Star Trek: Discovery

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Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. Testman33
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have watched all the shows in this new series so far. On the positive side the show has some great special effects and some capable actors. Since there have been several versions of Star Trek I don't have a problem viewing a darker storyline as it has something to add to the Star Trek world. One problem is actually similar to the same problem that plagued the original series. The main character can't act. Like Captain Kirk she is propped up by the other cast members who can. Eventually William Shatner got better so maybe she will. The character names are hard to remember and after this many shows we should have some idea of their mental and moral qualities. Character development has been so slow it seems to stand still. I am not a big fan of the continuing serial but this is not a bad idea for a ship that goes from place to place sort of like viewing the captains log. But this series has rambled all over the place introducing elements such as the beast that could control the ship that seemed no more than a slightly interesting by-line rather than a major plot. As soon as this got interesting the beast was sent floating off into space. The Klingons are another example of poor character development and the writing has not brought out any qualities one can grab hold of. Having everything they say be in closed caption is a terrible idea. If the writers and directors of this show don't do a better job this one is taking a crash dive that no one will survive. P.S. sorry my review has been so rambling. It is sort of like the show.… Expand
  2. Tony2017
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Oh my God... what a horrible TV show. This should be taken down. The true Star Trek Gene Roddenberry is so far from ST Discovery. Horrible and all values for example ST TNG are flushed down the drain. The lack of respect for the true spirit of ST is just to much!!!! I decided not to watch the rest when the captain mentioned the name Elon Musk. What the ****, all respect for the man andOh my God... what a horrible TV show. This should be taken down. The true Star Trek Gene Roddenberry is so far from ST Discovery. Horrible and all values for example ST TNG are flushed down the drain. The lack of respect for the true spirit of ST is just to much!!!! I decided not to watch the rest when the captain mentioned the name Elon Musk. What the ****, all respect for the man and what he did, but to pay your way into a Star Trek series that belongs to the fans and not to particular individuals. I will not watch the rest! I will just go on my DVD-s for TNG, DS9, Voyager, where I can actually learn some interesting stuff every time I watch the shows.… Expand
  3. StarTrek81
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Found myself actually scrubbing through the timeline and moaning.

    Whatever this is, it needs to remove the name Star Trek. The characters feel hollow. The world is unattractive. The story is uninteresting and not in the style or vein of Star Trek at all. I watch Star Trek to see what the best of humanity can do when faced with impossible choices. If i wanted to see people being    Found myself actually scrubbing through the timeline and moaning.

    Whatever this is, it needs to remove the name Star Trek. The characters feel hollow. The world is unattractive. The story is uninteresting and not in the style or vein of Star Trek at all.

    I watch Star Trek to see what the best of humanity can do when faced with impossible choices. If i wanted to see people being snarky, know-it-all, autistic, SJW A-holes, i could just go outside or hop on facebook.

    The worst part is that this is the current show. So it will take years before another show is even hinted at. This is all we get for the next few years, and it feels a lot like nothing.    … Expand
  4. AHP
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Its a space based action drama. Definitely not Star Trek. People will never watch reruns of this show. It will definitely not earn money through syndication in the future....will be forgotten as a bad memory (like Star Trek - Enterprise). Are there no writers with a good imagination available these days ? #NotStarTrek
  5. majiemao
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    Show is a complete insult to anyone that is fan of Star Trek, they don't care about any continuity what so ever, from the improper symbol on their uniforms to technology that exists completely out of its date of development........and friggen magic mushroom flight! I feel like someone at CBS hates Star Trek fans and wants to **** on them the hardest they could possibly could. If you hadShow is a complete insult to anyone that is fan of Star Trek, they don't care about any continuity what so ever, from the improper symbol on their uniforms to technology that exists completely out of its date of development........and friggen magic mushroom flight! I feel like someone at CBS hates Star Trek fans and wants to **** on them the hardest they could possibly could. If you had just made this some generic Sci-fi show without Star Trek it might of been better.… Expand
  6. Panettone_3k
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    An abomination.... This isn't Star Trek anymore.
    The movie franchise was already butchered by J.J. Abrams
    but now the series franchise has received a well aimed headshot. I couldn't even imagine in my wildest dream on how it would be possible to massacre Star Trek even more. I must admit as a huge Star Trek fan, some series were sometimes an acquired taste. But after watching 6    An abomination.... This isn't Star Trek anymore.
    The movie franchise was already butchered by J.J. Abrams
    but now the series franchise has received a well aimed headshot.
    I couldn't even imagine in my wildest dream on how it would be possible
    to massacre Star Trek even more.

