doesn't actually capture the Star Trek spirit ; like the new star trek movies it's more action then talk but the overall result is something very good ; only thing that was weak was the series ending (it felt like they ran out of buget or ideas on how to make the good guys win) ; let's hope they can keep up the quality of the show in the next seasons.
Star Trek has been desperately in need of a fresh new angle for a long time. The JJ Abrams films attempted that and while they mostly got by on the charms of the actors, they mostly missed what Star Trek is at its core.
I was excited about Discovery from the start. We've been given a serialised show with a more adult centre which was exactly what I was after (and the reason that DS9 remains the best the franchise has ever done). Now that the season is finished, I can look back and see that while it took some odd turns, lacked any coherent message and had some strange choices along the way, the show has kept me gripped and excited from start to finish.
On the good side, the show is a visual treat and has to rank among the best looking television shows ever. It's clear that, unlike so much Trek of the past, money was available. The action sequences, of which there are many (and there always have been in this franchise, with the Original Series really laying the foundation for that) are creative and exciting.
I also have grown to really like the characters, especially Stamets, Tilly and Saru. Indeed, they managed to consistently outshine the lead character of Michael Burnham who at this point I actually think is the weakest link. That's not at all the fault of Sonequa Martin who does a fantastic job in the role, but more the agonisingly poor dialgoue and storyline her character is lumped with. Especially in regards to her romance with Ash Tyler, a pairing which lacked chemistry from the start and is derailed no end by Tyler himself being so thoroughly uninteresting.
I was pleasantly surprised by the twists along the way (a shame that so many people on line guessed them beforehand, I would have loved to have not seen them coming), and the excursion to the Mirror Universe was the highlight of the season. This managed to also show us how important Jason Isaacs was to the cast, and his absence is now sorely felt.
If anything, I think the season has suffered from too much focus on Burnham at the expense of the rest of the crew. Discovery never feels like a cohesive unit of characters, more like the Michael Burnham show. Nobody has a personal journey outside of her. I think it's completely possible to tell a fully serialised story but still allow for other characters to get narrative arcs dedicated entirely to them. I feel like I barely know anything about them - who is that robot lady on the bridge and why aren't we dedicating lots of time to her?! Another low point has been the poor depiction of the Klingons; not only because the new design looks terrible but mostly because their scenes slowed down the narrative so much.
Star Trek is about exploration and ideas and Discovery does manage to fit this in but also forgets about it in place of trying to find "cool" moments. Trek is also about people (something many fans seem to forget) and how we treat others, and Discovery maybe gets a bit too specific and melodramatic with this. But I've watched the entire season with a smile on my face and feel very eager to see more. I love the serialised storytelling, but I'd like to see things lean more towards the whole crew rather than just Burnham, allow for side stories and not be so serious all the time. The season wrapped up in an extremely convenient and honestly stupid way, so going ahead the show needs to forge a path that says what this show is actually ABOUT. It could also do with slowing down a bit and letting us take in the characters.
After 6 episodes I still have to process the different format to previous Star Trek shows. It's a bigger challenge to get familiar with the crew in general, for example. We get to know their relation and standing to Michael, but barely know anything about them, their skills etc.
Otherwise the established setting looks interesting, though I feel that it didn't really take off yet. Which isn't uncommon for a first season.
Why us she named Michael?
9/10
Superb first season
to the best trek ever created.
This show is Masterpiece,
It's on a different level to
any other trek show and
not just by a little bit.
Michael Burnham is
Phenomenal and she absolutely
deserves to be in the
Big Chair.
The USS Discovery is
my favourite ship ever
and it definitely is the
Best ship from any other
Trek show, that Sporedrive
Is something else and is
a awesome fantastic idea,
I love it. Every single episode
Is movie quality and at over
8 million dollars
per episode no wonder
the vfx are off the charts.
I love the crew/family
they are all amazing
and the writing to the stories
of the episodic episodes
is Phenomenal, there is
never a bad episode-ever,
every season is flawless perfection.
"This Show Is So
Fcuking Cool"
And I'm so happy I
own the
Star Trek Discovery
Blu Ray Boxset
(5th and Final Season
Pre-Ordered for later
this year).
Star Trek Discovery
Is not just the GOAT
Trek Show Ever
But One Of The
Greatest Shows
Period.
What Happens
When We Boldly Go
Too Far?.........
It definitely stumbles at times, but it's a relatively interesting story and is fun to follow.
Absolutely terrible audio mixing, maybe other distributions are better, but when I saw it all of the sound effects and music were poundingly loud, drowning out the soft dialogue.
First season was a rolercoaster ride for me. While I tried to be open I found reasons to continue in the first half of the season. The idea of this being possibly an alternate universe show was intriguing and explained things. Opposed to that in the second half of the season I was looking for reasons not to quit. As a scifi show in general it is barely above average, as a Star Trek show it is the worst ever made by a wide margin.
I still don't see where this can be prime, canon Star Trek and I am afraid they will pull out a lame explanation to right the wrongs. So, with season two on the doorstep I can't say I am overly excited or that I missed the show. I will continue but the first 2-3 episodes will decide If this will stay on my watchlist.
An embarrassment to Roddenberry and everything that came before...this show is in no way a "Star Trek" show and not all the special effects in the world can change that fact. Rick Berman is looking pretty good right now..
Just now, mid-season, they're doing good, the first two episodes like JJ movies, with lens flares included, they could be independent. Next 7 ep. into Discovery were more like a real ST I remembered, sort of. They included all things possibles to please fans, trekkers and minorities, all covered. I agreed with the release weekly, better to understand each episode. A lot of arcs, lot of possibilities, lot of ways to do it, this could be a 9/10 season, for now 7/10 works while I am waiting for more discoveries.
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I am not a big Star Trek fan. So this series is for me just a norm Scifi series. And it is a decent one. The effects and gadgets are nice. The characters are quite good and the twists in the story are not the worst ones. I watched it and it was entertaining, but not something I would watch twice...