re: Star Trek Discovery is back, the Burn, what caused it?

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Share with us anti-STD's why you think this show is so good. As someone who doesn't like this show I'm interested in what people like you see in this show.

The series shows growth and is willing to morph its theme and atmosphere to improve as it moves along.

Season One started off slow and depressing, but hit its stride with the mirror universe in its second half. The Harry Mudd episodes were particularly good.

Season Two was much better, with the inclusion of Pike and the Enterprise crew. The series touches the original series much better than the recent films have, with Mudd and Talos IV. The reboot films seem to take what they need without paying homage. Discovery has more of a sense of continuation from the original. The standalone episodes have a Next Gen feel to them.

Season three should make the disgruntled fans happy. They've thrown the series far into the future, away from the holy Star Trek TOS. It's all new territory as they try to rebuild Starfleet.

The Star Trek shorts are especially well done. Not sure why anyone would hate on those.

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I appreciate your taking the time to make a thoughtful reply. While I don't agree with you position I'm not going to bust your chops because it's the right thing to do.

In the immortal words of "V": "My Turn"

Before 2009 in what I call the "Berman Trek Timeline", a lot of continuing storylines from series finales and TNG movies existed:

DS9:

What happened to a conquered Cardassia? Did they become like a Germany or Japan in the post WW2 era?

What happens to Sisko?

Do the Bajorans now become an established power?

Do the Dominion vanish or just stew for the next revolution? There are a helluva a lot of Jem'Hadar on the other side probably pissed that they loss.

We have a new Klingon Chancellor with Worf at his side. What becomes of the Klingon Empire?

There are a number of "what happened" opportunities from the various cast members.

Voyager:

They just brought back a ship with a ton of alien and future tech that should have easily changed the balance of power. They had a Transphasic torpedo that could take out a Borg Cube with one shot and shield tech that would make every starship invincible.

We know what the "Picardians or the Galaxy" did with Seven of Nine but much better opportunities were completely missed.

The Ship encountered several of new species and some had the ability to hunt Voyager down and create a new menace to the Federation.

TNG:

In Nemisis, Picard saved the Romulan empire from a Reman coups led by his clone. Instead of creating a new détente, new new showrunners blow the fricking empire to smithereens.

I could go on but the point is that instead of continuning the Star Trek Universe with "the Continuing Voyages" they decided to retcon the last 50 years by rewriting TOS in a new image that isn't selling. They should have figure out that was a bad move with the failure of "Enterprise"

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As for your questions, I feel that they answered your question satisfactorily in Star Trek Online game.

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You lose all points when you invoke a video game.

Still a video game and not a show

Episode 2 was great. Will knock out episode 3 over the weekend.

Had a nice 7 Samurai / Magnificent 7 feel to it. Good little Western tale.

They are actually gaining a new audience. The Woke Audience. Our trek ends in Voyager or Enterprise. The JJ -Kurtzman is trek made for a new audience. Believe it or not , Discovery is what is anchoring CBS access.

The thing is, in any other SCI Fi plot, Discovery would do very well, but Star Trek being burned to the ground like that is weird.

I'm actually surprise by the resurgance of DS9, I remember people hated it but I loved it, like it was amazingly epic and yet single episodic that felt trek and campy while being brutal at the same time.

It made me questions the very fabric of the Federation and at the end of the day , despite its flaw is still the ideal society.

2020 Popular Mechanics board.

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I enjoyed this season so far, except for the heavy handed trans character they shoved down our throats(they/them uttered 10 times in 35 seconds)

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The symbiot/gay/lesbian trilogy in engineering is an entertaining trio of infighting. But that boyfriend ghost was the part I hated.

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Do the seasons after 1 get better or who is the same type of story telling?

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Once they bring Pike in, it's a different show. He's definitely the best thing the series has going for it.

Season 3 so far isn't as good as 2 with Pike. You can see they're trying to make it better by changing it from prequel to sequel, but it lacks the focus of Season 2.