    I must admit as a huge Star Trek fan, some series were sometimes an acquired taste.
    But after watching 6 episodes of this immature, cringy and nonsense junk, I can tell myself that I've tried.

    Thank you J.J. Abrams
    Thank you Alex Kurtzman

    Can you both do everyone a favor?
    Can you please let Star Trek die in peace. Don't torture the fanbase, it's bad karma.    … Expand
  7. gl1977
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Like hundreds have already said, this is absolutely no Star Trek. The most unforgivable aspects of this show are the utter lack of Federation ethics and the unbelievable behaviour of the characters.

    As per the first aspect:
    - There is no way on Earth (or any other planet) in which a mutineer, who has physically incapacitated her captain and single-handedly started a war, would become the go-to person on a Federation spaceship;
    - It goes against all the Federation believes in to exploit another lifeform for fuel, as the Discovery does with the tardigrade: they would literally rather die than do so;
    - There is no way a Federation captain who's abandoned his ship would gain command of another;

    As per the second aspect:
    - It doesn't make any sense the constant bickering of the characters with one another, the utter disrespect of the chain of command, especially in a war situation;
    - The character of Tilly would have never made it to Starfleet:
    - The character of Michael Burnham would have never made it to Starfleet;
    - Michael Burnham does not make any sense as a Vulcan-educated person: she is basically constantly emoting (anger, frustration, disappointment, boredom) and makes almost always illogical decisions;
    - the finale of the Lethe episode makes no sense whatsoever: letting a character who dominates time travel and is clearly deranged and takes pleasure in murdering people go scot-free like that?
    - the obligatory love story of Burnham and Ash is puerile, forced, and frankly cringeworthy.

    In one word, this show is a mess. And don't even get me started of the unforgivable disrespect of canon and the abysmal level of acting, especially from Sonequa Martin-Green.    … Expand
  8. aj1324
    Nov 4, 2017
    0
    Completely terrible. Should cancel the show and start over from scratch. This is only "Star Trek" in the sense that CBS owned the rights to call it such, and is not in the same universe of Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry.
  9. GJA
    Nov 5, 2017
    0
    Funny how this show gets 72 from "critics" and orville get 36, users vote this show as **** but vote orville high... Hmmm maybe the higher budget of Star Trek matters, it's like someone paid the critics to put good reviews, not surprised. Hopefully the day these idiots are replaced by youtube reviews is coming soon.
  10. Whatevenisthis
    Jan 9, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just watched the latest episode... didn't think they could shove anymore left wing political garbage in there even if they tried but somehow they managed it. They're now in an alternate reality where the enemy is "racist xenophobic version of the federation" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooOooooo I can't do this anymore omg.

    The entire plot of every SINGLE episode is contrived and deus ex machina. The technology such as the spore drive and ease at which they integrated human DNA into the system was downright laughable and an insult to all viewers. Yes this is sci fi, but the leaps and bounds this show makes due to sheer writers laziness are ridiculous.

    The characters are horrendous save for Captain Lorca. He seems to be the only interesting (and dare I say rational) character on the show. When you are in the middle of a war with hundreds of lives being lost daily and countless numbers of your ships being being destroyed, you want him on your side to make the tough decisions. Despite what many have said previously, I rather enjoy his realistic approach and this dark element of the show.

    Every other character is horrendous. Michael Burnam is a glorified Social Justice Warrior who can apparently do no wrong. Aside from continuously making illogical decisions and causing the majority of the problems, somehow she always ends up creating the solution in the nick of time.
    Every statement she makes is loaded with a double connotation with the aim of commenting on todays present political climate. It's boring and irrelevant in the current universe she apparently exists in. I'm not interested in todays political issues, I'm interested in watching star trek. The script is disgustingly irrelevant to the current events in the show. I also don't appreciate being lectured at regarding social issues which at this point in time in the Star Trek Universe, were already supposed to have been past history.

