![]() ![]() I know it’s there, i just don’t know exactly where, or when it’s going to crawl out, or if it’s two centimeters from my shoulder, right this second. Watching him on screen was like noticing a big spider crawling down behind the sofa. It wasn’t the words that were coming out of his mouth that made me nervous, it was all his non-verbal mannerisms, that he looked away from people while talking, the angle of his shoulders, his not quite smile when things were going the way he wanted. So when he showed up on Discovery, a loud voice in the back of my head was screaming “RUN”. comes out soon, and in the promo, it looks like the characters are now friends with him? What the fuck! Why aren’t you running away from him as fast as your legs will take you? He’s the bad guy!!! Isaacs plays the villain, and boy is he sociopathically villainous. I saw him in a Netflix original tv show called The O.A., which I highly recommend if you haven’t seen it. He walks into the room and your eyes are on him (ok, maybe that’s just me?). You posted on twitter that you’re afraid of Jason Isaacs. I mean that as a compliment to both shows. I didn’t feel like the characters would forget what happened in a few episodes. The character’s non-verbal communication added a ton of tension and suspicion. It didn’t feel like anything was going to be wrapped up in one or two episodes. Deep Space Nine left that episodic-ness behind somewhat, which was nice.ĭiscovery didn’t feel sanitized. Those scripts were written almost “cozy mystery” style, where you knew from the first minute of the episode that everything would be neatly wrapped up and sanitized in 42 minutes with minimal tension, no anger or arguments, no issues with integrity, plenty of diplomacy, and that in a few weeks the characters would forget everything that happened in this episode. Grungier sets, more sharp edges and fewer softened edges, more hallways that looked like actual hallways. The set designs, camera angles, and filming style felt more Battlestar Galactica or even Firefly to me. I’m used to Star Trek sets being of neutral color schemes, I’m used to the camera angles being more “old school”, so that one set, one hallway, could be made to look like many. ![]() The focus on non-verbal communication and body language. ![]() The color schemes for the Discovery sere darker than I’m used to for a Star Trek story, it was more Deep Space Nine (a station that wasn’t designed by the Federation), everything was more Battlestar Galactica than I was expecting.īattlestar Galactica? What makes you compare this show to BSG?ĭesign. I liked the interiors of the Klingon ships. I’m a sucker for anything architecture-y. I love the artwork of the opening credits. What did you think of the overall design of the show? So that’s how I ended up finally watching Discovery. Discovery looked interesting, but this was a simple value equation: was the cost of CBS All Access a value match for what I was buying? Nope.Ī friend bought the 1st season on Blu-ray and offered to let me borrow it. CBS All Access was asking me to pay however much a month for one show. Netflix could double what they charge and I’d still be ripping them off. I love subscription streaming services, when those services offer a lot of stuff I’m interested in watching. Why did it take you this long to finally watch it?īiggest reason: I don’t find CBS All Access to be worth what they are charging for it. This showed on CBS All Access like a year ago. But I finally watched the first season, and I Have Thoughts. Yeah, so this blog post is less about ST: Discovery and more about how I react to things. Cuz I got thoughts, and what is the internet good for, if not rambling? This is not a review or a critique, it is a ramble. I wasn’t sure how to get them all down, so I cheated, and interviewed myself about my experience. After watching the first season, i have a lot (holy shit a lot!) of thoughts. I’m late to Discovery, and I’m fine with that. ![]()
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