Jezzer
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I liked the cross-over episode so I’m going to have to watch Lower Decks.
Star Trek: Original Series • Discovery • Picard • Lower Decks • Prodigy • Strange New Worlds
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shrink
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And then watch all of “the Orville” because it’s better than all of them at being a new Star Trek
Jezzer
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The Orville was (not perfect but) great! Shame it was cancelled.
shrink
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Is that official now?
I actually think the last season, where they played it genuinely straight, was outstanding. Some genuinely superb scifi moments
Jezzer
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Well, I haven’t heard any official announcement that it’s been renewed and it’s been a while now. They really upped the ante with season 3 but I read that fairly low audience numbers made the increased budget hard to justify.
As a fan of sci-fi I hate seeing the cancellation of various series’ (such as The Expanse). People seem to prefer watching Love Island…
gez
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I didn't mind Discovery so much. At times I just take things on face value and that's pretty much what I did with Discovery. i.e. just looked at it as a sci-fi series rather than specifically a Star Trek thing. I must admit though I was starting to get fed up with the Michael Burnham character being so "can do no wrong" all the time. I rather enjoyed some of the other characters though, particularly Saru. Plus Michelle Yeoh can do no wrong in my eyes
I also enjoyed Lower Decks, but again got rather tired of the Beckett Mariner character (was she based on the Michael Burnham character perhaps?). I didn't take the series at all seriously though, it was mostly just a "passing the time" kind of watch, which is probably why I found it enjoyable. I got a sense that if I'd given it more thought I'd have found it didn't have a great deal of depth to it (oh, seems I did give it more thought after all
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shrink
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I do think with LD, when you pay attention it has an insane number of subtle and clever references to old trek shows of yore, which is why I enjoy it.I didn't mind Discovery so much. At times I just take things on face value and that's pretty much what I did with Discovery. i.e. just looked at it as a sci-fi series rather than specifically a Star Trek thing. I must admit though I was starting to get fed up with the Michael Burnham character being so "can do no wrong" all the time. I rather enjoyed some of the other characters though, particularly Saru. Plus Michelle Yeoh can do no wrong in my eyes
I also enjoyed Lower Decks, but again got rather tired of the Beckett Mariner character (was she based on the Michael Burnham character perhaps?). I didn't take the series at all seriously though, it was mostly just a "passing the time" kind of watch, which is probably why I found it enjoyable. I got a sense that if I'd given it more thought I'd have found it didn't have a great deal of depth to it (oh, seems I did give it more thought after all
gez
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I have to say the Trailer on youtube looks terrible. Is it supposed to be spoof? Because it defintely looks like one.
gez
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Yeah I noticed some of that.
shrink
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Sort of, I mean if you don’t like Seth McFarlanes comedy, I wouldn’t watch it. The first two seasons allow themselves to make jokes and do things that Star Trek never could. Like address holodeck porn addiction!
But there’s some really great and dramatic stuff in there two. Season three flips it and it mostly goes big budget drama with a less comedic lean.
I love them all. But then I like family guy and American dad. So take from that what you will
gustav_errata
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After taking 2+ years to work my way through TOS (loved it, hokey episodes and all), I'm now muddling my way through TNG. I watch maybe 1-2 episodes per month so it'll take me ages to finish the series. It feels very much like TOS, which I like, but I have a feeling it starts to take on its own personality, which would be better. If true, how far into the show does that happen?
shrink
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Seasons 1-2 of next gen, are a bit ropey. Old
Fashioned and a bit stuck in the past.
From season 3 onwards, it is literally a different show. Huge quality leap in every single way.
gustav_errata
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Ok, thanks! I'll still probably go through linearly, as skipping anything would eat at me. But, it's good to know that change is coming soon(-ish at the rate that I watch).
Edit: I forgot to clarify that I'm still in season 1. I just finished the episode with the half-nude locals who run everywhere and execute you for breaking even the smallest law.
lAmBoY
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Cant believe I missed this thread, huge trek fanboy here having watched them all, TOS TNG multiple times. I will have to give Orville a watch as I do like mcfarlanes comedy shtick. Looking forward to Discovery S5 coming in April. Many of my friends dislike the 'woke' of new trek, I always remind them that this was always the case and always will be. In a utopia what should they expect? Which imo is what trek strives to achieve.
shrink
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Yeah I find most of seasonn 1-2 pretty cringe!
Joe P
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The first Borg episode holds up well. I wish they had kept the Borg as a leaderless collective but apparently a queen was introduced so the Borg had a face. A mistake in my view. The lack of a leader is what made the Borg interesting.
Joe
Joe
I noticed that there is some original Trek on UK freeview TV at the moment. I saw a bit of it last night, there was a rather glamorous green woman and Cap Kirk in a pain-inducing electric chair being quizzed about chess by the villain. All good clean fun, even if it's not my cup of rosie.
shrink
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Agreed, discovery isn’t crap cos it’s woke, it’s crap because it’s crap. Whiney bleating characters who are always miserable. Endless stories of suffering, sadness, loss and betrayal. There’s nothing even slightly utopian about discovery’s universe.