Star Trek: Discovery

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  1. wodan1234
    Feb 2, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To give it 2 points is way to gentle. it deserved MINUS-12 !

    So far i watched all of season 1 and all of what we got so far for season 2.
    Thankfully i escaped the Short Treks, because Netflix Germany wasn't stupid enough to take them AS PRESENT!
    And not only did it got worse, for example the weird religious stuff that doesn't belong in Trek or to Captain Pike. (Who is neither very religious nor a "fun guy" on duty).
    Or the unstable psycho-killer named Spock.
    Yes, yes THAT HAPPENED! Hes a Psycho killer according to STD.

    Watching episode 3 however really killed all hope, that this show will get any better. The Kling-Orcs ( Who seem to live in 8th Century, Valhalla) look worse than ever with hair.
    Nope.

    "Space Hitler" now rules the "Space Gestapo" (Section 31) , without any reasoning as to how they gave her that posting.

    And that stupid Ghost-friend that Tilly met, just went full bor racist, when she was expecting Lorca or "at least Kirk"( How did she even know him? Even Tilly doesn't know him!)
    By describing James. T Kirk, as the "Much whiter and much much blonder" GUY.
    #TheUeberArian.

    Also that fake body positivity theme, really went sour when chubby Tilly outran an entire staff of much slimmer and fitter extras, in a half marathon.
    Which she should have lost, for falling back and talking with her Ghost-Friend.
    And you could actually see how those extras did "run" extra slow.
    But off course, afterwards she got the SJW typical, "TRIPPLE AFFIRMATION!" within 2 Minutes.
    Oh yeah, that "Friend" of hers, was actually a "Spore infection".
    What the hell?

    Also "off course" ;) Burnham, not only is a splendid astronomer, test-pilot, Power-Girl (For surviving 9 G for ELEVEN Minutes!) Nooo! Oh no... That wouldn't be sufficient for "the bestest person Evaaar".
    She's also a "Xeno-Antropologist"... Ja...
    **** you CBS...

    "Jim! Its Dead!"    … Expand
  2. spretasky
    Jan 1, 2019
    2
    I came into this Star Trek not knowing about the drama for it and the hatred. until later when I personally finished watching season 1 and start looking up what people were saying on this "Star Trek" This is not Star Trek . People are telling I should watch Orville vs this. I haven't seen any Orville episodes yet to judge it . This Star Trek was awful. People giving this a 10 are lying toI came into this Star Trek not knowing about the drama for it and the hatred. until later when I personally finished watching season 1 and start looking up what people were saying on this "Star Trek" This is not Star Trek . People are telling I should watch Orville vs this. I haven't seen any Orville episodes yet to judge it . This Star Trek was awful. People giving this a 10 are lying to the fan base. It is a real shame that these people are tribal and robots and can't see how bad this Star Trek is.. Shame!!… Expand
  3. TheTokenSquare
    Jan 7, 2019
    2
    Gene Roddenberry is dead. I'm watching The Orville. I gave STD a 2 for having at least great special effects and production value. Would have given another point or two if the characters were more than one dimentional and the writing was decent. Another point docked for putting the show behind a paywall.
  4. sgtfalcon
    Jan 12, 2019
    2
    This is not Star Trek. Star Trek is supposed to be an optimistic view of the future. Every character in this show is pretty despicable. The writers don't seem to understand Star Trek at all. This show needs someone to turn it around. Bring back the normal Klingons, develop strong "Horatio Hornblower" type characters. Have the ship "Discovery" explore wonderful new worlds and bring back theThis is not Star Trek. Star Trek is supposed to be an optimistic view of the future. Every character in this show is pretty despicable. The writers don't seem to understand Star Trek at all. This show needs someone to turn it around. Bring back the normal Klingons, develop strong "Horatio Hornblower" type characters. Have the ship "Discovery" explore wonderful new worlds and bring back the morality play that was Star Trek. Occasionally, bring in the Klingons for some battle scenes and make them more like the Soviets as in the original series. This show completely conflicts with the morality plays that were Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise.… Expand
  5. dk150968
    Mar 11, 2019
    2
    I seriously gave this show a chance, but after few episodes I've given up. no more thank you.
    No likeable characters, written by people that don't know anything about Star Trek. I have watched all Star Trek spin offs and this one is the worst. If you want to see what it should be like watch "The Orville"
    A Star Trek we should have got and not this PC garbage,,,,,,,,
  6. JerryW
    Mar 14, 2019
    2
    Although this show acts like it is Star Trek, it changed many of the main premises of the show. It is dark, full of drama, focused on personal issues more than science fiction. If it was named anything else, I would have given it an average score. As a Star Trek show, I cannot give it more than 2. Most of the science in the show does not stand in the face of Star Trek's usual science.Although this show acts like it is Star Trek, it changed many of the main premises of the show. It is dark, full of drama, focused on personal issues more than science fiction. If it was named anything else, I would have given it an average score. As a Star Trek show, I cannot give it more than 2. Most of the science in the show does not stand in the face of Star Trek's usual science. Also, how about that Klingon speech? It sounds like a robit trying to speak Klingon...… Expand
  7. 40whitemale
    Mar 11, 2019
    2
    This show is just terrible. No, I am not saying this out of my anger or white male frustration. I am saying this after watching great televosion like GoT, The Orville, The Xpanse, Umbrella Academy or even small shows like Mum (Yes, all female cast, no feminist agenda, just pure fun!). Discovery lacks of everything - accept budget. No story, just ploholes. No good writing, just bad acting.This show is just terrible. No, I am not saying this out of my anger or white male frustration. I am saying this after watching great televosion like GoT, The Orville, The Xpanse, Umbrella Academy or even small shows like Mum (Yes, all female cast, no feminist agenda, just pure fun!). Discovery lacks of everything - accept budget. No story, just ploholes. No good writing, just bad acting. No tansion, just headaches. I can only remember the name of the (eh!) female "Michael" (I guess it is because this is my name, too. Damn!

    While I really dislike the real "real" ST (Kirk & Spok) I loved TNG, liked DS9, accepted The Voyager and loved again: The Enterprise. And while Discovery tries to tell the story (again) what happened before Picard & Co, this has been done in great and much "on point" way by Ct. Archer. So please spend that huge budget on more seasons, less effects and mooooore story. Spare the politics agenda and give us real politics (like in TNG) and social relevance. Diversity can only be installed or "lived" while we tell diverse stories with diverse indiciduals in diverse communities. Discovery is nothing of that.

    After The Orville with this seasone has elevated us into something I would not expect - a real joy of exciting TV-watching - I rewatched episode 4 of Discovery to decide, is it me ... or WTF is going on? And then: I quit the show. I don't want to be lectured, yelled et, preached, bombarded by lense flares or rush from a plothole to another. It is not me, it is you, baby. - Live shor, and definitely not prosper.    … Expand
  8. ajewo
    May 25, 2021
    2
    Star Trek: Discovery is primarily about fast-paced action and one big mystery plot for each season rather than episodical mystery, exploration, ethical or social issues. The episodes are not very memorable, unlike other Star Trek series. Discovery is a gritty, non-optimistic version of Star Trek with prequel continuity issues, e.g., the Klingon makeover is just unnecessary, holograms, orStar Trek: Discovery is primarily about fast-paced action and one big mystery plot for each season rather than episodical mystery, exploration, ethical or social issues. The episodes are not very memorable, unlike other Star Trek series. Discovery is a gritty, non-optimistic version of Star Trek with prequel continuity issues, e.g., the Klingon makeover is just unnecessary, holograms, or the "instant everywhere" spore drive. However, some issues will be reverted in the second season.
    If you start to think about the plots for a minute, you will often find many issues that do not add up. Some episodes are so packed with "stuff" and contradictions that I didn't even care to follow the plot in a logical sense anymore. The voice-over pathos inspired by the JJ Abraham movies is just another empty element. And most of the characters are shady (especially in the first season) and unlikable. Some characters become charicatures. Michael Burnham, for example, is supposed to be the hero of the series, but since she's not the captain of the Discovery, she's not in a position to make the big decisions, yet she has all the answers and rebels without consequence (because she's always right in the end).
    As for the production, the series is well done. There are annoyingly overused light glares in the first two seasons, but the costumes, masks, and visuals are very good at movie level. All in all, I wish they had invested the budget in better scripts, stories, and dialogues written by actual science fiction authors.
    I recommend watching the earlier Star Trek series, The Expanse, or The Orville instead.    … Expand
  9. slicelook
    Feb 17, 2022
    2
    This season went full hollywood sjw with lqbtqt "i identify as whatever, pay attention to me and my irrelevant useless story that has nothing to do with star trek"
  10. TheSHO
    Jan 19, 2019
    1
    I am done after watching the 5th episode of the 1st season. Are you kidding me?! I let most of the things that I didn't like go. But when you have a very unlikable chief engineer (who is gay) and a very forgettable lead doctor (who is also gay) being shoved down our throats (pun intended) by the liberal Hollywood as a couple, that is when I am done. I am so sick and tired of HollywoodI am done after watching the 5th episode of the 1st season. Are you kidding me?! I let most of the things that I didn't like go. But when you have a very unlikable chief engineer (who is gay) and a very forgettable lead doctor (who is also gay) being shoved down our throats (pun intended) by the liberal Hollywood as a couple, that is when I am done. I am so sick and tired of Hollywood making everything about PC. Every single character is unlikable. The only one that is decent is the main character and they made her name Michael. Sigh, really? Just had to show us that gender and names don't mean anything, They are all interchangeable, right hollyweird? Other then forgettable and unlikable characters, you have horrible special effects for the space scenes. The older Star Treks looked soooo much better when there was no Computer technology. And don't get me started on the Klingons. The only good thing I would say this series has is the nice indoor set pieces. That is about it. Oh and one more thing. Isn't this show suppose to be before Enterprise? If so, why do they have so much more technology then Enterprise? Just doesn't make sense.

    I hope to God that the new one with Picard is better.    … Expand
  11. haberman13
    Oct 31, 2017
    1
    The only good thing about this show is that someone somewhere agreed to spend money on a new Trek show.

