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I hadn’t even heard of this till now.
Is it better than Discovery?
I watched a couple episodes and they took the parts I liked the least about Discovery and made a whole show about them.
I concluded it’s not really made for me so I’m rewatching Lower Decks
Can you please elaborate a bit more, because I really didn't like discovery and I don't want to be disappointed again.
It’s much more focused on the emotional development and relationships between the characters. Academy feels like a teen drama, which isn’t something I liked even when I was a teenager.
I’m going to give it a miss in that case, I’ve never enjoyed that sort of drama either.
Thx. I get it. Not for me either.
But I'm not worried. For sure something gritty and political will be made at some point in the future.
There’s still Strange New Worlds, which is one of my absolute favorites. Especially the musical episode.
Academy is basically Harry Potter in Space.
That’s exactly what the showrunners were going for.
which is why Star Trek needs new showrunners.
I think one of the problems a lot of franchises face is that there’s one, singular showrunner.
Why not open it up to multiple people, all able to tell different stories the way they want? Let a million Star Trek flowers bloom, I say.
As long as they keep the spirit of Star Trek, which barely any of the modern shows do.
Thx.
Lol yeah, this comment just confirms that you only watched half of it.
That’s a bad sign given how much I dislike Discovery and enjoy Lower Decks, thanks
For what is worth, they are doing a much better job of it. It's never gonna be my favorite trek, but it's not bad.
My wife, who is a Trek fan for the past 15 years or so, likes it. She didn't care for Picard or Discovery.
With the exception of the Section 31 movie, everything they’ve made has been better than Discovery.
Academy is certainly different but I think it stands well on its own merits, including good character work, respectful use of existing canon, and a strong emotional core.
Even Picard S2? Did you just block that one out of your mind? I wouldn’t blame you.
eh, i think Academy is pretty much on par with discovery.
Academy has the best elements of every single series to date.
It’s not perfect—nothing is—but it’s impressively good and enjoyable. Yes, there are some quieter or seemingly "boring" moments from time to time, but these are usually when you need to pay attention, as they pay off big time soon after.
That being said, —and this isn’t necessarily aimed towards you personally— if you’re the kind to snub an entire series barely 5 min into it after mindlessly watching while doomscrolling, then repeatedly trashing it online to justify your lack of interest, then, no, it will not satisfy you, just like nothing else will.
Objection. I've seen very little professional behavior from anyone except maybe the Doctor and the Commandant, and of course Admiral Uncle. Some leeway can be granted, given the setting, but it's something I very much miss from the TNG era.
I gave it 5 episodes. They just got progressively worse to the point of irritation, so I skimmed the episode summaries for the rest of the season and saw:
spoiler
the finale is yet another "save the entire federation (but with kids this time)" type of plot and knew it wasn't worth wasting any more time on.As far as modern live-action trek goes SNW is still the best by far even though the last season was terrible.
So you watched 5 episodes—half the season only, and come here to give your opinion on the matter of whether the entire series is good or not?
And you dare put the season’s big cliffhanger with spoiler on top of it?
I rest my case your honor.
It is much better then Discovery, but has to work in the universe discovery created. I like it more than Picard. More or less on the same level as SNW in terms of quality. Episode 2 and 3 were bad to me, but all other episodes after that were progressively more enjoyable to very good. Episode 6 makes a boring looking antagonist better to the point I would argue it is the best we got after ENT.
Apparently it continues the story of Discovery so a lot of people don’t like it for that reason.