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Rodpad 18 Apr 2019 08:55:43 2,997 posts
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It's twee and nice. That's why I like it. It's not trying to be edgy like ever other fantasy/sci-fi fiction show right now.

nickthegun 18 Apr 2019 09:04:52 87,711 posts
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Yeah, I've completely changed my opinion of it. I thought it was a shitty cover version at first but it's totally won me over.

Even the fruity holodeck episode was fairly well done.

Psychotext 18 Apr 2019 09:32:53 70,652 posts
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It's funny at times, but the actual storylines are fucking terrible.

Singularity 18 Apr 2019 10:39:34 3,282 posts
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Hard disagree with that. I think it's fun and charming. It's even won over my wife who would never, ever watch Trek.

Psychotext 18 Apr 2019 12:12:18 70,652 posts
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Really? Every storyline is completely formulaic. You can see where they're going with it before they've even started. It's just signpost after signpost. Plus all the shoehorning in of current topics (in the last couple of episodes it's been gender bias, dating against societal norms, anti-vaxxers, porn addiction).

Maybe it's just the terrible acting more than the writing then. I don't know.

Either way, I wont be back for another series. Like I said before, I can appreciate people enjoying it as "turn your brain off" comedy though.

Edit - I'm also willing to accept it's because I'm dead inside.

Edited by Psychotext at 12:14:18 18-04-2019

RobAnybody 18 Apr 2019 17:55:16 2,892 posts
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I'm really enjoying it so far. The storylines need some work though to amp them up a lot and make them more engaging - even though it's often compared to TNG it's nowhere near the quality of that show when it was at its best.

Dirtbox 18 Apr 2019 19:25:21 92,595 posts
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Not forgetting that TNG was fucking shit for far too long.

RobAnybody 18 Apr 2019 19:26:35 2,892 posts
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Dirtbox wrote:
Not forgetting that TNG was fucking shit for far too long.

It certainly was, particularly season 1 (season 2 had a lot of rough episodes as well).

Jono62 20 Apr 2019 19:01:45 27,356 posts
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Good see Commander Riker direct and Deanna Troi in the episode.

BigOrkWaaagh 20 Apr 2019 19:21:29 10,554 posts
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I liked this episode but it was a poor choice to watch round the in laws after selling it as a comedy TNG.

Psychotext 20 Apr 2019 21:46:19 70,652 posts
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I quite enjoyed the double parter with the big bad robots.

Predictable again, but decent scale to it.

Psychotext 21 Apr 2019 01:24:20 70,652 posts
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Ok, the Dolly Parton fight sequence got a glol out of me.

AcidSnake 27 Apr 2019 00:57:06 8,461 posts
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So, just saw the season finale (US pace) and they apparently didn't blow their whole budget on the Kaylon episode...

And even though the characters are as two dimensional as they get it still felt like a better conclusion than Discovery...

Also Alara! And a jar of pickles!

Hope they get another season...

Razz 27 Apr 2019 10:21:24 1,217 posts
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Yeah it was a good one. A lot of references in it! Star Wars, Aliens, 2001, Abyss, Hunt for Red October, even Zombieland (the twinkie bit)

LOVED IT

arty 7 May 2019 00:39:54 890 posts
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Wow the star wars homage was amazing. Emphasized the divergent timelines brilliantly. Didn't really see the others tbh...

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