u/McCinnabuns

I finally got to the streaming/Kurtzman era in my watch-all-Trek journey. And so far I’ve mostly liked or loved aspects of every Trek series.

Until now.

I am having a hard time with Discovery. The character introduction is so abrupt. The action is nonstop. Everything is so overstimulating. The characters are so unlikeable— ESPECIALLY Burnham.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but for once the complaints I’ve heard about a series seem to be completely true. I was initially worried because I heard she cried a lot and I thought that was the main issue.

But it’s not. She’s just. Such a poorly-written character.

She’s Sarek’s adopted child who’s smarter than all the Vulcans in her class. She’s got absurd plot armor. She’s not even Vulcan-awkward mean… She’s just.. mean. Tilly is the friendliest (albeit awkward af) character and she’s so rude to her.

Visually the show is great. But why are Klingons so weird looking? Why does half the cast not seem to have any redeeming qualities? And if they do they need to show that first so you don’t immediately hate a character upon introduction.

I don’t know. It kinda feels like Discovery is a roller coaster where you start with a drop right after getting strapped in. I wasn’t eased into the characters. It was just: WOW LOOK AT HER SHE’S AMAZING TRUST SHE’S SO DEEP YOU’LL LEARN LATER. Lorca sucks but it’s hard to hate him when you feel like the people who you’re supposed to like also suck.

Just wanted to rant a little. Just finished the episode where Mudd was doing timey-wimey stuff and so far that was the best episode. This is going to take a lot of getting used to.