Star Trek: Discovery

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  1. Zybane
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    Words cannot describe how cringe-worthy this show is. I just got halfway through episode 3 and I had to turn it off.

    Lets just say a Star Trek in which Star Fleet officers use ridiculous disparaging nicknames, prisoners simply have their handcuffs removed so that they can try and find a seat at the dining table among the crew and no one wants to sit with the prisoner like a high-school    Words cannot describe how cringe-worthy this show is. I just got halfway through episode 3 and I had to turn it off.

    Lets just say a Star Trek in which Star Fleet officers use ridiculous disparaging nicknames, prisoners simply have their handcuffs removed so that they can try and find a seat at the dining table among the crew and no one wants to sit with the prisoner like a high-school TV show, and the writing and dialogue is beyond cringe-worthy.

    I thought the new Michael Bay'esque Star Treks were awful, this show takes awful to where awful has never gone before!    … Expand
  2. v3ctor
    Oct 9, 2017
    0
    What did I just watch? This is not the Star Trek that has inspired so many people. Any sci-fi show can be set in space, but Star Trek was about having a reason to be there - to seek out new life and new civilizations. But no, this show is about killing new life, treating others with utter disrespect and generally seeing who can be the stupidest. I had hopes this show would improve, but theWhat did I just watch? This is not the Star Trek that has inspired so many people. Any sci-fi show can be set in space, but Star Trek was about having a reason to be there - to seek out new life and new civilizations. But no, this show is about killing new life, treating others with utter disrespect and generally seeing who can be the stupidest. I had hopes this show would improve, but the last episode was so terrible I just give up.… Expand
  3. dmcimo
    Sep 29, 2017
    0
    Complete Junk. Not only are you forced to pay to see this show in the USA/CANADA , but its also badly done. This may have the official Star Trek label on it, but this show has nothing to do with Trek stories, they just on uniforms and attempted to use the THEME, but that is all. There are also problems with the pacing and energy. They go to such great lengths to build up some little bitComplete Junk. Not only are you forced to pay to see this show in the USA/CANADA , but its also badly done. This may have the official Star Trek label on it, but this show has nothing to do with Trek stories, they just on uniforms and attempted to use the THEME, but that is all. There are also problems with the pacing and energy. They go to such great lengths to build up some little bit of momentum then cut to the Klingon with SUBTITLES, wow...just utter wow.... I have been a Star Trek fan for years, I Have watched every series, every film multiple times. I will not watch another episode of this rubbish. Definitely not worth a subscription to CBS as of yet, and even if you have Netflix in USA/CANADA, CBS made it clear they they want to steal all the money from us and won't allow Netflix to have it here, but anyone else across the world.… Expand
  4. HJRodrigo
    Sep 25, 2017
    0
    Show is disinterested in exploring the original Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry and wants to make a new one loosely based on it. Truth is that CBS is only using Star Trek as a brand name in order to sell this series. It uses the name Star Trek, but then copies things from other non Star Trek TV shows that are currently popular to make for an experience that is not true toShow is disinterested in exploring the original Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry and wants to make a new one loosely based on it. Truth is that CBS is only using Star Trek as a brand name in order to sell this series. It uses the name Star Trek, but then copies things from other non Star Trek TV shows that are currently popular to make for an experience that is not true to the original creator's vision of the future. This show would have worked better as its own Sci show.… Expand
  5. wobbles
    Sep 27, 2017
    0
