Also not a fan of the new Klingons. It's like a bit of prosthetic make up overkill. Technology is also WAY too advanced for a period that is supposed to be taking place before Kirk. I like the design of the Shenjou, so, whether i see it or not (which is leaning forwards not), I will be sorry to see it go and replaced by the much bulkier and clunkier (IMHO) looking Discovery.
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And I know its no easy feat to fill Mark Lenard's shoes, but the actor playing Sarek doesn't even have a fraction of his presence and gravitas.Comment
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I'll be first.
That was...not good. They're using pre-TOS concept to exploit ideas people already know, but everything else is highly modern. The best reference I've seen is "Discovery is as if Abrams rebooted TNG".
And production standards have dropped off a cliff. That was some serious SyFy Channel dialogue.Comment
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This guy was better than the Alias Brit Abrams chose, but nonetheless, it ****es me off the way Lenard's character traits are discarded. The man's voice sold everything.Comment
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Well I watched the pilot and the Klingons just bother me. They changed them so much they look like a new species. I am paying enough for my Sat/Internet so I am not going to pay more to watch a series that irks me. Mabey when it comes out on DVD I will give it try, but not right now.Visit my wiki site:
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Ok, I know I'm so old I yell at modern Trek fans to get off my lawn, but wow.....pee yuuu!
They can yell and scream this is Prime timeline all they want. This clearly was inspired more by JJTrek than anything else.
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Am I the only one who didn't care for the title sequence either? I mean, as much as people hated on "ENTERPRISE"'s opening credits, they were, IMHO, light years ahead of this one. The music, while it attempts to hook people in with Alexander Courage's four familiar notes, seems uninspired and boring. The images---whoop-tee-doo; fancy computer-generated animatics and schematics of the ship, a phaser, a spacesuit, a communicator and big, weird flowery thing? Nope, doesn't work for me. At all. Man, this show makes me REALLY glad that THE ORVILLE is on FOX and FREE!sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.Comment
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I did not even realize it was on last night. after reading the comments I don't even care that I missed itComment
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Am I the only one who didn't care for the title sequence either? I mean, as much as people hated on "ENTERPRISE"'s opening credits, they were, IMHO, light years ahead of this one. The music, while it attempts to hook people in with Alexander Courage's four familiar notes, seems uninspired and boring. The images---whoop-tee-doo; fancy computer-generated animatics and schematics of the ship, a phaser, a spacesuit, a communicator and big, weird flowery thing? Nope, doesn't work for me. At all. Man, this show makes me REALLY glad that THE ORVILLE is on FOX and FREE!Comment
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Am I the only one who didn't care for the title sequence either? I mean, as much as people hated on "ENTERPRISE"'s opening credits, they were, IMHO, light years ahead of this one. The music, while it attempts to hook people in with Alexander Courage's four familiar notes, seems uninspired and boring. The images---whoop-tee-doo; fancy computer-generated animatics and schematics of the ship, a phaser, a spacesuit, a communicator and big, weird flowery thing? Nope, doesn't work for me. At all. Man, this show makes me REALLY glad that THE ORVILLE is on FOX and FREE!Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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I hate to be contrary, but I enjoyed the pilot. I'm old school Trek and all, but I think this worked. The characters were unique enough to be interesting, it invoked traditional Trek without just offering the same old episodes. TNG was terrible its first year or two, this is well ahead of that. 1960's sets and what they could do for technology back then would look ridiculous now. It's not flawless, some of the dialog was eye rolling Lucas-bad, but I'm optimistic.
So I'll pay the $6 per month and ***** about it, but I think it's going to be a good show.Comment
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I recorded it and watched it as well. Did the Klingons have to show up in the first episode? Did they have to be yet another version of Klingon? I can't say anything really grabbed me, the dialog was sluggish I felt, and that didn't match the breakneck speed they were trying to get to the action.
If it was going to be on CBS tv for free I'd probably keep the series recording, but there's no way I'd pay to watch it(I don't watch much broadcast TV and the CBS lineup isn't worth it for me) so I deleted the recording.Comment
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I watched the 2nd ep via YT (one of those screen in screen deals, not ideal but I'm good with it ), and I was no more impressed than I was with the first. Just felt like a mess. "We Klingons have to band together and fight the Federation to protect our purity and individuality!!"
Um, what?
The whole sudden Burnham mutiny was just preposterous. And I'm not even close to warming to the character.Last edited by Sideshow Spock; Sep 25, '17, 10:00 AM.Comment
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While reading reviews here and online I can't help but think of an old Chris Farley Tommy Boy quote with a few replaced words...
If you want me to take a sh_t in a box and call it Star Trek - I can do that, I have the time --- but if you want a quality product watch the OrvilleComment
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