|
I know people in real life who watch it and like it
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 16:11
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 06:07 |
|
|
Yeah my boss and a few of my good friends watch it, and they’re a mix of casuals and hardcore trek nerds Opinions vary across the board, but they watch it
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 16:29
|
|
|
The people I know IRL who watch it are mostly not Trek nerds at all, with the exception of FCA. I will probably never watch the first season for reasons he warned me about but the second one looks pretty good from what I've heard.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 16:55
|
|
|
8one6 posted:The only other place I see STD talked about in the wild is on my friends Facebook page where he makes fun of the people bitching about the show. We'll never really know what the numbers are like but I bet they're not great since they shat themselves and made everything about Spock I know two people personally that like STD but one is severely mentally ill and the other is deeply nihlistic so lmao
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:01
|
|
|
wooow, leaning on Spock? that is just crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ6OR6PMvoU
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:13
|
|
|
Pick posted:wooow, leaning on Spock? that is just crazy Nice. I remember that promo.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:16
|
|
|
My family who enjoys Star Trek tried to watch Discovery but gave up and won't try any more because according to them everyone was a jerk and nobody was likeable and there wasn't even a tiny bit of fun.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:18
|
|
|
There's a difference between doing a two parter multiple seasons into your show after you've established your own characters and setting, and quickly sweeping as much of your first season under the rug as possible in your finale so you can get to the Big Nerd Reference as a hook for the next year poo poo reeks
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:20
|
|
|
Literally one of our admins said her favorite thing about Discovery is that they're exploring Spock's family more I thought of you turds 
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:22
|
|
|
Discovery: where we boldly go (and retcon the poo poo out of) literally the most previously explored and fleshed-out places in the entire fictional universe.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:24
|
|
|
Counterpoint: Discovery Spock is rad.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:24
|
|
|
I loved that brain scanner device with the floating orbs. Yes! More of that weird poo poo please.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:30
|
|
|
Tighclops posted:We'll never really know what the numbers are like but I bet they're not great since they shat themselves and made everything about Spock So they're Star Trek fans.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:39
|
|
|
Disco Spock is much better than Quinto Spock but he's stuck in a bad show. STD isn't irredeemable by any means but it's basically been clumsily doing major surgery on itself virtually from the moment it began (not without cause) and the result is some kind of loving wacked out gigabudget Frankenstein's monster of a show that has absolutely none of the appeal of 90s Trek and only sporadically any appeal at all.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:49
|
|
|
skasion posted:Disco Spock is much better than Quinto Spock but he's stuck in a bad show. STD isn't irredeemable by any means but it's basically been clumsily doing major surgery on itself virtually from the moment it began (not without cause) and the result is some kind of loving wacked out gigabudget Frankenstein's monster of a show that has absolutely none of the appeal of 90s Trek and only sporadically any appeal at all. so better than voyager and enterprise, worse than tos, tng, and ds9. seems to be what I hear.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:54
|
|
|
It's pretty illogical to have a beard
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:54
|
|
|
Pick posted:so better than voyager and enterprise, worse than tos, tng, and ds9. seems to be what I hear. Imagine a bad episode of Voyager stretched out over a whole season, and also you swallowed a lot of expired cough medicine, that's basically the STD experience. I think that makes it worse than the worst of 90s trek.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:57
|
|
|
Yeah look at least Voyager had Mulgrew and Picardo.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 17:59
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:It's pretty illogical to have a beard It's actually illogical to continually shave something that will grow regardless. Either get those pores deactivated or go Full Vulcan Mountain Man. See also Spock's disgusting long-rear end nails.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:02
|
|
|
MikeJF posted:Yeah look at least Voyager had Mulgrew and Picardo. Don't get me wrong STD has a lot of talented actors and actresses too, most of the problems are from a writing and production standpoint but aside from maybe Doug Jones there's nobody in the show who really stands out
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:04
|
|
|
is it as gay as "Tapestry"?
