Could only make it half way through.
I'm not one of those who thinks the show just isn't star trek, I am one of those who thinks it is poorly written and directed.
Why do they insist on showing un up close short of every characters reaction to every 'surprise' in the story? And starfleet are a military organisation so why is the captain questioning every single order in every single episode? They have advanced technology to the point that it is indistinguishable to magic by this point, jet all the characters are still surprised by every little thing that happens. Even things with super obvious solutions.
Honestly, it is sljust so disappointing. The first two seasons were great, season 1 especially, and I loved that they were showing starfleet from a different viewpoint and telling different kinds of stories, but now there is absolutely no flow to any episode. The whole show is on Ritalin, just go go go with absolutely no subtly or substance. Star Trek has never been subtle in its messages and themes, but at least the characters and b-plots gave the wider stories authenticity.
The characters jave gone from complicated and relatively in the first few seasons to literally 3 personally traits each on repeat every. Single. Episode.
Oh look, the captain is missing her boyfriend while furrowing her eyebrows at an order she receives and jumping out of a ship risking her life in a completely unecisarry way.
Oh look, Saru is giving obvious advice to one of his friends while dealing with how different he is from everyone (even though everyone is different from everyone else) Oh look, Stamets feels he isn't fulfilling his potential as a scientist, but thank God Hugh is there to keep him grounded while achieving pretty much nothing else.
Maybe it would be better if the episodes were only 40 minutes long. Then they could focus on a couple of characters an episode rather than stretching it out so every character gets a bit of spotlight but doesn't actually have time for any believable growth or lessons.
As usual, the fight choreography and graphics are stunning, but treating every episode like a final episode is honestly just exhausting.
I forced my way through season 4 only because I knew season 5 would be the last and I wanted to give it a chance, but I am just done.
So disappointing for a show with such a good cast and early themes.
I'm not one of those who thinks the show just isn't star trek, I am one of those who thinks it is poorly written and directed.
Why do they insist on showing un up close short of every characters reaction to every 'surprise' in the story? And starfleet are a military organisation so why is the captain questioning every single order in every single episode? They have advanced technology to the point that it is indistinguishable to magic by this point, jet all the characters are still surprised by every little thing that happens. Even things with super obvious solutions.
Honestly, it is sljust so disappointing. The first two seasons were great, season 1 especially, and I loved that they were showing starfleet from a different viewpoint and telling different kinds of stories, but now there is absolutely no flow to any episode. The whole show is on Ritalin, just go go go with absolutely no subtly or substance. Star Trek has never been subtle in its messages and themes, but at least the characters and b-plots gave the wider stories authenticity.
The characters jave gone from complicated and relatively in the first few seasons to literally 3 personally traits each on repeat every. Single. Episode.
Oh look, the captain is missing her boyfriend while furrowing her eyebrows at an order she receives and jumping out of a ship risking her life in a completely unecisarry way.
Oh look, Saru is giving obvious advice to one of his friends while dealing with how different he is from everyone (even though everyone is different from everyone else) Oh look, Stamets feels he isn't fulfilling his potential as a scientist, but thank God Hugh is there to keep him grounded while achieving pretty much nothing else.
Maybe it would be better if the episodes were only 40 minutes long. Then they could focus on a couple of characters an episode rather than stretching it out so every character gets a bit of spotlight but doesn't actually have time for any believable growth or lessons.
As usual, the fight choreography and graphics are stunning, but treating every episode like a final episode is honestly just exhausting.
I forced my way through season 4 only because I knew season 5 would be the last and I wanted to give it a chance, but I am just done.
So disappointing for a show with such a good cast and early themes.