05-14-2021, 11:00 PM
Binged those last 3. They were all tightly connected, like the Disco movie, and it closed up the story arcs launched for S3. It's big - once again, the entire galaxy is in jeopardy and the crew risks everything. And many of the deus ex machina resolutions were absurd. The writers clearly thought we'd be dazzled by the bombastic special effects to notice that. And we almost were.
The ultimate reason for the burn was kinda dumb. It almost worked - I can see where the writers wanted to go with it, but it fell short. There were huge dangling bits regarding narrow escapes and such, but okay, whatev. The one that bugged me the most was the Disco turbolift revelation - that made no sense at all. Why would the turbolifts have that much empty space in Disco? That was totally unacceptable. I can tolerate some of the others, like healing a knife wound with a phaser and the spore drive hack, but the turbolift scene was very upsetting. That could've been resolved in so many other ways.
There was a good excuse for Saru not to be in makeup, which was good for that actor because Doug Jones is an oddly shaped human and has played so many iconic roles but always in makeup, akin to Serkis in a way. It was good to see his face. Sonequa is a painful over actor but that's a good fit for Trek.
It put Disco in a new place once again. From a story in between Enterprise and TOS, it has jumped to be the most futuristic of all the series so far, with an entirely new take on the Federation (which means yet another iteration of uniforms - yay for cosplayers). The Disco crew is so distant from the machismo of TOS crew, but it still works in it's own weird way. Despite all it's shortcomings, especially regarding those deus (and there are so many in these last three eps), I still believe in the mission. I look forward to S4.
The ultimate reason for the burn was kinda dumb. It almost worked - I can see where the writers wanted to go with it, but it fell short. There were huge dangling bits regarding narrow escapes and such, but okay, whatev. The one that bugged me the most was the Disco turbolift revelation - that made no sense at all. Why would the turbolifts have that much empty space in Disco? That was totally unacceptable. I can tolerate some of the others, like healing a knife wound with a phaser and the spore drive hack, but the turbolift scene was very upsetting. That could've been resolved in so many other ways.
There was a good excuse for Saru not to be in makeup, which was good for that actor because Doug Jones is an oddly shaped human and has played so many iconic roles but always in makeup, akin to Serkis in a way. It was good to see his face. Sonequa is a painful over actor but that's a good fit for Trek.
It put Disco in a new place once again. From a story in between Enterprise and TOS, it has jumped to be the most futuristic of all the series so far, with an entirely new take on the Federation (which means yet another iteration of uniforms - yay for cosplayers). The Disco crew is so distant from the machismo of TOS crew, but it still works in it's own weird way. Despite all it's shortcomings, especially regarding those deus (and there are so many in these last three eps), I still believe in the mission. I look forward to S4.
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