Lorca is captured by the Klingons.
I enjoyed this one for main plot involving the tardigrade, one good cameo and some of the character moments.
I thought the parts of story that takes place on Discovery were great and enjoyed it as I would any episode of Star Trek. It has a pretty positive resolution and some quite selfless character moments, particularly from one character, that fits right into the Trek moral code. It also has a quite traditional Trek moment of a character with a bit of self doubt stepping up to assume command. The Lorca sub-plot was a bit silly at times, but it did feature a strong cameo from a character we first met in the original series which I quite liked.
There were some moments of lazy writing with very exposition heavy dialogue dumped on some scenes. The resolution to the Klingon imprisonment feels way too easy to be plausible. The final scene felt a bit like it was done for no other reason than to show the world that two characters are in a romantic relationship and to make a point of how diverse the franchise has become.
I do agree with other reviewers on the point of the bad language and violence becoming excessive. I know that's what war is all about and it builds fear around the Klingons as an antagonist, but as someone who enjoyed Trek as a child, this now rules out Discovery as something I can watch with my children until they become age appropriate, which is unfortunate. If it's all for the sake of selling the product to a new type of audience, it's a bit of a sellout.
All performances were great, especially Doug Jones, Jason Issacs and Rainn Wilson. Visuals and effects were excellent as always.
I enjoyed this one for main plot involving the tardigrade, one good cameo and some of the character moments.
I thought the parts of story that takes place on Discovery were great and enjoyed it as I would any episode of Star Trek. It has a pretty positive resolution and some quite selfless character moments, particularly from one character, that fits right into the Trek moral code. It also has a quite traditional Trek moment of a character with a bit of self doubt stepping up to assume command. The Lorca sub-plot was a bit silly at times, but it did feature a strong cameo from a character we first met in the original series which I quite liked.
There were some moments of lazy writing with very exposition heavy dialogue dumped on some scenes. The resolution to the Klingon imprisonment feels way too easy to be plausible. The final scene felt a bit like it was done for no other reason than to show the world that two characters are in a romantic relationship and to make a point of how diverse the franchise has become.
I do agree with other reviewers on the point of the bad language and violence becoming excessive. I know that's what war is all about and it builds fear around the Klingons as an antagonist, but as someone who enjoyed Trek as a child, this now rules out Discovery as something I can watch with my children until they become age appropriate, which is unfortunate. If it's all for the sake of selling the product to a new type of audience, it's a bit of a sellout.
All performances were great, especially Doug Jones, Jason Issacs and Rainn Wilson. Visuals and effects were excellent as always.