Why does everyone have ADHD?
I didn't like it. I tried. I always try with Trek but clearly the Kurtzman/CBS era is simply not for me. If others enjoy it then have at it but Discovery, Picard and now this simply doesn't click for me at all.
Why does this need to be set in the Star Trek universe? Nobody acts even close to anything you'd expect from anyone in Starfleet (and yes, I get it's a "quirky" comedy) but does saying "Kirk" "Spock" "Troi" "Worf" whilst winking at the audience really make it Star Trek? If this had been an original sci-fi setting then it probably would have been a lot better.
Everything about this era of Trek feels like they are ashamed of the things that make Trek great and are hell-bent on "modernizing" it for the audience but in the process completely miss the fucking point. This is evident in both Picard and Disco and now this. The whole episode was crammed with basic as shit Trek references that even people that are not fans have heard of and can pat themselves on the back for "getting it" like that is all you need to do. (It's not)
It really feels like it's a show made by people that don't actually like Star Trek for people that don't actually like Star Trek.
And the humour... uh. It's not even remotely funny? I was trying to figure out how a gag involving raising and lowering a shuttles shields like a demented hyperactive toddler over and over again got past the draft script process. Where is the joke? Why is that meant to be funny?
I'll admit I almost chuckled ONCE.
"Don't worry, the doctor will wave some light over it, you'll be fine."
That was pretty funny but literally everything else fell completely flat.
If they had the command level officers playing it completely straight it would have been better. Have them act as the flawless TNG style heroes and have the lower decks cast be off the wall and constantly getting into trouble. It would have made a much better juxtaposition but instead, they're a bunch of dudebros and just as madcap and crazy as everyone else. It didn't work.
It's not the worst thing I've ever watched but it wasn't good. Can it improve? Perhaps, but if that's the best they can do for their pilot I'm hardly convinced.
Am I too old? I don't get it.