    So there is hope, that after this destroys the franchise for 20 years, we will perhaps get a real Trek show again.
  12. mortendynamo
    Dec 1, 2018
    1
    This is an abomination of what Star Trek is. I Have watched all the previous Star Trek series, and have loved them all, but this were just utter garbage.
  13. Humboldt1337
    Jan 17, 2019
    1
    This show is 100% SJW garbage now. It is like a diversity hire who hates Star Trek made all of the decisions regarding this series. These out of touch Hollywood elite execs know white males are the biggest Star Trek fan base, right?! Apparently not, as they do everything in their power to demean and insult white men throughout the entire show. Just total garbage, I hope this seriesThis show is 100% SJW garbage now. It is like a diversity hire who hates Star Trek made all of the decisions regarding this series. These out of touch Hollywood elite execs know white males are the biggest Star Trek fan base, right?! Apparently not, as they do everything in their power to demean and insult white men throughout the entire show. Just total garbage, I hope this series fails and is forgotten. I will just go watch DS9 re-runs instead.… Expand
  14. MichaelDorosh
    Feb 1, 2019
    1
    I didn't make it through the pilot. The set design, costumes, casting and writing all seem like a mess and seem completely unconnected to the existing ST universe. I could have watched Star Trek Continues for years. I won't be watching Discovery.
  15. Ekras
    Sep 25, 2017
    1
    I'm giving it a 1/10 for trying. Even passing fans of ST will be disappointed - not only does it significantly break canon with previous shows (in a lot more ways than just the stuff with the Klingons) it doesn't FEEL like Trek. If they had released this as a "new" show I might have given this a 3/10 (it still is a really bad show) but the attempted connections to the Trek universe andI'm giving it a 1/10 for trying. Even passing fans of ST will be disappointed - not only does it significantly break canon with previous shows (in a lot more ways than just the stuff with the Klingons) it doesn't FEEL like Trek. If they had released this as a "new" show I might have given this a 3/10 (it still is a really bad show) but the attempted connections to the Trek universe and failure to do so in a cohesive way is a point-loss to me.

    Regarding the Klingons (and some of the other species) the CGI abuse is REALLY bad. Considering the cost of these episodes, couldn't they have afforded the much better looking makeup Klingons of years past? It's especially apparent in the eyes of the characters which don't seem to line up with skin correctly.

    As for the story - pretty generic fare here. The main story we've seen before in Trek (Twice in Voyager alone with the "renegade" ship in the delta quadrant and their redemption story in a later season, and of course with Tom Paris) in which the main character commits mutiny in the name of their crew mates and gets stripped of rank as a result. Hopefully it'll be resolved in a different way, but I suspect that the writers just don't care.

    They clearly didn't know much about Trek's history when going into this project, and I don't expect them to magically get an education in time for next season.

    My final gripe is with the pacing - one of the best things about Trek is that it's not a highly serialized show. You can miss an episode and keep watching and you won't be lost. This variant has abandoned this in favor of a more serialized approach and they use it to terrible effect. Future seasons will hopefully end this practice and return to a more traditional storytelling method.    … Expand
  16. AthanasiosT
    Nov 8, 2017
    1
    Kirk would have ejected this show in space...It is Not for trekkies and if by any chance you have a trek nostalgia, you can always watch The Orville. Even though the SFX are top, it just relies too much on action, shooting, firing torpedoes, simplified logic and silly thinking and too much straying from Strafleet directives. No exploration and no surprises await the crew this time. Simply boring..
  17. valrond
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    Terrible. Just a horrible TV Series, if you can call that thing a TV Series.
    First, let's start by the pilot. It is bad, really bad. Awfully bad. The plot is nearly non-existant and definitely not appealing at all. Scratch that. Just 5 seconds into this thing, you know it is wrong. You see a bunch of creatures. They are supposed to be Klingon's, but they are not. They don't look like    Terrible. Just a horrible TV Series, if you can call that thing a TV Series.
    First, let's start by the pilot. It is bad, really bad. Awfully bad. The plot is nearly non-existant and definitely not appealing at all. Scratch that. Just 5 seconds into this thing, you know it is wrong. You see a bunch of creatures. They are supposed to be Klingon's, but they are not. They don't look like Klingons at all, not even close to what we had in TNG/DS9/Voyager (well, he just had a half klingon there in Belanna Torres, but you get it). Then they speak in Klingon ALL THE TIME. Klingon is not meant to be talked, except for some few moments like they have in the previous series, then they speak in English. And it sound so dull and monotonous, which the lack of facial expressions make even worse.
    Then we have the captain and 1st officer doing a nice scene, but just looks nice, it adds NOTHING to the story. I will keep it mostly spoilers free, but a freaking 1st officer of the UFP DOESN'T KNOCK OUT HER CAPTAIN. I could go on and on and on, but you get the point. This is NOT Star Trek.
    Then there is the politicial/SJW leftist agenda they are trying to shove down our throats.
    The Klingons are isolationists that want to remain klingon. The very creators of the series have said they are an allegory to Trump and Trump supporters. The Federation is what the globalists are now, they want to assimilate all those that don't think like them, in this case the Klingon.
    So, what we really have here, is a leftist anti-Trump propaganda, not even my words, but their creators.
    Then there is the white genocide/lack of white male characters. There are two, one that barely features, and the other one, a racist admiral, when we hadn't had a racist in Starfleet in 28 seasons of TV and 10 movies (plus those new Star Wars movies pretending to be Star Trek movies), but here it is again.
    Simply awful, don't watch if you want an entertaining series.    … Expand
  18. NotchFilter
    Oct 2, 2017
    1
    The bar had been set way too high for this premiere episode. It had to be good enough to convince the potential audience that the $6 per month for CBS streaming was "worth it."

    It's not. ST:NG got off to an uneasy start, but it quickly got its space-legs over the course of the first season and turned into one of the better SciFi TV shows. Sadly, I'll never know if ST:Discovery    The bar had been set way too high for this premiere episode. It had to be good enough to convince the potential audience that the $6 per month for CBS streaming was "worth it."

    It's not.

    ST:NG got off to an uneasy start, but it quickly got its space-legs over the course of the first season and turned into one of the better SciFi TV shows.

    Sadly, I'll never know if ST:Discovery gets better. The pilot was so bad that I don't even care, nor am I interested in, what happens to the characters as the series unfolds.

    $6 per month in order to watch this show? Who is CBS kidding?    … Expand
  19. expreed
    Nov 26, 2017
    1
    Gene Roddenberry's vision went out the window entirely and was replaced with a no brains action show with only superficial diversity. The CGI is top notch, but that doesn't carry the show and Trekkies will prefer the 1960's show over this one in the end. Ignoring all the canon, which also went out the window, the show is just dumb and not well written. If the show were well written a lotGene Roddenberry's vision went out the window entirely and was replaced with a no brains action show with only superficial diversity. The CGI is top notch, but that doesn't carry the show and Trekkies will prefer the 1960's show over this one in the end. Ignoring all the canon, which also went out the window, the show is just dumb and not well written. If the show were well written a lot of the canon mistakes could be forgiven.

    Trek fans love Gene Roddenberry's vision and will probably never follow a Trek that borrows heavily from Star Wars... Sarek now has force powers everyone.    … Expand
  20. golibethesda
    Oct 5, 2017
    1
    Worst Star Trek by far and the stupidest one. On RPG Codex I've written a list of idiocies and inconsistencies that are abundant in every episode so for details you can go there and here I'll only say this: watch The Orville instead.
  21. Awaken
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unnecessary urgency - timers, countdowns, flashing warnings. Unrealistically frilly, convoluted, overcomplicated klingon customs, design and architecture. Heroes and zeroes - a single character that matters, everyone else is fluff. Everyone on the fed side being a 2017 human in values and outlook. No evolution of humanity. Plot plagiarism. Even more plot plagiarism. Dialogue plagiarism. Lack of plot. Obvious tropes. Convenient lack of autopilot for dramatic effect. More obvious tropes. Being unable to transport without lifesigns 2 minutes after transporting a bomb just fine. Too much CGI eye candying. Unnecessary conflict between colleagues. Too much unjustified tension. One dimensional characters. Not enough moral ambiguity. Shared assumptions of right and wrong. Everyone on "our side" being okay with mining corpses. Only decent moral examination taking place with a computer. Too much stating of the obvious. Uncomfortable subtle likening of Klingons to idealogically driven terrorists facing off against the USA / Federation. Zealous enemies saving laser bullets to allow cinematic convenience. Serious light bulb shortage in 23rd century court. The physics of a space ship, no matter how pointy it is, cutting slowly through another space ship instead of pushing it away.… Expand
  22. russellpeach
    Mar 7, 2019
    1
    This is the worst star trek series EVER. This isn't even real star trek. This is prime, we want cannon. The directing is bad, the writing is inconsistent, incoherent and amaturish. Most of the actors are useless. The lead is such a mary sue that that she's SO unlikable she needs killing off as soon as possible. This series has NOTHING to do with the hopeful greatness of Gene Roddenberry'sThis is the worst star trek series EVER. This isn't even real star trek. This is prime, we want cannon. The directing is bad, the writing is inconsistent, incoherent and amaturish. Most of the actors are useless. The lead is such a mary sue that that she's SO unlikable she needs killing off as soon as possible. This series has NOTHING to do with the hopeful greatness of Gene Roddenberry's real Star Trek. I will stay with all the original series and The Orville which is the real successor to Star Trek.… Expand
  23. Larkfeast
    Sep 26, 2017
    1
    WHAT THE **** IS THIS ****

    Just watch without sound, and skip all the duologue scenes

    Baboons were harmed during the script-writing phase of the production: Repetitive Strain Injury from bashing on typewriters
  24. Voodoo123
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    +Visual flair puts this shows aesthetic in line with 2009 JJ abrams film
    +Great cast
    +Interesting period for star trek lore -No longer a show about an advanced yet peaceful culture of unified civilizations -OTT lens flare/camera tilts/camera pans way too much movement for my taste -Starfleet crew noticeably relish in the death of their perceived 'enemy' -OTT klingon prosthetic makeup    +Visual flair puts this shows aesthetic in line with 2009 JJ abrams film
    +Great cast
    +Interesting period for star trek lore
    -No longer a show about an advanced yet peaceful culture of unified civilizations
    -OTT lens flare/camera tilts/camera pans way too much movement for my taste
    -Starfleet crew noticeably relish in the death of their perceived 'enemy'
    -OTT klingon prosthetic makeup impairs the actors ability to emote or even speak clearly
    -Story flavors mindless action over philosophical / ethical debate

    I really wanted this to work out but my heart sank when apparently someone at CBS thought 'lets do it JJ stylee'. I'm not sure any of this is fixable but what we have here feels like a massively lost opportunity...

    A first officer who vulcan nerve pinches her commanding officer to ATTACK a vessel who is supposedly brought up in a vulcan culture??? Did the producers ever watch an episode of star trek before making this show???

