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Post by crashmatsbazz on Nov 17, 2021 8:45:36 GMT -5
you mean i won't get to see Michael Burnham tilt her head to the side and wisper something whilst slightly crying until 2022 now!
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Nov 17, 2021 15:51:34 GMT -5
There’s more to the thread but I wasn’t going to try and get it in with how tweets can be shared. Bigger fan of the show that a lot online, still my least favourite of the new shows. But damn I love Anthony Rapp, such a sweetheart.
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Post by eJm on Nov 17, 2021 15:52:36 GMT -5
There’s more to the thread but I wasn’t going to try and get it in with how tweets can be shared. Bigger fan of the show that a lot online, still my least favourite of the new shows. But damn I love Anthony Rapp, such a sweetheart. He seems like such a good egg, I almost wanted to find a way to support his SAG-AGTRA campaign and I'm nowhere near a SAG card holder.
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Post by eJm on Nov 24, 2021 11:37:48 GMT -5
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 10, 2021 18:27:09 GMT -5
Says hell of a lot how unenthused I am for this season that I've literally just in the last five minutes realised that we're already four episodes deep into it.
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Post by eJm on Feb 16, 2023 6:20:24 GMT -5
*dusts off and blows thread*
*looks left*
*looks right*
...That was probably the best season of Discovery. I genuinely really enjoyed it.
*runs*
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Feb 16, 2023 20:36:48 GMT -5
*dusts off and blows thread* *looks left* *looks right* ...That was probably the best season of Discovery. I genuinely really enjoyed it. *runs* Honestly feel each season improves on the faults of the last. Genuinely love seeing a time period of the Federation so far into the future and I love the characters. Will say though, while I don't hate Michael, she really is the least interesting character in the show to me. And I don't mean that in a slight for the other characters or anything, just such a varied crew.
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Post by Muskrat on Feb 16, 2023 20:39:11 GMT -5
*dusts off and blows thread* *looks left* *looks right* ...That was probably the best season of Discovery. I genuinely really enjoyed it. *runs* Still haven’t finished the most recent season. Gonna have to start it over likely
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Post by Cyno on Feb 16, 2023 21:30:17 GMT -5
The only real problem I have with Discovery is that there's a galaxy-threatening situation with every season. Star Trek is usually a lot smaller with its sense of scale. Threatening Earth, the Federation, or even the known Alpha Quadrant is one thing. But the galaxy is a massive place. Even the most expansive known empires (The Dominion and the Borg) only have so much of the Gamma and Delta Quadrants under their control.
And yeah, Michael isn't BAD. But she's one of the less interesting characters of the cast. Though Grudge, like all other Trek cats, has my entire heart.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 16, 2023 21:38:07 GMT -5
The only real problem I have with Discovery is that there's a galaxy-threatening situation with every season. Star Trek is usually a lot smaller with its sense of scale. Threatening Earth, the Federation, or even the known Alpha Quadrant is one thing. But the galaxy is a massive place. Even the most expansive known empires (The Dominion and the Borg) only have so much of the Gamma and Delta Quadrants under their control. And yeah, Michael isn't BAD. But she's one of the less interesting characters of the cast. Though Grudge, like all other Trek cats, has my entire heart. I like Discovery, especially now that it has found its feet. But one of the reasons Strange New Worlds feels like such a breath of fresh air is how low-stakes most of the episodes are, and that the overarching story is not the focus of the show. Discovery really could do with a few more episodes per season that are entirely self-contained.
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Post by eJm on Feb 17, 2023 0:40:59 GMT -5
The only real problem I have with Discovery is that there's a galaxy-threatening situation with every season. Star Trek is usually a lot smaller with its sense of scale. Threatening Earth, the Federation, or even the known Alpha Quadrant is one thing. But the galaxy is a massive place. Even the most expansive known empires (The Dominion and the Borg) only have so much of the Gamma and Delta Quadrants under their control. And yeah, Michael isn't BAD. But she's one of the less interesting characters of the cast. Though Grudge, like all other Trek cats, has my entire heart. I like Discovery, especially now that it has found its feet. But one of the reasons Strange New Worlds feels like such a breath of fresh air is how low-stakes most of the episodes are, and that the overarching story is not the focus of the show. Discovery really could do with a few more episodes per season that are entirely self-contained. Oh yeah, SNW is better because of how the format feels like what modern Trek should be so it’s an unfair comparison and I feel like Season 5 just needs episodes where you spend time with the crew in stuff that isn’t “OMG, THE UNIVERSE MIGHT EXPLODE SOON!” but I also feel like it’s getting there.