    The character of Tilly would never have made it into Starfleet let alone onto Starfleet's most valuable ship. The blatant shoehorning of eccentric and weird characters into the show is again lazy by the writers and further adds fuel to the disastrous fire that is diversity quotas. Also, she's downright boring to watch. I skip 5 minutes each time her face appears knowing that they will give her far more screen time than she deserves and the plot won't have developed any further with her regardless.

    Michael Burnam and the forced love interest have no chemistry and I find it ridiculous that an entire episode that could make or break the entire war with the Klingons focussed more on their relationship development rather than the far more interesting Federation/ Klingon war. How laughable. Also, in the same episode, the antagonists far reaching plan includes placing his ship inside a space whale (lol, space whales exist now), somehow orienting said space whale into the path of Discovery, somehow knowing they would be obligated to pick up said space whale (I highly doubt that a ship as important as the Discovery would be obligated to pick up space whales close to enemy space), and so we start an episode revolving around groundhog day. Far fetched, boring, and anticlimactic.

    It's as if the show is trying to cater to every single possible market they can think of and can't cater to any single one successfully. It's also blatantly obvious who in these comments was either paid to write a good review or is part of the shows production. Sorry guys, nobody who's seen the show is buying it. Figuratively and literally.

    Episode 8 was especially stupid and unrealistic. The Klingon Kol seemed ridiculously unperturbed when he found out that the prisoner admiral had been killed. He basically shrugged it off and walked away after proclaiming in a previous episode that she was the most valuable captive. Every decision made in episode 8 made no sense whatsoever, from Lt. Saru's obsession with that alien planet, to the entire episodes premise which was to hijack some random planets "naturally occurring sound vibrations to be able to detect the cloaked klingon ships" HAHAHAHA who even thinks of this rubbish? I'm done. I got through 8 episodes but that's it. Not sure how I lasted this long.

    I'm a long time trekky and I don't mind the show going in a new dark direction, but all the writers should be fired and never hired again to create anything for TV as they're lazy, don't understand the history, have no idea how to develop interesting characters and have just hijacked the Star Trek brand to boost their boring, ill-informed political agenda. Diversity is fine as star trek has always been about diversity, but it never had to explicitly throw it in your face and shove it down your throat like this show has. On that note, I would like to see a straight white male character who ISN'T arrogant, rude, or who will obviously end up being the villain by series end.

    Goodbye Star Track. It was fun while it lasted.    … Expand
  11. sabrose1020
    Feb 12, 2018
    0
    Its pretty clear CBS caught wind of the negative reviews on this site and hired some botters to equalize things.
    The network has tried to shelter this show from itself by putting it on all access.It wouldnt have lasted a season on over the air television. Its playing with Netflix money for season 2 and has yet to release how many people actually watch the show on all access.
    It    Its pretty clear CBS caught wind of the negative reviews on this site and hired some botters to equalize things.
    The network has tried to shelter this show from itself by putting it on all access.It wouldnt have lasted a season on over the air television. Its playing with Netflix money for season 2 and has yet to release how many people actually watch the show on all access.
    It needs to listen to the negative reviews fire some people and hire someone with some competence to run it or its deader than a doornail.
    The contrived finale was one only Neville Chamberlain would love. But it fit the entire season -garbage.    … Expand
  12. Souther_discom
    Nov 11, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is so bad it is unbelievable. I have stomached up to episode 7, and can literally take no more. The story-lines are so unbelievable and tired. Right off the top of my head here are some issues that come to mind that give you an idea of what to expect. Episode 7 involves a time loop. The script is so drawn out it is hard to actually watch it because it is irritatingly stupid. How about just destroying the creature before it gets on the ship, which would completely fix the problem? Instead they go about some convoluted response involving DANCING!!! Another stupid example of inconsistencies among the dozens I've encountered that ruin it is the fact that in this version of Star Trek you can't transport people if they have no vitals. But shortly before using this to ramp up the plot they transported a bomb?

