DIS - An Obol for Charon

[clearspira]

Can't wait for this crap to end. ''Viruses do not kill their host'' indeed.

Yo, love. We're talking viruses, not Goa'uld.

[Riedquat]

They are writers that focus on writing story

I think that's debatable, too.

Could be, but unfortunately there are some writers who don't understand their job properly and therefore focus on the wrong things. The "it's all fiction, doesn't matter" attitude unfortunately exists in some writers. IMO it's quite simple - if you're not interested in even getting basic stuff right then don't put it in your story at all, rather than make a complete hash of it that even a nine year old would see through when you think you're trying to look clever and then try to insult anyone who points out your stupidity. Can't say that's what happened here of course but it's certainly happened before.

[Nightbeat74]

https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/c119.php

I didn't have an easy time learning that Saru's species just needs to walk off their inevitable death sentence. You'd think they'd stumble upon that somehow.

what happens later on with Saru and his people reminds me of a song called "when the lambs become the wolves".

[bronnt]

Wait, how many planets HAVE been ruined by dillithium mining? Surely this isn't something you completely invented in a prequel that has never come up in any other material?

[Thebestoftherest]

Like all star Trek prequels.

[Nightbeat74]

Considering how meany times folks get possessed in star trek one would think that some kind of protocols are in place for it .Even if it is throwing holy water at the possessed.

[Deledrius]

Wait, how many planets HAVE been ruined by dillithium mining? Surely this isn't something you completely invented in a prequel that has never come up in any other material?

Thanks to Queen Po, I guess it's a non-issue now. So it's something that is created and then resolved. The other prequel problem.

[Nevix]

...The tone of these last few episodes is really weird. It's like Discovery went from "Super Serious Grimdark TREK FOR ADULTS" to "Now we're getting sci-fi alien religious AND goofy trek parody!".

Admittedly, there's precedent for people getting high on duty due to random alien thingies from the original Star Trek, TNG, and a couple others if I recall right... AND There's precedent for Alien Religious Events because The Prophets and The Sisko.

It's just jarring, as it's a drastic shift in the show's tone.

I think I now get how the original "Star Trek is ridiculous" crowd felt about 50 years ago, because I just can't take this episode of Discovery seriously.

[Deledrius]

...The tone of these last few episodes is really weird. It's like Discovery went from "Super Serious Grimdark TREK FOR ADULTS" to "Now we're getting sci-fi alien religious AND goofy trek parody!".

I don't understand. Where is the parody?

[Nevix]

...The tone of these last few episodes is really weird. It's like Discovery went from "Super Serious Grimdark TREK FOR ADULTS" to "Now we're getting sci-fi alien religious AND goofy trek parody!".

I don't understand. Where is the parody?

Personally, I found the scenes where the characters were high on the interdimensional spores to be closer to a parody of star trek than actual star trek.

Go I will grant you that star trek has had absurd scenes were people are high or drunk on some new drug or some crazy thing of the week.

However that is not the problem.

The problem is that the acting is really bad and sells it like a stupid sixties druggie sketch.