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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
After finishing the entire season, it's safe to say that not only is SNW the best Trek series since Deep Space 9, it's in the running for best series ever. Objectively I'd say it is the best Trek series, simply because it's combining the best production values of any ST show with strong writing on par with TNG/DS9. My only complaint is that I wish they'd stop constraining themselves with the original series aesthetic. The original Enterprise design shouldn't be touched obviously, and the uniforms are a nice subtle upgrade on the t-shirts from TOS, but it's jarring to see pan shots of the bridge and all of the bulbous red and blue light bulbs on Uhura's station. Just retcon the smaller stuff like that so it doesn't look out of place for a series set centuries in the future
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My biggest complaint is the theme song.
TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager all have title sequences that establish exactly what kind of show you’re about to watch for the next hour.
This one does nothing for me, but at least the accompanying images are of the Enterprise flying through space.
The cast is good. Chapel, the Doctor and Pike are my standouts.
The guy who’s playing Spock is alright - I’ve never gotten the sense that any treatment of Spock since the 2009 movie actually understands the character, or Vulcans in general, and this one is no different.
Spock, Tuvok, Savik, even Sarek, have a bemused quality to them.
Like, they get the joke, they just don’t think it’s funny. It’s not that they don’t understand the concept of humour.
As I said, I don’t hate it. In most of the ways that matter, it gets things right.