Vyler, Son of None
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Time Portal says Tyler, Shan's post says Tyler, but the Vault says Voq. So which is it?
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Proud Former Officer of The Gluten Empire
Retired 12-14-20. So long, and thanks for all the cat pics!
Some of us like DSC. Too bad I have all the 4*'s in pack immortalized.
What this post doesn't say is no one actually needs ANY of the characters this game develops. It's all just entertainment.
Oh wow, another useless anti-Discovery comment no one needs. <snip> ˜Shan
GoT Chief Communications Officer
Ur personal opinion isn t the opinion of everyone.
Nice Artwork, and i m happy about every new DSC crew, still passing the packs though.
Chyep.
I’ll give you credit for leaving DS9 out of this, but even of the three you mentioned, the only one I’m fully inclined to agree with you on is TNG.
ENT was generally solid out of the gates, and I think almost wholly better than Disco. Though the writing wasn’t the strongest, ENT had two major advantages: 1) being more or less consistent with the universe in which it was set; and 2) a full length, traditional television season over which to develop its characters. The temporal war was a stupid plotline (and ironically the most Disco-like thing in broader Trek), but it was in the background for most of that first year.
VOY is debatable; the first season episodes were not terribly good, but the crew had a natural rapport. Way less awkward turtle than Disco, which TBH has no more than half its cast and high production values going for it.
Squadron Leader - [TFA] Bateson’s Bulldogs
Bbbb...bbbb...BLASPHEMY!!!
Due to my work schedule, my wife's work schedule, the kids' school schedules, and other various factors, appointment viewing is simply not something I am able to do. As a result, I missed 100% of season 1 of Discovery. I had intended to catch it on Netflix this summer, but it is not available on Netflix in the U.S. (literally EVERY other country on Earth? Yes. In the U.S.? Nope!) because CBS wants people to pay a quite frankly ludicrous monthly fee to stream their shows.
As a result, I seriously doubt I will ever watch Discovery while it is current. Perhaps after it goes off the air or if CBS pivots and makes it available on Netflix (as an aside, I've almost typed Neelix EVERY time I've typed Netflix here!) I will make it a priority because I WANT to check it out, but until then, I will ALWAYS be disappointed by Discovery characters in game. I hope you all understand my position.
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That's practically my birthday!
I’d rather watch the first season of TNG. There’s plenty about it that I still quite love, not the least of which is that I love those characters and their ship is a place I gladly want to visit. DSC so far has been completely off putting to me in every aspect.
That being said, I do like DSC. I certainly prefer it over Voyager
(Disclaimer: maybe I'm drawing too big of a parallel to Star Wars here where the new movies drew in a whole next generation, pun intended)
I was excited when Discovery was initially announced but the pilot episodes (watched during a free trial of CBS’ blatant cash grab) were a letdown. Space Orcs, a very loose interpretation of established technology in the time period which the show is set, and most importantly of all - only two characters that were remotely interesting (Georgiou and Saru) coupled with a plot straight out of a ninth-grader’s Rambo fanfic story.
Just because previous Trek series’ first seasons were not up to the high level set by their later seasons doesn’t mean we should excuse Discovery for the same. Many shows managed to find a way to start strong without stepping on their phalluses on what appears to be a regular basis, given what I’ve read about the first season as a whole. If the plot and character development were better, it might be easier to overlook the holograms, pulse phasers, and other style choices that have angered so many.
Discovery isn't the best science fiction on television, Beltalowda know that's The Expanse, but I'm happy Discovery exists at all and I'm still going to give it many chances and hope they find some more continuity behind the camera (S1 had Fuller being Fuller and getting the boot as he is prone to do from every show he touches, and then trying to recover/redirect from that).
As for Ash Tyler, can we get a hipster Clem Fandango Tyler? We have MASHy Odo, but I'd love a card that says "Hello Steven, this is Clem Fandango, can you hear me?" to the point I'm constantly and increasingly infuriatingly replying "Yes I can hear you, Clem Fandango" to my phone.
I believe Discovery is a reflection of what many perceive as the times, however. Like when Drew Barrymore was on Kimmel and said that we are such a broken people that a standard family drama would never get off the drawing board. Just as execs, critics and others would not have even tried to give something like TNG or DS9 a chance today because it lacks enough embedded darkness.
Agree to disagree respectfully and/or just ignore each other.
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I've had good luck sending PMs directly to Shan if something that I felt needed moderation has gone unattended to.
Not everything that is flagged is removed, it is left to our appreciation.
I however did edit that comment a bit.
I would appreciate a more civil tone towards me, and among the participants in this thread. Thanks.
Except other trek series were free. STD deserves more critisim because it costs more.
Just wanted to comment on the very broad brush used here and respectfully disagree.
As someone who watched Phase II/New Voyages, studied the Axanar trailers, and discussed Renegades with Tim Russ at Steel City Con, one does not have to be an 'all new Trek is bad' to not like Discovery (and I assume by the inference Kelvin Trek.), and wish to 'look cool' by doing so.
One can simply find both very unappetizing as to what CBS and Paramount are doing with the property especially when new Trek that they were enjoying was stomped on due to CBS wanting to make sure Discovery was the only game in town now. I don't think they think it could have held water next to Axanar and they may have been right, since Axanar was going to have Richard Hatch (RIP), JG Hertzler, Gary Graham and Tony Todd....with a helluva story about Garth of Izar.