    I will keep watching in the hope something gets better but so far these 2 episodes are star trek sacrilege. (if this was anything other than star trek would've given 4/10 hence the 1/10)    … Expand
  25. ThemBakerBoys
    Sep 25, 2017
    1
    This dialogue is horrible! I have taken creative writing classes where the teacher would have roasted us for writing this bad. What a shame. Good cast and fairly good visuals wasted on a show where I want to mute the volume. There are also problems with the pacing and energy. They go to such great lengths to build up some little bit of momentum and then lose it when they cut to theThis dialogue is horrible! I have taken creative writing classes where the teacher would have roasted us for writing this bad. What a shame. Good cast and fairly good visuals wasted on a show where I want to mute the volume. There are also problems with the pacing and energy. They go to such great lengths to build up some little bit of momentum and then lose it when they cut to the Klingon scenes. Who knew Klingons were such chatterboxes? Like watching paint dry.
    "Something something, honor. Something something, torch." Snore!
    I guess Twin Peaks had me expecting something new and fresh and this is just stale cookie cutter "TV show" with the ubiquitous music rising to dramatic crescendo before the cut to commercial.
    To top it all off, the opening title sequence looks like a Chrysler car commercial from 2005. We have seen that "drawing comes to life" animation trick a thousand times. Watch the title sequence from True Detective season 1 if you want to see an opening that pulls you into the story and characters. And watch Green on any episode of Walking Dead to see what she is capable of in the hands of a competent director with a script that doesn't make you want to kick your sofa.    … Expand
  26. allandor
    Feb 13, 2018
    1
    It could have been a good new entry into the star trek franchise. The pilot is the best of the whole season and it is not really good. At episode 3 it is over the discovery comes into play and with it ... well the worst Star Trek series yet.
    Why must be everything new, if it is named Star Trek?`Why don't they use the Characters and "history" of the Trek-universe if the series should be    It could have been a good new entry into the star trek franchise. The pilot is the best of the whole season and it is not really good. At episode 3 it is over the discovery comes into play and with it ... well the worst Star Trek series yet.
    Why must be everything new, if it is named Star Trek?`Why don't they use the Characters and "history" of the Trek-universe if the series should be playing right in that universe?

    Star Trek Discovery wouldn't be that bad if it had been its own IP. Just "Discovery" with a whole new "universe". If you don't want to use Star Trek lore, just don't name it so.    … Expand
  27. moviestalker
    Oct 7, 2017
    1
    So what happend here is that they put a 'Star Trek' sticker on a below average scifi show and hope to make a few bucks by fooling the fanbase with pretty costumes and explosions. Roddenberry would be rolling in his grave if he saw this.

    Ever since J.J.Abrams dealt severe damage to the Star Trek franchise by turning it into a over the top action circus and rewrote the shows law as he saw    So what happend here is that they put a 'Star Trek' sticker on a below average scifi show and hope to make a few bucks by fooling the fanbase with pretty costumes and explosions. Roddenberry would be rolling in his grave if he saw this.

    Ever since J.J.Abrams dealt severe damage to the Star Trek franchise by turning it into a over the top action circus and rewrote the shows law as he saw fit, I didn't have much hope that this show would follow a different path. And (sadly) I was correct. What we have here, feels like a bad crossover between 'Mass Effect' & 'J.J Abrams-Trek' and the longer you watch it, the more unbearable it becomes...

    Dear Hollywood writers: If this abomination is the best you can do when you think of Star Trek, then let the franchise die. Seriously: Let.it.die.
    Nobody needs weird looking klingons that talk, as if they had cotton balls in their mouth. Nobody needs these poorly written plots that make zero sense and Nobody needs your "vision" of Star Trek.    … Expand
  28. AreYouSerious
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    What is this crap? The most aggravating characters I've ever had the misfortunate of watching on a TV show before. Do they even understand their audience? Have they ever watched an episode of Star Trek? Any Star Trek (even the movie reboots)?

    This looks "expensive," production-wise, but everything else about it is absolutely terrible - particularly the scripting and acting. I could    What is this crap? The most aggravating characters I've ever had the misfortunate of watching on a TV show before. Do they even understand their audience? Have they ever watched an episode of Star Trek? Any Star Trek (even the movie reboots)?

    This looks "expensive," production-wise, but everything else about it is absolutely terrible - particularly the scripting and acting.

    I could have turned it off after the first 15 minutes, but I persevered through two abhorrent episodes. I sincerely hope this dies a quick death.

    I've never served in the armed forces, but if this is what the "idyllic" future of the armed forces looks like, we're in for a hell of a lot of trouble...    … Expand
  29. inopinatus
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    Shameful writing that has neither wit nor pathos. Painful camerawork and horrendous editing. The actors try their best with the stilted and implausible script, and the VFX designers have incorporated the best starfields that you'll see outside a 2017 video game, but it is lipstick on a pig. The show has all the dismal hallmarks of design-by-tv-executive. Hardly surprising that Bryan Fuller quit.
  30. madmacdoo
    Oct 2, 2017
    1
    Unlikeable characters, poor storylines, and an all round mess of a show if the first 3 episodes are anything to go by. It can improve of course, but it doesn't look likely at this time. The worst star trek since enterprise(which was also rubbish).
  31. MK500
    Oct 3, 2017
    1
    If you want to watch Star Trek; watch The Orville instead. Even after 3 episodes, this dark abomination has nothing to do with Gene Rodenberry‘s Star Trek. I feel terrible for the very decent actors that have to try to make something out of this horrible writing. You want to like the characters; but the situations they find themselves in are so absurd that it just doesn’t work. It feelsIf you want to watch Star Trek; watch The Orville instead. Even after 3 episodes, this dark abomination has nothing to do with Gene Rodenberry‘s Star Trek. I feel terrible for the very decent actors that have to try to make something out of this horrible writing. You want to like the characters; but the situations they find themselves in are so absurd that it just doesn’t work. It feels like they are trying to squeeze 3 episodes of plot into every episode. This series is obviously very high budget, but they should have hired some decent writers instead of dumping it all into CGI. I’m a huge fan of every prior Star Trek series until this; but this one is going to need to take a seriously major turn to have any hope of winning my fandom. If it wasn’t for The Orville I would be very depressed right now.

    Here is an easy way to judge a new Star Trek series: Does it make you feel inspired and excited about the future of mankind? This one is a hard No.

    Remember that Star Trek is often cited by astronauts and NASA engineers as one the things that inspired them to choose their path in life. I can’t imagine this series inspiring anyone.    … Expand
  32. RedShiftXIII
    Dec 2, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm a bit of a trekkie and have watched most of the series throughout my life, but while I may be biased, it's in favor of the shows—I kinda liked Star Trek: Enterprise. With that said, I don't think it's unreasonable to conclude that Star Trek: Discovery is a bad show in general.

    Exposition is a massive problem. While they do try to cover it up by inserting it into dialogue, it's as if the core concept of the show is how to fit as much exposition into dialogue as humanly possible. The conversations between characters almost always can be summed up as two robots interacting with each other who both just learned they were programmed with the ability to cry. Furthermore, everything from exposition sloppily hidden in dialogue to stubbing of toes, has to be a massively big deal.

    In the very first episode of this season, it's basically a bunch of fancy special effects and hilariously meaningless conversations: Why are we suppose to care that a captain doesn't want a president on their ship? Why is it a problem enough for a captain to continually openly protest and cause conflict where none needs to be had? Why did a captain ask the f***ing president, if she lied to a dude who was panicking, as if it was important to ask while everything is supposedly on the edge of complete disaster? Why do a bunch of officers ignore their captain when she asked for a status update but they're apparently too busy being dramatically quiet as the hangar burns down? Absolute nuttery.

    It's like they're trying to make a soap opera in space with zero self-awareness. While this may seem like a knock on the actors, the fact that this is consistent with every character, tells me it's a writer/director problem. Maybe I'm wrong, but the end result is the same—it's bad.

    Lack of continuity isn't always a bad thing, but one deeply important concept of the federation is that it's heavily influenced by maritime tradition. There's multiple explicit and implicit reminders of this throughout the IP's history, but Discovery seems to have forgotten that, or doesn't give a crap. It's fine if they want to build on that or even tear it down, but it's fairly obvious the writers didn't make any attempt to learn of Federation or maritime traditions to the point it'd be like a bunch of white guys making a movie about China and never actually researching Chinese culture. This isn't a big deal for ornamental things, but clear insubordination that isn't addressed because nobody knows it's insubordination both misses an opportunity to utilize already built concepts to introduce actual drama and tells us these aren't organized people with rules and regulation—they're just dudes, dudettes and duets, who we are told are smart and happen to be on a ship with some logos on it. Nobody in the show knows the difference between an ensign and the president of the Federation, nobody in the show has even a remote interest in displaying the level of professionalism even the most unprofessional international organization has.

    This isn't Star Trek; it's an exercise in fitting as much exposition into dialogue as possible and drama from nothing . . . with Federation logos. I really wanted this show to be good—that's why I sat through three seasons of it—but I don't think they've learned anything based on the beginning of the fourth season. I hate this show and I hate that i've wasted so much time watching it. I hope I've saved at least one person the trouble.    … Expand
  33. Almostpilot
    Apr 17, 2018
    1
    They managed to ruin the star trek universe. Grotesque what they did with the Klingons, ignoring all previous history of star trek.
  34. RCDVOK
    Sep 24, 2017
    1
    To be fair It could have been worse but not by much. It's not Star Trek they way it should be. To dark and doesn't follow the original path of Star Trek. They tried something different and failed so hopefully it lasts only a season and they try again with their fan base in mind. Who cares about who is captain and that crap because that doesn't matter but screwing with the feel and messingTo be fair It could have been worse but not by much. It's not Star Trek they way it should be. To dark and doesn't follow the original path of Star Trek. They tried something different and failed so hopefully it lasts only a season and they try again with their fan base in mind. Who cares about who is captain and that crap because that doesn't matter but screwing with the feel and messing with cannon that you can't do. Admit you screwed up and start again, that's all I can say.… Expand
  35. Kahlessthedude
    Sep 26, 2017
    1
    This is not Star Trek. I would be interested in seeing where the show goes if it was not a subscription money grab and it was not Star Trek prequel. In addition, I loved the science officer because it is a unique take on an alien species and the Captain was great. The first officer, Michael, is annoying overbearing and arrogant. Yes, she has a sense of wonder, but that is where her role asThis is not Star Trek. I would be interested in seeing where the show goes if it was not a subscription money grab and it was not Star Trek prequel. In addition, I loved the science officer because it is a unique take on an alien species and the Captain was great. The first officer, Michael, is annoying overbearing and arrogant. Yes, she has a sense of wonder, but that is where her role as a Starfleet officer ends. She is the main character and therefore destroys any desire to see more.

    In the first episode alone it already destroys the idea that it is set in the prime universe 10 years before Kirk (100 years after Archer). First, humans had regular contact with Klingons 100 years prior to the show, and then just stopped? This seems utterly unbelievable. The Klingons decloak, which the Klingons don't have that technology until 12 years after this show (they trade for it with the Romulans). Federation technology is more advanced then stuff seen in Deep Space 9, such as holographic log range communications, view screens that are windows that take up half the bridge. The colors of the specialties (red, gold, and blue) are abandoned even though used prior and after the show's settings. JJ Abrams movies did a better job convincing me it was Star Trek.

    Watch Orville, it is better and closer to Star Trek than this garbage.    … Expand
  36. bob12345
    Sep 25, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Trek Discovery: To boldly go where no fan wanted them to go. Dark, pointlessly dramatic with nonsensical plotting, this blatant cash grab fails to understand what Star Trek is supposed to be about in the first place. Not helping matters is the blatant JJTrek aesthetic - whereas normally Starfleet ships are bright and cheerfully lit, the Shenzhou prefers moody dramatic lighting and ugly lens flares. Characters, and I use that word loosely, spout exposition about themselves or their species in ways that have no bearing on the story itself.

