Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Is Getting Review Bombed And...

What’s Happening

Not gonna lie, Star Trek has been boldly and controversially progressive from the start, so it’s no surprise that Starfleet Academy is getting review bombed.

Television Science Fiction Shows Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Is Getting Review Bombed And That’s Sad But Not Surprising By Danielle Ryan Jan. 18, 2026 1:00 pm EST Brooke Palmer/Paramount+. (shocking, we know)

It’s a day that ends in “y,” which means some petty little hate machines are busy spending their precious time on this earth review bombing another movie or television series for being too “woke.

The Details

” This time it’s the iconic YA-flavored new Paramount+ series “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” and the review bombers are out in force, decrying the series for straying too far from what they believe is the true meaning of the franchise. In this case, they’re upset about women who aren’t sex objects and positive LGBTQ+ representation, because to some viewers those things are scarier than a whole fleet of Jem’Hadar warships.

As it stands, the critic rating for the series on Rotten Tomatoes is at 86%, while the audience score is at 43% (and dropping). Making things worse is human thumb Stephen Miller, the United States Homeland Security Advisor, who for some reason has decided to weigh in (instead of doing his job).

Why This Matters

Miller opined that Paramount should beg William Shatner to take over the whole franchise, posting a scene from “Starfleet Academy” to the site formerly known as Twitter and calling it “tragic. ” Yet “Star Trek” has always been progressive and will always be progressive, and anyone who can’t wrap their minds around that needs to try a whole lot harder. Star Trek’s utopian future has no place for bigotry Brooke Palmer/Paramount+ Here’s the thing: there can be rough “Star Trek,” or “Star Trek” that just doesn’t work for a particular viewer.

Entertainment industry insiders have been buzzing about this.

Key Takeaways

• There’s nothing wrong with just not liking a part of the franchise or even giving it a wildly negative review.
• (Trust me, I have words for the first two seasons of “Star Trek: Picard.

The Bottom Line

(Trust me, I have words for the first two seasons of “Star Trek: Picard. ”) But when your primary problem is that there are too many women who you can’t fetishize, or the series is too progressive, you’ve completely took an L the plot.

How do you feel about this development?