Disagree.

At 1:05, Shax and Ransom are wearing the weird Crusher/Troi backwards yoga outfits!!!

This looks amazing. And I don’t even like musicals! But I love this show for taking such a crazy, big risk, and I have full faith it will be a treat.

His ability to commit in full earnestness to a character where the joke is almost perpetually at his expense cannot be overstated.

It was fabulous. Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie are a dream director-lead actor pairing.

My most anticipated post-Endgame MCU film was Spider-man 3?

In fact, I’d go so far as to say Kirk’s presence hinders the development of the Pike/Spock bond.

I don’t know what you mean ‘for no reason.’ It is totally professional for a woman about to go on a mission to strip down to her literal underwear in front of a superior officer.

No it doesn’t. It literally doesn’t. There is literally nothing that demands Kirk’s presence.

I don’t think it’s nitpicking at all. Kirk is not just one of the most iconic Star Trek characters period, but also in pop culture. Anytime he’s on-screen, it demands taking up a lot of time and attention. Even using him in a more supporting capacity - there’s material in this episode they could’ve just as comfortably…

I know it’s too probably much to hope for...but I really wish there was a happy middle ground that veered closer to the broadcast network model. One where we had more episodes, shorter runtimes, and could space airing out throughout the year.

Yes! This is easily my most anticipated MCU film post-Endgame and this looks amazing in so many ways.

The fact that we’ve spent more time with Kirk more than regular cast members (like Pike and Ortegas) is extremely troubling to me.

I AM ABOLUSTELY GIDDY about next week’s episode.

I found this to be a solid, okay - but not remarkable - episode for a couple of reasons.

As I recall, 2001 is one of the first big steps for science fiction into existential questions about humanity’s existence in the cosmos...so I leaving Bowman’s monologue out also enhances the point. It’s about asking unanswerable questions and inviting the audience to bring their own interpretation.

That’s nice that you’re perfectly fine with it. That doesn’t mean I’m required to feel the same.

Things like ‘objectivity in academia’ and ‘pluralism’ don’t really mesh well with the belief that yours is the only true religion, so yeah, I’m not surprised to hear that.

I actually do agree that Discovery has a Main Character problem, in that I think it’s been to the detriment of the series of how much emphasis they’ve put on Burnham at the expense of almost everyone else in the cast. I also agree that they tend to have a ‘telling over showing’ problem when it comes to relationships.

She is more fleshed out. But that’s a low bar.