So thus far Star Trek Discovery sucks.

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Howard_Casto:
I get the feeling you don't understand what suspension of belief is. The concept relies on the fact that the more fantastical the situation, the more the universe must be grounded in reality via a consistent set of rules, even if those rules are completely fictional. Spaceships and weird aliens only work because the spaceships and weird aliens and all their fantastical lore and culture are consistent from one iteration to the next. The show runners made it clear that this wasn't supposed to be a reboot and yet they've broken so much canon that it definitely is. I mean they've got Sarek playing the part of Obi Wan... a frikkin Vulcan.

I watched the second episode hoping it would get better and... well it's better than the first episode in terms of action, but sadly plot takes a nose dive. Apparently Vulcans are now magic and can telepathically communicate with someone light years apart. Cloaking technology is supposed to be new, even though it was on Enterprise and photon torpedoes fit in your hand even though they are so large that Spock was frikkin buried in one in Star Trek II, the most famous of the Trek movies. See that isn't even obscure trivia... any casual viewer would know that.

The whole thing about these Klingons mounting caskets to the hull in some sort of egyptian-esque ceremony.... that's in complete opposition to Klingon culture. In a Klingon death ritual the eyes are opened, they yell at the sky to warn Stovokor that a Klingon warrior is about to arrive (which to be fair they kind of did) BUT then the body is discarded like garbage because they consider it nothing but an empty husk. Klingons don't entomb their dead and they don't bother to recover corpses on the battlefield.

Oh and the plot of the upcoming season? Discovery is some kind of prison work camp ship where #1 is an elite soldier and they are on a secret mission to take out the enemy. Guess what? We already had that plot on Enterprise and people hated it so much that we didn't get another series for 12 years.

I mean is it that hard to do a new Star Trek series that isn't crap? Seth McFarlane seems to be doing it and he's kind of a moron. All you have to do is follow the TNG formula, only with a new crew and new adventures. If you are too dumb to take into account canon, just set it after the TNG movies and you barely have to worry about it anymore.

opt2not:
:banghead: Yep, after watching episode 2, they lost me. I have the sinking feeling that this show isn't coming back for a second season. :embarassed: And I really wanted to dive into a new Star Trek series. I guess I'll keep watching this season, but for damn sure I'm not paying for it.

nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: opt2not on September 27, 2017, 04:22:58 am --- :banghead: Yep, after watching episode 2, they lost me. I have the sinking feeling that this show isn't coming back for a second season. :embarassed: And I really wanted to dive into a new Star Trek series. I guess I'll keep watching this season, but for damn sure I'm not paying for it.

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Still haven't seen it. no time.

I didn't realize until last night they only showed the first episode on broadcast and the rest was only accessible through their app.
That you have to pay for.
Is this their first attempt at this sort of thing?
It works for Netflix however some of the shows Netflix created are good.

yotsuya:

yotsuya:
Actually, I agree with you guys. If you’re going to create an installment in an existing universe/franchise, you need to play by the existing rules - or else die-hard fans will notice, and they should be your target audience.

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