The Red Angel

-Well ,i see many people are calling us,the gatekeepers like me,Nerdrotic and Doomcock,haters,so i have some things to say about wht we don't like this show.First of all,they promised us a sequel un the original timeline,and they gave us just a prequel,even they know we don't like prequels and reebots,and this show is actually just a remake,so they lied to us from the first place.Neville Paige and Glenn Hetrick the new alien's creators are too weak to can recreate the aliens made by the genious Michael Westmore,Gersha Philips' costumes are more suitable for a circus fashion show from Paris,she has no clue about what the fans want to see ,or she doesn't care,because her style is loking like a chessy space adventures collection from the 80'...hello..we had nuBSG SAAB and B5...you should google it ma'am,if you want to understand us and our evolution,the writers are obsesed by their main character and about their gay couple and they not really care about those stars from out there,and even they are saying they are fans,their work doesn't have any kind of relation with the other trek shows,Thimothy Peel choosed to make his own style of lcars,even he clearly knows how to make a Star Trek lcars,but it seems his style is more important to him than the old fans preferences.Another important thing,we really don't understand why they like to mess with the canon all the time,even if they can make stories which don't affect the continuity very easely,they can choose a post Voyager timeline,or a alternate reality (for example they can use our reality,without the Eugenic wars and WW3),and if they used a ship which can travel instantly anywhere in the universe,why they don't choose to have as antagonists the Iconians,the Kelvans or another aliens from another galaxy,instead trashing and badly recreating the same old races.Another weird thing is the fact they use too many unlikeable characters,like Lorca,mirror Georgiou,Burnham,Tilly,Stamets,Culber,the story is too simple,they only folow one character,Burnham,even they claim they like DS-9,which had @ 10 main characters,even they are not mentioned as the main characters..i could go on and on about this...so stop calling us haters,we like modernity ,we like new things ,but this series is more of a downgrade for Star Trek,not an evolution,for example, after you will watch this episode ,you should try to watch an episode from the first season of Enterprise and you will be amazed about the image quality of Enterprise without the lens flares and how cool are their uniforms and their characters ,just try to do this you will see the truth,we only only want to see real good series being made ,that is all.

This episode is probably the worst of the season. Nothing really happens and its all so predictable. They could have shown the last 5 minutes and you wouldn't have missed anything.

This ponderous episode is oh-so serious, as the secret of the Red Angel becomes better understood and everyone braces for a big climax involving self-sacrificing Burnham as the key to defeating AI interference from the future and saving sentient life in the galaxy.

The problem here begins with a maudlin funeral ceremony for the dead crew member who acted treacherously under the influence of the AI. From there on, all the characters are so solemn and earnest that the life of the show seems to have evaporated. On top of that, the segment ends in a frustrating cliffhanger. What a chore to sit through -all tension, and no release.

Just as I was getting to really enjoy this new foray into the Star Trek series universe (the first season really grew on me despite the monotone Michael Burnham) and as I was revelling in the fact that they weren't using the old 'get out of any situation free' technobabble card, they go and ruin it with, of all things, a freaking 'time crystal'. Seriously?

The Discovery crew plot to capture the Red Angel.

This is an decent episode with one or two standout moments.

The story overall is one huge information dump, interspersed with moments of emotional drama and it builds up to a fairly spectacular final sequence.

Most of the build up scenes are okay but I can see why the hardcore Trekkies would struggle with the emotion and large focus on Burnham. If you don't like the character or the constant emotional displays you will not like this episode. For me the only scenes of this nature I truly dislike are the ones with Ash Tyler as their romance has generally been quite poorly written like most couples in the franchise history. However, I find the constant, extreme negativity of some reviewers around Burnham's character to be very harsh. If you do not like the main character, stop wasting your time watching a show you do not enjoy and do something else.

Back to the review, I found the final sequence to be pretty compelling and enjoyable. It has great spectacle, reasonable suspense and a decent plot revelation. Yes, there are some plot holes and you might predict what's going to happen but who cares? For me it's all great cinematic escapism if you don't take TV shows too seriously. There is also an awkwardly comic sequence with Georgiou that is quite memorable too.

All performances are great, especially Sonequa Martin-Green who despite having too many overly melodramatic scenes to act out, she does a great job.