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Phoenix666 and looorg have both written in with stories about 'Star Trek: Discovery':
'Star Trek: Discovery' Producers: Be Patient With Us
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?
Windows into the Future
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 Grishnakh on Friday October 13 2017, @04:35AM
Is it Game of Thrones in Space?
Definitely not.
Game of Thrones was an almost instant smash hit. People were hooked as soon as they saw the first few episodes. I don't think I ever heard of anyone complaining that the first few episodes of GoT were awful; it got better later to be sure, but even right at the outset it was a good show to watch and quickly addictive. That's pretty remarkable too considering the show had a lot of very morally ambiguous characters and characters that weren't all that likable (though some of them became more likable as we got to know them later, and they developed a lot too).
I haven't seen any commentary like this about ST:D, instead almost exactly the opposite. Most people seem disgusted by the first 3-4 episodes, and the few people sticking up for it are giving us "highly enthusiastic" comments like "it's not that bad", and pretty much no commentary of substance explaining how this show could possibly have quality writing despite so many people despising it.
I do hope this isn't a repeat of ST:Enterprise though. I heard a lot of complaining about that one too when it came out and didn't watch it until years later, and found I actually enjoyed it a fair bit, except for that stupid Xindi arc in the 3rd season. It wasn't perfection by any means, and had some problems, but characters were likable, and it still had the spirit of ST.