Battle at the Binary Stars

-Who says the new Klingons are better than the TMP Klingons clearly never saw Worf or his Klingon mates in a battle,because all that scenes are epic,even the ones with Duras Sisters from Generations are epic.The new Klingons are just some talking monuments dressed in weird circus costumes who can't make a good impression for an older trekker.One of the (BRILLIANT) new phrases 'I come in peace' is taken from a cool movie , Dark Angel/I come in peace.That movie has two wrestlers with white eyes as aliens,but they look so spectacular, like nothing from this world.This series has new Blingons..ups..Klingons,buried in tones of make up , without no reason ,because they still look like humans.I really wanted to see Georgiou as a lead character ,because i like her,she is a great captain.Probably the producers didn't wanted to reveal the real story because they were afraid about the old fans reaction to the new non-canon ship and spore drive .The Shenzhou looks amazing and i really don't understand why they wanted to go on with Discovery which looks much worse than Shenzhou .I cant stand too see a new take of Star Trek ,but i really can't stand too see any race change,so i'm disgusted to see the new producers are following Abrams foot steps,even they know this will disappoint many old fans,but hey,money talks.

This was one of those instances where going by the book of Starfleet was a BAD IDEA. In the original series, they never really get into how DIFFERENT Klingons and Romulans are from Terrans. They are ALIENS.

Which was why there was always friction, not just between Terrans and these other races, but a three way tension, Klingon against Terran against Romulan against Klingon.

So far, in this show, the Klingons are not the Lovable and ridiculous GOWRON brand. These are truly ALIENS. Not the safe kind either.

What you don't understand, can kill you, until you DO understand it.

That's what happens here. Michael understood, but being raised Vulcan makes it difficult to express immediacy to one's captain. And Georgiou was not getting it. Until the end, maybe. But then it was just more bad luck.

This is supposed to be Starfleet history. Somewhere in this story is Captain Garth. and Axenar. Which explains CBS's lawsuit, the fan film was about ready to spill Discovery's entire plot line. But we haven't gotten to Garth yet. Maybe Sovol is in this universe, hanging with Sarek. And they are both putting up with irritating humans.

But where Axanar was being assembled to tell the story in terms of the old Universe of Trek, using the designs we had been familiar with, with actors playing the people they played in the shows, this version of the story is telling the tale from the outskirts, from the Fringe Division of Trek. Why are there holes in the Discovery's Saucer Section? Oh, WAIT. You have not seen that yet. Well, you will, and then you will see why.

This is the Section 31 version of Trek History. Which does not make it bad in any way.

I thought this was marginally better than the opener, would it not have been better to have transmitted this as one feature length pilot episode?

Clearly big budget drama, they have invested lots of money into this production, I've rated it 6/10, and will openly admit I have perhaps been a little dazzled by special effects, is it style over substance again? Definitely.

T'Kuvma is an interesting character, I totally get the frustrations with the appearance, but the character is pretty strong and well acted.

Michael (Michael of all names!) I assume is going to be the central focus going forward, well acted, but the character is a little hollow to begin with, watch one episode of DS9, and compare.

One surprise in this episode, one which I had expected to come, you definitely had the sense of the baton being handed over since the very beginning.

6/10.

I was very impressed with the ship battle scene. They made phasers actually look threatening and intimidating, not just some nerdy laser that goes "PEWWW." Also the depiction of polarizing the hull plating after it's been damaged was very cool. There are few things I found to be flaws though IMO that's more just personal biases. The constant Klingon is getting pretty annoying. The problem is they talk slow. You see a sentence on the bottom. I finished reading. They're still saying the same sentence for like 10 more seconds!

I understand they're trying to be more realistic and more authentic... but then why would they translate "We come in peace" in English? Also these Klingons are also fluent in English it seems. We're able to look past that trope and just accept "Sure they're only speaking English to make it easier for us." From an artistic perspective, what they did was impressive... but it's still annoying to watch especially considering Star Trek is based on dialogue, not action.

Aside from these gripes, I found this to be pretty good episode. I'm really wondering how the story will end up. I seriously did not expect that ending. I had assumed they'd forget the incident and have Michael instated as captain of that ship.

I have watched both episodes and am ready to cast judgement. This is not Star Trek. This reminded me more of Mass Effect. It is focused on action too much, the ship is too sterile, the crew doesn't seem to want to co-operate and the bridge-crew are not what you'd expect. There's one tall alien that's afraid of everything, there's a robot and there's a cyborg. Judging by the previous Star Trek series, cyborgs, are probably not what you'd expect.

The biggest issue is that the klingons are not klingons anymore. The way they pronounce their language (and maybe their language) has changed. Their looks, well, they look more like bald romulans.

It's a shame, Star Trek has a rich lore, a diverse cast of aliens and heck, if they need more aliens, go for it. The problem here is that they just rewrite established lore in an uninteresting way. This is not Star Trek, this is not an evolution, this is just fluff.

If you want an example of what they could've done, watch Prelude to Axanar. It shows what you can do with the lore without deluding it.