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Cinematically it’s gorgeous and I can’t really fault the casting either. But the romance elements they’ve a added are distracting and unnecessary.

teekert 5y ago
I like the show but yeah, it's a bit like ST Dicovery's Burnham (raised by Vulcans no less) crying 6 out of 7 episodes. Sometimes I feel like I'm watching Grey's Anatomy in Space.
- wernerb 5y ago
  In one episode even the ship needs therapy
  - teekert 5y ago
    Yeah, I think characters like Spock and Picard draw in a special kind of people that identify with these hero's. That is nice. But these people (me) feel no connection with the "all my emotions are on the outside" characters that are now in these shows. When Picard (or even Spock) shows emotion, it's deep and meaningful. Spock raises an eyebrow, I know this is really something! Picard yells: "The line must be drawn here!", you can see he lost rationality. In Discovery I see tears whipping around the screen for reasons I can't even remember. I love that women are getting bigger roles, but I'd love to see highly rational women, also with little outside but deep emotions. Idk, I just don't really like it this way.
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      To be fair Spock (and to a lesser extent Picard, though Data also served this role) was an island of rationality for more emotional characters to play against (Saru often plays something of a similar role on Discovery.) > I love that women are getting bigger roles, but I'd love to see highly rational women, also with little outside but deep emotions. If Rebecca Romijn’s Number One on Strange New Worlds isn't very much this, I will be very disappointed.
      - teekert 5y ago
        "If Rebecca Romijn’s Number One on Strange New Worlds isn't very much this, I will be very disappointed. " TIL, looking forward to it! I sort of gave up on Star Wars, but still can't get enough of ST.
King-Aaron 5y ago
I find this with a lot of Apple shows actually. Like 'Invasion', great concept but man the strained romances were hard to get through.

teekert 5y ago

I like the show but yeah, it's a bit like ST Dicovery's Burnham (raised by Vulcans no less) crying 6 out of 7 episodes. Sometimes I feel like I'm watching Grey's Anatomy in Space.

wernerb 5y ago
In one episode even the ship needs therapy
- teekert 5y ago
  Yeah, I think characters like Spock and Picard draw in a special kind of people that identify with these hero's. That is nice. But these people (me) feel no connection with the "all my emotions are on the outside" characters that are now in these shows. When Picard (or even Spock) shows emotion, it's deep and meaningful. Spock raises an eyebrow, I know this is really something! Picard yells: "The line must be drawn here!", you can see he lost rationality. In Discovery I see tears whipping around the screen for reasons I can't even remember. I love that women are getting bigger roles, but I'd love to see highly rational women, also with little outside but deep emotions. Idk, I just don't really like it this way.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    To be fair Spock (and to a lesser extent Picard, though Data also served this role) was an island of rationality for more emotional characters to play against (Saru often plays something of a similar role on Discovery.) > I love that women are getting bigger roles, but I'd love to see highly rational women, also with little outside but deep emotions. If Rebecca Romijn’s Number One on Strange New Worlds isn't very much this, I will be very disappointed.
    - teekert 5y ago
      "If Rebecca Romijn’s Number One on Strange New Worlds isn't very much this, I will be very disappointed. " TIL, looking forward to it! I sort of gave up on Star Wars, but still can't get enough of ST.

King-Aaron 5y ago

I find this with a lot of Apple shows actually. Like 'Invasion', great concept but man the strained romances were hard to get through.