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Thread necro........
so I'm late to the game on this. I signed up for Paramount when Picard was coming out, filled with hope, and watched the first four or 5 episodes of Discovery when they came out. I wasn't impressed.
I HATED Picard, I think it was probably the single most disappointing thing I'd ever watched, and I canceled my subscription to Paramount.
Well, now that they have reclaimed all the Star Trek series, I signed up for it again, and watched Strange New Worlds, which I LOVED. So knowing that Disco lead into SNW... I decided to return to Disco for the backstory on Spock.
What a clusterfuck this show it. LOL I mean, I don't out and out despise it like I did Picard, but I'm late into season 2 right now, and episode called The Red Angel.
Rant on:
WHAT is with all the speeches? Every episode there is a 5 minute speech by a character to the audience about humanity, or logic, or hope, or some other topic. It never resonates because it never connects to the characters.
Examples of GOOD speeches: Picard in the First Duty dressing down Wesley about "truth". I feel it more if he's speaking to Wesley and not the camera. Or Sisko talking Worf out of running to the Niberite alliance because "A Starfleet officer, that's what I am".
The Red Angel it Michael Burnam. Duh. Who didn't have that figured out 5 seconds after we learned it was appearing to Spock right after his sister left? (Okay, they got me on this! LOL Not Michael after all)
Airiam: As the show goes on I'm annoyed there are these characters, specifically most of the bridge crew, we know nothing about because they never tell us anything about them. Like I still don't know the helmswoman's name. With the implant? Because she never gets screen time away from the helm.
So I'm happy to see Airiam finally used! And they kill her! And at the beginning of the Red Angel episode she has a 5 minute funeral with all her longtime friends in tears. OH REALLY??? Because I never saw any of you interacting with her! Not on camera anyway! She had a longer goodbye than Jadzia Dax has after 6 years, and at least I felt something when Sisko is standing over her coffin saying "Damn it old man, why aren't you here!" I still remember that line! I don't remember Airiam's funeral which I just watched twenty minutes ago!!!
I have to love and give a shit about someone to relate to the pain of their crewmates when they die. I can't love and give a shit about someone that has 10 minutes of screen-time on the bridge. Would any of us cry if Ensign Rager died? I know her about as well as I know Airiam.
Tyler/Voq is annoying, I don't like the character at all. I'm rolling my eyes at the absurdity of some of these mycelia network plotlines. I mean start trek has always done some stuff that is out there, these are WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY out there. That episode where they are half in half out the network was terrible. Saru must have called Burnam 45 times in that episode to say "we have to go NOW or we die" over a 15 minute period. Yet they didn't die. Just AWFUL writing.
Tilly is fantastic. Burnam is a great character and I love the actress. Saru has a great backstory. The Lorca thing I did not see coming. That was well done. Terran Georgiou I like that plot line, she's awesome. It isn't all bad. I honestly like the casting and the performances it is the writing that is letting this show down.
I know they jump ahead into the year 3000+ soon, maybe I'll like it more then lol. I remember hearing about hat at the time and thinking "yeah, the producers realized their show sucks, and everyone is sick of TOS/preTOS stuff, so they decided to reboot it."
okay I'm done, just needed to rant.