    The show has way too much romance. Every chance the writers get they throw love scenes or platitudes about how humanity can be soooo much better if it wasn't for all the bad people. The Klingons look fake and nothing like traditional Klingons. When they do show Klingons, they use subtitles that scroll so fast you can't actually think about the implication of what you are reading.

    The actors are okay. Not great, but mediocre. Passable. But the writers are trying so hard to put SJW and PC nonsense into the scrip that it has totally ruined the show. IT IS HORRIBLE!!

    About CBS all access. You will regret the fee they require, simply because there is nothing worthwhile on CBS. The owners thought they had the greatest idea since sliced bread: Use a tried and true franchise (Start Trek) to draw loyal fans who wouldn't be able to help but pay a fee. Everyone was going to get rich, until it turned out the show was unwatchable.
    The Initial season opener wasn't too bad, but trust me, it goes down hill rapidly. I'd definitely wager a bet that Orville lasts longer than Discovery, by a WIDE margin. Two seasons of Discovery at the VERY max. #startrekdiscovery killed the franchise.    … Expand
  13. Mwalk
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    This newest Star Trek series could have been better if it had stayed with format of the previous Star Trek series. The Klingons & there ships look totally different, I don't like the homosexual relationship in the story line nor some of the vulgar language, The sad part is that you have to pay to watch the series & that is not fair at all. Whoever is writing this series needs guidanceThis newest Star Trek series could have been better if it had stayed with format of the previous Star Trek series. The Klingons & there ships look totally different, I don't like the homosexual relationship in the story line nor some of the vulgar language, The sad part is that you have to pay to watch the series & that is not fair at all. Whoever is writing this series needs guidance from the former Trek writers because this current writer/producer doesn't have it. The pace of this series is too slow & it is a flop as far as I am concerned. Don't let your children watch this filth!… Expand
  14. markbrak
    Jan 18, 2019
    0
    This is not Star Trek. This is generic scifi with bad writing. It is nonsensical and combative. This is not the hopeful vision of the future that Gene Roddenberry had.
  15. BillyBWilliams
    Dec 10, 2017
    0
    God awful and family hating agenda. The woman/man relationships are vicious, no heterosexual love if family, it's all homosexual devotion and we hate it. This is a homosexual show, NOT star trek, Gene must be flipping over in his grave.

    Homosexual and family hating agenda.. SJW trash. Its gross and disturbing to watch a show filled with the homosexual propaganda. I refuse to watch    God awful and family hating agenda. The woman/man relationships are vicious, no heterosexual love if family, it's all homosexual devotion and we hate it. This is a homosexual show, NOT star trek, Gene must be flipping over in his grave.

    Homosexual and family hating agenda.. SJW trash. Its gross and disturbing to watch a show filled with the homosexual propaganda. I refuse to watch it in my home and my children will not be watching it as well.. Gene Roddenberry would be flipping in his grave to see that Star Trek has turned into a family-hating homosexual/LGBT interest with men kissing men on TV.. Do these idiots really think we want to watch men kissing men? Is this Star Trek or gay-man porn?

    There are 2 types of people who will like this show, the SJW's and homosexuals, everyone else will hate it. The ratings are dropping into a trashcan, it wont last to season 3. BTW, The Orville is much more like Gene's vision, Star Trek Discovery has missed the mark and an embarrassment to humanity because all the actors and actresses are awful and act like spoiled little brats. It's really sick because the target audience is about 10-15yo...

    I feel like this show needs a zap back to 1960s and a HIV vaccine.    … Expand
  16. RonGianti
    Dec 23, 2018
    0
    There is nothing "Star Trek" about this show. Just a bunch of random "Star Trek" names ("Federation", "Klingon", "phasers") that someone coopted for a bad Sci-Fi show. Take away the names and the plot falls flat and offers nothing. The people are angry and follow no logical protocols. My wife and I, who have been huge fans of everything "Star Trek" since The Next Generation, forced ourThere is nothing "Star Trek" about this show. Just a bunch of random "Star Trek" names ("Federation", "Klingon", "phasers") that someone coopted for a bad Sci-Fi show. Take away the names and the plot falls flat and offers nothing. The people are angry and follow no logical protocols. My wife and I, who have been huge fans of everything "Star Trek" since The Next Generation, forced our way through 3 episodes of this series and quit, never to return. How this got labeled "Star Trek" is beyond me, it is nothing of the sort.… Expand
  17. Unclepitty
    Apr 11, 2018
    0
    Terrible show. The writing is atrocious. It is Star Trek by name only. Get someone that knows what they are doing on that show and get rid of Kurtzman. That guy destroys everything he touches.
  18. frontlinegeek
    Jan 8, 2018
    0
    I am sitting here watching the mid season return. I swore I would watch the whole first season. I can't do it. I am not even done the episode as I type this up and I can barely bother to finish it, but I will.

