Star Trek Discovery is AWESOME!
POSTED BY: CALHOUN
UPDATED: Sunday, February 1, 2026 03:53
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I'm still not convinced the series cant adhere to canon in some way. I've some theories as to how that could play out. Just because we never heard of some things happening in this early time period doesn't mean they didn't happen.
There are ways to watch without signing up. you might be pleasantly surprised enough to then sign up and pay up for some quality sci-fi goodness.
Enough people with preconceived notions of how shit it looked couldnt be assed to give Firefly a go when it first aired. if only more people dipped their toes in the metaphorical waters of Firefly it mighta had a chance.
I want to hear from people who have actually watched Star Trek Discovery.
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When the entire season is on the site, I'll pay for a month and binge it.
How many episodes will there be this season?
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Quote:Can you elaborate ate on this? I don't know the context or how w they identified Trump voters centuries for om now.
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Originally posted by CALHOUN:
Title oughta get the flamers knickers in a bunch..
I seriously love the show and don't understand all the negative crap i'm reading.
I don't have any issues with continuity or canon and if I find any I can easily overlook and watch it as a stand alone (it is just a TV show..)
The special effects are brilliant. The acting is outstanding with clever intelligent dialogue. This alone makes me worry for its future.. the good shows never really stand a chance.
Overtly portraying Trump voters ( many of which had been blue collar Dems ) Klingons and mocking their political views ... not gonna go over well w/ the gen public.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I don't know the context or how w they identified Trump voters centuries for om now.
The context is that they put the show up behind a paywall, so there are lots of internet haters who haven't seen the show and think its some sort of alt-left white-males-bad minority-women-good propaganda piece.
In reality, its no more "liberal" than any other Star Trek series. What it is is darker, more violent/gory and more morally ambiguous than previous Trek. All of the characters (regardless of colour/gender/sexuality) have flaws, conflicts and (usually) blood on their hands... which you'd pretty much expect in the modern TV context post- Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones etc.
As for the Klingons, you could see them as Trump supporters (with their "remain Klingon" battle cry), or you could see them as ISIS or you could sympathise and see them as "knobbly-foreheaded lives matter" (our hero does manage to kill the first Klingon she meets and then advocates a pre-emptive strike against the Klingon flagship). Or, you could see them as a fictitious alien race into which the writers have deliberately thrown bits of all three to make you think.
As for the "spore drive" - it is clearly all going to go horribly wrong and become the Federation's "Miranda" - and as the Discovery is a Black Ops ship it could be covered up with extreme prejudice before Kirk and Picard come along. That's without the "spoilers" (and the big hint at the end of this week's episode) about something weirder going on.
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I don't see how bringing the mirror universe into it is going to help preserve canon, though: Enterprise has already established that the "mirror" Starfleet was a camp fascist dystopia from the get-go.
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Originally posted by CALHOUN:
Title oughta get the flamers knickers in a bunch..
I seriously love the show and don't understand all the negative crap i'm reading.
I don't have any issues with continuity or canon and if I find any I can easily overlook and watch it as a stand alone (it is just a TV show..)
The special effects are brilliant. The acting is outstanding with clever intelligent dialogue. This alone makes me worry for its future.. the good shows never really stand a chance.
I strongly would agree that the " special effects are brilliant"! It's indeed amazing!
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Great mid-season finale.
Definitely the best sci-fi on TV in a while. If you disagree, tell me what you think is better?
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Mid-season finale? Isn't there only like 13 episodes?
How many have they already "aired"? I guess my subscription will have to wait.
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Only 9 episodes so far.. I believe they kick off again in January.
Need to reiterate.. This show is AWESOME!
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First season is 15 episodes. Why the F*** are they cutting the season in two?
Especially on a proprietary streaming service? I had intended to subscribe when the full season was out so I can binge it, but I don't think I'll be doing that anymore, just on principle.
I have heard the later episodes are better, but I guess I'll let The Orville satisfy my hunger for Trek for now.
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Originally posted by Moose:
First season is 15 episodes. Why the F*** are they cutting the season in two?
Because they are still an old-school TV company, who haven't really got the memo about streaming, and think that their viewers are evil and must be punished. Also, we must not be distracted from our seasonal duty of watching rubbish "holiday" TV and obeying its message to go out and pointlessly spend money.
Look on the bright side - it probably means that they haven't been tempted into doing a Christmas Special...
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