ardast
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Any lifelong fan of this franchise can see through the crap with this one. Sorry to say, but this is not Star Trek, period. This is nothing but a fancy run-of-the-mill, visual eye-candy show specifically designed to milk your hard earned money.
That's it, isn't it for CBS? They don't care about the vision and the legacy of Mr. Roddenberry, the standards and the parameters set by the previous beloved, iconic shows. They just wanted the movie crowd from the stupid "abramsverse" to come on board and click subscribe on their absurd "all access" service.
This is not a show made for us lifelong Star Trek fans. It is nothing but a "GoTesque" spin of a space action series. While Star Trek was a space opera, Discovery is a half-witted attempt to copy what other shows are about, while trying to profit on their popularity. I can clearly see now greedy people in suits sat one day in one of those fancy board rooms and said: How about we make Game of Thrones in space, with the J.J Abrams lens flares and the violence of The Walking Dead? Wouldn't that be wonderful?
You can see that in the first 30 minutes of the show when Burnham urges the captain to attack the Klingons. Can you imagine any of the previous Starship Captains using violence as the first resort? As you can see the Star Trek history, legacy and everything we love is shattered in the first half hour of the show along with the prime directive.
Don't get me started on the "dark" visuals of the whole show? How is that in line with the hope for all humanity and the bright future of our civilization as the backbone of Mr. Roddenberry's vision? The atmosphere is so dark and the camera angles are so weird that even after two episodes we don't know how the bridge actually looks like on the new (old) ships.
Then, the writing comes along. It is so dull, uninspiring and bad that it can surely fit a high school sci-fi story of the month contest. Everything has to be explained to the viewer with lines like "you've served under me for seven years," or "they said "hello" in a language the Klingons understood". So the idea is to treat us – the viewers like brainless, popcorn eating zombies who can't figure things out for themselves. What a disgrace and insult to our intelligence because Star Trek used to be a show for people who sought meaning in things. For people who wanted to reevaluate their moral compasses, their views and to be challenged with new ideas and concepts. Perceptions brilliantly presented to us through meaningful writing and awesome characters inhabited by actors who knew what the show was about.
To sum it up:
This show has nothing, ZERO of the vibe, the standards and the parameters set by Mr. Roddenbery back in 1966. They (the execs and the suits) never cared about the message and the idea as the core of the Star Trek vision, nor did they care for the lifelong appreciation and the support of the franchise by us – the fans.
The soul of Star Trek is now lost in the depths of messy mixture of greed, conformity and lack of vision and I don't know if it ever will be "discovered" again (although I still hope).
That's it, isn't it for CBS? They don't care about the vision and the legacy of Mr. Roddenberry, the standards and the parameters set by the previous beloved, iconic shows. They just wanted the movie crowd from the stupid "abramsverse" to come on board and click subscribe on their absurd "all access" service.
This is not a show made for us lifelong Star Trek fans. It is nothing but a "GoTesque" spin of a space action series. While Star Trek was a space opera, Discovery is a half-witted attempt to copy what other shows are about, while trying to profit on their popularity. I can clearly see now greedy people in suits sat one day in one of those fancy board rooms and said: How about we make Game of Thrones in space, with the J.J Abrams lens flares and the violence of The Walking Dead? Wouldn't that be wonderful?
You can see that in the first 30 minutes of the show when Burnham urges the captain to attack the Klingons. Can you imagine any of the previous Starship Captains using violence as the first resort? As you can see the Star Trek history, legacy and everything we love is shattered in the first half hour of the show along with the prime directive.
Don't get me started on the "dark" visuals of the whole show? How is that in line with the hope for all humanity and the bright future of our civilization as the backbone of Mr. Roddenberry's vision? The atmosphere is so dark and the camera angles are so weird that even after two episodes we don't know how the bridge actually looks like on the new (old) ships.
Then, the writing comes along. It is so dull, uninspiring and bad that it can surely fit a high school sci-fi story of the month contest. Everything has to be explained to the viewer with lines like "you've served under me for seven years," or "they said "hello" in a language the Klingons understood". So the idea is to treat us – the viewers like brainless, popcorn eating zombies who can't figure things out for themselves. What a disgrace and insult to our intelligence because Star Trek used to be a show for people who sought meaning in things. For people who wanted to reevaluate their moral compasses, their views and to be challenged with new ideas and concepts. Perceptions brilliantly presented to us through meaningful writing and awesome characters inhabited by actors who knew what the show was about.
