Discard your hope and expectation for this to be a good Star Trek series, let alone welcoming back one of the best starship captains in the Sci-Fi universe. This is a Picard who has become an activist of some sort, inconsistent in his behaviors and lacking the growth or wisdom that has distinguished him as a beloved character we knew.
Instead we have an uneven series with a hollow of a man named Picard, surrounded by a ragtag band of uninteresting and out of place new characters (in the form of his new crew and villains). I'd say his Romulan caretakers and maybe Captain Rios have potential, but they were hardly developed nor explored in the series. Instead we have a highly unstable Dr Agnes who seems better suited to be in Sabrina or other teenage series for girls, a caricature of a Wuxia warrior in Elnor and the incoherent Raffi whose preference to call Picard 'JL', made me want to vomit every time I heard it.
The entire universe feels off and has the outer appearance of Star Trek but ignores all the rules and logic that shape that universe. Federation people swearing like rap artists, humans still live in poverty, smoking and taking drugs, Starfleet led by foul mouthed and angry xenophobes - this is not the Gene Roddenberry's vision of the 24th century.
In fact, the dialogue and characterization are so juvenile that at times I thought I was watching a CW melodrama. Instead of that optimistic spirit and unity in the face of adversity and conflicts from the old series we've come to love, we now have literally dark show that is obsessed with close-ups, lens flare and torture scenes. Who are producing and writing these garbage?
What a shame and a missed opportunity, they should really think about getting genuine Trek writers if they want to win the fans back for Season 2. Three points for Seven of Nine and seeing old faces like Hugh, Riker, Troi and Data.
I won't be watching Season 2, and will be keeping to The Orville, thank you very much.
Instead we have an uneven series with a hollow of a man named Picard, surrounded by a ragtag band of uninteresting and out of place new characters (in the form of his new crew and villains). I'd say his Romulan caretakers and maybe Captain Rios have potential, but they were hardly developed nor explored in the series. Instead we have a highly unstable Dr Agnes who seems better suited to be in Sabrina or other teenage series for girls, a caricature of a Wuxia warrior in Elnor and the incoherent Raffi whose preference to call Picard 'JL', made me want to vomit every time I heard it.
The entire universe feels off and has the outer appearance of Star Trek but ignores all the rules and logic that shape that universe. Federation people swearing like rap artists, humans still live in poverty, smoking and taking drugs, Starfleet led by foul mouthed and angry xenophobes - this is not the Gene Roddenberry's vision of the 24th century.
In fact, the dialogue and characterization are so juvenile that at times I thought I was watching a CW melodrama. Instead of that optimistic spirit and unity in the face of adversity and conflicts from the old series we've come to love, we now have literally dark show that is obsessed with close-ups, lens flare and torture scenes. Who are producing and writing these garbage?
What a shame and a missed opportunity, they should really think about getting genuine Trek writers if they want to win the fans back for Season 2. Three points for Seven of Nine and seeing old faces like Hugh, Riker, Troi and Data.
I won't be watching Season 2, and will be keeping to The Orville, thank you very much.