    This show is shallow, reductive, extremely predictable, FAR too SJW laced (This latest episode has the mirror universe set with Earth as the center of effectively, the alt    I am sitting here watching the mid season return. I swore I would watch the whole first season. I can't do it. I am not even done the episode as I type this up and I can barely bother to finish it, but I will.

    This show is shallow, reductive, extremely predictable, FAR too SJW laced (This latest episode has the mirror universe set with Earth as the center of effectively, the alt right).

    SMG was terrible in TWD. She is WORSE in this!

    When the most enjoyment I have with this show is watching someone, anyone, DIE, I have to admit that there is no way that this is a good show and that it can't ever recover either. I have come to accept at this point, Star Wars is dead and now so is Star Trek.

    So ya. I am out. I have about 5 minutes left of this utter drek and that is it for me. Oh and possibly the most annoying character on the show just died!!! YAY!!! I leave on a high point!!!

    And just so it is clear where I am coming from...

    I have watched all of every ST series other than the animated series. I have watched nearly every scifi show in the last 25 years. BSG, BSG reboot, Farscape, Firefly, Continuum, Dark Matter, ALL of Stargate, and on and on and on...

    For how much money that has been tossed at this, STD is THE worst TV show, scifi or not, that I have ever watched. Even if you didn't call it Star Trek and removed all the Star Trek things, STILL would not be good...

