Amph Star Trek: Section 31 [Paramount+] (Jan 24th, 2025)

Ugh.

Wrong franchise, but... I have a bad feeling about this.

 

I think I’ll wait for The Section 31.

 

I stated this in the other thread back when this was announced, but the idea to have a movie with Section 31 being the main characters is wrongheaded. The Federation is not the USA or any other modern country. It's mean to be an idealized situation. Sure, individuals can be corrupt or do bad things, but the institution needs to remain good. To have Section 31 be a sanctioned organization within Starfleet is wrong. It's the wrong direction.

 

I'll watch it to give it a chance, but have a feeling it will leave a bad taste in my mouth. If I do end up liking the movie I think I'll be in the minority.

I liked the introduction to Section 31 in DS9 with Dr. Bashir and thought it was a good concept. If this is anything like that, I just may be able to enjoy this film.

 

I didn't mind Section 31 being in three or four Deep Space Nine episodes, but Abrams/Kurtzman Trek has such a hard-on for them that the concept has long overstayed its welcome. I also don't understand the idea that the ridiculous, ridiculously evil Mirror-Georgiou should be heavily featured. I get it, they killed off her character in the Discovery pilot and they wanted Michelle Yeoh back, but there were other ways to do it than bringing her back as Space-Hitler-working-for-the-"good guys." Like, they ended Lower Decks for this?

 

Section 31 was something that worked specifically for DS9's take on Star Trek, but it should have ended there.

 

Hey! A Chameloid! I guess that confirms it wasn't a lost Changeling/Founder Kirk and Bones ran into on Rura Penthe (just a decades long personal head canon that just died). I mean they brought them back for Picard s3 but the Changeling mythology is kinda dense to use them extensively but hey we got Chameloid!

 

Are space ships finally obsolete since this takes place after Star Track Into Darkness?

 

Different universes and at this point in the timeline Scotty hasn't perfected transwarp beaming, he's just disappearing Admiral Archer's prized beagle

 

I liked Rachel Garrett. Hope this show doesn't ruin the character.

 

Scotty was probably tinkering with beaming beagles until him and Franklin crashed into the Dyson Sphere. Probably why it happened

 

I believe the thinking was “Now is the time to make a movie with a super fun mass murderer as the lead.” Hitting the mass murderers are misunderstood zeitgeist.

Looks like JJ Abrams, Oliver Stone and some hack director from the MCU had a baby.

 

Guy in trailer: "This is going to be bad."
Me: "Yes, already is."

I'll watch it because it's a Star Trek and that's what I do, but with Section 31 it is putting something I don't like front and centre so I have rock bottom expectations for this.

 

On general principle, I can't say I'm a fan of this but that was the best trailer so far.

 

Random chaos with a few Star Trek soundeffects.

Wow that was awful.

They lost cabin pressure on what made Section 31 so interesting...discretion.

Now it's starting to look like a "Federation CIA"...everybody knows the name and knows the game.

They took the name and dumped it in the sandbox to cook up an "underworld" story.

Spy movie blended with a Mob movie, sprinkled with fog machines and neon lights and some blue screen work.

Honestly...this might work better as a STAR WARS property.

New Trek fails again.

 

Michelle Yeoh has done great things. That's not it.

 

After a few months of the Harris campaign, I don't need to see more girl-bossing war crimes.

 

Georgiou flashbacks have potential, if that's not just the opening