Meanwhile, critics give Star Trek Discovery 85%. Audiences? 45%.

You caught me. I lied for multiple paragraphs because I wanted the attention. Bravo.

The first clue that Georgiou wasn’t long for this world was when Michelle Yeoh showed up in the credits as a “special guest star”. Plus the promotional clips couldn’t resist showing off the special effects of the battle scenes, which made it pretty clear the Shenzou was going to wind up crippled (at best). So I can’t…

Man, it is SO GOOD to have Star Trek back on television. I didn’t realize just how much I missed it until the start of the premiere and hearing all the technobabble, and figuring out the timeline re: the Klingons, and all that good stuff.

Design matters. There are fewer comments because Kinja commenting lends itself to short-form threads and hate posting, as seen by the influx of users from the other sites.

No, I was always like this.

100% agreed. What good is years of character development without all of this payoff? The incredible battles and visual effects sequences we’ve gotten this year are more than enough to make up for the fact that some head-scratching moments.

I do think that the show’s dialogue and micro-plotting have suffered from not having GRRM’s text to work from anymore.

He’s a zombie dragon. Who gives a shit about the logic of him being able to breathe fire?

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