    I was prepared to accept the more advanced looking set, It is 2017 and not the 60s. I was even prepared for the annoying lens flare that seems to be popular now but was it too much to ask for even high school play level acting? There's no Star Trek here, Just a ship ran by a committee of incompetent people. I felt this ship couldn't go from Earth to Vulcan without blowing itself up.
    A    I was prepared to accept the more advanced looking set, It is 2017 and not the 60s. I was even prepared for the annoying lens flare that seems to be popular now but was it too much to ask for even high school play level acting? There's no Star Trek here, Just a ship ran by a committee of incompetent people. I felt this ship couldn't go from Earth to Vulcan without blowing itself up.
    A coherent plot would have been nice to slip in also.    … Expand
  6. silkmc
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's like a teen drama set in space. We've even had the obligatory (zero chemistry) forced hetero romance thrown at us only 7 eps in (and the whole ep a poor attempt to disguise the fact the episode was about MC getting herself a boyfriend... because y'know, women MC's can't just have their own story, even in 2017... Bechdel test failure in star trek... oh my... just kill me)… Expand
  7. Talbis
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    I'm like 25 minutes into the third episode I paused to write these first impressions here. I was beyond skeptical when this series was announced and at least now I know why it was sent to CBS Access - to die. Yeah, they knew it will suck, so they've sent it to die.
    I can forgive a lot of things, like inconsistent technology levels (holograms weren't a viable method of communication until    I'm like 25 minutes into the third episode I paused to write these first impressions here. I was beyond skeptical when this series was announced and at least now I know why it was sent to CBS Access - to die. Yeah, they knew it will suck, so they've sent it to die.
    I can forgive a lot of things, like inconsistent technology levels (holograms weren't a viable method of communication until about a 100 years after this series takes place in lore), I can forgive the visual changes to Klingons (to writers: just explain TOS Klingons, like DS9 and Enterprise did, eh?)... but I can't forgive wooden acting from main, unlikable hero. Michael Burnham doesn't deserve to wear that uniform. And hey, she's court-martialed, so at least writers know how stupid, unresponsible and out of place she is. Thing is, she does whatever she wants. Third episode and she's let loose to run around secret projects. Hey, writers, we keep prisoners in the brig, not in the same quarters as Starfleet Academy students... If I learned anything it's that Sonequa Martin-Green cannot act at all. But the biggest kick to the balls I received from Discovery was when Captain Philippa Georgiou, a most interesting and well-portrayed character in Discovery, was killed off in the second episode. All that noise about getting Michelle Yeoh, all those easter eggs hidden in captain's ready room... gone. Poof! The most interesting part of the series was nothing but a cock tease! Now we're stuck with an unlikable character that's not being balanced by a mentor figure, but instead is a menace released into the wild to **** things up as she wants. Michelle Yeoh sold me on the idea of another sodding prequel, guess I can't have that now, can I?
    Overall story also isn't all that great. Klingons are back and afraid that the Federation will take away their individuality. Federation would like nothing more than to take away the individuality of Klingons. They (writers) wanted to comment on current sociopolitical climate in the US... instead they've turned the Federation into less advanced Borg. Their message gets lost in the amount of ridiculously stupid decisions everyone makes in this show.
    Klingons aren't Klingons. I get that they got redesigned, I don't care, they can look whatever they want, thing is, they don't act or feel like Klingons at all. Gone is the "pirate ship" vibe of a Klingon ship, now they're all just stand in the room and whine about how cruel the galaxy is to them.
    Star Trek was always about the human condition, how good people can be, how open they can be, how hopeful the future might be if we just put work into it. Even much darker Deep Space 9 had a lot of hope in it. Star Trek was about who you are amongst many. Discovery doesn't care about any of that, in fact, it seems to be about destroying everything the Trek build for over 50 years. This has no soul of Star Trek. Even J.J. Abrams did a better job getting at the core of what Star Trek was about... I'm done with the show.    … Expand
