Nutshell: A visually stunning action romp with dashes of humanity and fun for the first time on Discovery. Hopefully a harbinger of good things to come.
Well that's more like it. Watching the first season of Star Trek: Discovery was an arduous undertaking for me. I love Star Trek. It's been apart of my life as long as I can remember. When a new series was announced, I of course wanted it succeed. I want everything Star Trek to succeed. As happy as I was that Discovery found an audience and was a huge success for CBS, I knew in my heart of hearts that I couldn't stand it. I liked most of the characters, but they were surrounded by a murky, shapeless Klingon War story arc. The Mirror Universe quadrilogy was fun, if not a little too convenient. A season that ended less satisfying and more cutting it's losses.
But that was then. Season 2 right out of the gate is a return to a more grounded and traditional form of Star Trek. The only real difference being a clear elevation in special effects. And I mean wow! The production is practically Game of Thrones in space.
So the Enterprise is disabled after scanning one of seven red bursts spread throughout several light years. Pike comes aboard to take command of Discovery while the Enterprise is down. A rather advantageous plot point, but Anson Mount is so ridiculously like-able that you don't really give a damn. Pike is the shot of personality that this show has so desperately needed. I must confess I wasn't standing up and applauding with tears in my eyes when the Enterprise pulled up at the end of 'Will You Take My Hand?', but bringing in Pike to take command is a dramatic step in the right direction.
So they follow one of the bursts and it leads to a wrecked federation ship with survivors. They must be saved before they are destroyed by an asteroid.
This red bursts or red angel story arc is immediately more engaging and enjoyable than last Klingon War. I'm on the fence on whether this Burnham/Spock story will be very satisfying. At least it's more convincing than Sybok (Spock's unheard of half brother until Star Trek 5). Mary Wiseman's Tilly continues to be loveable. Anthony Rapp continues his fluent Trek-bable skills, but also brings a lot of heart and feeling to Stamets. Doug Jones as Saru is still the best casting since Michael Dorn's Worf. Yeah I said it. Sonequa Martin-Green is beyond words committed to this character. Burnham is the most three dimensional character of them all. It's solely the pure humanity that Martin-Green brings to one of the most complex Trek main characters.
Well that's more like it. Watching the first season of Star Trek: Discovery was an arduous undertaking for me. I love Star Trek. It's been apart of my life as long as I can remember. When a new series was announced, I of course wanted it succeed. I want everything Star Trek to succeed. As happy as I was that Discovery found an audience and was a huge success for CBS, I knew in my heart of hearts that I couldn't stand it. I liked most of the characters, but they were surrounded by a murky, shapeless Klingon War story arc. The Mirror Universe quadrilogy was fun, if not a little too convenient. A season that ended less satisfying and more cutting it's losses.
But that was then. Season 2 right out of the gate is a return to a more grounded and traditional form of Star Trek. The only real difference being a clear elevation in special effects. And I mean wow! The production is practically Game of Thrones in space.
So the Enterprise is disabled after scanning one of seven red bursts spread throughout several light years. Pike comes aboard to take command of Discovery while the Enterprise is down. A rather advantageous plot point, but Anson Mount is so ridiculously like-able that you don't really give a damn. Pike is the shot of personality that this show has so desperately needed. I must confess I wasn't standing up and applauding with tears in my eyes when the Enterprise pulled up at the end of 'Will You Take My Hand?', but bringing in Pike to take command is a dramatic step in the right direction.
So they follow one of the bursts and it leads to a wrecked federation ship with survivors. They must be saved before they are destroyed by an asteroid.
This red bursts or red angel story arc is immediately more engaging and enjoyable than last Klingon War. I'm on the fence on whether this Burnham/Spock story will be very satisfying. At least it's more convincing than Sybok (Spock's unheard of half brother until Star Trek 5). Mary Wiseman's Tilly continues to be loveable. Anthony Rapp continues his fluent Trek-bable skills, but also brings a lot of heart and feeling to Stamets. Doug Jones as Saru is still the best casting since Michael Dorn's Worf. Yeah I said it. Sonequa Martin-Green is beyond words committed to this character. Burnham is the most three dimensional character of them all. It's solely the pure humanity that Martin-Green brings to one of the most complex Trek main characters.