I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it. (startrek.website)

submitted 4 days ago by cuchi@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

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Two months ago I did a post asking for the opinion of Discovery and the comments were mixed. https://startrek.website/post/29577558

The commander disobeing order to the captain in the first and also attacking her? Xenophobic military propaganda? I didn't like it and that I like Deep Space Nine.

Now I'm watching Lower Decks, is very funny and has a lot of references to other Star Trek series, is really good, I don't understand how a comedy who is almost a parody catch more the Star Trek vibes more than a serious production. I hope Strange New Worlds have something good, because I was already disapointed by the three seasons of Picard and the first episode of discovery.

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[-] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

I watched every episode, all the seasons. It does get better over time, and the last season is the best of them (imo). I feel like they started to actually figure themselves out by the last season, but I'd still say it was okay, not "good". I think I would have liked a sixth season to see if it would have become "good".

If we think of Discovery as a drama show that's about people's relationships that happens to be set in a sci-fi universe, I guess it's an okay show. It's just not what Trek or sci-fi fans want: sci-fi. Was it a good choice to make that kind of show? Well, you know, I wouldn't necessarily say "no", but I don't think it should have been "Star Trek". You can have drama shows in space, just call it something else. Trek as a franchise has a certain level of expectation, and disappointment exists in the gap between expectation and reality.

[-] benfell@infosec.exchange 1 points 1 day ago

@Akuchimoya An argument that The Original Series ( #TOS ) was largely about a relationship between James Kirk, Spock, and Leonard McCoy would not be hard to make.

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