  8. blade01
    Feb 27, 2018
    0
    High production value no question. But for everything else i will make it short: The show is garbage! Had to stop looking at the screen at times. No charisma, sometimes bad acting, terrible writing and everything is so **** dark. This is not Star Trek which might be okay but if i dont think about the franchise and try to put a new name to the show its still garbage im sorry. In the end iHigh production value no question. But for everything else i will make it short: The show is garbage! Had to stop looking at the screen at times. No charisma, sometimes bad acting, terrible writing and everything is so **** dark. This is not Star Trek which might be okay but if i dont think about the franchise and try to put a new name to the show its still garbage im sorry. In the end i cheered for the klingons to kill everyone at the end of the second episode. They even got the lore wrong, its amazing. This is an abomination and because its not Star Trek! Its because its just bad SciFi with so much money behind it that it hurts. Look at Axanar the fan project. That is star trek and its good! Most fan projects are far bettter and thats why Paramount shut them down because they knew they cant compete with fans that love the franchise. ZERO points because i think i lost braincells while watching this ****… Expand
  9. Nebulawolf
    Jan 5, 2019
    0
    Totally SJW agenda based propaganda, I have literally watched more interesting paint dry. If you can't be bothered poking your eyes out with a blunt stick, find anything else to put on your television screen, even fish tank graphics would be more satisfying TV.
  10. shapesforms
    Jan 13, 2018
    0
    WOW!! How they gutted the francchise. This has nothing to do with Star Trek besides the name. Its utter distopian retardedness. Maybe would be good if they called is Star Wars instead. LOL this is even worse than Star Trek Enterprise
  11. robbybabyrob
    Dec 6, 2017
    0
    If this helps you, 2 Starfleet Officers break the prime directive in the very first scene of the show, letting us know right from the start, the writers know nothing of Star Trek. Bad acting, bad writing, dark and depressing. Tilted camera angles, lens flares, Klingons that have so much costume on it sounds as if they have just gotten back from the dentist with the cotton balls still inIf this helps you, 2 Starfleet Officers break the prime directive in the very first scene of the show, letting us know right from the start, the writers know nothing of Star Trek. Bad acting, bad writing, dark and depressing. Tilted camera angles, lens flares, Klingons that have so much costume on it sounds as if they have just gotten back from the dentist with the cotton balls still in their mouths, so many things that are just wrong, and very few that are right. The only thing I though was decent is the opening title sequence.… Expand
  12. EliOli123
    Jan 15, 2019
    0
    Another classic series goes PC. I watch TV to relax and get away from all the crap we have to put up with every day from social justice warriors trying to shove their left wing ideology down our throats. Now we have to put up with these guys using our favorite super heroes, Sitcoms, TV genres etc... to push their PC propaganda. When I'm at home I don't want to be bombarded with all thisAnother classic series goes PC. I watch TV to relax and get away from all the crap we have to put up with every day from social justice warriors trying to shove their left wing ideology down our throats. Now we have to put up with these guys using our favorite super heroes, Sitcoms, TV genres etc... to push their PC propaganda. When I'm at home I don't want to be bombarded with all this crap. I watch TV to be entertained, not indoctrinated. This new Star Trek is more of this same baloney. A big thumbs down from me.… Expand
  13. jakedubbleya
    Jan 7, 2018
    0
    Sonequa Martin (star of the show) is the worst dramatic actor I've ever seen on a screen of any size. There's a phrase that is used over and over again in beginner acting classes; "do less". Sonequa Martin is why do less has become an industry cliche.

