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[–] [email protected] 72 points 11 months ago (5 children)

This show is so freaking Star Trek that it out-Star Treks the Star Trek.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

When that second episode of the first season dropped I said the same thing to a friend that's a die hard Star Trek fan. They weren't enjoying the new Trek, yet, but wanted the thought provoking episodes now, action later/sprinkled in

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Totally agree, it's definitely more Star Trek than any of the new Star Trek series.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I heard the review "better Trek than Trek".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

People keep saying this, so as someone who has only watched half of the first season, when does it get to this point?

I mean it's amusing enough, but it's just a pastiche of cliches and obvious gags. People keep saying that it distills Trek down to its essence or something like that, but to me it seems like "watered down" would be more accurate.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Having a bad first season is as Star Trek as you can get. All kidding aside, it gets better and more serious with time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Just like TNG it starts picking up in the 2nd season and really hits its stride on the 3rd season. If you were to rewatch TNGs first season without the nostalgia goggles you’d consider it pretty campy too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

After the first season it begins to feel a bit less campy and the crude humor is toned down a bit and even more so I feel by the third season. The overall plot starts to show itself in season 2 and just gets better from there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I saw a different season 3 I guess. The humor was gone but the kind and progressive approach to problems that I like about Trek was kinda gone too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's an alternate universe's Star Trek. They just need some handwavium device to cross universe and they could make a crossover episode.