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Post by movieliker on Mar 23, 2018 4:30:15 GMT
You have to watch the last episode recap and the intro music and credits every episode.
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Post by movieliker on Mar 23, 2018 4:59:58 GMT
I binged it and enjoyed it. Don't remember being annoyed by the recaps or credits. I am glad you enjoyed it. You might be female. I find it very soap operary. Lots of personality interaction, emoting, and people saying, "I can't perform my mission responsibilities because of my feelings."
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jul 5, 2018 11:27:10 GMT
It was designed to be more serialized (or "soapy"). It seems to be the trend in most TV dramas now.
Personally, I love the opening and have sat through the credits each time, but I'm just geeky that way.
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Post by movieliker on Jul 9, 2018 8:34:56 GMT
It was designed to be more serialized (or "soapy"). It seems to be the trend in most TV dramas now. Personally, I love the opening and have sat through the credits each time, but I'm just geeky that way. On Netflix, they let you skip the opening introduction and credits. No reason to watch and listen to over and over if you are binge watching episode after episode.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2018 12:12:25 GMT
I am down to the last episode of the first season and I have almost no enthusiasm to complete it, it has become so ridiculous.
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Post by movieliker on Jul 10, 2018 15:17:03 GMT
I am down to the last episode of the first season and I have almost no enthusiasm to complete it, it has become so ridiculous. It is too soap opera-y. Too much relationships and feelings. Not enough technology, action, and space stuff. The other Star Treks got their drama from life and death challenges. And social and political metaphor. Most of the drama in Discovery comes from relationships and feelings.
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Post by Jayman on Jul 20, 2018 20:04:01 GMT
The reaction to this series is so mixed. I have not watched it yet
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 19:39:44 GMT
The reaction to this series is so mixed. I have not watched it yet Spare yourself some pain, and skip it.
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Post by Jayman on Aug 14, 2018 20:01:01 GMT
The reaction to this series is so mixed. I have not watched it yet Spare yourself some pain, and skip it. These types of shows these days tend to go heavy on pushing political agendas and that is a major turnoff for me so I tend to not watch newer shows
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 20:03:53 GMT
Well Star Trek was invented specifically for pushing political agendas and has done so consistently for over 50 years, so that would not really be a valid criticism of Discovery. Though by all means, if you don't like that then Trek isn't the show for you and never was.
Discovery is terrible because it's a betrayal of its own franchise, because the acting, the characters, the design aesthetic, the effects, the stories, and basically everything else about it suck balls. The politics is fine.
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Post by Jayman on Aug 14, 2018 20:07:53 GMT
Well Star Trek was invented specifically for pushing political agendas and has done so consistently for over 50 years, so that would not really be a valid criticism of Discovery. Though by all means, if you don't like that then Trek isn't the show for you and never was. Discovery is terrible because it's a betrayal of its own franchise, because the acting, the characters, the design aesthetic, the effects, the stories, and basically everything else about it suck balls. The politics is fine. I'm not talking about TOS or TNG. That was very mild in the way they portrayed their message. We both know shows have gotten a thousand times more heavy handed with pushing politics in the last few years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 20:40:05 GMT
Well Star Trek was invented specifically for pushing political agendas and has done so consistently for over 50 years, so that would not really be a valid criticism of Discovery. Though by all means, if you don't like that then Trek isn't the show for you and never was. Discovery is terrible because it's a betrayal of its own franchise, because the acting, the characters, the design aesthetic, the effects, the stories, and basically everything else about it suck balls. The politics is fine. I'm not talking about TOS or TNG. That was very mild in the way they portrayed their message. We both know shows have gotten a thousand times more heavy handed with pushing politics in the last few years. No, I don't know that at all. TOS and TNG had some of the most heavy-handed political messaging I've ever seen. Certainly more so than Discovery. Consider this example from TNG : Nothing in Discovery is so heavy handed. Or perhaps you refer to the show in a meta sense, for example the casting? All those women and non-white people? TOS cast half the actors on those show for those kinds of reasons - Uhura was there specifically as a rejection of racist attitudes in the US at the time. Sulu and later Chekov were specifically cast to reflect "enemies becoming allies" in a US that was still feeling the effects of WWII and was deep into the cold war. Every show since has made a point of casting an ethnically diverse set of actors. Discovery crowing about a black female lead is just more of the exact same thing they've done since the show was created. And for Pete's sake, you have me defending Discovery. I feel like I need to throw up.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 14, 2018 20:46:11 GMT
It was designed to be more serialized (or "soapy"). It seems to be the trend in most TV dramas now. Personally, I love the opening and have sat through the credits each time, but I'm just geeky that way. Unfortunately true. It doesn't always suck when shows are serialized but often it does. Also, serialized shows seem to go downhill a lot faster than procedurals. As for Discovery, I have not watched it because I refuse to pay for CBS all access. I am looking forward to season 2 of The Orville.
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Post by Jayman on Aug 14, 2018 20:46:29 GMT
I'm not talking about TOS or TNG. That was very mild in the way they portrayed their message. We both know shows have gotten a thousand times more heavy handed with pushing politics in the last few years. No, I don't know that at all. TOS and TNG had some of the most heavy-handed political messaging I've ever seen. Certainly more so than Discovery. Consider this example from TNG : Nothing in Discovery is so heavy handed. Or perhaps you refer to the show in a meta sense, for example the casting? All those women and non-white people? TOS cast half the actors on those show for those kinds of reasons - Uhura was there specifically as a rejection of racist attitudes in the US at the time. Sulu and later Chekov were specifically cast to reflect "enemies becoming allies" in a US that was still feeling the effects of WWII and was deep into the cold war. Every show since has made a point of casting an ethnically diverse set of actors. Discovery crowing about a black female lead is just more of the exact same thing they've done since the show was created. And for Pete's sake, you have me defending Discovery. I feel like I need to throw up. I don't know anything about Discovery. Only what you told me. I'm just pointing out what my issues are with some of the new shows today and what I've heard from a few others that talked about the show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 20:51:44 GMT
I don't know anything about Discovery. Only what you told me. I'm just pointing out what my issues are with some of the new shows today and what I've heard from a few others that talked about the show. And as I say, if shows whose episodes are politically shaped are not your thing, then that's perfectly fine. And if so, then Star Trek is really not the show for you - and it never has been.
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Post by Jayman on Aug 14, 2018 20:59:27 GMT
I don't know anything about Discovery. Only what you told me. I'm just pointing out what my issues are with some of the new shows today and what I've heard from a few others that talked about the show. And as I say, if shows whose episodes are politically shaped are not your thing, then that's perfectly fine. And if so, then Star Trek is really not the show for you - and it never has been. Oh it has been. I've watched every series except this one. I've been a star trek fan for 40 years
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 21:06:20 GMT
Well that makes no sense to me, but then there's no reason it has to.
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Post by Jayman on Aug 14, 2018 21:22:45 GMT
Well that makes no sense to me, but then there's no reason it has to. I like your avatar
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 21:39:34 GMT
Well that makes no sense to me, but then there's no reason it has to. I like your avatar Thank you, Blinkie likes you too!
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Post by darkpast on Aug 15, 2018 4:37:37 GMT
You have to watch the last episode recap and the intro music and credits every episode. that's the way it should be, if not than something is wrong. Difference between weekly episode and all at once season.
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