Really, I think they go hand-in-hand. Riker's beard couldn't grow so long as Yar was on the bridge.
Star Trek: Discovery
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Really, I think they go hand-in-hand. Riker's beard couldn't grow so long as Yar was on the bridge.
Here's the problem - There are a million shows. and I'm done signing up for stuff. No, $6 isn't worth it for me. $1 wouldn't be worth it for me. Eventually it'll be on Amazon Prime or some other streaming service down the line and I'll just be patient and wait until then. Of course, I'd love it if CBS all access didn't get enough subscribers and scrapped the whole thing. That'd be fantastic.
I will never forget watching BOBW Part 1 in the basement on a sunday night, coming upstairs after it was over and my mom says "Hey! Are you watching this, this is really good!".
The pilot didn't sway me one way or the other. It wasn't "WOW!" but it also wasn't "Spock surfing on a starship amid a fistfight" awful either. I'm going to let a few episodes pile up, then use the free period to make an assessment.
I have a feeling they would blame Star Trek though and not their CBS All Access model.
Caught the 3rd episode last night - awesome. I am digging the crew so far, though we don't know them very well. I love the fact that we are dealing with flawed characters and not everyone is a perfect shining federation officer. Jason Isaac's is great as the captain. The new ship looks freaking gorgeous too.
This is much different than previous Star Trek's since it is serialized format like other modern shows. I loved that this episode had a strong science fiction premise - don't get me wrong I love space battles, but we need both for Star Trek to be truly great. Definitely the strongest beginning to any of the modern series (pretty low bar to clear) so far.
This is much different than previous Star Trek's since it is serialized format like other modern shows. I loved that this episode had a strong science fiction premise - don't get me wrong I love space battles, but we need both for Star Trek to be truly great. Definitely the strongest beginning to any of the modern series (pretty low bar to clear) so far.
Saw the first 3 episodes using Kodi. They imagery is really good, and I like some of the characters The plots so far are kind of predictable. All the Klingons are crazy, gun ho for war, and the Discovery Captain is a secret super evil scumbag, the Federation is working on illegal weapons,etc. Just tired of everyone in authority always portrayed as power hungry nut jobs that break all the rules. The captain and first officer go on a super dangerous away mission by themselves in the pilot, which makes no sense at all, even though it is pretty common on Star Trek.
Hopefully it will get better as characters are developed. It is well worth watching, just for the cool visual effects.
I will echo that I really liked Enterprise, especially Scott Bacula as captain. Always like him in Quantum Leap.
Hopefully it will get better as characters are developed. It is well worth watching, just for the cool visual effects.
I will echo that I really liked Enterprise, especially Scott Bacula as captain. Always like him in Quantum Leap.
I don't think he is going to be. I think it meant to be much deeper and more complex than that.
I sure hope so. Just not sure why anyone would keep the death monster from the other ship, unless you are going to beam it onto a Klingon ship, AKA Gorignak from Galaxy Quest.
I believe it is going to have a more "Star Trek" role than that... I don't want to go further as I picked up a minor spoiler on it but I think you jumped to the same conclusion that I did on that subject and our first impressions may be inaccurate.
I don't know how many of you have been watching it due to being on All Access, but wow this show has been strong. It gets better every week in my opinion and the character development has been strong. The last two weeks in particular I loved; really great Star Trek episodes and themes. Definitely a strong start and well worth watching for any science fiction or drama fan.
They are proving they can do the serialized format while working in great one off episodes. Similar to how Deep Space 9 was in the later years. We're loving it!
They are proving they can do the serialized format while working in great one off episodes. Similar to how Deep Space 9 was in the later years. We're loving it!
I'm not worried about that anymore since its already been renewed for Season 2 - just happy to have a good Star Trek series back on TV again! If the quality remains high, the rest will take care of itself.
I am really liking the crew, character development, and the overall plot are good, and it sure looks great. My one minor quibble is I would like to see more interaction with other species besides the Klingons (though the space whale last week was a cool Trek touch). Also - I am always a sucker for a good time loop story, and the way they presented the concept last night (through multiple view points, and not telling the story linearly) was a cool way to do it. The Lorca death montage was awesome.
Not Star Trek related:
CBS All Access (the network that Star Trek: Discovery in on) is currently working with Jordan Peele on a Twilight Zone series. I thought one of the biggest hang-ups of Discovery was that there wasn't any additional content worth subscribing for another streaming service. If they can get a few more shows in development, then I might consider getting a subscription.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/jordan-peele-is-working-on-a-twilight-zone-reboot-for-c-1820092112
CBS All Access (the network that Star Trek: Discovery in on) is currently working with Jordan Peele on a Twilight Zone series. I thought one of the biggest hang-ups of Discovery was that there wasn't any additional content worth subscribing for another streaming service. If they can get a few more shows in development, then I might consider getting a subscription.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/jordan-peele-is-working-on-a-twilight-zone-reboot-for-c-1820092112
A new twilight zone series would be awesome. Always loved those, and the Outer Limits (both the original and newer versions). Good science fiction anthologies.
couple episodes behind, did like H. F. Mudd being in the last episode. Might show up later, but didn't seem like the kind of guy that would escape the Klingons.
I have been watching the one Enterprise series with Scott Bacula over the past few weeks. Show seems to get a lot of hate, but I always like Bacula in Quantum Leap, so I enjoyed this too.
I have been watching the one Enterprise series with Scott Bacula over the past few weeks. Show seems to get a lot of hate, but I always like Bacula in Quantum Leap, so I enjoyed this too.
Discovery keeps getting better; I'll stop there to keep from spoiling.
Enterprise was good, season 3 and 4 especially.
Anyone catch the midseason finale? Outstanding, great episode all around and really set up the 2nd half of the season as well. Overall, I am really happy with the 1st half of Season 1. I really like the characters and the season just got better and better as it progressed.
Nicely done, can't wait for it to start back up again.
Nicely done, can't wait for it to start back up again.