tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post1957362003305799654..comments2024-02-22T02:39:50.232+00:00Comments on The Trek Collective: Review: Discovery #1 and #2 - The Vulcan Hello and Battle at the Binary StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-90673110960957977402017-09-25T19:21:43.885+01:002017-09-25T19:21:43.885+01:00Discovery is definitely much better than I thought...Discovery is definitely much better than I thought it was going to be, but that's mostly because my expectations were so low. Hopefully it can improve going forward. The only thing I really don't like, and don't expect to ever like, is the art direction. The new ship designs just... aren't very interesting. The Shenzhou is nice, but all of the other ships just look clumsily designed and poorly balanced to me. Especially the Discovery herself. Not cool.<br /><br />And the Klingons... just awful. They're generic forehead aliens now, which is something I got sick of back in TNG. Not to mention the practical problems involved with trying to get the actors to speak clearly through those ridiculous plastic teeth. That was pretty nuts.<br /><br />It looks like the actual Discovery episodes of Discovery will focus more on actual Trek themes, which leaves me hopeful. Though Mike has proven to be a pretty unlikable character so far, Saru was a treat, so I'm glad we'll be seeing more of him. I'm not sure Mike will ever be able to redeem herself after the extreme stupidity of her little betrayal here, but I suppose it's possible. With 13 episodes left to go, there's plenty of room for improvement.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756314199036780238noreply@blogger.com