    Anyone that wants GOOD scifi, go watch The Expanse. That is all.    … Expand
  19. KGT1965
    Dec 30, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show is almost completely unwatchable. It is like they have bought completely into the new Star Trek Movies rational, but unlike the movies with bad scripts, And irrational changes for the sake of changing. If you wanted to make a new race of aliens make one. Don't futz with the Klingons. That's not original. It's just lazy. Gene Roddenberry Star Trek always posed a problem then fixed the problem. The generally didn't fix the problem by shooting at it first and then waiting to see if it's still alive so that the can shoot at it some more, especially not a Vulcan. I guess this is to be expected since new Star Trek movies have done much the same. The killed of an entire universe and the solution to that problem was "good riddance". Were as, in the old Star Trek movies and series they would go enormous hoops just to make things right again. (Gene Roddenberry vision for a better human race.) And what about all the episode in the star Trek series were the Federation sent people back to fix the time lines. sorry I'm off the subject. I do not like Star Trek Discovery. Lazy script and plot. Changes to charterers for no other reason that a whim. To many guns not enough talk. And what's up with the space flight haven't they heard of probes.… Expand
  20. Kilrahi
    Jan 3, 2018
    0
    Star Trek fans have had to either bail or adapt to a lot of big changes over the last ten years. First there were the Abrams films that both upped the emphasis on often mindless action and Star Wars visual style (just compare the new phasers to the old if you missed it). Nevertheless, that step was doable for most because at the end of the day there was still the core beating heart of StarStar Trek fans have had to either bail or adapt to a lot of big changes over the last ten years. First there were the Abrams films that both upped the emphasis on often mindless action and Star Wars visual style (just compare the new phasers to the old if you missed it). Nevertheless, that step was doable for most because at the end of the day there was still the core beating heart of Star Trek that many of us recognized – that ever present warm and optimistic view of the future that even with sometimes dark themes could be enjoyed as a family. Now, in comes Star Trek: Discovery. Like the Abrams’ films, it largely spits on cannon more often than it doesn’t (a cannon wink here and there is meant to placate fans so they can convince themselves it’s the same universe), but this new show goes even further. It continues to up the action, and jettison the brains, but now it goes where no Trek has gone before – because it was never what Trek was about in the first place. This new Trek incorporates a hardcore TV-MA tone which makes it decidedly not an optimistic or family tone vibe. Not only does the show loose it’s optimism tone, but fans all over the world lose something they’d always valued about it. There’s plenty of room and reason in this world for TV-MA shows. The Walking Dead, Vikings, Game of Thrones – there is no shortage of them right now, but why CONSCRIPT a show with a 50 year legacy to be something it’s not? Why INTENTIONALLY narrow your viewership? Disney protects the Star Wars legacy while CBS cares nothing about Star Trek’s – even if it was the best written and best acted show we’ve ever seen, aborting the optimistic tone that was a 50 year tradition’s hallmark isn’t worth the trade. It’s shocking how little confidence CBS displays in this 50 year franchise. I have PLENTY of hardcore science fiction films available to me if I want them. Hardcore has ALWAYS been the most common sci fi on television and movie screens. What I don’t have is plenty of new optimistic Star Trek to watch, and now I never will. What’s worse, once you open that Pandora’s box the safety net is gone forever. From this time forward, comic books, novels, movies, shows, video games, they all can suddenly jump into the decidedly R rated territory this new show has brought in. Sound like a slippery slope? Recent news points to the next Star Trek film being done by Quentin Tarantino with a contractual R rated obligation. Perhaps the slipper slope fallacy isn’t a fallacy after all, but one thing is certain, from the cannon changes, to the action changes, to the philosophical changes, and most importantly, to the tonal changes, this show is Star Trek in name only.… Expand
  21. spruceman
    Jan 9, 2018
    0
    I will be boycotting this series. Terrible acting and directing. Ridiculous assumptions with fungal mycellium in space as a transport system. But the worst thing about this show is that it is left wing liberal propaganda aimed at indoctrinating young people. They are exploiting Star Trek to further their political agendas. I could hardly believe my ears in episode 10 when they claimed thatI will be boycotting this series. Terrible acting and directing. Ridiculous assumptions with fungal mycellium in space as a transport system. But the worst thing about this show is that it is left wing liberal propaganda aimed at indoctrinating young people. They are exploiting Star Trek to further their political agendas. I could hardly believe my ears in episode 10 when they claimed that they were the enemy in the alternate universe because they were racist and xenophobic. So they were tyrants and fighting a war because of this An obvious dig at President Trump who is none of those things. Sickening! Boycott! Typical Canadian production too.… Expand
  22. marzDK
    Jan 13, 2018
    0
    I really looked forward to this show. I have been an Star Trek fan since childhood. I love the show for, the exploration of the unknown, The Science facts and theories, and a future free of Donald Trumps, greed and money.
    The sole purpose of understanding the unknown, instead of bombing everyone that doesn't agree or look like us. The focus on exploration and the curiosity instead of    I really looked forward to this show. I have been an Star Trek fan since childhood. I love the show for, the exploration of the unknown, The Science facts and theories, and a future free of Donald Trumps, greed and money.
    The sole purpose of understanding the unknown, instead of bombing everyone that doesn't agree or look like us. The focus on exploration and the curiosity instead of 'oldtime' (ourtime) human pettiness. The show used to give me hope and positivity, a one of a kind show, now it's just looks and feels like every other american show.
    If I want the feeling of yesterdays Star Trek today, I'll watch The Orville instead.    … Expand
  23. ameriviking
    Jan 14, 2018
    0
    No spoilers... only nausea. It's as much Star Trek as a rock is a pet... marketing doesn't make it so. The best that can be said is that it's visually pretty. The writing is horrible, the otherwise good actors saying the lines can't fix that, and the stories preposterous. I grew up with Saturday morning cartoons with better plot lines. The Star Fleet in this re-imagined, to use a ratherNo spoilers... only nausea. It's as much Star Trek as a rock is a pet... marketing doesn't make it so. The best that can be said is that it's visually pretty. The writing is horrible, the otherwise good actors saying the lines can't fix that, and the stories preposterous. I grew up with Saturday morning cartoons with better plot lines. The Star Fleet in this re-imagined, to use a rather optimistic term, 23rd century so well established by the original show, is a ridiculous conglomerate of political correctness and upside-down reasoning. It's as if someone put Google in charge of military spaceships. Yes... JJ Abrams movies and Enterprise aside, by the time of Capt. Kirk, it's the military. Like it or not, that's how Roddenberry wrote it. Picard's time may have softened it a bit, but even in the 24th century it's very much the military. Or do science academies throw people in prison for breaking campus rules? Maybe in the SJW wannabe culture portrayed on this show. Not only is this show a horrifying vision of the future, it disappoints on nearly every level. There are things I didn't like about every show and movie, but I never cringed before (OK, maybe a little in ST V... sorry Shatner). I cringe now. It's the worst sci-fi on TV.… Expand
  24. NeuroWeaver
    Jan 18, 2019
    0
    I was so eager for this, even after the endless pre-production problems kept leaking. Unfortunately, I had to give up after Episode 5.

