What was the point of the romulan being on the borg cube anyway? Also what happened to the brother? Does he live with the robots now?
The doofuses have been fucking up Star Trek at one level or another since 1994 or so. Oh, there are bright spots. But overall, the franchise has stank for a quarter century or more. (And TNG isn't nearly as good as one remembers.)You mean you are shocked that the doofuses that are behind Star Trek discovery have fucked up picard too, suckers!!!!
Yeah for me the overall impression is positive. I think the beginning was a lot stronger than the end, as it had a lot more of the thoughtful, slow moments where the show was most successful. I’m disappointed they completely dropped Picard’s housekeepers who were decent actors and age appropriate for him to have decent conversations about his headspace. I feel like the show was least successful when it was trying to be exciting, as the stakes were over egged, but the ideas were undercooked (not sure if that’s mixing metaphors or not). I hope season 2 will have a bit more thought put into the plot.
For those that loved it, I am honestly envious. I wanted to love it more than anything but with even a few days of reflection under my belt, I simply cannot reconcile how badly the characters and plot where handled.
Am I too precious about what *I* think these characters are and how much of a stickler I am for continuity? Probably, but I can't help it. I can take a shaky story or some continuity problems if the good outweighs the bad but my desire to handwave issues away kept getting assaulted more and more as the show went on.
I for sure had some enjoyment through the ten-episodes. I wasn't sitting there with my nose up the entire time by any stretch., but the issues kept piling up. If this was some generic Sci-Fi IP I would have probably enjoyed it a lot more but it's not. It's meant to be Star Trek and this universe and these characters you want to bring back are established so I expect them to be treated with reverence and care and I'm going to be critical if I don't think that's happening.
I know season 2 is meant to be nailed on (although is anything for sure these days?) and that Chabon is leaving (and I do appreciate how he at least wrapped the season without a big cliffhanger) so I'll be back with excitement again (I never learn) hoping for the best if that comes to pass.
That said unless Kurtzman goes I can't say my faith is that high. I've been burned too many times already.