You and I clearly have differing definitions of "good", and "better". They've effectively made it a show about Michael Burnham (her character is almost the epitome of a Mary Sue), and not about the Federation, or Starfleet. Every. Single. Episode. She is in over 90% of the scenes, and apparently cannot go more than a few minutes without a good cry, or defying all laws of physics. This doesn't even begin to touch on the virtue signaling that *is* the entire series. The push to the future only cripples other potential series that might have been set in the interval between Picard and the timeline DISCO is now in...there is an expiration date on the Federation...an entire century where space travel regresses to almost Viking age scarcity...and the idea that it's all caused by some ONE kid having a tantrum...That's what you call good/better? Holy crap, it's bad...so bad.vegfarandi wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:50 am For what it's worth, I think Discovery has gotten steadily better each season, with the 3rd and latest being the absolute best.
I think the Mandalorian shows that being true to aesthetic and style makes a show like this more successful, not less, and for that reason, I do really wish that Discovery hadn't been so hellbent on revising what Star Trek should look like. But at least now that they are a 1000 years further into the future, they're free from the shackles of visual canon and really can get away with imagining a whole new future.
For anyone who hasn't yet started Discovery, you may just want to start with season 3, to be honest. At least Discovery has been true to one Star Trek tradition, which is that the first two seasons are always the worst of each series.
If anyone who reads this has been enjoying DISCO, I say go for it, but to me, it's quite possibly the worse Trek made to date. I'd rather watch the first season of TOS on constant repeat - complete with late 60's era commercials - for an entire year than be subject to the travesty that is DISCO.