    If they wanted to make a new space battle SciFi show, it would still bomb, but a t least it would had made so many people angry. No matter how ones tries to approach this, ST:D is NOT Star Trek in any sense of the words. Illogical, disrespectful to    I was so eager for this, even after the endless pre-production problems kept leaking. Unfortunately, I had to give up after Episode 5.

    If they wanted to make a new space battle SciFi show, it would still bomb, but a t least it would had made so many people angry. No matter how ones tries to approach this, ST:D is NOT Star Trek in any sense of the words.

    Illogical, disrespectful to fans and new viewers alike, unnecessary R-rated, hijacked by SJWs to promote their fringe propaganda of forced normalcy, no amount of cannibalizing the past can save it.

    An utter failure not worthy of anyone's time and money.    … Expand
  25. jimmyk413
    Jan 15, 2018
    0
    This is not Star Trek. Every time I watch an episode, I get angry. I don't care about the gay characters. I don't care about the diversity of the cast. What angers me is that this has nothing to do with Star Trek. The character's are without honor and without admirable qualities. There is no real teamwork going on in this Starship. There is no message of hope or any beacon to whatThis is not Star Trek. Every time I watch an episode, I get angry. I don't care about the gay characters. I don't care about the diversity of the cast. What angers me is that this has nothing to do with Star Trek. The character's are without honor and without admirable qualities. There is no real teamwork going on in this Starship. There is no message of hope or any beacon to what is good in the human condition. I loved all things Trek, but this is not one of them. I feel the show is victimizing anyone knows what Trek is by perverting the Star Trek universe. By the end of every episode, I am angry and unsatisfied. Discovery shouldn't be.… Expand
  26. DrShepherdLIVE
    Jan 15, 2018
    0
    Gene Roddenbery would be ashamed of what they did to his creation. Characters lack of depth and emphaty. Story is vanilla and also either very chaotic or embarrassing.
    I have really nothing more to add to that. Its a short summary but I mean every word 100%!!!
  27. bongwater
    Mar 25, 2019
    0
    This isn't star trek, if you liked the old star trek, you won't like this.
    If you hated the old shows, then you might like this one.
  28. writeboywrite
    Jan 23, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Seriously ... it's as bad as Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The horrible Mary Sue character of Michael (virtue signaling by the producers), combined with REALLY wooden acting is just a complete turn off. That, and the fact that this just isnt Star Trek. It's a FAR below average, amateurish take on war in outer space with a Star Trek logo stamped on it.

    Seriously?

    although this iteration of Star Trek is visually amazing (it blows every other Trek series out of the water in terms of visual effects and just purely awesome camera work and art direction) it's like Disney has taken over Star Trek too.

    I'm all for human rights, and plurality, and infinite diversity in infinite combinations. So, I don't have a problem with a female captain or a female lead character.

    I DO have a problem with the overly emotional femme themes (similar to the horrible line by the also horrible female Asian character in Star Wars, Rose Tico, "We're going to win this war not by fighting what we hate, but saving what we love!" *Huge groan and eye roll.*)

    Yes, and if the Allies had similar notions to fighting Nazis, Hitler would be ruler of the galaxy.

