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When you finally get to watch Discovery and realize it isn't actually an enormous pile of mugato dung (i.giphy.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think a lot of the criticism of DISCO is overblown. It’s definitely a fun watch, but it never really feels like Star Trek. It feels like an action sci-fi show wearing a heavy coat of Star Trek paint.

It was good once I accepted it for what it is and stopped expecting it to be something like what I generally expect Star Trek to be.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    That's what a lot of modern Sci fi shows are doing these days, it seems.

    Like the "Halo" show. It very much feels like someone took their idea for a show that got shot down, used find+replace to redo all the names and places to make it "halo" and got greenlit. And honestly I think I might have liked it as it's own thing.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    People that had qaulity shows for decades expect quality. If you want to make a scifi show either don't call it Star Trek or accept the criticism

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That's not true. Enterprise was new when released and I find it quite ok. Might not be the best of the shows, but it tried a different narration perspective and decent writinf. SNW is very new and very solid, despite a similar context to DIS, with a more modern narration, relevant morality and even a less serious tone at times. It's just a better show, comparable to the "classic" ones, despite being a few years old

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