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47. "RE: There's more to it than that, though."
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>It feels like many of the creators really care about enriching
>the Star Trek universe, but others (including CBS suits
>maybe?) have been pushing to keep it broad. And it just
>doesn't mesh.
>


I can see that. It's always going to be a battle when you're dealing with the big four networks. They want to be as broad as possible. Hopefully the creatives will win this battle.



>
>All that said, though, everyone keeps saying (and it's
>generally true) that Star Trek series usually need a season to
>find their legs. The first season of TNG was just as uneven,
>if not more. Despite all my complaints, I'm confident the show
>will get better. I'm just ranting because I'm a nerd, and I
>wish they'd done better. (And I'm fully aware that I wouldn't
>have been able to do better.)

I was 11 when TNG started so I didn't notice, but looking back, that first year was pretty bad. I've watched all of the series (save TOS) multiple times. I would say that generally, none of the shows started to pull it together until season 3 and season 4 is where they really took off. Even "Enterprise". That said, Discovery easily has had the best first season of any of those shows. That's not to say it is better than those shows or will end up being better, but it is definitely off to a better start than the other shows IMO.



>
>I'm also curious if anyone will come in and say they like the
>mirror universe. Because it's never seemed anything other than
>silly to me, in any of the series.

For me, the mirror universe stuff is a case by case situation. I mostly didn't care for the mirror universe in DS9 other than we got to see Sisko's wife. The mirror universe episodes on Enterprise was actually more entertaining than expected. Hoshi's character was awesome. Unfortunately those episodes had nothing to do with the main narrative of the show, so they felt inconsequential.




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Star Trek Discovery [View all] , bwood, Thu Jul-21-16 05:00 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Please no time travel.
Jul 21st 2016
1
J.J. won't recast Anton
Jul 21st 2016
2
If they're playing with time travel, they should call Walter Koenig.
Jul 21st 2016
4
Damn shame....
Jul 21st 2016
3
The show premiered this Sunday. Anybody watch?
Sep 25th 2017
5
loved Episode 1
Sep 25th 2017
6
Love it.....
Sep 26th 2017
7
I'm hopeful, but not fully convinced.
Sep 26th 2017
8
On second viewing...
Sep 26th 2017
9
Well
Sep 27th 2017
10
      Hey, it's Nopayne!
Sep 27th 2017
14
      another NERL
Sep 28th 2017
17
           Haha I never left, really
Sep 28th 2017
18
                lol.. better man than I... or something rather
Sep 28th 2017
19
RE: I'm hopeful, but not fully convinced.
Oct 08th 2017
29
Not even a ST fan, but I enjoyed the first episode...
Sep 27th 2017
11
I liked it! I get the gripes tho
Sep 27th 2017
12
I took her switch
Sep 27th 2017
13
wait wait wait wait....
Sep 27th 2017
15
Watch on Netflix, gonna hip ya'll on how to do it
Sep 28th 2017
16
RE: Watch on Netflix, gonna hip ya'll on how to do it
Sep 28th 2017
20
same here.
Oct 08th 2017
30
Can you do this on your phone?
Oct 06th 2017
28
RE: Star Trek Discovery
Oct 01st 2017
21
that's a very good point about first episodes
Oct 01st 2017
22
      RE: that's a very good point about first episodes
Oct 01st 2017
23
           The advanced tech doesn't really bother me
Oct 02nd 2017
24
                Yup
Oct 04th 2017
25
                     another reason TNG i think really nailed some of the tech
Oct 08th 2017
31
                          communications tech people can usually invent as they imagine it
Oct 09th 2017
34
Episode 3 still flames.
Oct 04th 2017
26
Some of it fits in nicely with canon
Oct 04th 2017
27
i'm digging this show
Oct 09th 2017
32
Episode 4
Oct 09th 2017
33
yeah
Oct 09th 2017
35
      RE: yeah
Oct 10th 2017
36
Still good. Really liked the last episode. Y'all still watching?
Oct 29th 2017
37
I'm still watching
Oct 29th 2017
38
      I applaud CBS for trying to find a balance....
Oct 30th 2017
39
Anybody Still Watching?
Nov 09th 2017
40
Still watching.. and enjoying it.
Nov 10th 2017
41
I'm frequently doing the Comic Book Guy thing, but still into it.
Nov 10th 2017
42
I'm deeply entrenched into this series
Nov 14th 2017
43
Ep 10 -- Ugh.
Jan 09th 2018
44
Then stop watching it
Jan 09th 2018
45
There's more to it than that, though.
Jan 09th 2018
46
     
