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Star Trek Discovery Thoughts

I really love what Star Trek Discovery did with the mirrorverse, and especially the Emperor. Definitely one of my favorite characters of the show. Also the mirrorverse plot isn't just incidental, but is is actually an important element of the story. I also enjoy DS9's mirrorverse, but Discovery's is definitely my favorite.

Another thing I love about Discovery is Saru, and the kelpians in general. Besides the fact I just really enjoy a lot about the kelpians in and of themselves, the kelpians actually remind me a lot of muuns (except for being much better designed --looking at you, San Hill). If they just had a longer head they'd look almost exactly how I imagine muuns should look. Or at least a lot closer than anything George Lucas did for them.

In general the main characters have really grown on me, whereas I was initially unsure how they'd be handled. But overall I've enjoyed seeing them develop over each season. Michael Burnham is one constant in the show, as she's the main character, though her arc has been far from static. I think this also reflects the story, which is very dynamic itself. Michael also has the most mother figures of any character I've seen. Sometimes a character has a complicated relationship with her (non-biological) father, her brother, and her four mothers. Okay, maybe that's just Michael.

Also the Mudd time loop episode is hilarious.

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In Which I Discuss Star Trek

As I've said before I don't pay for any subscription services but I do have other ways to see shows and have been watching both Discovery and Picard.

While my favorite of the two is Discovery, I've been enjoying Season 2 of Picard quite a lot. Picard's first season just felt really slow for my taste, especially in the beginning. I also didn't connect very well with a lot of the characters, as it often takes me a while to gain an interest in a new character, and there are quite a few major new characters. But Season 2 is a lot zippier, and it has Q, who's one of my favorites. It's also the most fun the borg have ever been. Love the borg queen in this. Well, there are two borg queens who appear, actually, but the first one we don't get much time with. The second one we see a lot more of, and it's in a quite intriguing and unusual context. Don't know how it's going to all end, but it's been really enjoyable so far.

Picard and Discovery are very different shows, and because of that, I feel they're quite complementary. Discovery has a cast of entirely new characters taking center stage, and I really enjoy how they've developed the main cast, though their development of secondary characters is quite uneven. Like there are secondary characters I absolutely love on the show, but there's also a number of the secondary crew members who I don't even recognize or remember names for.

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Star Trek Discovery

Star Trek Discovery is a show I'm really into right now because I was introduced to it by someone who watches more tv than me and was able to watch it without buying a subscription to anything myself, which I have always been quite unwilling to do.

I was a little iffy on this series at first, but the characters really grew on me, and I've really enjoyed the story. I've watched all three seasons and have generally enjoyed how the story develops in each season, but I've particularly enjoyed the third season. This series both is and isn't like other Star Trek series. It is because it is obvious that the writers of this show have taken great care to reference elements from the other shows, especially but not only from the original series.

However, it is different due to the approach the storyline takes with the plot. This makes it easier to watch the shows sequentially since the seasons are fairly short and the episodes are all tied together with common story threads, but that means skipping episodes may cause more confusion than in other Trek series since the main story and characters change a lot as the series goes on.

One thing to know about this series is that there are elements that are extremely fantastical, more fantasy than sci-fi, really. They still have plenty of more plausible sci-fi elements embedded in the series, but some things are just like...no amount of rationalizing is going to explain that! You just have to accept that Discovery runs on mushroom power and that's that! For me this is fine, since I'm alright with a certain amount of handwaving in a story as long as there are enough elements I enjoy. I just classify things like that as sci-fi+fantasy. But this could be an element that some people might not be able to get past.

So yeah, this is a sci-fi I've enjoyed a lot so far. The first three seasons are currently complete, but apparently there will also be a forth season, too.

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Star Trek, Actually

I finished watching Season 2 of Discovery, and while they are still powering starships with...magic mushrooms...I did overall enjoy this season a lot. I don't bother to get subscriptions for shows like this, but I know someone who does, so I watched it with them. I've also seen a number of Season 1 episodes, including the very beginning and the last few episodes. I disliked Season 1 initially, but I thought it improved considerably towards the end. Season 2 was really good with holding my attention, and I'm interested to see where they go with Season 3. I felt the main plot points for S2 were resolved pretty well, even though they initially seemed rather nonsensical to me. I've also enjoyed the new characters a lot, especially Michael Burnham, but in general I like a lot of the characters in this series.