    As to the story - well, there really isn't one. The boring reimagined Klingons, here a barely disguised substitute for ISIL extremists, show how bad the costuming itself has gotten. Mush mouthed, and at one point with obvious black makeup smeared over the teeth, they've effectively taken everything interesting and fun about the Klingons and turned it into a farce.

    As to the Federation - committing a war crime is not in character, at all. Blatantly violating Klingon funerary rights by putting a bomb in a sarcophagus is against the ideal of everything Star Fleet, and Star Trek was supposed to stand for to begin with. That's without touching on the whole "life sentence" absurdity. Someone forgot what a post scarcity utopia is supposed to be about.

    Bottom line, Star Trek: Gothic Trappings is an angsty teenagers wet dream of Scifi, masquerading as a beloved series.    … Expand
  37. Vorter
    Sep 26, 2017
    1
    This suffers from the same problems as a the Kurtzman/JJAbram "Star Trek" movies. The motivation of the actions for the characters is so out of whack that you can't relate to them or understand why they do what they do. The dialog is awful, the acting subpar and the Klingons have been retconned into looking like and acting like Romulans (which is not surprising since whoever controls TrekThis suffers from the same problems as a the Kurtzman/JJAbram "Star Trek" movies. The motivation of the actions for the characters is so out of whack that you can't relate to them or understand why they do what they do. The dialog is awful, the acting subpar and the Klingons have been retconned into looking like and acting like Romulans (which is not surprising since whoever controls Trek IP for the last two decades has a stiffy for Romulans). This whole production is a mess. I don't expect Season 2. 30 minutes of episode 1 was all I needed to know of this train wreck. There's good Sci-FI out there, it's just not on CBS or their paywalled streaming service.… Expand
  38. FRK
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    The new series is a huge disappointment. Endless crying, overemotional, badly written long and senseless dialogues, no charisma from any of the characters, no engaging plot. So long waiting and what we get is a badly written and juvenile pair of episodes. It seems the producers have never seen a single start trek movie or series chapter before. So many resorces to do en epic series, such aThe new series is a huge disappointment. Endless crying, overemotional, badly written long and senseless dialogues, no charisma from any of the characters, no engaging plot. So long waiting and what we get is a badly written and juvenile pair of episodes. It seems the producers have never seen a single start trek movie or series chapter before. So many resorces to do en epic series, such a waste of time. Awful..… Expand
  39. KnightMarshal
    Sep 29, 2017
    1
    This is the first time I've felt the need to write a review. Huge Star Trek fan all of my short life (22). In terms of CGI 10/10. However, CGI does not make a series good. Character development is god awful. Star Trek was good because it developed multiple characters. This can't even develop 'the main' character properly. (Why is there even a main character?!) Most importantly, to theThis is the first time I've felt the need to write a review. Huge Star Trek fan all of my short life (22). In terms of CGI 10/10. However, CGI does not make a series good. Character development is god awful. Star Trek was good because it developed multiple characters. This can't even develop 'the main' character properly. (Why is there even a main character?!) Most importantly, to the developers, Thanks for **** on my favorite franchise you SJW cucks. Star Trek has always been progressive, but this is insanity. You all need to be fired, out of a torpedo bay preferably. End of rage rant.… Expand
  40. ashtrayb
    Oct 1, 2017
    1
    Set phasers to "Kill" , This is a quote from episode 3 of the Star Trek Discovery . it is a symbol to the loss of innocence and summarizes what this new series is about : dumb action filled story that is lacking the charm and exploration mission that the previous Star Trek TV series were about.

    Unfortunately the TV series has take the worst direction that I feared - they turned the    Set phasers to "Kill" , This is a quote from episode 3 of the Star Trek Discovery . it is a symbol to the loss of innocence and summarizes what this new series is about : dumb action filled story that is lacking the charm and exploration mission that the previous Star Trek TV series were about.

    Unfortunately the TV series has take the worst direction that I feared - they turned the TV series into a JJ Abrams Hollywood trash . Michael Burnham recites lines from Alice from Wonderland with a straight face? Are you kidding me ?! The actor who plays Michael Burnham is over-acting each of her lines which gives it a soap opera feel.

    And they put these series with a war storyline and some alien monsters in it ? This is disappointing. I am going back to watch Star Trek TNG or Voyager or Enterprise.    … Expand
  41. kenpeach2007
    Oct 9, 2017
    1
    I've watched the first 4 episodes and this just does not feel like Star Trek. It might bear the name and alien races but it is something entirely non-Roddenberry.
  42. fchemenway
    Oct 13, 2017
    1
    The Orville is much better. The only GOOD thing about Discovery is the money they pumped into it for special effects. I generally didn't like any of the characters, nor the plot. They friggin totally changed the Klingon's appearance ! Those are NOT Klingons! I got through the first episode and half the second, but now I'm done. The Orville is much better, without even trying to be.
  43. AlanJ
    Oct 19, 2017
    1
    I have been watching and reading every incarnation of Star Trek for over 40 years; all the TV series, all the movies, dozens of novels (and there are some pretty bad novels, out there).

    All I can tell you is this: I don't know what Star Trek Discovery is, what it's supposed to be or what it hoped to be, but it sure ain't Star Trek.
  44. Doctor_GLaDOS
    Feb 14, 2019
    1
    This is not Star Trek. It doesn't matter what the title says or what the costumes look like, this simply is nothing like any Trek show before it. The main character is uninteresting and unlikable. She ignores orders from her superiors yet doesn't ever get into trouble for it (at least nothing of consequence). Everything she does always go her way because she is a total Mary Sue. Has theThis is not Star Trek. It doesn't matter what the title says or what the costumes look like, this simply is nothing like any Trek show before it. The main character is uninteresting and unlikable. She ignores orders from her superiors yet doesn't ever get into trouble for it (at least nothing of consequence). Everything she does always go her way because she is a total Mary Sue. Has the emotional capability of a food replicator yet most of the episodes focus on her internal struggle. Side characters are furniture for the Star Trek setting. Storylines are uninspired, shallow and don't say anything. Instead, it tries to compensate with pretty visuals, and that is not enough.
    I would give this show a 4 or maybe even a 6 if it was a standalone flick. Instead, this takes a huge dump on the legacy of Gene Roddenberry. It's way too dark, depressing, stupid, shallow and uninteresting. Burnham is not Kathryn Janeway. I cried when I thought Jonathan Archers dog was going to die. Therefore I had more of an emotional investment in Star Trek Enterprises dog that I have for the main character of this show. I used to be excited about the new star trek. But now I wish some Q would erase this mess before it completely destroys the hopeful and uplifting legacy of The Star Fleet. Go watch The Orville, it is what this show could never be.    … Expand
  45. james-cordoban
    Oct 25, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ratings are a good example when the dual ranking of "metacritic" pays of. Nearly all "professional reviews" were done after the pilot, whereas the user score increases per time an reveals, imho, the more accurate ranking (e. g. with "The Orville" its the same).

    I'm not a Trekkie and I like it more dystopian. The one point I give for the visual effects. I don't give any more points because of giant plot holes (in E4 & 5 all it was all about how to power the spore-drive, in E6 they just jumped, no explanation how they did it, if they used the "eugenics" (sic!) way again), cheesy and unconvincing dialoges (the characters put their "heavy with meaning" voice on all the time and are always throwing worldly wisdom around), incredible sterotype characters (making the cast more diverse is great, but it doesn't help much if you just let them perform very uninspired role models).

    What really set me off was in E06, when the female Admiral (forgot her name, sry) is really , really upset with Cpt. Lorca (male) and he just offers some drinks, says "we can spend the time better", puts her hand on her leg and she gets up and undresses -- what the **** Let's get the Golden Raspberry Awards for the Writers!

    Watch "The Orville", that's definately the better show!    … Expand
  46. ttsuda
    Nov 22, 2017
    1
    I really don't like this show. I would have lost all interest a long time ago had the show not been called "Star Trek" They are trying to adapt ST to modern TV story-telling, but it is not working
  47. BronzeCentipede
    Dec 31, 2017
    1
    This is called "Star Trek" but is not set in the Star Trek universe. This is supposed to take place shortly before TOS, but the society we are shown is entirely different. Gone is the idea that people would be better in the future. No interest is shown in canon in general. Also, only one character really matters, while the others just stand around being impressed. Go watch The Orville.
  48. wmontidoro
    Jan 23, 2018
    1
    This show started bad and is getting worse episode by episode. :-(. How they could do this...wow. Just sucks. I have seen every episode of every series... this is just bad.
  49. aowehrwlasdn
    Feb 6, 2018
    1
    Do you hate RACISTS and NAZIS? Me too! Now you can take out all your frustration of our current political situation in the form of killing RACISTS and NAZIS in SPACE!

    The best part about this show is that every straight white male, is an evil character. yay! I hate straight white men! After so many years of oppression, it's so great to see those kinds of characters routinely    Do you hate RACISTS and NAZIS? Me too! Now you can take out all your frustration of our current political situation in the form of killing RACISTS and NAZIS in SPACE!

    The best part about this show is that every straight white male, is an evil character. yay! I hate straight white men! After so many years of oppression, it's so great to see those kinds of characters routinely killed!

    ...and when they go to the Mirror Universe... oh man, there are just the whitest frat-boy attractive looking men playing evil characters. ...sooooo good to see those bad guys killed as well!

    Yay for social justice!    … Expand
  50. AlexMotan
    Mar 4, 2018
    1
    This is not remotely Star Trek. Is a pointless "politically correctness" intifada, drove by shameless profit greed on behalf of an icon brand and millions of fans.
    Even as not a Star Trek series, this is pathetic. Apart from CGIs, there is no reason you should like this show.
    Acting is bad, story is p*** poor. Soap opera raging in space.
  51. fotograf
    Mar 8, 2018
    1
    what the??? What happened to the Star Trek universe? What happened to Klingon Warriors? Where is the honor in this psycho babble nonsense that they came up with? Spores? Seriously? Whats with Lorca? Who is this man? Terrible acting. He should have been a woman to fit the rest of the narrative. Just terrible! Another dead franchise! Shatner must be so pleased he has nothing to do with itwhat the??? What happened to the Star Trek universe? What happened to Klingon Warriors? Where is the honor in this psycho babble nonsense that they came up with? Spores? Seriously? Whats with Lorca? Who is this man? Terrible acting. He should have been a woman to fit the rest of the narrative. Just terrible! Another dead franchise! Shatner must be so pleased he has nothing to do with it and Leonard, DeForrest and James must be rolling in their graves. And as for the critics? Are they paid these days by the studios? How on earth can you praise this nonsense.

    I am a real fan of many years having watched every episode (even enterprise) many times over but
    this is not Star Trek. Its something... dunno what... but Star Trek it aint.

