Just finished Discovery (which was my first the first Star Trek media I really watched)
Just wanted to share my thoughts and feelings after finishing Discovery.
I had never watched anything Star Trek before Discovery. Of course I have heard a lot about Star Trek and know the most important characters (like Spock and Picard) and ships (like the Enterprise). So even though I didn't have a real connection to the previous installments of Star Trek I still thought it was cool when we saw Spock and some of his original footage in Discovery.
I started watching Discovery when it was out on Netflix and watched until season 3, after which it was streamed on another platform and I stopped. Only recently I got to watch it in its entirety and of course I started from season 1 episode 1.
I don't really know why but I feel like seasons 1 and 2 and partly 3 were peak for this show. After the time jump the show just felt so empty to me. I liked the characters pre time travel and never managed to get the same feeling for the characters from the future. Also the storylines from seasons 3, 4 and 5 just felt generic and the episodes started feeling repetitive. The first two seasons on the other hand were more exciting, more intriguing and I felt like they legitimately wanted to develop the characters into something.
I think the biggest disappointment for me is how Burnham developed. She seemed to have completely renounced her Vulcan upbringing and instead of being half Vulcan and half human she progressed to become fully human. This for me was very apparent the moment she started making "Marvel like jokes" in high stakes situations, which was so out of character for her. Looking back, season 1 and 2 Burnham was really the best version of her.
I think the character development I liked most and where I felt like the show writers did a good job was Saru's. His plot line and ending felt thought out.
What do you guys think? Did any of you have the same feeling about seasons 3, 4 and 5?