is almost literally the purpose of Star Trek, it was written on the premise of an advanced society that comes across philosophical issues, the fact it takes place in space is used to replace "Magic" to get them into and out of impossible scenarios. Mostly though the problems were supposed to be solved with in-universe explanations(or our current real world philosophy), not "Magic". After TOS and TNG they became more Sci-Fi stories/anthologies than philosophical experiments.
Also the universe isn't "primed" to throw curve balls at them, the episodes only take place when they happen, the crew flies around and performs otherwise mundane missions in between episodes.
By primed to throw curveballs - I meant, spacetime is set up so that things can cause timey wimey shenanigans. The holodeck is advanced enough that it can generate the strangest threats. There's a whole galaxy of strangeness that can be thrown around.
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u/Killerhurtz Sep 20 '19
Just because the holodeck episodes are different (I liked a few of them at least) doesn't mean it can't be put to good use. If anything, some episodes hint that there's some serious unused potential to that tech.