I agree, I exaggerated out of frustration. The mood here, and the IMDB ratings, show that it's really a hit with the fans.
I quite like the show, but I find it jarring how the tone shifts so dramatically between episodes.
Maybe if the goofiness had been spread over 20+ episodes of a season, it wouldn't have felt that way. But 3/10 (out of 9, so far, I'm still hoping I can watch the last episode) just seems too high a ratio.
Shit, just wait until you hit season 2. In amongst the passable episodes there's so much bad sitcom material. The tones shifts so dramatically, its hard to know what kind of show you're watching.
A lot of people are lapping it up, though. The star trek fans that I've spoken to, online, seem to think it's the best show for ages.
Wasn't this supposed to be the spin off that took us back to star trek? After Dystopian trek and Geriatric Trek, we saw a little bit in season 1 of star treking.
This season, we're going to have had: Spock's comedy capers, a crossover with family guy and a high-school musical one-off.
We've gone from alien of the week to bad American TV genre of the week. Season finale is a mockumentary, The Office-syle, 4th wall breaking comedy. Cast members doing pieces to camera in fake interviews, Spock doing that look to the camera that whatever the attractive guy's name was did.
I didn't really want to post this, because I think it's unnecessarily negative and people here seem to enjoy it.
But now that the cat's out of the bag... I hate this type of humour so much. I feel like too much of it has already spilled into SNW, it makes it a difficult watch at times. The episode before last, for example.
I kind of wish you'd posted this before your original post, though I appreciate it was significantly more effort to type. You've made a number of well laid-out points that I largely agree with, but I'm not sure your original post indicated anything other than teacher and/or union bashing, which was difficult to get on board with!
Exactly. It's almost impossible to imagine anything about AI being 'good' because so little of any real substance is permitted to work for 'good'.
It'll work for profit, just like everything else.
Yep, I think so, too. I suppose it's just reflective of the time that it's made in; so much of film and TV (and games) is just re-boots, pre/sequels, remasters and remakes. It's like it's too big a risk, to try an stray too far from a perceived existing audience.
The point I dwell on for longer is the need for humour to be so prevalent in what is essentially a drama series. I keep repeating this in various threads, but I don't like how often it's used and how weak it is. I guess I'd rather watch something that's Hornblower, rather than Family Guy.
I largely agree with that idea. It feels like at some point Trek will need to let go of all old characters, to ensure its long-term viability. Personally, I'd be happy to get to know a new group (crew) of characters, even if they're not a famous character's offspring. I guess that was the idea with Discovery, but the universe/story arcs that they created didn't interest me too much.
I know that's not really how shows work, people get enamored with the cast and roles, but I'd love to see a semi-regular shift in crew or ship, while the writers tackle the issues of the day allegorically.
As mandated in their invisible job description