Although Roddenberry did kind of misrepresent the situation in his many retellings of the story of the pilot at conventions. According to ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’, which had access to first-hand contemporary documents, it wasn’t so much “We don’t think America is ready for a woman in a position of power” as…

I’m going to have to go the other way on this: Discovery’s first season was the worst in the franchise.

Yeah, one of the key problems with Discovery’s early running is that the central fact of its central characters’ life doesn’t make any sense.

This is now par for the course, considering the old guard left and put Rob Bricken in charge. When they first hired Bricken, he was best know for his profane ranty Transformers 2 Spoilers FAQ on his old site Topless Robot. Topless Robot and io9 could not have been more different in tone. But they let him transplant…

It’s truly obnoxious.

Seriously, can someone less emotional and maybe a little more objective start reviewing Discovery? You know, someone who can actually discuss pros and cons of an episode without having a meltdown? Maybe a review like this - https://www.avclub.com/burnham-meets-the-emperor-and-discovery-finds-a-new-gro-1822278505

I suppose if one proceeds from the premise that there are individuals—such as myself—that don’t watch “Black Mirror” or “Community,” one can make a case for this episode of “The Orville,” no matter how flawed it’s perceived to be. I find it interesting that “hey, there have been two opinions on this sort of thing…

90% of its backstory, locations, and tech made its way into various series and most of the stories were written for TOS. its pretty damn canon.

The Enterprise had a holodeck in TAS.

The showrunners have said all along that they plan to explain why the spore drive is not seen in future shows. Hang in there.

I get why people are frustrated with the show, and your review touches on some of what I consider to be the strengths and weaknesses here, but when a reviewer comes right out and says they cannot review a show on its own merits, I am forced to wonder if they’re the right person for the task.

I have a lot of respect for…

I personally had a totally opposite experience with this episode and feel it’s one of the best of Trek ever. Out of any series.