Star Trek Discovery

So we caught the last half of Star Trek Discovery.

This was written by chicks, wasn't it? It feels like it was written by chicks. There was a lot of bickering, a lot of talking back and forth between Commander Burnham and Captain Georgiou.

Aesthetically there's never been a Trek like this and Discovery breaks away from the TNG, DS9, V sterile matrix.  The ship is named Shenzhou which seems like both a reflection of the modern world (as Star Trek should be) and a blatant attempt to suck up to Beijing.

We often found the filming disjointed and pointless.

There was an encounter with Klingons. They seem to be setting up a massive galactic space signal to bring the return of the legendary emperor Khaless, which is a nice plot point. These Klingons have been redesigned and are dressed seemingly like Elizabethan Era dandies.

Overall, not as bad as the first episode or first season of TNG, and that's a good start.

Still, we're sticking with Orville.