12-30-2017, 03:52 PM
I watched perhaps two-thirds of the past three seasons, skipping a few episodes that were deemed weakest. Overall I was deeply impressed. Most were very well done, and they tapped into some very real possibilities for the near future.
But good god were they disturbing! These are not the near futures I want to see. I found it hard to give a meaningful rating to any of them, so repulsed was I by their vision.
Which brings us to Season 4 and the opening episode, "USS Callister," which I watched last night.
Without saying too much about anything, this is a much wilder foray into the near future, full of holes and implausibilities and far less likely to come about, and perhaps not as relentlessly dark as past episodes have tended to be. Enjoyable for its action and adventure, but without the usual gut-punch.
Are they lightening up this season? Or are they just baiting us with a soft step through the door?
Time will tell.
But good god were they disturbing! These are not the near futures I want to see. I found it hard to give a meaningful rating to any of them, so repulsed was I by their vision.
Which brings us to Season 4 and the opening episode, "USS Callister," which I watched last night.
Without saying too much about anything, this is a much wilder foray into the near future, full of holes and implausibilities and far less likely to come about, and perhaps not as relentlessly dark as past episodes have tended to be. Enjoyable for its action and adventure, but without the usual gut-punch.
Are they lightening up this season? Or are they just baiting us with a soft step through the door?
Time will tell.