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Star Trek discovery, should have ended after the intro
Watching Star Trek Discovery was like reading Ayn Rand, except after hammering their point over and over, all the characters get 50 page recap monologues instead of just John Galt. EDIT: I loved that it was Fabulous, but the writing felt like it was written by cis het college freshmen allies. There are ways to be queer as fuck that don’t suck donkey ballz. There were SO MANY “and then everyone clapped” moments.
All the characters? Discovery is the Michael Burnham show. It’s a shame she’s such a terrible person.
I’m on the fence about your comment. I agree that many of the 50 page inspiring monologues were hers. But I’m failing to see what makes her a terrible person. Hotheaded, poor impulse control, not a team player (wait am I talking about myself?), sure. Implausibly permitted to lead time and again in a way that makes it difficult to suspend disbelief, absolutely. But terrible? She’s not space Karen.
The very first episode she attacks her commanding officer and ultimately gets her killed. Her direct involvement in starting the war that killed hundreds of millions is up for debate.
She continually puts her own opinions first and ignores or undermines direct orders, and those around her if they disagree.
There’s precedent in other Star Trek shows where the violate orders which are obviously wrong, but the ones she breaks aren’t.
And despite being raised by Vulcans, she has the emotional control of a 12 year old.
An awful character, and definitely the fault of the writers and not Sonequa Martin-Green.
Who is John Galt‽
Enterprise should have ended before the intro, then picked up in season 4
I think Discovery is the reverse of the question, if that show has started at series 3 with them arriving in the future and slowly piecing together how they got there, it would have been much more enjoyable.
That would have required them to have a well-conceived plan before commencing the show. Instead, we got Klingons with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (remember the movie "Mask" with Cher?), 10,000 inspirational speeches per episode, and life-or-death action moments that required everyone to stop everything to talk about their feelings while the ship falls apart around them.
That scene at the end of series two when Pike stops to say goodbye when a literal countdown clock is on the viewscreen took the biscuit for that.
Star Trek TNG should have ended before the "Beverly fucks a ghost candle" episode.