    The writing is terrible. The characters are completely undeveloped halfway through the season despite mountains of tactless plot and    Sonequa Martin (star of the show) is the worst dramatic actor I've ever seen on a screen of any size. There's a phrase that is used over and over again in beginner acting classes; "do less". Sonequa Martin is why do less has become an industry cliche.

    The writing is terrible. The characters are completely undeveloped halfway through the season despite mountains of tactless plot and background exhibition in every sentence.

    Star Trek used to mean something. Now it's just another IP getting squeezed by paper pushers through the market group study colander for every last penny.

    There should be negative scores available for shows like Discovery.    … Expand
  14. Trunkis
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    The star trek for the PC millenial crowd.
    Loud, flashy, no soul on it.

    This is way worst that I tought. Janeway and seven of nine have more chemistry on 5 minutes of voyager than this.

    Avoid at all costs.
  15. ggf51724
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    Lets see...
    -purple hairless lizard klingons
    -prequel
    -one chillion gender ****
    -non captain protagonist
    -ugly ship
    -**** on the lore
    -midle finger to all the fans who dare to complain
    yep, dont like it
  16. RealPeople
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    Im not a full blown trekkie. I like TNG best. I wanted to love this Discovery. I was excited about the cast. I have enjoyed all the Trek entertainment of the past in some way. The new movies are my least favorite, until now. This new show is just not good. Heartless, soulless, incompetent. That said, I do hope the show improves, that they right the ship. When I re-watch the first season ofIm not a full blown trekkie. I like TNG best. I wanted to love this Discovery. I was excited about the cast. I have enjoyed all the Trek entertainment of the past in some way. The new movies are my least favorite, until now. This new show is just not good. Heartless, soulless, incompetent. That said, I do hope the show improves, that they right the ship. When I re-watch the first season of TNG I find some cringe worthy interactions with the crew, they really grow together as the seasons roll on. I hope Discovery gets 5+ years to attempt to leave us something worthy of belonging in the Trek Universe. Guest directors, new writers, and brave paths taken in Discovery, to make all the bad reviewers, including myself, eat our words. Until I hear good things i will not be signing up for CBS streaming.… Expand
  17. pmurie
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    It's full of PC rubbish and Feminist garbage!!! You can tell the lead role is suppose to be a transsexual (looks like a man but is a woman) where the first romance is 2 gay men hence you should keep your kids away from watching this at all costs!
  18. finnonfire
    Nov 13, 2017
    0
    Klingons look like space turds. Dialogue is terrible -for example the characters say stupid **** Did I mention the ideas behind the episodes themselves are garbage?
  19. Valkyan
    Sep 27, 2017
    0
    Retarded Lord of the rings plot
    Action from Star Wars directed by Michael Bay
    Only similarity with Star Trek are exploding bridge consoles ...

    Do not waste your time with this as I did with 2 episodes
  20. abyssoft
    Jan 26, 2018
    0
    Utterly disappointing to say the least. Almost unwatchably bland, preachy, and hypocritical. I season is more than enough of this abomination of a Star Trek series. I've gone back and even rewatch a few episodes thinking maybe it was my mood and nope, still just as horrible. I think we can officially say the franchise is dead.
  21. Ysegrim
    Nov 13, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (Sorry for my English)
    The first and second episode were really not bad and the actors does their jobs, but then it becomes a joke. The plot is just meaningless and absurd.

    SPOILER!
    The 4. Episode you have to see! It kills the serie but you can laugh, when you ask yourself the following questions:
    1. Why is there only a shield and not a single ship for defending a such strategically important colony? They makes 40% of the fuel of the federation and there is not one single ship?
    2. How dumb is the security officer who open a cage of an animal who has killed easily 6 Klingons, after she waits about 2 seconds until the narcotic work? i mean she has already seen that her gun will not work, but thinks she can cut it with a knife?
    3. WTF thought the writers when they came up with this pseudoscientific galactic mushroom **** with a super computer bear?
    And last but not least: Do they hang the clamps on the nipples of the bear???    … Expand
  22. Vespin_Feebler
    Mar 23, 2018
    0
    This is not Star Trek. This is a cold, dark, angst-ridden, unfriendly, morally gray, M-rated drama with enough in-fighting between the characters to make Gene Roddenberry roll in his grave. I call it "Dark Trek". It's an abomination. I gave it ten episodes because it's (supposedly) Star Trek, but couldn't stand to watch any farther.
  23. Ripandread
    Sep 25, 2017
    0
    With the exception of the special effects, the debut of Star Trek: Discovery was horrible.

    Unlike previous Star Trek series, the lead characters of Discovery are bland and boring.

    The science officer was especially irritating. He made Jar Jar Binks look good.
  24. GarvielLoken
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This isn't Star Trek.
    -canon got pooped on
    -Klingons are now Locust from Gears of War.
    -Klingons, sorry, Locust, shouldnt even have stealth tech yet, they bought it from the Romulans after TOS.
    -No more coloured uniforms (no more yellow, red, blue). Now everyone has the same uniform.
    -Main protagonist is a female black lesbian first officer that commits treason and war crime over emotional reasons, despite being half Vulkan, and attacks her own captain, a friend known for 7 years. Is that how Starfleet acts? muh emotions and treason?
    -every single person on the bridge is questioning everything. thats not how a ship works.
    -the captain teleports a bomb to a body of a Klingon officer that was being taken for burial, and blows it up. Is this ISIS, or Starfleet?
    -The asian captain couldnt speak english. It physicaly hurt to listen to her talk.
    -So much lens flare, it will make your eyes bleed.
    -the whole show is being recorded at 45 degree camera angle. Dont ask me why, i have no idea.
    -the captain made foorprints on the desert so the ship can find them. So i guess finding footprints in a huge-ass sandstorm is easier than looking for life signs.
    -why did the USS Europa blow up? why was is cut in half? laws of physics and logic dictates, it shouldnt happen. the ship should be pushed back, not cut, not to mention they could just.... reverse.

