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This Star Trek series is different from all the previous series, in an attractive fashion. In the ST time line this ST is post ST Enterprise and just before the original ST started. There are some fimilar characters from the original series in Discovery. The new characters are an interesting and many cases a likeable group. There are several interesting and occasionally surprising story lines. The special effects are excellent, but like the other ST series its the characters that make this show work. Closer to the first two new ST movies in character than to the various series.
Posted by Owlman
I saw the very first episode of the TV series Star Trek in the fall of 1965 and have watched with renewed gratitude to Gene Roddenberry and his successors as each new series and motion picture came out. And this new series did not disappoint. It is a bit of the old into the new. The time is 10 years prior to the U. S. S. Enterprise 1701 first leaving dry dock. In this new series we get situations expanded upon that only got a comment in the original series giving a connection to those long ago episodes. I can hardly wait till season 2 is released!!
Posted by GoSharon
If you're one of those serious trekkies you may or may not enjoy the series as it's approach to 'canon' is definitely different. If you go into it as a new trek series, you'll probably like it. The writing was good and the performances were excellent even when a couple of the stories kind of lagged. Wish it were in 4k, but the Blu-Ray is a big upgrade over the streaming version. Picture is *much* more detailed and the sound is much, much cleaner since neither is compressed for streaming. Only other thing I'd have liked would've been a digital version since I'm not a CBS streaming subscriber.
Posted by kbxm
