rowpotdroid
You call this Star Trek more like Star Soap with all the social engineering that the producers are attempting. Unfortunately Hollywood and the Networks always manage to:A) Cancel good productions
B) Let unwatchable garbage continue forever until the cast members are even sick of doing the show.The Original Star Trek at the beginning was canceled due to the social norms were restrictive to the concepts of women in space let alone being in positions of authority. The interracial aspects the 60's were full of racial segregation and to see a black women on a space ship was hard to take. What saved Star Trek came after the show was canceled. The Apollo Space Missions to the Moon. This event not only caused a resurgence among the general public appetite for anything space oriented. Even the auto industry's line of cars that model new cars with anything looking space age. Star Trek had a simple plot taken from an existing genre where they got more than half the Star Trek cast from, they were westerns. They followed a simple logical story line that exist even today. The Good guys and the Bad Guys. People love to watch good guys win. They don't like to mess it up with complicated social issues that appear polarized with the public. Doing so tends to kill off interest and viewership in any production. Also the scripts writing was kept simple. Where as if you see any production today they replace action with more words or Talk till you blue in the face. Discovery cannot survive as a production by trying to impress with just Special effects because viewers are more loyal to the story line that most Hollywood producers think. I watched the first 6 episodes but stopped it was boring and way over the top on jamming social issues that should have nothing to do with Star Trek. BTW I found I didn't like the new Klingon's makeup. I'm hoping eventually loyal fans and producers of the original series will wait till this abomination is canceled and they fix it. Until then I'm done with Star Trek I can always watch reruns.
amd_d
Continuity and other matters aside, script wise as stand alone Sci fi in a trek universe, this is the best written show I could have ever hoped for. Leave your prejudice aside and enjoy it! I loved it from the first episode to the last. People love to moan a lot and glorify everything past.
axnjxn1701
I simply am flabbergasted at the individuals here that condemn, urinate on and everything else here with STD. I don't get it... This is THE best I've seen, ever. Allow me to populate why...
As coming from the time where it was 'just' going off the air, I quickly became a Trekky in the 70s'. Loved it. What an ideology, what a concept. In fact, it blew the minds of literally everyone at that time, everywhere. It has spawned decades of burn-offs and games, many to which where quasi-good; some, really cheesy productions and some that had immense battle scenes. From over-acting to underacting, it was here in the decades since. STD changes much on the screen, with a very unique, inCREDIBLY distinct variable. I don't know why people don't identify with this. It is believable (if you will). The tangents of going away from just the Captain's Chair into relationships and deceit; I like that it clearly is blazing it's own path. I have my reservations about some of the relationships it delves into, but from a 21st century POV, it takes you on a journey from insubordination to hidden agendas; clearly a tangent that ST seldom witnessed too minus Kirk's Kobyashi-Maru incident. With STD, you see 'insubordination' on a WHOLE other level, smartly I might add. The storyline is incredibly thought out and fresh, though the shaky camera effect could be toned down, but you witness an array of color, angles and immense set design. Truly...I'm a pretty hard ST fan of more than 35 years, have liked many and loved even fewer. STD is amazing. I'm impressed. That really is impressive for even me to say that seeing that I've watched EVERY episode possible... It is diverse and has gone, where it hasn't before, pun maybe, maybe not intended, but, meant seriously. S1 was an incredible start... Eager to see S2!
