Paid Members Jazzy G Posted November 19, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 10:24 AM, Loki said: Let's be honest though, Discovery has been shit, so it's no big loss.  I've been rewatching the odd TNG episode in anticipation of it being removed soon anyway.  The new era series are nothing like the TNG/DS9 era in terms of quality or rewatchability.  Bring back episodical sci fi series please! I think it's Paramount naively thinking people will be able to avoid spoilers for what could be 6 months then sign up for their service, and not just pirate the new episodes. @69MeDonthe episodes used to arrive on Paramount+ in the US on Thursday and then Netflix elsewhere on the Friday, meaning it was easier to avoid spoilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) I have questions. First up, if there has been no Starfleet Academy for the last 100+ years, where did all officers prior to the episode come from? Who trained them? Second, the President of the Federation gets to decide on who captains a ship? Not the head of Starfleet? Why does Booker get to go on away missions? Why does he get to turn up on the bridge and tell people what to do? He's not in Starfleet. How many [CENA]fine speeches[/CENA] do we need in a single episode? Why was everyone so very rocked by the death of station guy? They met him like an hour previous. They were acting like their dad died or something, not the guy who pulled and pointed a weapon at Tilly moments ago. I did enjoy the Enterprise music when they revealed Archer Spacedock. Edited November 19, 2021 by 69MeDon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 I have no idea what the fuck a Pluto TV is. Which suggests it's pretty shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 20 minutes ago, johnnyboy said: Star Trek: Discovery Season Four Lands on Paramount+ & Pluto TV Internationally I think it's good that they realise it's a massively dropped bollock, but what a comedown. Their prestige series is now premiering internationally on their absolute bottom feeder PlutoTV platform as it's at least available in a lot of places. Also available to buy on major digital platforms from Friday. For free on PlutoTV? I'm piriating it either way tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted November 24, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 24, 2021 Pluto TV is shit. In a world of on demand, a live only channel feels like it’s 1995 again when the VCR broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I was wondering if someone was going to finally post about Discovery, is no-one watching it either? I sacked it off really early on this season, it's just not for me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 24, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 24, 2021 I can't be arsed. If it'd still been on Netflix I would have been watching it, but since CBS did the bollocks they did I can't be bothered chasing stuff down on some free streaming thing at a specific time on a particular day and don't have the resources to download it from anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Yeah, it’s just not a big enough draw to put any effort into watching it beyond the usual streaming platforms. I did enjoy the last season but had to take it with a huge pinch of inner trek nerd suppression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 24, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 24, 2021 When it's being a Star Trek show it's good, but all too often it's busy trying to be this huge sci-fi overarching plot thing about Michael Burnham, and it can get a bit tiresome. I did enjoy some of the Die Hard nods in the episode where she had to retake the ship, so it's not all Burnham. She's a good character, but aside from the series Picard star Trek has never just been about a single character. It just always turns into the same circular argument. I hope they've fixed it for season 4 as every year it feels like they're getting closer to it being a proper Star Trek show, but I'm not going to be finding out for a while because of what CBS did. I just hope they don't do the same thing for Strange New Worlds and series 3 of Lower Decks. Mind you they probably wouldn't want to try and pull that with Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members marc2j Posted December 24, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 24, 2021 I've been fairly up to date with it and now the story is less Discovery-centric and more 'Fed-centric;' it's certainly an easier watch. That said, I think the initial arguments around Burnham were 'why is she the focus' but that was the point perhaps, that it wasn't about her being in the chair. That's changed now obviously but it's still an enjoyable show. Lower Decks is still the best Trek to come out since DS9 mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/24/2021 at 9:19 AM, Merzbow said: I was wondering if someone was going to finally post about Discovery, is no-one watching it either? I sacked it off really early on this season, it's just not for me anymore. I watched episode one of the new season and then half of the second episode and kind of checked out. It just seemed like every scene included people giving speeches or constantly talking in really grandiose terms about stuff. I plan to watch the rest of the season, though. Will probably catch up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Not even that could get me to watch that pile of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, Merzbow said: Not even that could get me to watch that pile of shit. Enjoyed the first series, however the 2nd thus far is utterly shite. It's the Heroes thing again (great first seties, shocking second) and should have stayed as a one shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Oh, and now we have official Star Trek NFTs. RIP, Trek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 8:32 PM, johnnyboy said: Set fire to your internet level spoiler.  Reveal hidden contents TNG crew back for Picard season 3. On the Paramount Plus Twitter and some of the actors have already posted. Announced before leaked?  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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