And have everybody shout at each other, have people stand in random locations instead of a workstation and give everyone anxiety so much they cry whenever somebody looks at them wrong.
"There, I created the perfect working environment" - Some shitty interior designer at Starfleet
I would love a "dark" story based around smuggling during the dominion war. I always envisioned an entire ship's interior as a holodeck that would change appearances when they were boarded by different factions.
I feel like those producers, writers, and directors heard a lot of “Deep Space Nine is the best Trek because it wasn’t afraid to be dark and portray violence and loss on a galactic scale.” and they took all the wrong lessons from it.
Oh, woe upon those who wish to see their favorite series grow and evolve! What do we say to those who want modern story telling and deep characterization? No! Give me my milquetoast Trek! I don't want to feel things!
To be fair, when they darkened the lighting for Generations it looked way better than the flat bright of the show, so I can’t hate the dimmer lighting in the modern shows. I always use dark mode on everything so it’s just my preference.
Oh for sure. It can be done correctly or badly. But the flat bright palette of 90s Trek is not necessarily the greatest thing in the world either, and I say that as someone who grew up on TNG and whose favorite series is DS9.
Partly they just want to be "dark" but I imagine it's also for benefit of people who just leave their TV at the super-bright default settings designed to look good in the brightly lit stores that sell them, like some kind of video version of the loudness wars.