Star Trekkin . . .

[promethia_tenk]

Saw the first two episodes of the new Star Trek and overall am cautiously optimistic. Despite the stupidly extravagant budget, the drunken camera angles, the tedious and unnecessary scenes on the Klingon ship, and the criminal under-use of Michelle Yeoh. But.


Taking the great and noble Star Trek tradition we all love to hate of sending the captain and first officer off together on a stupidly dangerous mission without backup and then USING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY KILL THE CAPTAIN? I'm sorry, I feel like you were probably trying to create a shocking 'hoshit, this isn't your mother's Star Trek' moment, but, like. That's not cricket. This is Star Trek. We all know the rules.

I expect the command team for the rest of this show to display a proper amount of precaution when choosing who to send on away missions from now on. You just destroyed any eye-roll-y good will we ever offered to this ridiculous but convenient and, in its own way, beloved narrative convention. You monsters.

Comments

[owlboy]

That's such a Ti reason to be annoyed. I'm laugh

I can't deal with the aesthetic. It just sets my teeth on edge. It's like they took Babylon 5 and bleached it or something.

[promethia_tenk]

The sister railed at me about how much money and effort they obviously expended on the opening sequence on the desert planet when a simple 'Captain's log . . . ' and a bit of banter stuck in later would have accomplished exactly the same thing. You gotta respect the format.

I can't deal with the aesthetic. It just sets my teeth on edge. It's like they took Babylon 5 and bleached it or something.
Stick it out to episode 3 if you haven't. It sets up what the show is going to properly be, and the Discovery looks less awful. More of a blue-ish Voyager/Enterprise but updated look. And that Ni-ish Bryan Fuller edge comes in.