Well, I finally started the show. I did the 7 day free trial, and I'm going to binge the season then cancel before the trial is up.
I LOVE THE SHOW!
I think it's awesome. It will take its place along side the other great science fiction TV shows: Babylon 5, Firefly, and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.
The acting, on all counts, is grades above what is normally par for a Trek TV show. There is not a single character that isn't done well.
I love the flawed Captain. I love the hippy, red-haired chick that can't stop talking. And, to my own surprise, I'm good with Michael being a name for a female character. I accepted that a lot more easily than I thought I would.
I was even worried about the gay couple that was in the news about the show, but, again to my surprise, it's not "in your face to make a point and say LOOK AT ME" and done very well and realistically.
I'm about half way through the season. I'm about to watch show #7.
I love how the story intertwines with established canon, yet gives us something different. That moment where Michael learns that Sarek chose Spock to go to the Vulcan Academy instead of her was just devastating. I love the human experience--that's what Star Trek is all about.
The spore drive, too: Man, that's a cool Trek idea. I'm interested to see how they're going to make it not viable (because, obviously, Starfleet doesn't use it in the future). Something is rotten in Denmark there.
And, the episodes with the spore drive and the creature, too. That was a damn cool Trek moment when it was finally free and zipped on out the far reaches of the galaxy. Incredible.
Although I'm not sold on the Toxic Avenger look of the Klingons, I do like how they're being portrayed. The broken Houses. The political fighting. The "Choose Your Pain" did more to show the beasts as they are--ruthless--than anything I've seen about Klingons (and this includes the moment when Kirk's son got killed). Yet, we also see that they have a deep, long, detailed culture, too.
I just think it is a bad-assed show.
That said, there are a couple of things I don't really like. As I said above, I'm not sold on the new Klingons. They don't look real, and they look like the Toxic Avenger who can't move his head on his neck.
The Starfleet uniforms, too, look like what a steward or porter would wear on a Federation luxury starliner.
I don't like the rank hidden inside the Starfleet arrowhead. It's impossible to see, gold pips on a gold metal badge.
Just about everything else is damn cool.
And, I think the show has the best acting of any Star Trek show, ever, including the new movies. It's good stuff.
I LOVE THE SHOW!
I think it's awesome. It will take its place along side the other great science fiction TV shows: Babylon 5, Firefly, and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.
The acting, on all counts, is grades above what is normally par for a Trek TV show. There is not a single character that isn't done well.
I love the flawed Captain. I love the hippy, red-haired chick that can't stop talking. And, to my own surprise, I'm good with Michael being a name for a female character. I accepted that a lot more easily than I thought I would.
I was even worried about the gay couple that was in the news about the show, but, again to my surprise, it's not "in your face to make a point and say LOOK AT ME" and done very well and realistically.
I'm about half way through the season. I'm about to watch show #7.
I love how the story intertwines with established canon, yet gives us something different. That moment where Michael learns that Sarek chose Spock to go to the Vulcan Academy instead of her was just devastating. I love the human experience--that's what Star Trek is all about.
The spore drive, too: Man, that's a cool Trek idea. I'm interested to see how they're going to make it not viable (because, obviously, Starfleet doesn't use it in the future). Something is rotten in Denmark there.
And, the episodes with the spore drive and the creature, too. That was a damn cool Trek moment when it was finally free and zipped on out the far reaches of the galaxy. Incredible.
Although I'm not sold on the Toxic Avenger look of the Klingons, I do like how they're being portrayed. The broken Houses. The political fighting. The "Choose Your Pain" did more to show the beasts as they are--ruthless--than anything I've seen about Klingons (and this includes the moment when Kirk's son got killed). Yet, we also see that they have a deep, long, detailed culture, too.
I just think it is a bad-assed show.
That said, there are a couple of things I don't really like. As I said above, I'm not sold on the new Klingons. They don't look real, and they look like the Toxic Avenger who can't move his head on his neck.
The Starfleet uniforms, too, look like what a steward or porter would wear on a Federation luxury starliner.
I don't like the rank hidden inside the Starfleet arrowhead. It's impossible to see, gold pips on a gold metal badge.
Just about everything else is damn cool.
And, I think the show has the best acting of any Star Trek show, ever, including the new movies. It's good stuff.
But, the later seasons are almost always better than the first.