To sum it up:
This show has nothing, ZERO of the vibe, the standards and the parameters set by Mr. Roddenbery back in 1966. They (the execs and the suits) never cared about the message and the idea as the core of the Star Trek vision, nor did they care for the lifelong appreciation and the support of the franchise by us – the fans.
The soul of Star Trek is now lost in the depths of messy mixture of greed, conformity and lack of vision and I don't know if it ever will be "discovered" again (although I still hope).
Where do I begin? As a lifelong Star Trek fan I had an uneasy feeling while watching this movie. I could not shake the sense that I was just looking at another mediocre summer popcorn flick; an experience that would evaporate from my brain just hours after I leave the theater.
I remember sitting in the cinema with my head low embarrassed by the movie, although I wanted it to prove me wrong ever since I saw the "Beastie Boys" trailer back in 2015. Instead, it dragged along with that "proven" Hollywood formula of what a summer hit should look like. Constricted by its own creative limitations I was looking at a product that was not a science fiction in its core, but a creation that had only one intention since its birth: to milk as much money as possible.
Star Trek Beyond was so devoid of the primordial concepts set up by Mr. Gene Roddenberry that it contributed to the confused identity of the picture. The plot of the movie is so "light" in its essence that it lacks the moral dilemmas, the exploration (inner and outer) and the development usually present in the Star Trek universe. There was neither message nor any character evolution and we did not learn more about anything really. Instead of Kirk, Spock and Scotty you could stick just any name over the protagonists and nobody would have noticed. The story was atrocious and full with plot holes patched up by unnecessary although flashy looking CGI.
Star Trek Beyond also has one of the weakest villains in its history. It was definitely not the actors fault and such a shame to waste the opportunity of having a strong artist like Idris Elba. It was the fault of the writer and the director who missed the opportunity to take Star Trek back on its track. Instead they created a cute flick full with needless CGI scenes, explosions and dialogue written for "dumb" audiences. Everything had to be explained to the viewers, nothing was left to the imagination. There was nothing to debate with your friends after the movie or something to stir your imagination or to push you to prod its meaning. Nothing like that at all, everything was given on a run-of-the-mill plate for the audience to consume in a shortest possible time frame.
The movie had its moments, so not everything was complete rubbish. I liked the character of Jaylah and some of the humor, but that was it. Some of the scenes were of course visually impressive though sometimes things would fly around too much and contaminate the image. Of course this movie was done by people, who know their job, but I am not pondering the execution and the skill of the artists, I am merely concerned about the soul of this thing we love so much.
This thing we used to know of as Star Trek.
I remember sitting in the cinema with my head low embarrassed by the movie, although I wanted it to prove me wrong ever since I saw the "Beastie Boys" trailer back in 2015. Instead, it dragged along with that "proven" Hollywood formula of what a summer hit should look like. Constricted by its own creative limitations I was looking at a product that was not a science fiction in its core, but a creation that had only one intention since its birth: to milk as much money as possible.
Star Trek Beyond was so devoid of the primordial concepts set up by Mr. Gene Roddenberry that it contributed to the confused identity of the picture. The plot of the movie is so "light" in its essence that it lacks the moral dilemmas, the exploration (inner and outer) and the development usually present in the Star Trek universe. There was neither message nor any character evolution and we did not learn more about anything really. Instead of Kirk, Spock and Scotty you could stick just any name over the protagonists and nobody would have noticed. The story was atrocious and full with plot holes patched up by unnecessary although flashy looking CGI.
Star Trek Beyond also has one of the weakest villains in its history. It was definitely not the actors fault and such a shame to waste the opportunity of having a strong artist like Idris Elba. It was the fault of the writer and the director who missed the opportunity to take Star Trek back on its track. Instead they created a cute flick full with needless CGI scenes, explosions and dialogue written for "dumb" audiences. Everything had to be explained to the viewers, nothing was left to the imagination. There was nothing to debate with your friends after the movie or something to stir your imagination or to push you to prod its meaning. Nothing like that at all, everything was given on a run-of-the-mill plate for the audience to consume in a shortest possible time frame.
The movie had its moments, so not everything was complete rubbish. I liked the character of Jaylah and some of the humor, but that was it. Some of the scenes were of course visually impressive though sometimes things would fly around too much and contaminate the image. Of course this movie was done by people, who know their job, but I am not pondering the execution and the skill of the artists, I am merely concerned about the soul of this thing we love so much.
This thing we used to know of as Star Trek.