Phoenix666 and looorg have both written in with stories about 'Star Trek: Discovery':
The Fine Article contains spoilers for those who haven't seen the show:
The lightness and easygoing chemistry among the "Discovery" cast present a stark contrast with the characters of "Discovery." In the first few episodes, the show has turned Burnham into a shunned mutineer, introduced a suspicious skipper in Capt. Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) and given us an arrogant and snappy scientist in Lt. Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp).
star-trek-discovery-starfleetIt's the darkness of the characters and the background, which is set amid a war with the Klingons, as well as potentially continuity-bending aspects like Burnham being the adoptive daughter of Sarek, Spock's dad, that have some longtime Trekkies nervous.
If you're among those worried about the changes brought on by "Discovery," the producers have some advice for you: Just wait a little bit.
"We are canon," executive producer Alex Kurtzman said in an interview Saturday. "You'll have to be patient with us."
Kurtzman addressed the notion that the show would be grittier, assuring fans that the core themes of Star Trek remain.
Is it Game of Thrones in Space?
So this is a sure sign of the apocalypse. Windows will still be around in 2256 according to Star Trek. Guess we have to wait for that year of the Linux desktop for a few hundred more years.
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/10/3/16412372/star-trek-discovery-cbs-windows-code-command-line
(Score: 2) by rleigh on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:57PM (1 child)
I've watched the four episodes out so far on UK netflix. It's awful, agreed. I'd hoped there might be some small positives which would allow it to redeem itself, but no. I tried to approach it with an open mind, but it's truly dreadful. In addition to all the amateur plot holes you identified, I feel zero affinity to or empathy with any of the cast; they are all thoroughly unlikeable and show precious little common sense or basic humanity, yet at the same time are supposed to be highly trained starship officers. At least Janeway and Neelix were only a bit annoying rather than being outright horrible people! And there's also zero humour; all the other series had a lighthearted side to them but this seems to have no time for it (no, I don't count the stereotypical deliberately annoying roommate as humour, it's just annoying; could they not have any characters with some actual depth to them?).
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday October 13 2017, @04:14AM
yet at the same time are supposed to be highly trained starship officers. At least Janeway and Neelix were only a bit annoying rather than being outright horrible people!
Janeway was annoying, and personally I thought she was probably miscast. Neelix however wasn't supposed to be a trained starship officer, but rather some goofy alien they picked up by accident, so that at least made sense.
But yeah, while I haven't even seen this yet, and don't really want to now, the common thread I'm hearing and reading from people who have, including on long YouTube reviews, is that the characters are simply unlikeable, especially the main one. (And as the parent said, on Star Trek there isn't supposed to be a main character, it's always been about bridge crew (plus doctor), and how they work together.)