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.

  • aeiou@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    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.

      • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        6·
        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.websiteEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          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.