      I mean if we're being real the first three seasons of TOS sucked
Jan 11th 2018
48
           Yeah, I really don't care for any of TOS,
Jan 11th 2018
49
lost interest 15 minutes in
Jan 13th 2018
50
This show is fire
Jan 21st 2018
51
I'm looking forward to it.
Jan 22nd 2018
52
I hope you like it I thought it was awesome
Jan 22nd 2018
53
      I still can't get over this mirror universe thing.
Jan 25th 2018
57
Ep 12 OMG!!!!
Jan 23rd 2018
54
This episode was great. SMG and the rest of the crew are brining it.
Jan 28th 2018
58
Show is straight flames
Jan 23rd 2018
55
RE: This show is fire
Jan 25th 2018
56
LOL at "Make the Empire Glorious Again."
Jan 28th 2018
59
Yeah, it's not perfect
Jan 28th 2018
60
I'm not criticizing (anymore).
Jan 29th 2018
61
      RE: I'm not criticizing (anymore).
Jan 29th 2018
62
I like it alot, but my only beef is that its consistently good
Feb 05th 2018
64
      you're not wrong...good points...I don't disagree with any of this...
Oct 09th 2018
72
Two episodes left
Feb 02nd 2018
63
Idcidcidc I love this series
Feb 06th 2018
65
It's a good show
Feb 06th 2018
66
      So.Gud.
Feb 06th 2018
68
Apparently Discovery is the most talked about show on TV
Feb 06th 2018
67
what a shit finale
Sep 06th 2018
69
watching series on free trial...LOVE it so far!
Sep 14th 2018
70
finished season 1...we're hooked!
Oct 09th 2018
71
So, it's back. 2epis into season 2... Very meh
Jan 26th 2019
73
yeah I enjoyed ep 1, but ep 2 was kinda blah.
Jan 29th 2019
74
Lol now that others are 'meh,' I'm loving it!
Jan 29th 2019
75
I'm still liking it but they went hard Star Trek on it.
Jan 29th 2019
76
I'm still in...
Apr 15th 2019
77
me too, this season has been GREAT...
Apr 16th 2019
78
waiting, so I can binge, but I am all in.
Apr 16th 2019
79
Meh, started out strong.
Apr 16th 2019
80
I grade anything trek on a huge curve... But man
Apr 19th 2019
81
Pretty much
Apr 19th 2019
82
I give zero fuchs about canon, this show is just fun to watch.
Apr 19th 2019
83
this is pretty much where im at too
Apr 20th 2019
84
The show is REALLY good
Apr 22nd 2019
85
Love this show and enjoyed the finale....
Apr 22nd 2019
86
I thought it was great.
Apr 22nd 2019
87
First ~1/2 of the season was really great.
Apr 23rd 2019
88
I just watched Season 1
Jun 14th 2021
89
All in for another season. Loved the Black Love in Space with Book.
Jun 17th 2021
90
I like Book - not sure about the di-lithium kid though
Jun 29th 2021
91
      I don't mind them checking multiculti boxes as long as Michael
Jun 29th 2021
92
Season four starts this week!
Nov 14th 2021
93
Damn that episode was actually pretty good.
Nov 18th 2021
94

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