Star Trek: Discovery - New series on Netflix

[Butter Face]

Yup, same. Didn’t see it coming!

[ben5575]

Wow!!!

[ChocolateFrog]

Feck, it's good.

Bordering on Tarantino levels of blood and violence though, it's not a wholesome family show anymore.

[ben5575]

Stupid, very spoilery questions below...:

I got caught up in the big reveal, so I may have missed some pertinent facts:

1. Do we know what has happened to Good Lorca or is this still to play for?
2. Does Mrs Todt know about Bad Lorca going to the other side to bring Michael back? I didn't catch whether it was Michael piecing the puzzle together in her head for the audience or it was being explained to her by Mrs Todt.
3. Do we know what happened to Bad Michael?
4. I'm not going to ask any questions about Stamets.
5. What do you think sauteed Saru tastes like?

[jingars]

ben5575 said:

Stupid, very spoilery questions below...:

4. I'm not going to ask any questions about Stamets.

What with the deceased doc turning up and having a chat with Stamets, it has all gone a bit "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)".
Why just one dead person having a chat?

[Flip Martian]

Just caught up with the latest episode - and eating humble pie a bit, that twist was rather cool. Wasn't expecting that. Does make the plot even more daft and nonsensical but at least it was an interesting twist!

[SpudLink]

Fantastic episode. Although the twist at the end had been predicted elsewhere on the internet. (I wouldn’t have figured it out.). I suppose if you have an infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of theories, some are bound to be right.

[irish boy]

Superb stuff! Bring on next week......

[HD Adam]

Interesting that some posters are saying that this is a weak series.

IMO, it's been straight into it.

Have a rewatch of the first series of Next Gen or DS9 if you want to see a weak start.

Yeah, it steps all over the cannon but I'm enjoying it.

[Flip Martian]

HD Adam said:

Interesting that some posters are saying that this is a weak series.

IMO, it's been straight into it.

Have a rewatch of the first series of Next Gen or DS9 if you want to see a weak start.

Yeah, it steps all over the cannon but I'm enjoying it.

Those series are more than 25 years old. Things have moved on a bit so not directly comparable I think (but yes, they were generally seen as the weakest seasons).

[RotaryPoweredBlender]

Flip Martian said:

HD Adam said:

Interesting that some posters are saying that this is a weak series.

IMO, it's been straight into it.

Have a rewatch of the first series of Next Gen or DS9 if you want to see a weak start.

Yeah, it steps all over the cannon but I'm enjoying it.

Those series are more than 25 years old. Things have moved on a bit so not directly comparable I think (but yes, they were generally seen as the weakest seasons).

Storytelling hasn’t changed in 25yrs. So they’re directly comparable.

[carl_w]

HD Adam said:

Have a rewatch of the first series of Next Gen or DS9 if you want to see a weak start.

I thought TNG was pretty good from the start ("Encounter at Farpoint" I think?)

DS9 was a bit more of a slow burner. Never got into Voyager or Enterprise.

Imagine how much better Discovery could have been if it was actually Jean Todt as the Emperor. Or his mentor, Jean-Marie Balestre.

[Flip Martian]

RotaryPoweredBlender said:

Storytelling hasn’t changed in 25yrs. So they’re directly comparable.

Were we just talking about storytelling then? Pardon me for not agreeing; other opinions are always available.

[Tuna]

Ooohhh that was good.

Lots of spoilery things to discuss as that leaves a lot of characters completely up in the air (or at loose)... it's going to be a straight run to the end of series as they dig their way out of this mess. Who's going to be left standing? Who's good and who's bad? Can I have another slice of ganglion?

[Tuna]

RotaryPoweredBlender said:

Storytelling hasn’t changed in 25yrs. So they’re directly comparable.

Really? In TV series it certainly has. We've gone from monster of the week, continuity proof episodes to story arcs and real evolution of characters.

[hotchy]

Iv got a problem with Netflix, my start treks still stuck showing only 9 episodes yet I know they've released more. Hoe do I get it to show up? Using Android. Need it sorted gutted I cant see it yet.

[Butter Face]

Uninstall the app and reinstall it?

[Squadrone Rosso]

Well, I didn’t see that coming but it all makes sense now.

[Arklight]

The second half of the series really has turned it around, but it is all quite predictable still.

Nearly all of the twists have been predicted a long time ago and the finale will be not much of a surprise to trek fans.

Still good TV though and my enjoyment has been far increased just ignoring all the creative liberties that have been taken to make the series good.

[coldel]

Definitely worth everyone who is apparently predicting the storyline so well to write the next 5 episodes plot development on here for the record to show how predicable it is so that when it happens over the next month it can be proven...