Someone pointed out that both Cameron and Connor Roy have been traumatised by their domineering fathers. Even Captain Harriman from Star Trek: Generations was the same, if you go by Rick Berman's backstory for him.
I was amused that being Chancellor of Starfleet Academy still left Jean-Luc Picard free to go off on his own adventures after making one speech. Apparently, this is realistic for real-world university presidents, assuming that they don't have to do fundraising.
Star Wars is simultaneously the story where it's very important to show a functioning democracy as a payoff, and the story where a functioning democracy is inconvenient for continuing the story. Even Ahsoka ran into that problem.
James Bond originally showed how cool and sophisticated he was by eating an avocado. So no more James Bond movies should be made until they can figure out a modern equivalent that doesn't come off as ridiculous.
