Comments on: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Is the Show Fans Have Been Waiting For [Review]

By: James Orr

James Orr — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 04:38:00 +0000

Can’t say I agree with that heading at all. As a TV show, its not bad. As a Star Trek series, its awful. It doesn’t encapsulate anything about the series ethos whatsoever. It also completely disregards any sense of continuity or in-universe lore. It might as well be taking a big ‘ol dump on the name Star Trek.

By: Philip R. Frey

Philip R. Frey — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:26:00 +0000

In reply to MikeDK.

The writer clearly *wants* to be fascinated and so is. I doubt she’s an actual Star Trek fan or she’d know that very little in this show is what Star Trek fans were looking for.

It reeks of another alternate reality to me. They should just say that it is and then do their thing. Then I can ignore it completely, like I do the Kelvinverse.

By: MikeDK

MikeDK — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:38:00 +0000

In reply to rayg.

Agreed.

And on a sidenote, I am pretty sure most casual viewers will find Klingon characters hard to watch. I was really annoyed with the amount of Klingon spoken so far. Give it a rest.
And they are just really boring antagonists.

By: MikeDK

MikeDK — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:35:00 +0000

“Raised by Vulcans, she’s a fascinating blend of logic, precision and risk-taking.” – No she isn’t. In the first 2 episodes, that character could have had any backhistory you could think of. There is nothing inherently Vulcan about her character. A fascinating blend. You should really get out more, if you find that “fascinating”.

It was a fine 90 minutes, but lets not go overboard. The writing and acting was mediocre. Only really positive thing was Doug Jones’ character. I like him.

By: Fernando Almeida

Fernando Almeida — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:51:00 +0000

Good thing that Netflix will air it here in Brazil

By: ziplock9000

ziplock9000 — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:00:00 +0000

“‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Is the Show Fans Have Been Waiting For” You might want to take a closer look at what the fans have been saying. A large percentage have reservations with continuity or lack thereof. Which is more important to Star Trek than just about every other franchise out there.

By: swell

swell — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:12:00 +0000

In reply to rayg. yeah, Killjoys. That budget buster.

By: swell

swell — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:11:00 +0000

In reply to rayg.

whereas Encounter at Farpoint was TNG’s finest hour. Clearly.

Show is off to a pretty solid start… glimpse at where it’s heading at the end of the 2nd episode was pretty damn cool.

Also, the show is going to get tweaked visuals and presentation. It’s over 50 years old. I’m old enough to remember the non-stop bitching about both the early seasons of TNG and DS9 (and the utter indifference to Enterprise and Voyager). Perspective.

By: rayg

rayg — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:09:00 +0000

“an expensive sci-fi show led by a black woman” I think that show is called Killjoys on SyFy.
Question: why does every new iteration of Star Trek have to change the appearance of Klingons? Trying to figure out how they go from what is in this show to what was in the Original Series set 10 years later to Worf in The Next Generation. If they continue the movie series with the alternate timeline, there is no telling what they will look like.

By: rayg

rayg — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:03:00 +0000

Yes, I had been waiting for the premiere of this series. As I was watching it, my mind just kept going: “Wow! This is really boring.”