No amount of legislation will prevent a woman hellbent on getting her hands on an abortion from getting an abortion.

I think it was stated to be an experimental weapon, in s7 of DS9? Maybe Starfleet was just the first organisation to get there.

I am pretty sure gun and ammo sales rise, because all the gun nuts think, “this is the straw that will break the camel’s back and they’re finally going to outlaw assault rifles so I better buy one now while I still can.”

Sorry, I should have been more clear: it’s way too early for this show to jump that shark.

Yeah, but past Treks (caveat: I’m not a huge trekker and I really need to finish watching the last season of DS9 one of these days) almost always asserted that compromising the Federation values is a bad idea that leads to bad outcomes. Discovery has been a lot more ambiguous thus far.

And yet you are interested in commenting on it here.

On one hand, I though the three episodes so far where all excellent and I’m willing to spend half a lunch/month on CBS for it. I guess they win this one.

Because not everyone is such a twat.

What exactly do people want out of this show?

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

I’m getting very sick of people delineating what does and does not constitute an “actual fan.” It’s a cheap way to dismiss the opinions of people who don’t like the same stuff you do, or like different aspects of the same things. Also, there’s no need to put the word “professional” in quotes, as the reviewers on this…

It’s mediocre fare. It’s fair to call mediocre fare ‘mediocre’.

What i wanted and expected was aware of the failutes of TNG, and redressal of same, not homage and repetition of same.

“Obviously it’s nowhere near being Star Trek level good”

It’s a shittier version of something we all know and love, it’s invited the comparison and it’s paying for it. This is maybe as good as some of the clumsier seasons of TNG, and as such it’s getting the grades and the commentary it deserves.

Someone else said it much better than I.

Spoken like someone pretending to not be a right winger

Nietzsche is hopeful and not bitter, though!

On the other hand, Seth McFarlane’s work is responsible for not letting James Woods fade from the public consciousness. So, a mixed bag, at best.

the phrase “sex change” hasn’t been accepted nomenclature for years

Anyone who thinks JJ Abrams is to blame for the problems of the Trek Franchise needs to be reminded that Nemesis happened.