    All of it just doesnt make sense.    … Expand
  25. hewhocaves
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Like all the others have said - this show is an awful abomination which seems to go out of its way to trample into the ground everything that Gene Roddenberry held dear. Want to watch good, new episodes of Star Trek these days? Watch The Orville.
  26. Locust69
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    utter garbage with nice cgi... go watch orville this is just a bad joke. Like everything bad about JJ-trek and nothing good. Story is bad, characters are TERRIBLE, cast is mostly boring + they used star trek to promote left wing agenda and SJW, PC propaganda (also the reason why so called pro-reviewers like it so much). Characters are probably biggest problem: bunch of arrogant clownsutter garbage with nice cgi... go watch orville this is just a bad joke. Like everything bad about JJ-trek and nothing good. Story is bad, characters are TERRIBLE, cast is mostly boring + they used star trek to promote left wing agenda and SJW, PC propaganda (also the reason why so called pro-reviewers like it so much). Characters are probably biggest problem: bunch of arrogant clowns written by some leftie millenial with no taste and doing terrible decisions every ten minutes... also good to know that devs compare klingons to trumps voters and only competent persons in star fleet are women while men are all racists or/and idi*ts... #NotMyStarTrek… Expand
  27. Niftyfifty56
    Jun 3, 2018
    0
    What a let down, leftist rubbish. Not true to the original Star Trek atmosphere. Bad plot lines, bad acting. Should be called something else but Star Trek.
  28. 998817268
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    It's your bog standard sci-fi that unironically follows any sci-fi trope you could imagine. It's also melodramatic to the point of being unintentionally comedic at times. Good is not a word I would use to describe this show, because it's boring and hammy.
  29. farmerfan
    Dec 28, 2017
    0
    This abomination is so disgusting it's hard to believe. It's basically an attempt to make a sci fi show that is PC, SJW etc for radical feminists and LGBT community. So if CBS wants to appease these minority groups and make a sci fi show for them, all well and good, but why destroy the beloved Star Trek franchise to do it?? I'm sure that I speak for the vast majority of sci fi fans outThis abomination is so disgusting it's hard to believe. It's basically an attempt to make a sci fi show that is PC, SJW etc for radical feminists and LGBT community. So if CBS wants to appease these minority groups and make a sci fi show for them, all well and good, but why destroy the beloved Star Trek franchise to do it?? I'm sure that I speak for the vast majority of sci fi fans out there when I say that a badly acted, laughably plotted Star Trek wannabe show for LGBT and radical feminists is NOT going to appeal to the majority of viewers. Using the Star Trek canon to push this PC message down our throats is just so wrong, on so many levels.
    And in any case, the plot, acting, script and behaviour of every actor is just abysmal, no one could possibly be interested in the actual storyline, surely?
    This should have been kept off the TV and shown in a tent at the Mardi Gras maybe, but please spare the rest of humanity from more of this garbage.    … Expand
  30. teebow
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    It’s no coincidence that the initials for discovery are STD, one should stay away…
    But seriously, this is how I see the difference between STD and the Orville:
    The Orville is a fan’s faithful homage to their favourite show with the added humour the creator is know for. Discovery is what happens when fans of Michael bay decide to cash in on the love for an American institution. And what    It’s no coincidence that the initials for discovery are STD, one should stay away…
    But seriously, this is how I see the difference between STD and the Orville:
    The Orville is a fan’s faithful homage to their favourite show with the added humour the creator is know for.
    Discovery is what happens when fans of Michael bay decide to cash in on the love for an American institution. And what does MB do when he gets his hands on someone else’s IP? Completely change what makes the originals compelling, make the characters people u can’t begin to like, let alone root for, throw in a ton of over the top and unnecessary CGI, god awful writing (and even worse dialogue), a little subtle racism, and throw out any thoughts of “canon” or “respect for source material”.
    In other words: pure crap    … Expand
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Metascore
72

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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