@player8472 keep crying and being triggered.
@player8472 Totally agree, painful to watch. The way they go above and beyond to be woke is sickening to the star trek franchise. I fast forward through all of the trill scenes because that whole duo is gross. the attempted normalization of the non-binary aspect and how its so forced upon the audience. It's not acting when you just get on set and play your normal feminine self, that's just virtue signaling.
@eric-v-mazzone What makes you think I am triggered?
It takes far more than a shitty Episode of DIS to trigger me these days.
I don't even bother to criticise most of the time anymore, since it has become the Standard for Star Trek.
This Episode was a whole new level of preaching and virtue signaling though, so something had to be said.
I don't even mind the message - I detest how it is delivered!
With a few Exceptions (ENT's Space Crack comes to mine) Star Trek has always found simmilar stories to social problems (like heterosexuality being outlawed on a planet they visit in TNG for example).
Discovery doesn't do that. They tell you what you are doing wrong in your face. It always feels like the message is the story and the story is just something they built around it - opposed to telling a compelling story and fitting a message that actually fits the story inside.
I found this a weak episode as well. But the season overall, I'm enjoying quite a lot. You don't seem to be enjoying it, so for the love of all that is holy, why don't just stop watching this show if you hate it so much!?
There are so many great tv shows, movies and books out there, and your life is short, just like for the rest of us. Wouldn't you rather spend it on things you find enjoyable and satisfying?
Review by Marc FriedolinVIP 6BlockedParentSpoilers2021-12-30T13:11:30Z
Oh my god.
This one really hurt.
They REALLY wanted to draw parallels to social issues here and failed horribly.
The whole "what do we do with ZORA" thing was just a joke and the solution laughable. What had they done if ZORA had said "no, I don't want to join starfleet"?
And what happens if she decides that she wants to study flower instead of following orders?
They extracted a Trill conciousness (which was an absolute Taboo (remember how Odo and Curson (never learnt to spell that one) wanted to stay outside of Jadzia Dax?) but when it actually makes sense they draw some parallels to the problems trans people have today? (Them being the only ones besides the people that actually matter showing up to voice their oppinions was pretty on the nose...).
And then we have our alltime favourite Burnham - she didn't give one codescending speech about the federations values this episode, no! no! no! she gave TWO codescending speeches. One of them Stamets gave one at the same time.
Like I said: This episode was pure pain...
Have you ever noticed that no other Captain in the entire franchise has ever given a codescending speech with the exception of Spock?
Some have pointed out the obvious, but they did it as motivation, not this codescending "we have to be better" crap which actually means: "If you don't agree with me you are a piece of shit"
Well, almost all - in the preview we saw Cmdr. Nhan for a few frames - sadly not in a DIS Uniform. Would be really nice if they bring her back permanently.
She is one of the few characters that were actually likeable in this show (Not a fan of the Botox Job, but hey its her body so she can make it less attractive if she wants to...)