Review of Red Directive

Star Trek: Discovery: Red Directive (2024)
Season 5, Episode 1
3/10
This Fast & Furious Trek has to stop.
11 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
As with Strange New Worlds and Picard (and Fast & Furious for that matter), the state is always not to be trusted. Just hack illegally into their library, because why follow procedure anyway?

It just goes on and on.

Need to follow some thugs? Just steal some hover bikes instead of tracking them from orbit or going after them via shuttle!

Why scan a dealer's hideout that looks suspect before entering - just barge in!

All the hallmarks of bad Trek are still there: snappy one-liners, colloquialisms, chase-scenes, bad guys, mystery boxes, meaningless references to legacy shows (See? There's MORN sitting at the bar! This is Star Trek, you know!) bad acting, no respect for the organisation you work in, magic devices, shoot-out's and over-the-top action - you name it. And that flame thrower on the bridge is still embarrassing...

The CGI sometimes is a bit wonky - the scenes on Tattoine look a bit on the cheap side.

I just wanted to see how they start off their last season. Yeah, right, they've listened to the fans and made it more like Star Trek... I won't continue to watch this season. Farewell Disco.
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