Which is still too expensive for a 10 episode season. That $35 price point should be the MSRP with "everyday" prices in the $20-$25 range. Typical Trek price gouging.
I've been "skimming" at this thread while waiting on physical release (not paying for "All Access" just for one show).
After CBS made the free subscription offer I started to mostly avoid the spoilers (although some make it more attractive sounding) as I'll now subscribe to watch this one...
I don't care what they do as long as it's "good," actually "feels" and looks like Star Trek (alien race designs included unless there's a *very* good explanation in-show as to why), and doesn't crap all over existing "continuity" (such that it is...).
I disagree. IMHO, if ST: D were "good enough" hard core Trekkers would be all over is and singing its praises. They apparently are not. CBS apparently counted on that group to buy into the "All Access" delivery method to make it a success. The poor cost-to-value ration didn't help. Yes, they...
For me, it would have helped a bit. I still don't much care for it no matter what time frame in which they choose to set the series but would have been a bit more forgiving had it been set after Voyager. The previews for S2 look a bit better but adding Spock and Pike telling us "it's a Spock...