I’m actually enjoying it for the most part as well.

Thanks for the clarification, and sorry if I misinterpreted what you were saying. And thanks for a delightful discussion! I think that I understand what you mean about the values being too generic. I don’t necessarily have a problem with it being like that. But your comment did remind me of something that really…

I guess I am able to enjoy it more, since I only have a passing familiarity with the source material.  

Burnham hasn't faced any permanent repercussions, why should Stamets?

Keep in mind that Trek wasn’t provocative just for the sake of getting a rise out of its audience. Trek had stories aimed at aspects of modern life which, it argued, were barriers to the Utopia presented in the future of the Federation. Trek argued for a secular humanist ideology as a moral and practical good for…

what other violent uprisings? did someone else rise up violently whilst trumps terrorist goons raided the capitol?

yeah, in an inverse of the Harvey Dent rule, Star Trek has lived long enough to really call out the villain.

I mean, I guess it comes down to what you consider toothless. I don’t think that a show should get extra points for meeting society where they already are. Yes, of course there are bigots in any era, but it’s not particularly challenging in 2020 to have a gay couple in a prime time TV show. That trail was blazed…

I’ll certainly give Disco credit for doing those things, which are good. I don’t think that they’re particularly daring in 2017/2020, but they are good things. 

It definitely didn’t before the refit but I wouldn’t be surprised if it now has one or the far-future version of one.

That wasn’t the first time I got those vibes.  Not at all.  Those weren’t the strongest indicators either.  It was at the dinner when Dettmer lost her shit, and when she was at the gym.  Or that time when Dettmer cut her head open and Owo looked like she was terrified for someone who meant a lot more to her than the…

yes! my hopes are high that Strange New Worlds will be, like The Last Jedi, both a return to, and critique of, the tropes of the franchise. (but more fun than TLJ, just to be clear...)

need to write it better so that it fits with the sensibilities of a hard sci-fi universe.

I believe Admiral Janeway retroactively updated that reg to include holo doctor episodes

Starfleet Regulation 604—J: Punny titles are restricted to Q episodes only.

This Goliath exosuits are so fucking cool.

Book being able to run the spore drive was some grade A bullshit in my opinion. And why even eject the warp core in that instance? Burnham pretty much just used it as a convenient bomb. Poor Shaxs never got to and he was *very* good this year.

The best part is her HUD labeling all of the Belters as “Low Threat”

Belter: Knock knock

Couple of things I loved about this episode...