Previous Trek series did a good job at creating individual episodes focused around each of the bridge crew members/senior officers (so does The Orville, for what it’s worth).  Hopefully they do more of this in season 2, because I’d like to know more about these characters.

No. Entire episodes focused on other characters (even Scotty). When Discovery tried to tell a time loop story where Stamets was the person outside of the loop, they STILL focus on the episode from Burnham’s perspective! They had to get Stamets to repeatedly tell her what was going on to try and get it to work. That is…

Not talking about style here. I’m talking about tech. There’s 35 years of progress since ST:WOK and 20 Galaxy Quest.

I didn’t think of that because it was so so dumb. Somehow the technology to zoom 200% on picture has been lost to time.

Yes and no.

Essentially, music feels appropriate when it matches the tone of the actors, the writing, and the direction. It feels emotionally manipulative (or worse, unintentionally hilarious) when the music is trying to extract an emotion that isn’t being conveyed by the rest of artistic collaborators on screen.

Think…

I know this is bit of a sensitive subject, but the level of Mary Sue from Michael Burnham was just off the charts.

No, you’re absolutely wrong.

The area is Rocky Peak in the hills above Chatsworth, CA. I saw the location signs for the Orville last summer so I knew to be on the lookout for hills that look like home this season. And yes, the original series filmed in the same area back in the 60's.

Also, both characters’ human last names were Tyler.

To be fair to Return of the Jedi, it takes place 4 years after the battle of Yavin and the Rebels had been smashed hard at the Battles of Scarif and Hoth. I imagine there’s a lot of room to move up in that hierarchy, especially if you actually have your own ship.

Um, I was introduced to Trek through TOS & Kirk, not Picard. TOS had a lot of scenes with Kirk discussing a problem with his executive staff in the ready room. That’s always been one of the more “realistic” aspects of Star Trek - it depicts much of living and working in space as a more ordered and routine. For a lot…

Just another friendly reminder that the Krill keep children on their ships. So every time we see one of their ships destroyed, either by our heroes or someone else, we are seeing dozens of children die.

It’s getting there. I’m a Star Trek devotee. I’ve watched every episode of every series probably more than once (yes, even Enterprise... i’ve since gotten help). A lot of people don’t remember that TNG took until the 3rd season to really find its footing. I can only hope Discovery finds its groove. It already seems…

Maybe you should actually read the review before spouting off and making yourself look like an idiot.

I just watched it last night, and it was... okay. It just seems like this show has struggled with an identity crisis since the beginning. It was almost the anti-Trek to begin with and began to struggle its way back to the overall optimistic tone of the franchise. I don’t know if Lorca was always meant to be from the…

This may have already come up, but...

The problem with Discovery is that after 15 episodes I still feel that I don’t really know any characters apart from Burnham.

Nailed it to the floor... bravo! Burnham sucks! it’s not the actresses’ fault, she was obviously given pretty crappy material to work with. Hell, if they didn’t show her dad from time to time, you’d think she’s never even seen a Vulcan, much less grew up with them.

20 min of ‘Prelude to Axanar’ was more engaging, consistent to continuity, and entertaining than the whole season of STD.

I on the fence about it.