• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Enterprise wasn’t my favorite but I understand how people like it. Strange New Worlds is weird but I understand how people like it. Picard was a shitload of fan service but I understand how people like it. Lower Decks has very generic animation, but I understand how people can like it.

    Discovery took everything that made Star Trek Star Trek and told it to go fuck itself. I don’t understand how people can like it.

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      Discovery took everything that made Star Trek Star Trek and told it to go fuck itself. I don’t understand how people can like it.

      Have you watched past the reveal of Captain Lorca’s past?

      The reveal makes many of the very not-Trek first season issues suddenly feel much Trek.

      I can see how that reveal might not play well to some. But it worked for me, and helped me forgive a bunch of issues I had with Discovery season 1.

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        The mirror universe episodes of Trek are my least favorite. Making that an integral part of a show that had already retconed a bunch of crap and added the force but mushrooms was the final straw for me.

        If you mean something further than that then no, but frankly I shouldn’t have to watch a dozen or more hours of a show to get to the good part.

        I am glad you liked it though.

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          Yeah. If you didn’t care for mirror episodes,

          spoiler S1 Discovery

          A season of “Oops! All Mirror Universe” wouldn’t be a nice reveal. Haha.

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        I had the opposite reaction to the Lorca reveal. He was the only interesting character at that point and they just threw it away.

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          I didn’t find him to be the only interesting character, but I agree. They sacrificed depth and nuance in favour of a shallow shock twist. One of the bigger missteps of season 1.

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          It was such a relief, to me. He was interesting and compelling, but his achieving a rank of Captain in Starfleet, and then throwing it away to Mary sue with Burnam, felt silly to me.

          The reveal fixes this. Although they could have been more explicit that

          Spoiler S1 Discovery

          It seems like Mirror Lorca killed and disposed of original Lorca, after original Lorca became a Captain. And then relied on people’s trust for original Lorca to not get run out of Starfleet before accomplishing his plans.