    The same crap is going on in the Star Trek universe. (Not to mention the retarded writing that made the female lead character a ward of Spock's parents, who calls Sarek "father," and who apparently got bed time stories together WITH Spock as a child.

    (Never mind that this was never ever mentioned by any Trek series ever, and none of the relevant characters ever mentioned her previously. You want to make her grow up on Vulcan? Fine. Make her the first human to be schooled on Vulcan? Fine. But writing her into Spock's family? It's like going to an Online forum and reading very very bad fan fiction. Who writes this total and utter CRAP?)

    Oh yeah.

    The Millenial SJWs and their Gen-X enablers who have taken over everything in California.

    So ... to sum up.

    These jackasses have ruined TWO of my childhood's most cherished franchises. No money from me is going to these people ever again.    … Expand
  29. 2L82Pray
    Jan 25, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't pay, thank God! My brother was staying over and has a CBS all access and we watched it together. At the end of ep 1 I was so furious we had a half hour long talk about it. OK, I screamed and ranted and he listened to me rant.
    *Starts off with an irrelevant storyline wasting the gods only know how much time with ridiculous banter between CPT and #1 on a planet that has no bearing on the show. It was all about wandering in a desert and Talking. NO one cares!
    *Klingons arrive but I had run to the kitchen to grab a drink and came back and caught one glimpse and asked, Who are these new aliens? My brother answered, Those are Klingons. I said, No they aren't. And they aren't. They don't look or even speak like Klingons. Since when did the Klingon language sound like a Native American Tribe? Since when are their teeth so huge and in the way you can't even understand them when they're speaking English? What's up with Klingons wearing what looks like a Cardassian breastplate? This started an argument over where this show lies in the timeline, which I said it HAD to be a few hundred years after Janeway because at least that would explain the superior technology, Klingon changes and well...everything. But nope. A quick phone search and I discovered how wrong I was. We had to pause so I could rant about how stupid it was and how Klingons are established as near legendary canon. How they thought toying with that was a good idea is beyond comprehension. Then, nearly all 24 houses just decide to accept this Klingon as the embodiment of Kayless, in like 5 seconds... I should have turned it off then.
    *SEVEN YEARS and this is how you treat your 1st Officer? Where's the trust? Seven years and you decided NOW is the time to knock your captain unconscious and take over after only 5 mins contemplation about it? Even our logical Spock wouldn't have been that stupid. The show would have made more sense if the CPT ignored her 1st officer, started a war, got killed and then, knowing she was right but suffering from survivor guilt, our main character went on to be 1st Officer on another ship. But no...they did the most illogical thing possible and expect us to just play along.
    *The science officer. Don't know his name, don't care. How in the holy hell did an alien like that end up on a starship? Annoying, stupid, cowardly. Then, we get a dying crew member whining he couldn't understand how they were at war, they were explorers. Apparently, neither the character or the writers ever watched the original Star Trek. The Federation has always been at war or nearly at war constantly.
    *Against my better judgment I actually watched ep 2. Don't go that far. You'll just be disappointed.
    And CBS things people are going to pay extra for this? I wouldn't watch more if they paid me in hard cash.    … Expand
  30. dailylunatic
    Jan 28, 2018
    0
    I'm 15 minutes into episode 13 and I just had to pause it just to write this 0 review. This show is dumb. Incredibly dumb. Not by the standards of Trek: but by the standards of dumb sci-fi action. Below the level of Space: Above and Beyond or Sliders or Starship Troopers minus the tongue-in-cheek.

    There's hardly any real science, let alone tactics, strategy, world-building,    I'm 15 minutes into episode 13 and I just had to pause it just to write this 0 review. This show is dumb. Incredibly dumb. Not by the standards of Trek: but by the standards of dumb sci-fi action. Below the level of Space: Above and Beyond or Sliders or Starship Troopers minus the tongue-in-cheek.

    There's hardly any real science, let alone tactics, strategy, world-building, characterization or decent writing. Zero appreciation for the source material. This is painful to watch.

    This goes beyond the show's politics and diversity, because the only politics are "Klingons = militaristic humans = Trump = Nazis" and the only diversity is in shades of bland.    … Expand
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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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