Star Trek: Discovery S3E12 “There Is A Tide…”

I haven’t actually watched the new show or anything (no untagged spoilers in this thread, please), but this is the general vibe that I get from reading comments from people who have.

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    I think people who like Disco will like Starfleet Academy.

    The premier had some neat parts, but I think the structure, pacing and writing of the show have moved away from something I easily recognize as Star Trek and at the end, I was left more confused than interested in more.

    • TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      It took me far longer than I want to admit to understand you meant Discovery, and weren’t making a snarky comparison between those that like this show and those that enjoy Disco music.

      • trolololol@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Thx for sharing, I was considering never watching because I can barely watch discovery, and right now I am not subscribed to Paramount.

        I guess I’ll try a trailer or something torrented.

    • aeiou@piefed.social
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      3 days ago

      I liked disco for the most part but so far the only parts of Academy I liked were Giamatti’s villan and the return of the Doctor.

      The rest was just sort of a resounding ‘meh’; the plot didn’t hold me, the space-high-school melodrama between the cadets was boring and at times cringeworthy, and the big action sequence left me with more questions than answers.

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          2 days ago

          Paul Giamatti seemed to be in a different show than the rest of the cast. It was like Giamatti was playing a cartoon Joker. It really clanged with me, his jokes and humor didn’t work at all and I hope we don’t see him again.

          • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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            I think part of it too is 32nd century Trek has already done a lot of sociopathic, who’s-gonna-stop-me, “because I’m evil”-type villains, and we need someone a little more gray, or at least psychologically compelling; as seen with Gul Dukat and Kai Winn, you can still pull off interesting but pure evil characters.