Star Trek: Short Treks

These are mostly shorts related to the TV show, "Star Trek: Discovery". The last episode, "Children of Mars", serves as a trailer for "Star Trek: Picard".

Each short hopes to add something to the show. Discover is rather up and down with a lot of haters complaining about everything. In a way, everybody may appreciate the new era of Star Trek with smaller doses. As little stories, they are easier to take. With anthology series, one is always mixed with some episodes doing better than others. It is about half and half. I like Rainn Wilson and I find his episode fun. The production value is usually good. I give the series a passing grade.

Noticeably, you've two types of reviewer here, the 1/10 anti-Discovery trolls who spam all review sites with their "It's not James T Kirk" nonsense. (My response to these haters is 'why waste your time spamming the net with your drivel? Just DON'T watch it then!'. The other reviews tend to be true-Trek fans giving 10/10 reviews to counterbalance the haters' reviews.

To actually review the series, I would start by saying that it IS taking Star Trek in a different direction, but in one that it needed to go. Keeping the franchise alive means evolving, and the addition of Trek Shorts is part of that process. These 15minute shorts allow us a glimpse into other aspects of the characters' lives or the ship itself (Discovery). It's great to have 'filler' whilst we wait for another exciting series (season 2) and with news of new Star Trek series in production (with Sir Patrick himself) and even an animated comedy - I'm thrilled to see the franchise evolve like the Marvel world or DC world has in recent years.

The only downsides to these shorts (so far) is their length (I'm just hungry for more!) and that they feel (due to their length) a little 'rushed' in moving the storylines forward. Otherwise, looking forward to this becoming a regular intra-season feature!

A great bite-sized episode that has some wonderful character interaction, that brings some more insight into a fan favorite character. I've been watching Trek on TV since TNG originally aired, and have thoroughly enjoyed everything Discovery has put out.

Don't listen to the haters, give it a watch and decide for yourself. It might not be for everyone, but as a lifelong fan, I'm loving every second of this Trek resurgence.

Everybody says it has no bearing to the Trek storyline. I have to disagree. You have to have an open mind. I do not think ST:Discovery denigrates the Star Trek franchise, but adds its uniqueness to the storyline. With that said the shorts are just that quirky off the wall stories, read them and weep Trekkies. Stop living in the past. Enjoy the moment as I did. Like it or not, support it as a part of the trekkie family.

In fact I look foward to the next 3 installment shorts.

ST:Discovery is awesome period!

I'm not sure why the reviews of this have been so negative. Logically, it is very difficult to develop an enthralling story within such a short amount of time. At least, that's what spock would say. As a Trekkie who enjoys all the iterations, I must say I do enjoy Discovery. These shorts (of which only the first have been released) are not only compelling, but add to the overall atmosphere of the Star Trek Multiverse. For something so short, it packed a punch, and left me looking forward to the next.