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Post by schma on Feb 17, 2023 9:59:15 GMT -5
Oh damn, didn't realize we'd gotten another season. Good thing I just started a week of vacation!
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 2, 2023 17:14:52 GMT -5
Not surprised. Rumour was Paramount+ is getting a major budget cut, and these Star Trek shows are ridiculously expensive.
If, as expected, a Picard spinoff gets the green light and Strange New Worlds continues then the budget for any other live action shows probably isn't there. Discovery's had a good run but has also been bitterly divisive, so it was always an uphill battle to keep going.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 2, 2023 18:11:47 GMT -5
Our long nightmare is finally over
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Post by prettynami on Mar 2, 2023 18:59:52 GMT -5
I felt every season was better than the last, at least in how the characters were being written... So a bit of me is sad it is gonna end... But a lot of shows are a lot shorter than this so...! I am a bit behind cause I wait for the DVDs to be available at my local library - but I thought the shift to the future has opened up a lot of possibilities and maybe they will get the GALACTIC THREAT plotlines off their back (I agree with others who are annoyed by those overarching plots) because the new setting was both familiar and yet so alien.
I do wish they would let other characters have time to shine instead of always having their moments filtered through Michael - and I say that as a person who legit likes her character and loved her Spock/Sarek stuff because it fleshed her and those characters out and each interaction was so interesting.
But as long as Lower Decks keeps chugging along I will be happy.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Mar 2, 2023 19:57:59 GMT -5
Really sad about this. Thought this show has been great from season 2 and on. I know there has been issues but have really enjoyed this run. Glad we'll get closure, which is more than Enterprise can say......
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Post by Cyno on Mar 2, 2023 23:20:48 GMT -5
I liked Discovery in spite of its problems. And without its success we wouldn't have more great Trekking in the form of Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Picard (S2 at least, though S3 is off to a great start and I didn't hate S1), and Prodigy. I just hope they can deliver a satisfying conclusion to the crew's stories. And that it won't be another Enterprise where the series finale acts as a "deleted scenes" plot for a TNG episode.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 2, 2023 23:43:51 GMT -5
I just hope they can deliver a satisfying conclusion to the crew's stories. And that it won't be another Enterprise where the series finale acts as a "deleted scenes" plot for a TNG episode. Could be tough ask, though it surely won't be as rushed as Enterprise. Season 5 wrapped in November, so pushing the release back to next year is to presumably allow for reshoots that tie up all the loose ends. Apparently Paramount are looking at a Starfleet Academy series as the direct replacement for Discovery, with Tilly as the lead. As long overdue as that concept is (and as much as I like Tilly), I have to confess I'm somewhat cold on the 32nd-century setting. It's just too far removed from the rest of the franchise for my liking.
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Post by schma on Mar 3, 2023 3:18:34 GMT -5
The craziest thing with Enterprise is in the penultimate episode they show you the birth of what would become the federation then followed it up with the bs tng tie-in to a mid tier episode. If they had stopped one episode earlier, that would have been far more satisfying.
I think S1 discovery should have had the major reveal about the mirror universe far earlier. Waiting ten episodes was too long. That did it a whole disservice as so many had checked out by then.
Also, it would be nice to get a season that isn't a galaxy threat.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 3, 2023 3:29:21 GMT -5
I think S1 discovery should have had the major reveal about the mirror universe far earlier. Waiting ten episodes was too long. That did it a whole disservice as so many had checked out by then. There's just way too much happening in that first season. There's the Federation-Klingon war, the Ash Tyler subplot, a random Mudd episode, the lengthy spore drive plot, the time spent in the mirror universe, probably more that I'm forgetting... it was just overstuffed. Granted, they had to deal with a change of showrunners and a replacement writing team midway through the season, so it's a minor miracle that the season was at least somewhat coherent.
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