Josh Davis

@Awright874 @DutchButters Business 101 says 'ignore sunk costs'; Business 401 says 'calculate residuals.' SFA wasn't scrapped for lack of fans, but for a 2026 tax hedge on 2.6B.

@JACDavis @DutchButters In business school, you are taught to keep going. Why? Any money already spent is sunk cost, so you make the decision on what you have left to spend. If you can make more releasing, you finish up and release anyway.

I’ve got an idea. A new Star Trek show set shortly after the TNG /DS9 era with a new crew, New ship and exploring a new quadrant of space. Written and ran by creators who are familiar with, understand and respect the lore of the show that came before.

@Awright874 @DutchButters Post-production is the biggest cost. Studios don't 'finish' failures to save money; they vault hits for tax offsets. 2.6B ROI says the demand was there.

@JACDavis @DutchButters What happened is it was cheaper to continue and cancel than scrap all of season 2, even if it’s going to lose money.

@Awright874 @DutchButters Hits are cancelled for tax write-offs, not 'sucking.' In 2026, a 2.6B franchise cuts completed seasons to balance ledgers, not to please gatekeepers.

@JACDavis @DutchButters So if was such an amazing hit, as you’re claiming, why cancel it?

@Awright874 @DutchButters Cope is a feeling; 2.6B is a fact. Studios don't renew 'sucking' shows; they renew high-yield assets. SFA hit its ROI targets, which is why Season 2 finished filming.

@JACDavis @DutchButters 😂 Still coping so hard. The show sucked.

@Awright874 @DutchButters Completed views are votes for more. In 2026, even 'hate-watching' fuels the 2.6B ROI. If it truly 'sucked,' the 65% retention rate wouldn't have greenlit Season 2.

@JACDavis @DutchButters Dude, I watched the whole thing and said it sucks. Watching does not equal liking it.

@waytoomuchbeer Comic relief isn't 'teen comedy'; it's humanism. From Wesley to Nog, Trek’s 2.6B ROI proves that watching cadets grow through 'mishaps' is its core mission.

"Trek always had comic relief" - therefore Star Trek was always meant to be a bad teen comedy?

@CRainsZombie @AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis Trek isn't just one genre. From 'Tribbles' to 'Stripes'-style Academy gags, the 2.6B ROI proves fans love the mix of high-stakes sci-fi and human absurdity.

@JACDavis @AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis Wrong. Complete misread. The gag belonged in something like 'Stripes', not this setting. It's that simple.

Yes, I’m sure Roddenberry’s vision for Star Trek included a mentally deficient idiot who eats her comm badge.

@esherlifestyle @AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis You didn’t see the Morgs? TOS had space hippies, 'Mudd's Women,' and a remote-control Spock. It was high-camp theater. Denying Trek’s 2.6B humor is denying 60 years of its DNA.

@JACDavis @AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis Kirk didn’t fight cavemen. And the premise was serious, not written for humor. You didn’t even watch the show, did you?

@CRainsZombie @AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis Starfleet admits potential, not perfection. From Kirk’s 'Kobayashi Maru' cheat to Barclay’s holosyndrome, Trek’s 2.6B ROI relies on flawed, evolving humans.

@JACDavis @AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis These are young adults. Not elementary school children. Such behavior should be well behind them if they are regarded as worthy of admission.

@AHumanoidDroid2 @CRainsZombie @RantyAmyCurtis Terminology doesn't change the silhouette. Trek’s 1987 'skant' was a logical step toward equality; 32nd-century Klingon fashion is just the 2.6B next step.

@JACDavis @CRainsZombie @RantyAmyCurtis No, he wasn't, and the fact that you seem literally incapable of telling the difference between the two explains a lot. If we had gatekept harder we wouldn't have moronic trash like this in every IP, and equally moronic people like you trying and failing to defend it.

@Awright874 @DutchButters Top 10 is for generalists. Starfleet Academy is a high-yield 'anchor' show. 2.6B in revenue and a Season 2 renewal prove it hit the only metric that matters: ROI.

@JACDavis @DutchButters As I said, it didn’t break the top ten and even the free episode had low viewership and poor reactions.

@Awright874 @DutchButters People like some modern Trek? That’s correct. SFA’s 65% episode retention rate demonstrated that fans existed. However, a vocal minority of reviewers negatively impacted its reception. The reality is that economic factors ultimately led to its cancellation, not a lack of interest

@JACDavis @DutchButters Dude, people like SNW, LOW, or even PIC. They don’t like Academy and no amount of ‘they are gate keeping!” Will change that reality.

@SirBylHolte Peak Trek? S3 saved Enterprise temporarily, but it was still canceled. SFA honored that risk-taking spirit with cadet growth arcs. Kurtzman blame ignores Enterprise’s own pre-Kurtzman struggles.

