Old Wounds

It's a "love letter" to Star Trek by a mega fan. The series just gets better and better as it moves forward. Love the cast, the way the show looks and the humor.

The show is a wonderful thing to see if you're a Star Trek fan but even if your not there is enough sci-fi fun for all. The banter is on point and the story is fun. The model work on the shoe makes for a pretty ship to look at as well. If your looking for a fun show that scratches that all the right sci-fi places then this is the show for you. I can't wait to see what's next.

I'm late to the party, watching this for the first time in 2020 and I had tears rolling down my cheeks by the end of the first episode. This is so much better than the grey unwatchable sludge of Discovery and Picard. It looks like real Star Trek, is definitely sounds like real Star Trek with a fantastic evocative score, and the episodic format is like real Star Trek. The humor is great... It's Seth MacFarlane after all. But this is absolutely NOT a parody of Star Trek... it's Star Trek with likeable, funny characters acting in relatable ways. It's so well written, so well made.

It's a genuine crime that so few people have been able to see it, and that critics and networks have unfairly ganged up against it in favor of promoting the abysmal Discovery and Picard. Much love to Seth MacFarlane. Thank you so much for making this. It's one of my favorite shows of all time.

You could easelly think that this is a star trek parody but if you do you ignore much of the other qualities this new series has to offer and it would be an easy way of giving critic . The series has also good special effects , the designs are creative and original ( i loved the first scenes with the new york skyline ) and the humor so far is good What i like abouth it is it takes itself not to seriously and political correct nonsence is (thank god ) absent .

you can clearly see this series is a far better tribute to star trek than star trek discovery is , and the humor makes it a bit unique and that what makes it different than the old star trek series . I have only seen this first episode but i am positively suprised .

I never watched the original Star Treks so there's no nostalgia bias when I say I enjoyed this a lot. I would definitely choose it over the unnecessarily bland, unfun and unimaginative Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 pilot. But I think what the critics didn't get about it is that it's not meant to be a comedy or a serious drama either. That's what gives it its charming vibe, that it's a combination of the two, unlike most of what we see on TV these days.

There's a hopefulness about the future of humanity here which you don't get that much anymore. To be sure, darkness and grittiness have their place but it's nice to have a show like this that can present space travel with the excitement of a five-year-old child instead of filling it with the angst we already see in enough other shows. The CGI does a serviceable job, you can tell it doesn't have the budget of STD but it manages to do well despite that. A lot of visual details are done well, like the depiction of a futuristic Earth which it clearly revels in. The ships, the death-by-ageing and the lab on Epsilon 2 are all eye candy as well here. They don't look as realistic as what you see on higher-budget shows but that's made up for by the creativity.

One thing that really makes it tick is the relations between its characters, with sharp dialogue which is underlined by unsubtle but welcome humour. Sure, not all the jokes land. But it's hard to deny there's an upbeat vibe and a hopefulness that the future of humanity doesn't have to be all dark and gritty.

The plot itself is about what you'd expect from a first episode whose primary aim is to introduce you to the concept and the characters. It's interesting enough to keep your attention and has enough charming quirks (like the role the redwood seeds play) but it can easily be reduced to the 'crew protect powerful technology from bad people' trope. At one point there is also an escape scene that is pretty cheesy, and not in a charming way.

This consistently put a grin on my face in spite of its flaws. Looking forward to seeing the rest.