    Orville is closer! How sad!    … Expand
  52. fevbwfth
    Dec 18, 2018
    1
    Beware, a show named Star Trek actually has female asian Hitler. I cannot believe this.
  53. Honest-Yan
    Jul 10, 2018
    1
    This is the worst Star Trek ever made but it is still watchable if you are a big fan and you have thick skin. There are some references to superior Star Trek and some moments of entertainment to be had. It can be very predictable. There seems to be a preoccupation with 'diversity' to the extent that the only heterosexual White male on the show is the villain. The only White man who is notThis is the worst Star Trek ever made but it is still watchable if you are a big fan and you have thick skin. There are some references to superior Star Trek and some moments of entertainment to be had. It can be very predictable. There seems to be a preoccupation with 'diversity' to the extent that the only heterosexual White male on the show is the villain. The only White man who is not a villain is in a gay relationship with a Black man. There is a gay male alien too. The least competent female character is the White one. There is an Asian man who is too scared and incompetent to act heroically, unfortunately being Asian alone does not earn enough diversity points to warrant having a positive representation in this show. The remaining cast are female. heroic and confident, they are also Black and Asian and share homosexual moments. Maybe the future is non-White and homosexual, and while this show's representation of a future with a rigidly predictable social hierarchy may go down well on many college campuses, there is a flaw in this obsession with 'diversity'. When the Asian man was too scared to help save the ship, I kept feeling that it was more to do with his gender and sexuality than his conveniently scripted PTSD. When the main protagonist singlehandedly beats a superhuman Klingon in hand to hand combat I get the impression that this has less to do with her federation training and more to do with creating a positive representation of her gender race and ambiguous sexuality. It all comes across as inauthentic and overly contrived. To be fair, the original series claimed to be diverse, and maybe it was for its time, but it was mostly about White heterosexual men. Kirk fought Klingons too, but William Shatner looked physically stronger than other cast members on the bridge and clearly had a lot more muscle mass than Sonequa Martin-Green. At least the original show didn't make Uhura or Sulu villains or incompetent. It will take a lot less than 60 years for people to realize that the social politics behind Star Trek Discovery has caused very narrow minded and contrived stories, possibly more contrived than those produced less intentionally during the 60s show. At this rate we will have invented teleporters and warp drives before we can see past our sociopolitical tribalism to the extent that we make a truly inclusive Star Trek. I hope for a positive, inclusive and diverse future for the franchise... and also some better writing.… Expand
  54. crappo
    Aug 4, 2018
    1
    Worth the reviews this low. It's not a bad sci-fi show on its own. It would have been pretty OK if they had called it "Space Odyssey" or "Dark Horizon Flights" or whatever you wanted ti call it except "Star Trek".

    It's just not a Star Trek and I watched all of them/ The Star Trek lore is totally wrecked. Some ideas can be called "innovative and fresh" but in this case it's a totally    Worth the reviews this low. It's not a bad sci-fi show on its own. It would have been pretty OK if they had called it "Space Odyssey" or "Dark Horizon Flights" or whatever you wanted ti call it except "Star Trek".

    It's just not a Star Trek and I watched all of them/ The Star Trek lore is totally wrecked. Some ideas can be called "innovative and fresh" but in this case it's a totally different/new show.

    As a sci-fi series in general: 7/10
    As a Star Trek: 2/10

    Don't ruin your star trek palate with this. You'll be disappointed. I expect this show to be cancelled at lightspeed. Hopefully the new one with Patrick Stewart won't be such a joke.    … Expand
  55. Flex1988
    Mar 17, 2019
    1
    It has Star Trek vocabulary and symbols but that’s all. “Something Trek, the Michael Burnham Show”, is lacily written and sometimes outride insulting to the viewer as it does not adherer to any internal logic. The acting is not to blame, however most of the characters are written into a corner, especially Martin-Green’s Burnham who is swinging from extreme to extreme. There are someIt has Star Trek vocabulary and symbols but that’s all. “Something Trek, the Michael Burnham Show”, is lacily written and sometimes outride insulting to the viewer as it does not adherer to any internal logic. The acting is not to blame, however most of the characters are written into a corner, especially Martin-Green’s Burnham who is swinging from extreme to extreme. There are some redeeming moments and characters, for example captain Pike in season 2 but it’s not enough to offset the rest. This shows apparent mission to screw over the continuity of every Star Trek Show to date, making “Star Trek Enterprise” look tame in comparison. Even the overarching Story’s don’t work, as they are not paced and are illogical at the best of times. If it is considered as something other then Star Trek it could pass as a mediocre show, but as a Star Trek series it is a fail.… Expand
  56. zarasales
    Dec 28, 2018
    1
    A bad parody of Star Trek. The cartoon "special" effects CGI matches the retarded writing & 2D "acting". Pathetic & laughably awful.
  57. Mathias01
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    This is not Star Trek. This is Social Justice Trek through and through. I liked them all. TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager (who had a female captain I admired) and Enterprise. Those were Star Trek series. Those were the visions of Gene Roddenberry. This show? God almighty the political undertones are enough to make a person sick. Has every tv show and movie been corrupted by toxic SJW nonsense? STDThis is not Star Trek. This is Social Justice Trek through and through. I liked them all. TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager (who had a female captain I admired) and Enterprise. Those were Star Trek series. Those were the visions of Gene Roddenberry. This show? God almighty the political undertones are enough to make a person sick. Has every tv show and movie been corrupted by toxic SJW nonsense? STD certainly lives up to its abbreviation. Hard pass.… Expand
  58. DeaconJester
    Feb 1, 2019
    1
    Night time soap opera with prosthetics and FX is not how I imagined STD would return in 2019. Episode 1 was a decent enough beginning to season 2 and I was looking forward to finding out more. What I found was a lot of over wrought exposition signifying nothing. I'm all for dialogue but dialogue that doesn't advance a story or a plot or understanding of a character is mere noise with noNight time soap opera with prosthetics and FX is not how I imagined STD would return in 2019. Episode 1 was a decent enough beginning to season 2 and I was looking forward to finding out more. What I found was a lot of over wrought exposition signifying nothing. I'm all for dialogue but dialogue that doesn't advance a story or a plot or understanding of a character is mere noise with no signal. I am not sure if I'll bother any more and I'm a lifelong Star Trek fan who watched the original series when it was originally broadcast.… Expand
  59. addict-insane
    Mar 9, 2019
    1
    There are so many good writers in this world. Is Hollywood allergic to them?
  60. RubMan
    Mar 13, 2019
    1
    Every 5-10 minutes a character will yell rudely at another or act extremely juvenile. There's so many emotional outbursts. Like so much TV, melodrama is everywhere. The sci-fi pushes artistic license too far without the kitsch of earlier Treks to act as a buffer. On the plus side, it's nice to see homosexual characters and for Michelle Yeoh to be able to use her Malay accent.
  61. Kabindas
    Apr 10, 2019
    1
    It was painful to watch each episode with so much liberal SJW crap propaganda. And by the way the first officer, Michael fits just right in, is annoying overbearing and arrogant like a typical snowflake.
  62. James897
    Mar 16, 2019
    1
    This show is awful. The acting is horrendous. Why does the main character, Michael, always whisper? The actress that plays Michael is also terrible, overacting doesn't even begin to describe her skillset. The story is terrible, you find yourself constantly screaming simple solutions at the screen to their idiotic mega-dramatic problems. Just so bad, only good for wasting time or background noise.
  63. cjkrieger
    Mar 23, 2019
    1
    This is NOT Star trek, this is Sci Fi but not Star Trek. I just can't stand watching it. Please PLEASE remove it from the air.
  64. Wraithvenge
    Apr 4, 2019
    1
    What.. The.. Disaster is this?? I'm a huge Star Trek fan and I don't know what this is but it's not trek. Yes, this show has fantastic visuals and CGI, but looking pretty and being an entertaining show are two different things. There are so many serious issues with this dumpster fire that I'd have to write a novel to cover just half of it.

    1) It completely destroys Canon. This show is    What.. The.. Disaster is this?? I'm a huge Star Trek fan and I don't know what this is but it's not trek. Yes, this show has fantastic visuals and CGI, but looking pretty and being an entertaining show are two different things. There are so many serious issues with this dumpster fire that I'd have to write a novel to cover just half of it.

    1) It completely destroys Canon. This show is supposed to be set a couple decades before TOS, but they somehow have tech that outpaces even DS9 (comm badges, hologram communications etc). Section 31, which is so secret no one has ever heard of them, yet they practically shout it to everyone. They even have badges proclaiming it.

    2) Complete focus on one character. This show should be called Star Trek: Burnham, because that's the only one that gets any decent screen time, and she's a total Mary Sue. Even after committing mutiny, she's still the one giving orders. Everything is about what she wants, in this last episode pike just fumbles around practically just asking Burnham if it's ok he act as a captain. There's no longer the ensemble crew focus like Trek of old. Even JJ verse knew better.

    3) The overwhelming leftist agenda. Trek has always had the socialist utopia (which is ok when you have unlimited resources and can make anything basically out of thin air), but previous trek had their politics in the background. Star Trek: Burnham beats you over the head with it. From woman with a man's name to Mary Sue needs no one to no white men in the bridge crew (until Pike, who get totally emasculated) to in your face interracial gay couple, the list goes on. This also ties into the harassment and shaming of any fan who disagrees with any of the SJW politics or just hates what they've done to Trek. This includes the typical racist/sexist/whatever -ist/phobe insults in "blame the fan" tactics that have spread to many franchises ruined by SJW politics (ie Star Wars, Ghostbusters, MCU, Dr Who).

    All in all, we were sold on reviving Trek, but all we got was a bait and switch. Instead we got over the top, in your face, beat you over the head SJW propaganda that if we speak up about it, we get insulted/attacked/and even de-platformed. Lord knows what terrible things they have planned for Picard.

    I give this show a 1 cause the CGI is nice.    … Expand
  65. Vulcan123
    Apr 20, 2019
    1
    Fine actors, terrible writing. The worst of the writing includes nauseous bickering, pseudo-scientific senseless **** and long melodromatic eye-squirting and nose-running attempts at soul-baring speeches when there's 90 seconds until the Apocalypse or some other crisis. The writer/s seem to have one or another agenda that they want to cram down the viewers' throats; what the hell, StarFine actors, terrible writing. The worst of the writing includes nauseous bickering, pseudo-scientific senseless **** and long melodromatic eye-squirting and nose-running attempts at soul-baring speeches when there's 90 seconds until the Apocalypse or some other crisis. The writer/s seem to have one or another agenda that they want to cram down the viewers' throats; what the hell, Star Trek it is emphatically not. Vulcans and Klingons ruined. It's an outrage to do this kind of thing to a much-loved and revered legend-status show. I only registered with Metacritic so that I could add my thumbs down to this ghastly series. I certainly hope it is over at the end of season 2; if it hasn't died yet then I certainly won't be watching any more.… Expand
  66. Mighty_moose416
    Oct 25, 2020
    1
    A chaotic jumbled mess that splurges across the screen with 2 bombastic cgi heavy episodes that are barely coherent and then.... drops that to present you with what is effectively a second pilot. Then they plod along for a while with a war storyline for half a season before picking up a mirror universe storyline. This storyline is better but ends abruptly to take you back to the original storyline
  67. triadne
    Mar 15, 2023
    1
    There's a lot of issues with discovery but this was at least watchable and quite enjoyable at times.
  68. Acriminal
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    I was really, REALLY...looking forward to STD. Having been a life-long fan of TOS and TNG, as well as DS9 and Voyager, but not as much a fan of Enterprise - it was "OK" I guess. I've loved all the movies, even the "bad" ones - didn't mind the JJ Abrams revamps although they do stray quite a bit from Roddenberry's vision.