Season 3 of "Star Trek Enterprise is the perfect palate cleanser after the nightmare that was "Starfleet Academy." The entire season is dedicated to the Xindi War. It begins with a devastating attack that kills 7 million people on Earth. Enterprise is sent deep into the dangerous Delphic Expanse on a desperate mission to stop a far worse weapon from wiping out the planet. The season delivers high-stakes action, moral dilemmas, and real consequences. Trip and T'Pol finally get together. Their relationship adds real emotional weight to the season. One of the best-written episodes is "Similitude." It explores the ethical nightmare of creating a short-lived clone of Trip to save the real one. The clone grows rapidly and starts developing his own identity and memories. It forces Archer and the crew to confront hard questions about life, sacrifice, and what makes someone human. Another standout is the "Stratagem" episode. It is a direct steal from a classic "Mission Impossible" episode. Archer captures the Xindi weapon designer Degra and runs an elaborate long-con deception to trick him into revealing critical information. The writing is clever, tense, and extremely well executed. Season 3 gives us a focused, serialized war arc instead of endless filler and lectures. It has strong character moments, intense battles, great ship designs, compelling music, and actual consequences for the crew. "Enterprise" has always been considered the worst of the Trek shows. After the disappointment of the Kurtzman shows, Season 3 has become PEAK Trek. It's another sad reminder of what they took from us.

@AHumanoidDroid2 @CRainsZombie @RantyAmyCurtis Barclay wasn’t? He was the season-long awkward punchline despite genius status. SFA cadet gag is one training mishap. Trek always mixed competence with camp, your ‘dumb’ jab is just gatekeeping.

@JACDavis @CRainsZombie @RantyAmyCurtis Barclay was not bɘbɿɒƚɘɿ. "I swallowed my commbadge" for no reason, is not 'light slapstick'. Keep coping in defense of this low-brow garbage all you like. It just makes you look as dumb as the characters.

@jondelarroz @screenrant Ghostwritten cope? Shatner literally said he wants ‘continuity.’ You attack every positive SFA take (Picardo, now Shatner). Fans can like it without your permission.

@screenrant He didn't write this and in the posts whoever did admits he didn't watch it.

#WilliamShatner shares his thoughts about #StarfleetAcademy's cancellation: "I for one would love to see its continuity. It’s with sorrow that I hear about the cancellation of the new Star Trek series." Read More: bit.ly/47nGK8l

@Awright874 @DutchButters 30-yr-old show? Linear TV + syndication gave TOS reruns massive reach. SFA was new streaming IP, apples/oranges. Data shows fans existed; cancellation was economics, not rejection.

@JACDavis @DutchButters I used ‘real data’ too. You simply ignore it because you don’t like what it says. When a 30 year old TV show had more viewers than a brand new, highly advertised property, there’s issues. Keep those ears closed and maybe the bad stuff will go away. People rewatch SNW. 😂

@Awright874 @DutchButters No one will care? TOS needed syndication + TAS/movies after cancellation. SFA had 2.1M premiere viewers + retention. Fans care, gatekeeping doesn’t erase data or Trek’s pattern.

@JACDavis @DutchButters You’re claim was people were recording it. They couldn’t. TOS was killed by executives that wanted it dead and kept alive by fans that pushed for syndication till some more material came out (TAS or the movies). Sorry, but no one is going to care about Academy.

@AHumanoidDroid2 @CRainsZombie @RantyAmyCurtis Comparing? Both show Starfleet accepts flawed people who learn. Barclay’s holodeck addiction was serious; SFA is light slapstick. Your ‘retarded child’ jab ignores canon comedy.

@JACDavis @CRainsZombie @RantyAmyCurtis You are comparing a wholly competent man who is a literal genius in multiple fields needing therapy, to somebody who swallowing their commbadge like a bɘbɿɒƚɘɿ child.

@jondelarroz @RobertPicardo Fooled by a ‘reasonable Catholic’? @RobertPicardo defended Trek’s optimism against trolls. Jon, you’ve spent months dunking on the show daily. Studio narrative? Or just accountability for toxic fandom.

Yes, @RobertPicardo. And I was fooled into thinking you were a reasonable Catholic fellow who just differed on politics. Once you started attacking me as a troll and lying about me saying I'm just disliking a show for a few bucks on X (like it makes a difference), I knew you were following a studio narrative to try to discredit fans as a cynical marketing push for this godawful tragedy. You owe me and others apologies for your behavior. It wasn't right to treat the fans that way.

@AHumanoidDroid2 @RantyAmyCurtis Virus stakes don’t erase the slapstick, Sulu sword-fighting drunk was pure farce. SFA gag is one cadet mistake in training. Barclay was a genius who still messed up constantly. Standards include learning.

@JACDavis @RantyAmyCurtis >drunk on a virus These four words completely destroy your argument. Drunk on a virus which was going to kill them all. As opposed to literally mentally bɘbɿɒƚɘɿ, when Starfleet is supposed to have standards. Let's not pretend there aren't a dozen other problems too.