danny666

I've watched all Star Trek series multiple times and this is not Star Trek. It's very obvious the writers of this show are hijacking it and trying to make it into Disney era Star Wars and fill it with unnecessary propaganda. Story will not come first.

This show is so unwatchable and I'll just write if off as a fraud and illegitimate canon and pretend like it didn't happen and remember fondly the previous Star Trek series. And why shouldn't Star Trek die, since all the creators are dead. SO it's just corporate shills in controls of the franchise and they're hiring propagandist hacks, run the show.

This is part one of basically a two part movie. Not a lot of the 'mythology' is answered in part one, it's more about being in New York City. I'd say the animation is slightly better than the series animation. The first half of the movie is slower because it's all about getting the principles back together and getting them up to speed, so the second half is when we start to progress the story and get back to the game. When the film ends and they head back to Japan in part two.

It's part two when basically everything is answered, Takizawa's mother and how they separated, the voices behind Juiz, why Takizawa was picked for the game, the game ends,Mr. Outside, The supporter, Saki, etc. Also in part two at the END of the credits, there is one new scene that addresses an issue from the series.

I felt that way when I saw the episode in its original run and still agree when I watch it on reruns. You had the culprits totally mocking Columbo throughout the episode and treating him like he has down syndrome. And in the end you see their shock when Columbo gets them dead to rights and arrest them. You also get a realistic reaction from the arrogant preppy killers. They stillcouldn't give Columbo his props and say he just got lucky. I like the formula where there is an elaborate crime, the killer(s) totally underestimate Columbo, and then you get their realization that Columbo was totally playing the criminals. I recall in the first few episodes of the post 1989 episodes they weren't following that formula and this was the first episode that I was pleased with.