Amph “Let's Fly!” - Star Trek: Discovery [Paramount+/Netflix/CraveTV]

All right I caved and bought a subscription. We'll see how my crummy laptop holds out.

 

You know what i'm looking forward to tonight? Watching The Mind's Eye as part of my TNG re-watch.

Oh ok, of course...i'll be looking forward to Star Trek: Discovery too.....the comments section of Metacritic that is.

 

It was okay, but I’m not paying to watch it.

I’m not even sure I’ll watch it for free.

 

Liked the pilot, would watch the show, but not going to pay to watch it.

 

It was very good. The premise kind of reminds me, at leaast in a general sense, of the events that precipitated the Earth-Mimbari War in Babylon 5.

 

2nd ep is when everything goes crazy, shoulda aired the two parts on CBS (but us Canadians got both) Opening title sequence is freakin emotional.

On again in an hour and a half! Remain Klingon!

 

It was okay....I liked the second episode better than the first.

 

I thought it was all right. I found the plot and character motives to be clunky (esp Burnham's mutiny). But it was just the pilot so I'm willing to give it another chance. I see potential there.

 

After watching the first two episodes, I think I am going to give a month of this show a try.

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What got me was this quote from the first brig scene:

Also, why do the Klingons have headridges? I thought this was going to be just some Klingon cult/inbreds that were able to avoid Klingon augment virus, but it seems that none of the leaders of any of the other houses were affected.

 

I think they're pretty much ignoring previous canon.

 

I love how a significant chunk of the show is in Klingon with subtitles. It's sorta next level nerdy.

As for the difference in the Klingons, there' more than a few different Klingon houses out there and maybe the augment virus did different things to different Klingons. Anyway, that's what I'm going with.

 

Ah wait, so how does this work? Are we only getting the pilot as a freebie, and then after that we need to subscribe to see any more?

 

Yes, I know some people are going to wait until the entire first season is out and then watch it. In the service's library, they have other show also (both currently airing shows and older shows including the previous Treks). With ads, each episode of Discovery comes out to about two bucks a piece (If you subscribe for the whole duration of the season).

 

I'm about halfway through the second episode, and I'm not enjoying this at all. The Klingon scenes are interminable, the main character is completely unlikable (as is the captain), the dialogue is stiff and the whole endeavour is totally devoid of humour. I appreciate that others are enjoying it, and I'm glad, but I'm just finding it too much of a slog.

 

I liked it well enough and will continue to watch . . . but I absolutely wouldn't subscribe to a separate service just for this.

So, thanks UK Netflix, I suppose.

 

That was pretty much my reaction to Encounter at Farpoint, so let's hope it gets better.

 

I saw the double-pilot....it was ok.

I like:
- The production
- Opening credits
- Set and costume design
- The overall look
- The fact that the show does not have the Captain as its central protagonist

Not liking as much:
- The cast (apart from Michelle Yeoh, the cast aren't really making an impression on me)
- Unmemorable characters and moments
- Predictable death of a certain character

In fact, it's possibly the least memorable Trek pilot i've seen.

I'll stick with the show since i'm a Trek fan and it's costing me nothing extra to watch. For now, it's competent but i'm not fully engrossed as I was in previous Trek pilots. But, again, i'm looking forward to seeing where Michael's journey takes us.

I suppose this episode...

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...this serves more as a Prologue? Like an origin story and the real series, in terms of the crew, ship and overall journey begins next week?

 

DebonaireNerd, so you didn't like Lt.Saru? I thought he was kind of fun, considering that he's basically Abe Sapien in outer space.