    Not as much as Star Trek Discovery. STD is just not Star Trek.    I was really, REALLY...looking forward to STD. Having been a life-long fan of TOS and TNG, as well as DS9 and Voyager, but not as much a fan of Enterprise - it was "OK" I guess. I've loved all the movies, even the "bad" ones - didn't mind the JJ Abrams revamps although they do stray quite a bit from Roddenberry's vision.

    Not as much as Star Trek Discovery. STD is just not Star Trek. I gave the first four episodes a try and I've given it a good chance, but there's just too much that bothers me about it.

    The Klingon revamp was excessive and unnecessary. The last thing I want to do is sit there for half of a show reading subtitles and listening to authentic Klingonese spoken by mouths filled with cotton balls, by aliens that look more like Orcs than Klingons. Excuse me? They ATE the captain!? Why is it that I find that hard to accept about a space faring civilization?!

    Did I actually hear the F word!? And someone said Sh*t? Did the writers of this series even watch the original shows? To quote Spock, there are some "colorful metaphors" here for sure. The show isn't for kids anymore, which is sad and really unfortunate.

    Gene Roddenberry's inspiring vision of the future of humanity has been completely misplaced and ignored. So far there are no social or political parallels in these stories to spark the imagination. Nothing about this show is inspiring or enjoyable. I see nothing about the future of humanity to look forward to here. No exciting worlds to explore, just starships that look more like gyroscopes.

    They got the technology all wrong. Apart from the occasional beep on the bridge from TOS, including the first two notes of the intro sequence, this is all a cheap attempt at making you think you're watching Star Trek but that's about where it ends in its similarity.

    Complete disregard of the prime directive, or ethics towards alien species, the enslavement of alien beings by starship captains!?! Seriously? To win a war. Unreal. Unheard of. Inexcusable.

    Hologram communication even though we've never even seen this in TNG depictions of the future. Long distance mind-meld communication that coincidentally is exactly like the hologram communication except in a hazy dreamlike place with camera play. Very convenient! Cool idea yes, but it would have been a cooler idea if it was in a different timeline.

    Every single character on the bridge is either an alien or some kind of augmented human. It's overdone in my opinion, and we never learn anything about them. We just get a quick flash of "oh cool she's got cybernetic implants, maybe she's like the Borg?!", or "oh cool an artificial lifeform, maybe he's like Data?!", or "oh wow what an ugly alien, what's his story!?". There's no character development at all. Saru is probably the only interesting character on the entire show but we don't get enough of him either. instead we get to learn more about the boring Starfleet cadet with curly red hair sharing a bunk with a convicted-for-life traitor that should be in the brig. Okay that's plausible. Bad writing.

    Stories with worthwhile character development would be preferable over this terrible story about a war with the Klingons and fungus drive. Seriously? Spores. OK. That fits with modern physics theory about the nature of the cosmos. OK there are spores everywhere. I'll buy it. This whole idea may have been a cool plot-line for one or two episodes, but not the basis for the entire season or series.

    Star Trek Discovery is an insult to the intelligence of all Star Trek fans everywhere. It all comes down to very, VERY bad writing, and the writing bar has been set very high by Star Trek fans over the years. Star Trek Discovery has lowered this bar really, REALLY low, and has disrespected the entire franchise.    … Expand
  69. lilkillpappy
    Sep 25, 2017
    0
    They want me to subscribe to yet another service to watch this. Not going to happen Worst marketing idea in history. This show is going to bomb because of these greedy practices, and just so you all know, even after the additional cost there ares still commercials on CBS all access. This is so disgusting I want to vomit.
  70. agagil
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    I'd like to review this series as if it had no connection to any Star Trek show in the past. So disregarding it's name and the lore behind it, this is hideously bad.

    I'm not sure if its the scientific rubbish uttered throughout the episodes which causes me to stop watching, the cartoonish characters, the dialogues which no reasonable human (or klignon) would say out loud or the bad    I'd like to review this series as if it had no connection to any Star Trek show in the past. So disregarding it's name and the lore behind it, this is hideously bad.

    I'm not sure if its the scientific rubbish uttered throughout the episodes which causes me to stop watching, the cartoonish characters, the dialogues which no reasonable human (or klignon) would say out loud or the bad acting. Yes, it's all that, but it's also one more important thing - reasonable human behavior.

    The whole reason for Star Trek (and good scifi in general) was to use a "futuristic" setting in order to explore human behavior and interaction in new and sometimes impossible situations. And rayguns, those are also pretty cool. So when a woman who mutinied, struck her captain unconscious and took control of a ship without any lawful reasone is welcomed back to the fold by another captain, that is unreasonable behavior. That could never, ever happen in a military setting. A person like that would never be trustworthy enough to be given any responsibility, by anyone, no matter how helpful they could be.

    This series does not live up to the spirit of Star Trek, not as a high-concept science fiction story nor as any kind of metaphor for reasonable human reaction.    … Expand
  71. mujanovic
    Sep 30, 2017
    0
    Disturbingly bad. Unimaginative, soulless, bad writing, bad acting, no sense of space exploration and adventure, no science in sci-fi... Did CBS hire a bunch of middle schoolers to write this? Visually it's the same level of lazy and unimaginative: tilted camera angles, lens flares, blockbuster CGI, no soul, no sense, nothing more than a cynical ploy to make you give your money to CBS.
  72. TwiTu
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    I love TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise and the movies until 2009. I was so hopeful for this series, because I thought for a long time that we need a real Star Trek series again, to give us hope for the future, like TOS and TNG did, show us unity of mankind.

    But what I saw in the first 2 episodes and the preview in the 2nd episode for the season, made my blood boil. It had nothing to do    I love TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise and the movies until 2009. I was so hopeful for this series, because I thought for a long time that we need a real Star Trek series again, to give us hope for the future, like TOS and TNG did, show us unity of mankind.

    But what I saw in the first 2 episodes and the preview in the 2nd episode for the season, made my blood boil. It had nothing to do with Star Trek, actually went completely against it in some aspects. It didnt show a better future for us all, no, it showed conflict between humans and a new old enemy for all humans. The sets are dark and feel depressing. Even a Captain and her 1st officer, who she knew for 7 years, are in conflict with each other and act like they have just met each other yesterday. They dont trust each other, they try to seed division instead.

    Klingons look like any generic alien from different other shows or even orcs in certain fantasy IPs. But not like Klingons. They are too weak to defend themselves against small female humans that are (in their own words) not soldiers, even though they are twice the size, and their Bat'leths would be virtually useless in battle because of their idiotic design. They talk like imbeciles and seem like a religious extremist race, which they were never portrayed as before.

    You watch this show and you get not a single familiar feeling from the past Star Trek experiences (unless you like JJ Abrams' abominations: The lens flares and the sterile set design). It feels sterile generally. The characters are sterile and bland, weak, unlovable. The dialogue is unintelligent (even though its often supposed to be highly influenced by Vulcans) childish and not even closely worthy of Star Trek. The crew disapproves of each other and questions every order, it seems to be a normal day for them. The famous Star Trek humor is nonexistent - where should it come from with bleak characters like those? The technology in many parts is even superior to the technology in Voyager. Its supposed to play 10 years before TOS, but it feels like its playing in a totally different and far more advanced universe.

    As a real and many decades long Star Trek fan, I feel massively insulted by this show.

    And to top it all off, the neoliberal propaganda in this show is so thick, you can almost cut it. Star Trek was always progressive and tried to show us the way, which it achieved brilliantly, yes, but this show is pure propaganda. You can even almost smell how they try to paint a racist tag on the Klingons or how the humans all look like a gang of SJWs and talk and act like them.

    I can only hope it dies a quick death and gets forgotten forever. It doesnt deserve anything else.
    We need people who understand Star Trek to make a series, not people who try to exploit it for their propaganda. I have never been that disgusted by a TV show. For me its brutal rape of Star Trek.

    Addendum: I just read an article where the creators of this show literally said that it aims to be propaganda against "white supremacists" and Trump voters (Klingons). Its literally a propaganda show which aim it is to divide the society even further or at least support the division it already has.
    Gene and Majel would rotate in their graves so fast that they would fly to the gamma quadrant.
    I can only repeat myself: I am disgusted beyond belief... I really cant believe this is happening.    … Expand
  73. Acquire
    Jan 16, 2020
    0
    Just awful. This is not Star Trek. There's no exploration, barely any story, sci fi is just the background. There is nothing thought provoking about what's happening. This show is careless with its treatment of the Star Trek universe. Characters, their interactions, the technology, it's all absurd and makes no sense given how close it is to the original series. Feels like a bad war actionJust awful. This is not Star Trek. There's no exploration, barely any story, sci fi is just the background. There is nothing thought provoking about what's happening. This show is careless with its treatment of the Star Trek universe. Characters, their interactions, the technology, it's all absurd and makes no sense given how close it is to the original series. Feels like a bad war action space show.… Expand
  74. GreenLeaf
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    This lame excuse for a show might have been marginally bearable if it belonged in any generic sci-fi world, other than the world of Star Trek. Alas, that's the name it claims for itself.

    Star Trek has always been about the better angels of our nature. It's about optimism, science, peaceful exploration, empathy, cooperation, maturity. It's about the best humans can be. Star Trek:    This lame excuse for a show might have been marginally bearable if it belonged in any generic sci-fi world, other than the world of Star Trek. Alas, that's the name it claims for itself.

    Star Trek has always been about the better angels of our nature. It's about optimism, science, peaceful exploration, empathy, cooperation, maturity. It's about the best humans can be.

    Star Trek: Discovery is a sinister, twisted mockery of all the above. It's about what's worst in us. It's about conflict, war and immature behaviours. It's about corrupt Captains, about officers that mutiny without a second thought, about Starfleet officers that refer to prisoners as "trash" and "animals", about a whole crew that can completely disrespect any and all lifeforms if it suits its needs. Not even the echo of the Prime Directive can survive in this pithole of a show.

    It is NOT a show about exploration. No new (or even old) worlds are explored in this series. It is NOT a show about science. Evidently, so little thought has gone into the technology and science, and so utterly ridiculous are things like the new "spore drive" that whoever had these ideas is undoubtedly scientifically illiterate.

