732085, you're not wrong...good points...I don't disagree with any of this... Posted by Voodoochilde, Tue Oct-09-18 09:11 PM
>when it can be consistently great. Like my man Lorca... > > > > > > > >**SPOILERS** > >Lorca was a great character concept that theywasted. Someone >above mentioned in Star Trek lore in the fleet there was a >heavy war hawk contingent and tackling it as a theme (in a >property that at times was a little too optimistic) would have >been a good angle since the current golden age of television >favors it’s anti-heroes. > > > >The thing is that whole mirror storyline which was perfectly >set up was squandered. Here you had a civilization that >zinged where they should have zagged and as opposed to seeing >what happens when ‘good’ ideals get corrupted; everyone >was the badguys. And don’t get me wrong; it was >entertaining as hell, the entire season has been entertaining >as hell. But it could have also been smart at the same time >too. > > > >For some reason I think if we were in DS9 the Lorca universe >would have been a great story about how power corrupts and >that taken to the extreme even ‘good’ guys can be bad >(which other Trek shows have played around with). But here >they were so cartoonishly villainous that I felt like they >squandered the opportunity. > >Now that Michelle Yeoh’s character is in their main >continuity there is still a chance to explore some of those >themes in a time of war. But considering how she was >literally snacking on alien people only two episodes ago I >don’t see that moral discussion lasting long. > >It reminds me of another entertaining show that had a great >idea eventually ran out of stunts to cover themselves, Walking >Dead, and what they did with the Shane character. > >While Shane was a ‘bad guy’ what made his legacy great was >ultimately his amorality was right; his pro-active ‘Survival >first, morals second’ was adopted to a certain extent by >almost all the characters in the show since his death >particularly the main leads. The Klingon’s winning the war >is the moment where Lorca could be proven ‘right’ and >having a less psychopathic version of him there would be great >for the show. But now? He’s was just a looney dude that’s >trying to date his ex’s twin sister, lol. > >
yeah. I'm one who dug this 1st season a lot (see posts below), but yeah...your points above are true and intriguing...there was much ( a whole lot of potential) to be explored there (with Lorca character helming this Discovery starfleet crew but blurring the lines of the starfleet principles), and I honestly initially thought that THAT was what this entire series was going to explore (and I was indeed excited to see what that could bring, especially since this series seemed willing to take some chances)...like you said, that had the potential for GREATness....
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