The **** it is. Season 2 thru 4 is the greatest sci-fi story arc ever.

prequels are okay as long as the new version does not surpass the old. like star wars rogue one. it didn't look 'newer', where as episodes 1,2, and 3 set the franchise back.

this show reeks of overkill. :D

The Orville is more Trek than this piece of garbage. They have totally shit all over the klingons. Great special effects, but everything else about it sucks.

Just finished the third episode. It's getting better.

I think so, too.

You had the science explorers vs military angle with Stamets bitching about his work being co-opted by Lorca and Starfleet as a whole, kind of a fish out of water comedic angle with Cadet Tilly bunking with Michael, the aforementioned rookie officer acting counter to typical tropes in confidently facing down the Klingon and the Starfleet higher ups doing shady shit (Lorca and Landry capturing the mutant carnivorous Tardigrade). On the shadiness note, I got distracted keeping up with the Las Vegas news Monday morning, so I couldn't discern whether or not just about everything involving Lorca's dealing with Michael were all deception or manipulation. Especially, for example, his light sensitivity.

Dunno where they are going with the "spore" storyline given the implications it would have on storytelling, but it was nice to see on screen Rekha Sharma again even though you know she'll probably be axed to give Michael a role to assume on the Discovery.


Edit: So I figured there'd be some handwringing about the tone of the third episode concerning the scenes on the U.S.S. Glenn, but it wasn't the first time there was a more family unfriendly episode. Context is for Kings reminded me a lot of DS9's Empok Nor episode. As I rewatch that episode now and look at the Memory Alpha article on it, I wasn't shocked to see Bryan Fuller got the story credit.

I'm not liking what I'm hearing.

Apparently there's a boatload of political BS attached to the show (not by political minded viewers but the cast itself) but I'll wait until the season is over, binge, and give it a chance.

It will be entertaining or it won't and that's all that matters...

I just wish they'd set this after the NG era. Everything is so completely out of step with canon that it's just ridiculous. I just try to ignore that, but it's hard. :shake:

I think the reason this last episode was better was because it only had the shitty new Klingons in it for about 10 seconds.

lol

Sad when you improve a Star Trek episode about the Klingon War by removing the Klingons. :(

I liken the Klingons in Discovery to Sofia Coppola in Godfather Part III. No matter who else is in the scene or what's going on, all you can think about is how absolutely awful they are.

ROFL

It truly is jarring. Whoever said it earlier is right on about this being why they went after Axanar. I've seen the prelude twice now, and would take the full version over Discovery any day. Even with the super low FX budget.

I really don't know why it would be hard to create a new race to fight.


They really could have avoided using Klingons, but I am willing to see where they take it.

Liked tonight's episode a lot and seemed pretty true to the idea of Star Trek in general.

Decent show. Worth watching unless you require it to be like the old Star Trek.

Sunday's episode was like 'old Trek' though.

I haven't watched the latest yet, I finished the episode about spores.