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Which saddens to no end. However I agree with your analysis, Star Trek today - and most popular culture - features less than ideal characters, which makes for more dramatically interesting characters but not ones to idolize. How the MCU was able to make Captain America such a dramatically rich...

Would be wonderful if they took a fraction of that budget and procured some real SF writers but that is an element that seems tied to the Original Series only.

This is where the show should have gone to from the get go. Now I can sit back and watch the show - even though it's a rehash of Andromeda - without all the annoying continuity issues raising my hackles. I suspect the creative team is enjoying all the references they throw back in the...

Agreed. Will be watching next season with great interest. This assumes there will minimal behind the scenes changes during the hiatus.

Contradicted when it was specifically stated in the last episode Leland was controlling the attack. With him removed the other portions of the entity are much like drones without their queen. The remaining portions could be easily eradicated.

That's all extrapolation on your part and not clearly defined in any of the episodes. Another point of contention. How was Giorgiou able to transfer the Control data from Discovery's systems to the Spore Drive without anyone knowing? And from the previous episode, when they tried to destroy...

Giorgiou killing Leland/Control made the future jump unnecessary.

I don't agree the timeline was cleaned up. Suppressed yes, but the Michael/Spock relationship still exists, as do the events of Season 1 and the technology that made the spore drive possible. As is all the other tech that exceeded the TOS continuity on display for the past two seasons. The...

[QUOTE="Nelson Au, post: 4727246, member: 270824"]Lou, what a surprise to see you, it’s been a while. :).[/QUOTE] Hey Nelson! Knew you'd be in here. ;) What'd you think of the Enterprise bridge? Much better than the JJ verse version.

This last episode gives me hope - maybe they're gonna time travel this whole nonsensical continuity out of existence. That would make me happy. Would also solve the Pike Problem as he won't ever have the experiences of this season. Did like the look of the Enterprise bridge.

Can never figure out why shows cannot properly pace out their season arcs. Talked about a rushed finale. The symmetry of Burnam's 'mutinies' was awkward to say the least. (On a side note, I never bought her original 'mutiny' because she was acting on the situation in a manner based on Sarek's...

Who was the Admiral speaking to at the end there? Was that meant for the crew or the official logs? Did she really expect anyone to buy that rescue mission nonsense about Georgiou? The Discovery just got back from the mirror universe!! An OK transitional/positioning episode. Edit - Ha! I see...

The Lorca reveal explains much about the tonal dissonance of the series - technological aesthetics aside - to this point as much of what we've seen in the Prime Universe is only through the Discovery's perspective. The sensitivity to light is indeed a strange retcon. For for the first time...

Is this the Emperor's ship?

It's still fugly. :D

On a separate note - that design of the Defiant is fugly.

Good opinion piece on Discovery over at Screen Rant - https://screenrant.com/star-trek-discovery-too-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-2412061 Aligns with my overall feelings. On another note, regarding the beam out scene, transporters are limited in range IIRC, ~ 40,000 kms. That's spitting...

Well at least they found a universe where these characters fit in. Because of it this was one of the better episodes even though going back to the mirror universe is the least interesting version they could have picked. As to the best shows of 2017, this one is nowhere the top. Mr. Robot takes...

I've been pretty underwhelmed with the series to date. Tonally it's so out of step with the TOS era that 'discovering' the Discovery is from another universe would be a pleasant turn of events. Wouldn't it be cool if they ran into a Christopher Pike commanded Enterprise with a certain young...

Saw the third episode and while it felt somewhat more Trek, the show is populated with unlikeable characters with the exception of Saru. And the Lt. Exposition scene on the shuttle was a horrid tell don't show scene. A slight improvement over the first two episodes....

‘Star Trek Discovery’ Fuels Record Sign-Ups For CBS All Access

It looks more futuristic than the original series but that's just something that has to be accepted with today's improved production values. I'm intrigued - a race designed to feel death coming has a lot of implications and possibilities.

Not a fan of Harry Mudd appearing in this series at all. Sarek was already pushing the limit. And Wilson has had little success outside of his Office role.

More casting news from Deadline including Doug Jones! ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Casts Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Confirms Michelle Yeoh

Excellent!

New show is getting the full media blitz too with novels and comic books planned. Star Trek: Discovery Title Explained by Bryan Fuller “This ship is called the Discovery for a few reasons. Not the least of which is Stanley Kubrick’s contribution to the Discovery on 2001: A Space Odyssey...

Lots of new deets over at AICN - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/76084 - so take with a grain of salt until confirmed other where. Hi-lites: Main character to be called Number One in honour of Majel Roddenberry. Will learn her true name by season end. Fuller and “Star Trek Into Darkness”...

Terry, I'm an adult that regularly streams Netflix on their HT system. BTW - Netflix is worth getting for Stranger Things alone. They have really stepped up their original programming the last few years too. I had Netflix from the get-go when it was only 7 dollars - Canada never had a disc...

Confirmation of the global distribution of the new series. Strange New World: Streaming TREK to a Global Audience

I agree Josh on the continuity corner the series is stuck in. Mentioned it before but I really dug the idea of a new series taking place in the Andromeda Galaxy. As for switching the dynamics of the show to focus on a Lieutenant Commander instead of the senior officers, I'll remain open to it...