You make some good points and I have to agree with you. I have tried really hard to not let myself judge too harshly but I do prefer that they keep the things that make up the soul of Star Trek. There was an article this week about how Discovery will be violating the rules set by Roddenberry that humans should be conflict free with other humans. I get that they need conflict to have an entertaining show but this might take away from the Trekness of the show.

As far as looking more like Star Wars than Star Trek I agree. This was especially true in the new movies. In one of the opening scenes they show buildings on Vulcan and the architecture is very much like Star Trek. They tried to hard to make it look futuristic. In several episodes of Star Trek, especially in DS9 and Voyager, you get to see how Earth looks hundreds of years from now. I liked that the buildings are older but still present as they are today. Just like today there are buildings from hundreds of years ago. They are updated but still there and I think that's neat.