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Little to no character development. Most of the characters are already fully developed and the only one with room to develop in character is Jiwoo/Hyejin. Every other character has already developed offscreen in the past. Examples of this are the majority of the main characters. Pildo is Jiwoo's partner in the Narcotics unit and he's a fully developed character already. He's a pretty generic cop superior/antagonistic protagonist. He's experienced and often butt heads with Jiwoo because there are sides of her that's shady but he is a good cop.

Cha and Choi Mujin are the most interesting characters imo and to no surprise, they are very important links to finding the answers Jiwoo is looking for. Both of these characters also don't really go through much character development.

Basically this show doesn't try to do anything special and is aware of what purpose it's serving. It is an action flick with a dark undertone. You're going to see some cringe scenes in which the main character is going to take on several men at the same time. They will inflict knife wounds on her which she will basically walk off the pain while some of the characters she dispatches will take one tiny knife slash or tiny hit to the leg and be incapacitated as unrealistically as WWE athletes struggling on the floor for several minutes after a strike.

However, there are also amazing scenes like when Mujin trains with Jiwoo at the gym on fighting and when Jiwoo shows the Narcotics unit how capable she is when she's told to bring Mango out and the scenes are entertaining; these scenes aren't anything unpredictable but they are done in a single shot with a continuous action sequence meaning the whole shot had to be taken each time they messed up. Don't expect a masterpiece; this is a good solid show that you can binge and will most likely enjoy as a slower paced action flick. If you're expecting Squid Game level of writing and character development/foreshadowing, this is not the show. My Name doesn't try to do anything clever like that; it is upfront about what it brings to the table and does a good job at it.

It's not what I expected. If you're here looking for the TOS or TNG experience, you're going to be disappointed. Instead look at this as a standalone.

The Star Wars with Star Trek universe is a bad analogy. This is without a doubt Star Trek. However it plays outside the boundaries of the Star Trek we are used to. It will be flashy, it will look awe-inspiring. The acting ALL AROUND is pretty good. Do I like the characters? I certainly liked the Captain for one. I'm not sure how I feel about Michael. She definitely reminds me of a mix between Ryker and Nerys; she's overconfident and is jumping at the chance to prove herself while at the same time may resort to extreme measures to protect people she cares about.

Unlike the exploration or the enforcement of morals, here we see a rather trigger-happy reaction. It's to be expected. It's how the Vulcan's dealt with them. The whole point here is that you act accordingly to the culture you are making contact with. If you offend their culture, they might very well resort to war. To the Klingons of this title, the statement "We come in peace" is just poison. Like witches word. This sentiment is reflected in MANY interpretations of Star Trek, both canon and fanfic. Even Axanar took that approach and that was a fan project/side scam.

The fact stands if you want what old school Star Trek has to offer, you should watch Orville. Orville is the perfect embodiment in spirit of old Star Trek. But this new Star Trek IS amazing and good.

You have to review the title from an objective standpoint where NEWVIEWERS completely new to Star Trek can watch and enjoy as well. I see a lot of people writing reviews because it didn't live up to what they had anticipated or was different from what they had expected which is pretty biased/lame/childish. The first two episodes were good enough to be movies and were way better than JJ Trek. You might identify this more with JJ Trek because of how the graphics look but make no mistake this isn't some just mindless flash and action. There's some serious dialogue in the script that makes this all too familiar with Star Trek's stance on approaching social issues. Also there aren't that many GOOD sci-fi's out. This definitely will be among the better ones airing currently. I might like Orville better but I will still watch this to get my Star Trek/sci fi fix. It's either that and Dark Matter and I love Dark Matter but there's too much ridiculousness there.

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.