DParga21
Super Freak
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I LOVED Discovery! But even I have to agree with some of those points. I found the serialized plot captivating at least through season 2, but of a dip in season 3, recapturing some of the magic in season 4.
The issue I have with Discovery haters is that most of the criticism seems to flow from the idea that the show doesn't resemble the other ST iterations we love so well enough for them. I think that's a weak charge.
The show is admittedly very focused on Burnham's personal journey and that focus definitely takes the ensemble rapport of the bridge crew feature down a peg or two, but there was still plenty of that for me with Saru and Burnham, Stamets and Culber, Jett Reno with EVERYONE, lol! (you can look up who that is, @StarDude), Tilly coming of age and finding herself, Detmer sitting at her station looking sexy....
Yes, it's different, but different isn't necessarily bad. People also had a big problem with inventing a sister for Spock, and I was as skeptical about that as anyone. But I thought it worked very well. Their dynamic made perfect sense, and seeing them work through their relationship was an interesting and worthy change of pace, and I didn't feel that it diminished the character of Spock in any way. If anything it fleshed him out that much more.
Bottom line in my view is that if you came into the show thinking "Ok, let's see what WOKE trash Kutrzman is going to push on us this week", then yeah, you're going to find a way to dislike everything you see. But even coming from a decidedly more conservative vantage point, I loved it.
I agree with just about all of that. I loved Disco's first season. I didn't mind the whole "Spock's sister" thing until they started in later seasons to treat it like he owed all of who he was to Burnham, which was over the top.
But in general, I checked out as soon as Kovich told Stamets he'd transfer Stamets if he couldn't trust Zora. I thought Stamets was absolutely right in his concerns, Zora had already demonstrated multiple times she was emotionally unstable, and the whole resolution to that infuriated me.
But I blame most of that on Michelle Paradise, whom I think tanked the show when she took over.
I still love Discovery, though. I think that's why the things that bother me infuriate me so much.