Joe Walsh Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Four episodes in, we're on the verge of dropping Star Trek: Discovery from our lineup. The two-episode series opener was good, but the next two episodes revealed those episodes to be the bait for a switch to something else entirely. As a recent fan of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, my only remaining question is whether the inclusion of Christopher Pike makes Discovery S2 worth watching. If you're a fan of SNW, what's your opinion? Is Discovery S2 worth watching for Pike even if we don't care about the other Discovery characters or their storylines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 It is not worth watching for Pike, but might be worth watching for Spock. He had a much bigger role in Discovery than Pike. Though it is worth noting that the Spock in the Discovery is a different Spock than the the one in TOS or even SNW. He is a younger Spock who is still dealing with issues than his older selves had already come terms. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted January 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Ah, OK. Sounds like I'll want to "proceed with caution." Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 CBS was touting the final season of Picard...with Frakes in it. Got me wondering why this was the case... The tone of many reviews is "the best thing about Picard, overall, is it's not as bad as Discovery." I've avoided ALL of them since the opening episode of Discovery fired a full salvo of photon torpedoes into my suspension of disbelief. That, and I loathe paying to stream. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: The tone of many reviews is "the best thing about Picard, overall, is it's not as bad as Discovery." I don't agree with this assessment. On the whole, I think Discovery is a better series than Picard. I also feel that Discovery has gotten better each season. Season 1 was very hard for me to watch just because of all the grimdark, but having Jason Isaacs and Michelle Yeoh in it made it worthwhile. Season 2 felt a lot more like Star Trek. And yeah, having Pike and Spock helped a lot. But Strange New Worlds is a much better series than either Discovery or Picard. Joe Walsh and Ranxerox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted January 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Glad to see we're not the only ones who think the Picard series wasn't worth watching. If it weren't for Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds, we'd be avoiding Star Trek entirely at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 My nine-year-old and I are really enjoying Prodigy, too. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted January 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Pariah said: My nine-year-old and I are really enjoying Prodigy, too. That's good to hear! It's in our queue, as is the Short Treks series. I was worried they'd be disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I enjoyed the first season of Picard, except the ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 12:22 PM, GM Joe said: The two-episode series opener was good, but the next two episodes revealed those episodes to be the bait for a switch to something else entirely. I don't remember any bait and switch. The season follows a consistent story line. Is it a great story line? Eh. It gets us to Season 3, explains some things about Burnham and Spock (quite a bit, really), and isn't terrible. It's worth watching, IMO, to see how the spin off is set up, but not strictly necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 6:24 PM, Pattern Ghost said: I don't remember any bait and switch. The season follows a consistent story line. Maybe I'm using the wrong term. The first two episodes looked and felt like a prestige streaming production of one of America's media mega-corps. But the subsequent episodes looked and felt like a cheap production created to fill a hole in SyFy's lineup. Quote Is it a great story line? Eh. It gets us to Season 3, explains some things about Burnham and Spock (quite a bit, really), and isn't terrible. It's worth watching, IMO, to see how the spin off is set up, but not strictly necessary. In that case, maybe we'll watch it some day. But for now it just doesn't seem to be worth the time for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Has Strange New Worlds been renewed? Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Has Strange New Worlds been renewed? Thankfully, yes! Paramount+ ordered a second season on January 18th. No release date yet, but I'm guessing it takes a while to make a season of a show like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 I'm glad they renewed it. It's the best of the new generation of Trek, and it's not even close, IMHO. Plus, there's this huge cliffhanger at the end of Season 1 that needs to be resolved in some fashion. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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