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:07
|
|
|
Pick posted:wooow, leaning on Spock? that is just crazy This rules.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:07
|
|
|
Tighclops posted:Don't get me wrong STD has a lot of talented actors and actresses too, most of the problems are from a writing and production standpoint but aside from maybe Doug Jones there's nobody in the show who really stands out I mean, Tilly and Pike at the very least.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:09
|
|
|
Pick posted:is it as gay as "Tapestry"? Objectively gayer
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:19
|
|
|
skasion posted:Objectively gayer Gayer than “Chimera”?
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:25
|
|
|
skasion posted:Objectively gayer woah better calibrate your sensors skasion, your readings seem highly improbable
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:26
|
|
|
Drone posted:"People I know aren't talking about it" is a spectacularly bad barometer for how well a show is doing. I know literally zero people who watched Big Bang Theory (including myself) and welp. I know, that's why I want some numbers. I work for a big TV company in the UK so I talk to LOADS of people about that sort of thing though, it's not like it's only a few.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:29
|
|
|
Quantum Gaydar
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 18:56
|
|
|
Season two Disco is about on par with a decent TNG season, except that decent TNG season also took a bunch of psychedelics.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 19:00
|
|
|
i liked DISCO 1 but i was not watching a lot of telly then. having since binged DS9, DISCO 1 would probably not hold up but i am currently quite enjoying DISCO 2 though there was one episode this season everybody here seemed to quite like but i could not get into due to the lovely dialog. i also did not mind the lord of the rings orc klingon episode which was not well received. what i am saying is that i have no taste and my recommendation means nothing
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 19:26
|
|
|
HD DAD posted:Season two Disco is about on par with a decent TNG season, except that decent TNG season also took a bunch of psychedelics. Decent is doing a lot of lifting in this claim. I could agree that the best episodes of Disco are as good as an average episode from one of the less good bookending TNG seasons, but there are individual episodes of TNG even in the Bad Seasons that outshine anything Disco has done thus far. I guess what I'm saying is thus far both the average and the peaks go to TNG (or DS9) over Disco, even though Disco does have peaks
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 19:39
|
|
|
skasion posted:Disco Spock is much better than Quinto Spock This is not a terribly high bar to clear.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 19:47
|
|
|
The Bloop posted:Decent is doing a lot of lifting in this claim. It's like a good episode of Doctor Who. It just doesn't feel comparable to TNG/DS9, they're absolutely different genres to me.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:01
|
|
|
Taear posted:It's like a good episode of Doctor Who. Yeah generally, but I think the difference is that, at least on some level, Disco is trying to be compared to Trek, not Dr Who. And sometimes it actually comes close. I wish there was more than a half hearted "Feds R Good" speech once in a while, though. SHOW US. It's not called a "TV tell"
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:17
|
|
|
lol but seriously I posted:i liked DISCO 1 but i was not watching a lot of telly then. Tilly, it's spelled Tilly.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:21
|
|
|
The Bloop posted:Yeah generally, but I think the difference is that, at least on some level, Disco is trying to be compared to Trek, not Dr Who. They might get close but they'll never do more than pay lip service to the kinds of ideals the previous shows would at least aspire to lest the writers offend or frighten their bosses
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:23
|
|
|
So my wife now really likes Star Trek after we went through a curated Original Series viewing and we are currently going through the best of the movies. I'm going to start watching Next Gen with her, but need a bit some help coming up with a sort of definitive 20 or so episodes to watch. Any recommendations or fan lists would be welcome.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:31
|
|
|
Timeless Appeal posted:So my wife now really likes Star Trek after we went through a curated Original Series viewing and we are currently going through the best of the movies. Just watch it all or the good stuff won't mean as much. And if you skip season 1 you won't understand why people hate Wesley.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:37
|
|
|
Best-of lists are lame, just watch all of it and if an episode is boring you, browse Facebook or something.
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:40
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 06:07 |
|
|
Yeah it might sound counterintuitive but if I had to make a 20 episode run of TNG or DS9 I would likely leave out the very best episodes (and I mean make you tear up even after a dozen viewings good) because they wouldn't be meaningful without having been earned. I understand 7 seasons is a lot, but I hate tiny lists like that. It works for TOS, but eeeh
|
|
#
?
Mar 16, 2019 20:44
|
|