Not a fun show to watch

ivan2012

This is not a fun or enjoyable show to watch. Watching most of the episodes felt like a task. It's easily the worst of the Star Trek shows due to several reasons:

1) Relies too much on special effects. There are too many action scenes in general.

2) The Discovery ship is unrealistically big, clean and spacious. It does not look lived-in. In the few scenes that took place in the living quarters, it didn't even look like the room occupants had any personal possessions.

3) Relies too heavily on confusing time travel themes.

4) Most of the characters are unlikeable and/or boring:
(Unlikeable: Georgiou)
(Boring: Spock, Burnham, Saru, Pike, Stamets, Dr. Culber)
(Unlikeable and Boring: Lorca, Tyler)

Detmer, Owosekun, Rhys & Airiam seemed likeable and should've been used more. Airiam was featured in one episode but that was it.

5) The spore drive techonology is silly and something I don't understand. The way the Discovery spins around when the spore drive is used looks childish and silly.

6) The show is too backward-looking. Why wasn't this show instead set in the future after all the events of the other shows/films?

7) Not enough visits to other planets.

8) The Klingons are portrayed differently than in past shows/films. They are uglier and seem less intelligent.

There's little to like about this show. The theme music is pretty good. I finished season 2 and I'm glad it's over.

score 5/10

ivan2012 15 July 2019

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