    You might think that the show could be enjoyable if you just try to go beyond the utter unpleasantness. But it is anything but. It is badly written, slow-paced, uninteresting, full of huge plot holes and unlikeable characters that no sane person could relate to.

    I wish I could score it negatively because not only does this abomination not add anything to the world of Star Trek - but it subtracts from it.    … Expand
  75. Canisrah
    Sep 28, 2017
    0
    Watch the Orville instead. Discovery is not Star Trek in any way shape or form. Its yet another horrendous apparition dreamed up by TV Execs as a vehicle to push globalist propaganda and progressive political dogma with a big helpful of feminist poison. Flashy visuals to little to hide the fact that this production has no soul.
  76. jorge100
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    I don't understand why CBS has to go to such lengths to ruin Star Trek. Honestly these directors and producers must hate their audiences. Bad actors, bad tech, bad story-lines, no thought to continuity. These people who made this series obviously Hate Star Trek.
  77. rickrey
    Jan 27, 2018
    0
    This is a very disappointing version of Star Trek. The main actors are weak and lack any command authority that would instill confidence in an actual crew. Absolutely horrible casting. No originality with the stories so far... H. Mudd is back. It can't get any worse.
  78. Wizzer
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    This is not Star Trek. It is a sci-fi that tries to imitate Star Trek made by people that are clueless about Star Trek. The cgi is great but everrything else is a major letdown. It doesn't even work as a mediocre non-Trek bland sci-fi show as the wooden and uninspired acting is unbearable to watch.
  79. soulassssns
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    Pros:
    Visuals look great
    Intro is fantastic Cons: Visuals: I know I placed them in the Pro category but I am listing them here as well since they seem to be highly influenced by the JJ-Verse films. Tech: Way to advanced looking for a show that takes place 10 years prior to TOS. Klingon's: New look is horrible. Klingon's: Sound like they have cotton in their mouths Writing is sub    Pros:
    Visuals look great
    Intro is fantastic

    Cons:
    Visuals: I know I placed them in the Pro category but I am listing them here as well since they seem to be highly influenced by the JJ-Verse films.
    Tech: Way to advanced looking for a show that takes place 10 years prior to TOS.
    Klingon's: New look is horrible.
    Klingon's: Sound like they have cotton in their mouths
    Writing is sub par as if it was written as fan-fiction. It is very obvious that liberals are writing the scripts by some of the discussions between the 1st officer,Capt and the Admiral as well as the dialogue of the Klingon leader.
    Character back stories: Sarek having a human (adopted?) daughter, that somehow was never mentioned in any other Star Trek show or film that the character was in?

    Why does a female human that was raised by Vulcans magically get a 1st officer commission on a Star-fleet ship? Why did she not go to Star-fleet academy?    … Expand
  80. Goreminister
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    SJW Hollywood claimed the next classic franchise and turned it into disgusting propaganda. I´m sad to see that one of my beloved TV Series lost everything of the original message. On top the 90s called: They want their SFX back. Terribly executed! :(
  81. xargon
    Apr 11, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Star Trek which is NOT Star Trek. Poor story, poor scripting, poor haircuts (i'm talking to you Kirk). No emotional attachment to the characters, background stories for most of the characters are shallow. Instead of focusing on solid story, creators decided to show "political correctness" (especially in Season 2). Story telling is mixed and chaotic. The show is a major letdown for all Star Trek fans and for all casual and not-so hardcore Star Trek fans. You can skip this one, you won't loose much.… Expand
  82. Ashenkhar
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    Complete garbage.

    Ignore the clowns giving this anything above a zero. This is not Star Trek, and is a disgrace to Gene Roddenberry's legacy. STD is an apt acronym for this. You should avoid it like the plague. Boring, and heavily commercial-laden turd. I watched the first episode, and couldn't stomach finishing the two-part premier by watching the second. Why was the captain    Complete garbage.

    Ignore the clowns giving this anything above a zero. This is not Star Trek, and is a disgrace to Gene Roddenberry's legacy. STD is an apt acronym for this. You should avoid it like the plague. Boring, and heavily commercial-laden turd.

    I watched the first episode, and couldn't stomach finishing the two-part premier by watching the second. Why was the captain even there? She served no purpose, other than as a set piece for her first officer to steamroll whenever she felt like it.

    There was so much suspension of disbelief required that I couldn't make myself do it. Footsteps in the sand... really? Really!?

    The user reviews of true fans speak for themselves. It is obvious that CBS is using this as a marketing ploy to lure people in to CBS All Access. There is zero merit to this show. With so much good content on Netflix and HBO, why bother with second-rate tripe such as this?

    I can't believe I wasted time watching this. Do yourself a favor, and trust the reviews steering you away from this.    … Expand
  83. chrisvb
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    Just the worst. I really wanted to like this show, but it's awful. I found myself actually rolling my eyes many times. They just tried so hard, but didn't do anything good. There is no chemistry whatsoever with the cast. The captain is dry and uninteresting, the forced conflict with the other officers isn't clever, and it's not fun to watch. They just tried to jam 90 different thingsJust the worst. I really wanted to like this show, but it's awful. I found myself actually rolling my eyes many times. They just tried so hard, but didn't do anything good. There is no chemistry whatsoever with the cast. The captain is dry and uninteresting, the forced conflict with the other officers isn't clever, and it's not fun to watch. They just tried to jam 90 different things in, and sadly none of them work. Sad.… Expand
  84. Shermos
    Sep 25, 2017
    0
    Surprise, Surprise. The critics are wrong again. This is not Star Trek.

    Terrible writing, unlikable characters, mediocre special effects, with only the barest resemblance to pre 2009 ST, yet it's supposed to be in the prime timeline! Wtf is with the Klingons?

    Don't waste your money.
  85. BengalsfanAZ
    Oct 7, 2017
    0
    I don't think I have ever given a show a 0 rating. I am a life-long Star Trek fan and after watching this abomination, I can not support this franchise if this is the route it is going.

    I accepted the JJ Abrams "action" movies because I figured it would bring some $$ to the franchise and kick-start some good new series. Then we get this garbage. I mean, the red flags were everywhere    I don't think I have ever given a show a 0 rating. I am a life-long Star Trek fan and after watching this abomination, I can not support this franchise if this is the route it is going.

    I accepted the JJ Abrams "action" movies because I figured it would bring some $$ to the franchise and kick-start some good new series. Then we get this garbage. I mean, the red flags were everywhere but I did not want to accept it.

    Only being offered on the CBS app was a huge red flag. Then there were the delays and rewrites. The end product is total crap. The story doesn't flow, it's nothing like the Star Trek series of past and the acting of the main character is horrid.

    Past Star Trek series, especially TNG, were based on great acting and thought provoking story-lines. This trash doesn't follow any of that logic. The main characters, save Michelle Yeoh as the Captain, are not likable or well acted. In fact, the main character, a woman named "Michael", is not likable at all. I found her course, arrogant and rude. The rest of the characters just seem to be acting through the lines, not caring about the scenes at all. This series is a total Hollywood BS liberal remake that stains the Star Trek franchise.

    Gene Roddenberry would be ashamed of this giant piece of garbage. My only hope is that it goes off the air soon so that no one else gets subjected to it's distorted Star Trek universe.    … Expand
  86. Bulk88
    Oct 8, 2017
    0
    By episode 3, this show has really doubled downed on nonsensical plot lines and dark grittiness(literally no one wants to flip the light switch). Discovery's writers do not seem to have an interest in making characters at all likable, Michael Burnham' is arrogant and aggressive and Captain Lorca is Lex Luthor in space, but instead wants to show off how updated and edgy Trek is now.By episode 3, this show has really doubled downed on nonsensical plot lines and dark grittiness(literally no one wants to flip the light switch). Discovery's writers do not seem to have an interest in making characters at all likable, Michael Burnham' is arrogant and aggressive and Captain Lorca is Lex Luthor in space, but instead wants to show off how updated and edgy Trek is now.
    Continuity has been totally ignored in too many way to list. Suffice it to say that I'm starting to suspect that this show is more a part of JJ's Trek than the original universe. (also the Klingon makeup makes it impossible to recognize emotion in their faces)
    Episode 3 pretty plays like Ridley Scott's Alien more so than Star Trek, the Orville is the better Trek show. The episode also introduces some bizarre and unexplained super spore that allows for an inexplicable scene of stargating around the galaxy.
    Really this show is not Trek. it's got a lot of action very little moralizing or philosophy. Really this show would be better if Seth McFarlane's pitch to CBS had been accepted and they had just made the Orville.    … Expand
  87. Angus
    Sep 28, 2017
    0
    Stafleet is now the bad, anti-liberal, intolerant team.

    "Reimagined" Klingons are not righteous or bad, but want to be left to their own culture. The new Star Trek+ crowd never saw Deep Space Nine, aka the best Star Trek series in my opinion, or at least the one I enjoyed the most due to Sisko and his son. Not because his skin color, because Avery Brooks and Cirroc Loften (sp?) are    Stafleet is now the bad, anti-liberal, intolerant team.

    "Reimagined" Klingons are not righteous or bad, but want to be left to their own culture.

    The new Star Trek+ crowd never saw Deep Space Nine, aka the best Star Trek series in my opinion, or at least the one I enjoyed the most due to Sisko and his son. Not because his skin color, because Avery Brooks and Cirroc Loften (sp?) are great actors. This series faced everyone checkmark on the modern anti-liberal left's progressive stack but did not preach like the creationists of old. You had a strong female first officer conflicted in her faith and the new anti-faith Federation perhaps taking the place of the fascist Cardassians who left the occupations. You had a science officer who lived life as a man and a women via her symbiote. Dr. Bashir was a character that had many facets but his character's biggest reveal was a discussion on eugenics and "designer kids." Shapeshift, male chauvanist Ferengi bar-tender with a heart of gold. Mysogist is the modern word to determine if you are a moron. If you use it in reference to anything today in the west from an institutionailzed aspect unironically then you are truly a moron.

    The new Star Trek throws away all good discussion on social issues and states with no subtlety...

    "If you are right of Lenin then you are evil, racist, sexist and any other new douche-words the anti-liberal left progressives make up."

    Would have been nice to not be preached to, but division is all that LA, San Francisco and New York has left. No one wants their **** politics, especially in entertainment or elected office nowadays but they are going to push it until they incite and actual backlash that will cause loss of life on a massive level.

    Too bad though, the main actress was good on walking dead and a deep character. We know she can act better if the writing was better and not one-dimensional hatred justification against those you don't politically agree with.    … Expand
  88. Nevermind
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    This would have made a better star wars series imo. The only thing about discovery here is how to increase the traditionally smaller sci-fi viewer base. I supposed they might have done just that...

