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CaptainCrunch · 01-15-2026, 11:42 PM

Just some thoughts.

It was better then I thought it would be, but that doesn't make it great or even good. But the show overall, well at least the first episode was incredibly inconsistent.

The acting was fine, I didn't think that the acting held the show back. The problem is that while the characters aren't lawn furniture like the ones in Discovery, but the problem with the characters is that they're lazy hollow creations. Kurtzman and his writing staff wrote characters with stereotypes in mind, and they all played to those stereotypes, and it made it hard to invest in them.

I went into this expecting Jay'den to be the worst, but he turned out to be solid character who was given some incredibly bad dialog. The worst character to be honest was SAM who was incredibly annoying.

Is the most overused thing in TV now to call someone a "B#tch"?

Paul Giamatti tried, he's great at playing villains. But he was just a two dimensional caricature, the Chicken speech was the worst piece of garbage dialogue in TV history.

What was the point of the girl that ate her comlink, and then ran around screaming Red Alert? Does Star Fleet not have any standards.

The Gemhadar Klingon First Officer was awful, the prothetics on her face make her sound like she's talking with a mouthful of marbles. There's no lineage wit Jem'hadar, that was a stupid line. When she was yelling at Caleb, it was laughable. I remember when I was in the Military, and I got yelled by the senior instructor, and you did what he said and believed every word because he looked like he could kill you with his thumbs and beat you to death. She doesn't and her yelling was ridiculous.

There were some really nice effects in this and some nice set pieces. But the Ship Designs were awful, the Athena Bridge was just a stupid looking mix of a Disco and Gotham City in the Batman and Robin movie.

Too many writers think that they are Joss Whedon, the king of writing smart dialogue with easy humor mixed in. But the writers in this show are not good at it, and the humor was not only predicable but groan worthy.

Who knows, this show might get better, or it might follow the path of discovery.

I'll probably watch episode 2 on the weekend if I get around to it.

01-15-2026, 11:42 PM	#5265
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Just some thoughts. It was better then I thought it would be, but that doesn't make it great or even good. But the show overall, well at least the first episode was incredibly inconsistent. The acting was fine, I didn't think that the acting held the show back. The problem is that while the characters aren't lawn furniture like the ones in Discovery, but the problem with the characters is that they're lazy hollow creations. Kurtzman and his writing staff wrote characters with stereotypes in mind, and they all played to those stereotypes, and it made it hard to invest in them. I went into this expecting Jay'den to be the worst, but he turned out to be solid character who was given some incredibly bad dialog. The worst character to be honest was SAM who was incredibly annoying. Is the most overused thing in TV now to call someone a "B#tch"? Paul Giamatti tried, he's great at playing villains. But he was just a two dimensional caricature, the Chicken speech was the worst piece of garbage dialogue in TV history. What was the point of the girl that ate her comlink, and then ran around screaming Red Alert? Does Star Fleet not have any standards. The Gemhadar Klingon First Officer was awful, the prothetics on her face make her sound like she's talking with a mouthful of marbles. There's no lineage wit Jem'hadar, that was a stupid line. When she was yelling at Caleb, it was laughable. I remember when I was in the Military, and I got yelled by the senior instructor, and you did what he said and believed every word because he looked like he could kill you with his thumbs and beat you to death. She doesn't and her yelling was ridiculous. There were some really nice effects in this and some nice set pieces. But the Ship Designs were awful, the Athena Bridge was just a stupid looking mix of a Disco and Gotham City in the Batman and Robin movie. Too many writers think that they are Joss Whedon, the king of writing smart dialogue with easy humor mixed in. But the writers in this show are not good at it, and the humor was not only predicable but groan worthy. Who knows, this show might get better, or it might follow the path of discovery. I'll probably watch episode 2 on the weekend if I get around to it. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!