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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I dislike Discovery because it focuses on one main character instead of the entire crew.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    That's kind of exactly what I don't like about it and part of why I call it a "space marines" series. Gene's vision is of a future where different life forms come together and work under a unified code and for the greater good. It's not about one person rising to power and being the hero.

    It feels like they are trying to graft the Star Wars theme onto Star Trek with hand wavey magical "forces" that don't have even the most tenuous link to science, and singular heroes that make anything that's worth happening happen. The original series at least tried to give a nod to the scientific consensus and then try to extrapolate it out.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh no, am I gonna hate Discovery? That sounds decidedly un-star trek.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Michael Burnham is somehow more valuable than everyone else in Starfleet when it comes to saving the universe. Then saving it again. Then going to the future and saving it again. It’s a bummer cause there are some great characters but no one does deus ex like Michael and yeah it does not feel like Trek

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