    But there are a lot of good sci-fis out and I'll be damned if I continue to watch this rubbish just because it's supposed to be star trek.
  89. Smilomaniac
    Dec 21, 2017
    0
    I tried watching it as its own installment and with that in mind, the show is certainly something you could watch and enjoy. As it stands, however, this is a Star Trek show and it fails miserably at being what people love about Star Trek.
    ST:D is like watching a drawn out action flick, completely antithetical to the slow character building and stand-alone format of the previous shows.    I tried watching it as its own installment and with that in mind, the show is certainly something you could watch and enjoy. As it stands, however, this is a Star Trek show and it fails miserably at being what people love about Star Trek.
    ST:D is like watching a drawn out action flick, completely antithetical to the slow character building and stand-alone format of the previous shows. Drastic redesigns to the Klingons, Starfleet aesthetics and the general atmosphere of this universe has failed to revive Star Trek and instead propels everything towards being a heavily politized and moralizing show.
    Instead of highly developed humans (and others) having to find solutions to tough situations, we have overly dramatic and inconsistent characters that force their way through every situation without concern for the consequences. Where the likes of Voyager and TNG explained multiple sides to an issue, Discovery instead tells you the "right choice" and if you don't agree, you're probably a bigot.
    It's a terrible way to treat your viewers and an absolutely horrendous way to make a show, in short it's a disaster.    … Expand
  90. coustoe
    Sep 29, 2017
    0
    Uninspiring, unoriginal, boring and dull. Seems like CBS tried to save money on the writing and development team. Another lazy attempt by corporate heads and SJWs to milk a franchise without coming up with any original ideas on their own.
  91. TJJ
    Oct 9, 2017
    0
    Indescribably bad..... but I'll try.

    The Klingons...... more like Uruk-hai in space. Subtitles only was a monumentally stupid decision, as was the change in appearance. The space battles..... the choice of camera shots, and lack of context leave them bereft of any meaning. The writing.....incoherent garbage you'd expect to find in a b-movie. The characters..... oh my,.....    Indescribably bad..... but I'll try.

    The Klingons...... more like Uruk-hai in space.
    Subtitles only was a monumentally stupid decision, as was the change in appearance.

    The space battles..... the choice of camera shots, and lack of context leave them bereft of any meaning.

    The writing.....incoherent garbage you'd expect to find in a b-movie.

    The characters..... oh my,.....

    On second thoughts, screw this review; Discovery is so worthless it's not even worth expressing what it did wrong. Everything!    … Expand
  92. Phix105
    Oct 11, 2017
    0
    Another example of how critics have no clue what is good. One critic commented on today's pessimistic political landscape. We don't want the real world to invade our programs. Leave 2017's politics out. One critic stated that there are things for die hard Trekkies. Where? The stupid tribble that keeps making noise to remind us that it's Star Trek from the past. No way. I had such highAnother example of how critics have no clue what is good. One critic commented on today's pessimistic political landscape. We don't want the real world to invade our programs. Leave 2017's politics out. One critic stated that there are things for die hard Trekkies. Where? The stupid tribble that keeps making noise to remind us that it's Star Trek from the past. No way. I had such high hopes for this and I have been let down just like I was in the last movie.… Expand
  93. NikolayG
    Jul 29, 2018
    0
    The worst version of Star Trek bar none. It pretends it's the first to be diverse yadda yadda, which shows the people involved are clueless about the history of Star Trek. But all you have to do is watch it and witness the endless string of contradictions with Star Trek canon to realize the people involved are ignorant of Trek. The stories make Sharknado look plausible; they are driven byThe worst version of Star Trek bar none. It pretends it's the first to be diverse yadda yadda, which shows the people involved are clueless about the history of Star Trek. But all you have to do is watch it and witness the endless string of contradictions with Star Trek canon to realize the people involved are ignorant of Trek. The stories make Sharknado look plausible; they are driven by the desire to deliver crazy twists, as another person said, that would make M. Night Shyamalan blush. The characters are inconsistent in their behavior and mostly unlikeable. Not only is the show inconsistent with Star Trek; it is at times internally inconsistent with itself. Someone has posted a revealing video of clips from past Star Trek series and Discovery, which show how Discovery violates canon again and again and again. Add to this disrespect for Trek history and unbelievable behavior (by a crew made up of almost entirely unlikeable characters who snipe at each other like junior high schoolers), the visuals, and you have a catastrophe. The visuals and tech look 100 years advanced beyond Voyager. I haven't even mentioned the Klingons yet, who look like giant crustacean globs. The final episode of the season actually started off well, as they'd made some corrections, but the way the war with the Klingons ended was unbelievably stupid and anti-climactic, and then came the introduction of the so-called USS Enterprise that looks all wrong. Ridiculous and Awful. The original NCC-1701 model was simple enough that plenty of details could have been added to it without at all contradicting the original design. But they chose instead to change the color, add disco flair to the nacelle supports, totally change the rear, change the entire profile. The notion that NCC-1701 would look like this between the two Star Trek pilots makes no sense. It is not even close to a transitional look between the first pilot look and the somewhat altered second pilot look. I have canceled CBS All Access.

    The way to save this show is by revealing that it took place in some alternative universe and then for season two somehow shoving the crew (or at least Burnham) into the true original TOS universe with the real TOS look and no holograms or other beyond-Voyager-level jazz. CBS insists people won't watch a new show with the original TOS look. Meanwhile people DO watch TOS and all the fan series with the TOS look and, of course, the USS Callister episode of Black Mirror was so popular the internet almost exploded after it aired. People do still buy into the bright colors, short dresses, hairdos, and strong jawed captains. But CBS was too daft to notice and instead plunged into the incoherent mess that is Discovery, a show that is not about character, not about thoughtful ideas provoked by new and unique discoveries, but instead is all about forced unbelievable twists.    … Expand
  94. silbernitrat
    Sep 27, 2017
    0
    Big Fan of TNG here. What happened to being rational, humanist and cooperative?
    This show feels like some guys wrote the screenplays, who were only loving the action parts of star trek.
    All the philosphy of exploring and becoming better in the process has totally failed in that series. JJ Abrams is overrated and should just quit destroying good Sci-Fi Universes. Im not nostalgic, but    Big Fan of TNG here. What happened to being rational, humanist and cooperative?
    This show feels like some guys wrote the screenplays, who were only loving the action parts of star trek.
    All the philosphy of exploring and becoming better in the process has totally failed in that series.
    JJ Abrams is overrated and should just quit destroying good Sci-Fi Universes. Im not nostalgic, but this adds nothing interesting or new to the series, its just the boring american way of modern movie making.... (im no native speaker, sorry for my english)    … Expand
  95. tremault
    Jan 20, 2019
    0
    There's a lot of issues with discovery but this was at least watchable and quite enjoyable at times.
  96. fabittar
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    It's late; I should be asleep, but what I just watched is SO BAD I could not go to bed without issuing a warning: this show is so terrible that I am seriously concerned it might've given me cancer. I only watched 2 episodes tho, so maybe I'll be alright.

    This is not Star Trek at all. This is made for the masses of mediocre, stupid people. Maybe I'll come back tomorrow to elaborate, but    It's late; I should be asleep, but what I just watched is SO BAD I could not go to bed without issuing a warning: this show is so terrible that I am seriously concerned it might've given me cancer. I only watched 2 episodes tho, so maybe I'll be alright.

    This is not Star Trek at all. This is made for the masses of mediocre, stupid people. Maybe I'll come back tomorrow to elaborate, but for now - and just in case I'm too lazy and/or forget about this - heed my warning: STAY AWAY FROM THIS.

    Whoever is responsible for this should be ashamed. Better yet, they should remove this show from TV / streaming, ask people who recorded this horrible travesty to delete it, have all physical copies destroyed, and then apologize.    … Expand
  97. drmagnumwolf
    Sep 27, 2017
    0
    This is not Star Trek, if you want Star Trek, watch The Orville. There are numerous continuity errors, prime directive violations, technological misplacement, and it focus on one character instead of the entire crew.
  98. Qgal5kap
    Feb 13, 2018
    0
    I was madly disappointed by the show. I regard it as highly disrespectful to the name of Star Trek. As the episodes progressed I felt the cringe factor increase equally as much as my sadness did. I kinda wanted to not watch it, but as I love sci-fi, I continued, but not without sustaining a fair amount of mental anguish.
  99. jrgray93
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    This show feels nothing like a Star Trek series and it is painfully dismissive of established canon. There are few likeable characters and the acting is a mixed bag. The captain is a psychopath and the main character is just boring. Nobody acts like they're a part of the same society as the original series despite there being such a short time between these shows. The klingons have beenThis show feels nothing like a Star Trek series and it is painfully dismissive of established canon. There are few likeable characters and the acting is a mixed bag. The captain is a psychopath and the main character is just boring. Nobody acts like they're a part of the same society as the original series despite there being such a short time between these shows. The klingons have been modified both visually and culturally, ignoring even more established canon. The effects are good, but that doesn't make up for the entire product defeating on a half century of (mostly) good sci fi. The optimistic moral center of Star Trek has been replaced by nonsense and sex appeal.… Expand
  100. Jimmistoffa3
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    It honestly doesn't feel like Star Trek at all. It feels like a generic sci-fi. Nothing about it feels real, from the ship, to space, to even the CGI creatures. It has a very modern feel to everything but it's just soulless. . The characters are extremely boring, and the chemistry and interactions also feel boring, maybe because the characters feel like they have no personality. TheIt honestly doesn't feel like Star Trek at all. It feels like a generic sci-fi. Nothing about it feels real, from the ship, to space, to even the CGI creatures. It has a very modern feel to everything but it's just soulless. . The characters are extremely boring, and the chemistry and interactions also feel boring, maybe because the characters feel like they have no personality. The Klingons look ridiculous, I won't even go into detail about them you can see for yourselves.

    Seriously don't even waste your time watching this. If you do, and if you are a real Star Trek fan, you will just be very disappointed. It blows my mind how people can slap a popular name on something so generic and try to pass it off as a good show. I was hoping for a great new Star Trek show to sink my teeth into, but I guess I will have to wait much longer, and that's assuming this show doesn't kill Star Trek on TV completely.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#80 Best TV Season of 2017
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#1 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017
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#9 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Oct 19, 2017
    50
    Discovery feels like it’s adrift between the adventure-of-the-week format of its network-TV predecessors and the kind of complex serial favored by cable and streaming.
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  2. The Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kristi Turnquist
    Sep 26, 2017
    60
    Star Trek: Discovery feels like it's just finding its footing. On the promising side, Doug Jones is already a standout as Science Officer Lt. Saru, who's from an alien race called Kelpiens. And James Frain is perfectly cast as Sarek, the Vulcan who veteran "Trek" fans know as the father of Spock. The relationship between Burnham and Sarek is one of the more intriguing aspects of Star Trek: Discovery.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Sep 26, 2017
    80
    Happily Star Trek: Discovery strikes a balance between what diehard Trekkies love about Roddenberry’s universe and what J.J. Abrams injected into its theatrical resurrection. Ethical dilemmas and a clash between cultures and traditions comprise the fore of the narrative, but the hours don’t skimp on phaser blasts and broadcast-appropriate carnage.
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