That’s why I enjoy Babylon 5, you want space battles? Got em, want a diverse group of alien species trying their best to live and work together, got that too, you want lots of coutroom stories, yup go that too.
I know I should give that show another shot but the acting is just so bad in the first few episodes
Have you seen Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1?
While I swear I usually feel the opposite, the court room episode in Strange New Worlds is straight fire 🔥
I don’t know, I felt like I was watching Star Trek Law. I am probably in the minority, but I prefer more action and exploration. Admittedly, I did watch it on the heels of Discovery and that might’ve tainted my acceptance of those episodes…
SERIOUSLY. I couldn’t manage to get more than 2 episodes into Discovery because it was all action no philosophical questions. Like, if you can’t give us a courtroom challenge, at LEAST give us some Prime Directive nuance.
Don’t forget the spinning 45° cameras that flip upside down twice in every scene.
Don’t forget the shitty lighting
Don’t forget the ridiculous story lines that completely ignored decades of startrek history
Don’t forget all the cursing
Don’t forget all the murdering without remorse or consequences
Don’t forget about the characters that completely changed. Beverly crusher now is a sharp killer. Seven of nine is now a lesbian double phaser wielding mass murderer, Picard is a mumbling sad little man who gets put in his place and ridiculed by everyone. Klingons?aaaahaaaaarrgghh… But yeah, “Klingons now represent Trump voters”.
All new start trek has been made by people who by their own admission don’t know star Trek, nor like star Trek, they just wanted the large fan base for money and use it as a their personal political platform
To (very sadly) quote new star strek: Sheer fucking hubris
Both can be good, but used carefully. The 2nd and 3rd season of the Orville had some of the best space action I’ve ever seen and gave me the same feelings as the dominion war in ds9. Discovery never had any space action that got me remotely excited.
But drumhead, measure of a man etc are crazy good too.
Don’t forget The Offspring, right up there with Measure Of A Man.
The first episode of season 3 of Orville I had to skip through the opening battle scene because there was no context and thus no emptional weight.
Orville is a mixed bag, but nonetheless a great show, and I’d argue, probably the best star trek show on the air haha
I fully welcome Orville into the Star Trek fandom. It’s clear that Seth wanted to make an awesome star Trek show and sold it as a comedy to get airing in my mind. I think he did a fantastic job, for sure the best new trek I’ve seen, although I haven’t tried brave new worlds yet.
Did Ukraine really shoot down a Russian plane full of POWs? Or was it conveniently empty?
Putin should watch Star Trek.
All the POW was teleported away before the crash duh.
The bodies of the crew showed they just didn’t have the time to beam them away too or something.
well somebody had to slide the transportercontrolfaders.
Explain then why more sci-fi in courtroom than in most space pew-pews.
Why not both?
courtroom drama mid-baytle would be peak trek
If The Expanse ever did a courtroom episode I think I would’ve had a stroke.
Wow, just noticed how true this is. Maybe that’s why I love Better Call Saul so much. Haha
I’ve said for years that the reason I love Star Trek so much is because it’s about exploration and the investigation of the human spirit. That it’s used to ask questions about ourselves that are hard to ask in other settings. It is also the only science fiction universe I can think of where people try to talk things out before getting into pew pew laser battles.
TNG does not appear on my top five Trek episodes list. Neither do any courtroom episodes.
I await your replies.
What then are your top 5? And why is it Spock’s Brain 4 times followed by Move Along Home?
VOY: Living Witness
VOY: In the Blink Of An Eye
DS9: It’s Only A Paper Moon
TOS: Devil In The Dark
TOS: Balance Of Terror
Although I do actually really enjoy Spock’s Brain. Far from the worst TOS episode.
Did you mean ‘does not’?
By the spirit of the heart, you’re right.
There are a few court room eps I like but more that I don’t
