It is amazing to me how many people are complaining about "woke" stuff. Hating real accurate emotions. Oh no... WOKE...
Sad thing it isnt woke at all.. The primary design of Gene Roddenberry was to take REAL LIFE issues and display them, work with them, find solutions to them. In hopes that all the different people around the world can connect and find common ground. All the characters were designed around cultural difference we have in our own world. I do believe this show is exactly the design intended by Gene and Star Trek itself as expressed by Gene himself about Star Trek in the past.
If you are actually complaining about "wokeness" it isnt wokeness at all but showing/dealing with life itself. It is a real shame that those who default to "woke" are actually cowards themselves. They feel threatened about finding common ground with those in their orbit.
Also ... if you think Star Trek is "woke" you were and never will be a Trekkie, nor will you provide any use in a healthy society. You in essence are merely an even weaker version of Control. (to keep with the theme)
We are a planet of humans not a planet of strangers. If you think connection and understanding of ones differences is a bad thing? Then we are truly doomed as A race.
I'm glad they are cancelling this series, maybe the first 2 seasons were good, but the rest is just awful. Michael Burnham acting was perfect until the last seasons, where she either smiles in the wrong moment or overreacting to something mild.
People still remember old Star Trek series, such as Voyager, TNG, Deep Space 9, but this one will be forgotten by the end of Season 5.
Good story, good SFX ... but if you're a fan of Azimov and his works, and you've waited as long as I have for an adaption, this will just feel wrong to you.
I will continue to watch, but I can't help feeling it would be more satisfying ( and I would rate it higher ) if I didn't have a knowledge and love of the source material.
is somebody still watching this? its really all the same all the time
there are issues with licencing (due to streaming soaring, every actor tries to pull back their productions to their own streaming service, hence disney+ etc) hence the break I think (hope).
And whatever haters say, I really like this show, whatever the perceived incoherencies (we are in a future where there is programmable matter, so no, hacking alien tech in minutes is not that far-fetched in that context)
Despite it's obvious flaws I still choose to continue with the show by taking it for what it is and forgetting what it isn't and I enjoy it. Yes, it's completely unbelievable at points for instance, Michael fixing the cryo stasis technology designed by a previously unknown species in what appeared to be minutes. But again, I choose to just let go and try to enjoy it for what it is. Plus I also have a thing where if I start a show and get so far into it, I have to stick it out until the end.
Not as good as previous seasons in my opinion.
What I particularly didn't like was the family drama between. And since it's pretty much a crucial part of this season it drags down everything else. Also the fact that everyone has their own little story going on in different parts of the solar system. I don't know, didn't like it so much. Felt like Lord or The Rings or something where everyone can be a hero in their little adventure.
Please don't do this in next season. Don't try new shit, the way it was was more than fine.
But hey it's still much better than the latest Star Trek series we get on Netflix, by far.
What the hell?! I liked this season and I love this show, but that last episode... why the hell did they killed off Alex Kamal like that? His death was so sudden and random, especially given what Naomi went through I was almost certain that SHE will bite the dust, instead the show does a 180 and just offs Alex... WTF!?
Also I gotta agree with other comments, there was a bit too much personal drama, I actually skipped some moments that dragged on too much and didn't impact the story in any way...