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Star Trek: Discovery

September 21, 2017 7:37:30 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Star Trek: Discovery premieres this weekend, so lets use this thread to discuss.

http://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/

 

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Reply #1 September 22, 2017 4:57:09 PM
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You can count on me watching it  .

I am curious about those reimagined Klingons, i wonder how are they going to explain the clear visual differences against the original shows, when they claim its supposed to be set in the "Prime" universe. Personally, i call BS. Either the explanation will turn out total crap, or even more likely, there wont be any explanation at all. But we shall see.

Ultimately, as long as it will be good, i wont really care either way. 

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Reply #2 September 22, 2017 5:39:58 PM
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Someone said it was Crap....Then again they said TNG was too so...   

-I think I'll like it !   

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Reply #3 September 25, 2017 8:21:22 AM
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I thought it was pretty good. The only I really didn't like was what they did with the Klingons. 

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Reply #4 September 25, 2017 8:43:34 AM
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Going to take some getting used to. Special effects were great but still ......

Time will tell.

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Reply #5 September 25, 2017 10:47:57 AM
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First episode was pretty good. Not good enough to pay for a service for one show only. But then, no show could be good enough for me to do that.

Perhaps I'll get the service at the end of the season and binge it over a weekend. Good thing with that is by then there will be a plethora of reviews to see if it is worth it. Ideally, their service fails and they put it on OTA broadcasting.

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Reply #6 September 25, 2017 10:52:11 AM
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 Island Dog: Any reason this Movies & TV & Books sub forum doesn't show up on the GalCiv3 forums page? There is a concurrent thread started there via the Life Universe and Everything sub-forum. Both sub-forums (fora?, forii?) show up when viewing via the elemental forums.

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Reply #7 September 25, 2017 11:19:09 AM
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I never liked any of the Trek shows other than the original, and TNG. All the rest were crap, IMO.

 

So, I didn't even bother to watch this one.  My loss?  Maybe, maybe not.

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Reply #8 September 25, 2017 1:58:56 PM
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No way they can keep the level of CGI up that we saw in episode 1 and 2, this was above star trek movie quality. 

I'm concerned that Star Trek was never meant to be a war series. In fact I seem to recall the original visionary saying as much. As for the Klingon, they are so re-made that they may as well be a completely different species. It was a shame that they decided to kill off two of the most interesting characters in the show. The vulcan-in-a-box is also going to get tiresome quickly.

I'm going to have to approach episode 3 as the benchmark for the series. While 1 and 2 were exceptional, they were obviously pumping a ton of resources into them to get people tuning in next week. No way the series can keep such a high quality.

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Reply #9 September 25, 2017 2:16:15 PM
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 Lost interest after 20 minutes.

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Reply #10 September 25, 2017 9:16:51 PM
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Great, will watch it.

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Reply #11 September 26, 2017 6:26:36 AM
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Nah, it was not that great. Despite their claim this to be set in Prime universe, it actually felt like another JJ-Trek. Acting was not great either and the special effects above movie? With all the crappy blurred backgrounds and camera looking into some light source every 5 seconds? Compared to say Rogue One effects this was pretty weak.

Will continue to watch further though, it still can be good.

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Reply #12 September 29, 2017 5:12:27 PM
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Quoting Timmaigh,
reply 11

and the special effects above movie?

Above Star Trek movie effects   

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Reply #13 October 1, 2017 1:05:19 PM
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Grew up on the originals.....big fan of Next Gen and Voyager...this one's gonna need to get a whole lot better...fast...

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Reply #14 October 2, 2017 7:06:32 AM
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Nice of WC to put a welcome banner for me in the forum....    

 

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Reply #15 October 23, 2017 10:18:58 AM
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Renewed for a second season.

https://www.thewrap.com/star-trek-discovery-renewed-season-2/

 

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Reply #16 October 27, 2017 7:19:46 AM
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Great show  nuf said bout that too.

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Reply #17 January 10, 2018 9:45:38 AM
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I liked the mid-season opener.

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Reply #18 January 10, 2018 12:53:46 PM
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what are the chances that georgeou (spelling) is the emperor?

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Reply #19 January 16, 2018 5:43:20 PM
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Probably good.

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Reply #20 January 16, 2018 9:41:35 PM
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It's gettin' Very Disco in the other Universe don't ya think

 

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Reply #21 February 21, 2018 2:57:10 PM
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Season finale was good. I enjoyed it more through the season, and I'm looking forward to the next season.

 

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Reply #22 July 27, 2018 1:47:17 PM
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Reply #23 October 17, 2018 8:57:58 AM
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Reply #24 February 13, 2019 2:43:16 PM
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Any thoughts on season 2 so far? Since it's on Netflix I don't have the "no CBS" excuse. In some ways it is definitely better than season 1, but in others it keeps doing things that are just odd, like occasionally referring to the transporter as the "teleporter". Not sure if that's just to help explain what it is to new viewers (which is odd in a second season) or just the writer did not care.

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Reply #25 February 13, 2019 3:22:13 PM
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Quoting SchismNavigator,
reply 24

Any thoughts on season 2 so far? Since it's on Netflix I don't have the "no CBS" excuse. In some ways it is definitely better than season 1, but in others it keeps doing things that are just odd, like occasionally referring to the transporter as the "teleporter". Not sure if that's just to help explain what it is to new viewers (which is odd in a second season) or just the writer did not care.

Isn't it only on Netflix in certain countries?

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