DSC has never known what it wants to be, and every season feels like a soft reboot. I’ve liked all of them enough to watch, but I just don’t love it.
PIC S1 was kind of okay, but fell short of what it could have been, and sort of failed by raising the stakes too high in what should have been partly comfort viewing. PIC S2 is the height of “We all hate this; tread water with a time travel story you can film in LA.” It’s worse than anything so far. PIC S3 is better but it’s a lot of gratuitous fan service that feels fun but unearned. There are some good bones for expanding the property, but they need to let Sir Patrick ride off into the sunset and be very selective about which other legacy characters get their own projects.
LD grows beyond the initial elevator pitch by the end of S1, and with the level-set that it’s always a bit on the lighter side, it really does come into its own with characters you root for. Very worthwhile if animation doesn’t immediately take you out of your sense of immersion. SNW is the one that comes closest to hitting the ground running and feels kind of specifically like Paramount listened to the criticisms of the earlier shows without completely throwing out more modern sensibilities and storytelling.
Honorable mention to Prodigy, which is not trying to be anything other than a kids show, but it knows it’s Star Trek, too.
Thanks for the descriptions :3 Maybe I’ll get around to re-peeking at DSC, and having a look at some PIC and SNW and maybe even PRO! … Some day. Eventually <.<; 🤷
Kinda morbidly curious about PIC S2, now. Now I’ve got this itch like “How bad could it really be?” 😅
DSC has never known what it wants to be, and every season feels like a soft reboot. I’ve liked all of them enough to watch, but I just don’t love it.
PIC S1 was kind of okay, but fell short of what it could have been, and sort of failed by raising the stakes too high in what should have been partly comfort viewing. PIC S2 is the height of “We all hate this; tread water with a time travel story you can film in LA.” It’s worse than anything so far. PIC S3 is better but it’s a lot of gratuitous fan service that feels fun but unearned. There are some good bones for expanding the property, but they need to let Sir Patrick ride off into the sunset and be very selective about which other legacy characters get their own projects.
LD grows beyond the initial elevator pitch by the end of S1, and with the level-set that it’s always a bit on the lighter side, it really does come into its own with characters you root for. Very worthwhile if animation doesn’t immediately take you out of your sense of immersion. SNW is the one that comes closest to hitting the ground running and feels kind of specifically like Paramount listened to the criticisms of the earlier shows without completely throwing out more modern sensibilities and storytelling.
Honorable mention to Prodigy, which is not trying to be anything other than a kids show, but it knows it’s Star Trek, too.
Thanks for the descriptions :3 Maybe I’ll get around to re-peeking at DSC, and having a look at some PIC and SNW and maybe even PRO! … Some day. Eventually <.<; 🤷
Kinda morbidly curious about PIC S2, now. Now I’ve got this itch like “How bad could it really be?” 😅