After five years of renovations, toxic fan backlash, soft reboots, continuity issues, and cast changes; USS Discovery Warp to the last voyage Star Trek: Discovery Season 5. Judging by the first few episodes, this season looks like it’s going to be a fun, if unspectacular, curtain call.
Season 5 follows Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and his crew on the trail of two thieves, Maul (Eve Harlow) and Rak (Elias Toufexis), who have taken away a famous Romulan diary. Masu. scientist.of discovery He receives the “Red Order,” a top-secret priority mission to retrieve a diary containing the location of the ancient technology that created all life in the galaxy. Burnham and his companions also have to deal with the presence of Raynor (Callum Keith Rennie), a hostile and authoritarian captain who is demoted for causing havoc while chasing thieves.
season 5 discovery have everything Final season features: A sense of dirge, characters contemplating their futures outside the ship, a self-referential plot, and a couple ready to get married and retire from Starfleet. It also continues the show’s slide in the opposite direction of pandering to fan service. This season is essentially Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode…I won’t say which one here.
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trekking I didn’t hesitate to go back to my roots. next generation The episodes are essentially remakes of episodes from the original series, but legacy characters (Sulu, Riker, Q) appear in spin-offs. Still, while making a direct sequel to an episode of another series amounts to a retread more than anything else, it feels like the show needs to affirm that they’re fans of it in some way. Suitable for fans.However, it is not possible to distinguish discovery As your own story or to drive the environment trekking forward.A rotating group of early season showrunners has been created discovery It feels a little schizophrenic, but at least the first few seasons dealt with philosophical conundrums, the nitty-gritty of the mind. Star Trek From the beginning.
the third season of discovery The closest we’ve come to recapturing the spirit of Gene Roddenberry. discovery It takes place 1000 years into the future (which eliminates continuity issues) and focuses on rebuilding the Federation after a disaster. Even if that storyline falls apart in the season finale, its lead-up posed an interesting question: How can Utopia sustain itself?
Unfortunately, the show’s fourth season more or less defeated this challenge with Photon in favor of a lot of effects-driven action (not to mention a storyline with an uncomfortable similarity) Star Trek: The Motion Picture). This final season is no different, with plenty of flash and action, but little to engage viewers emotionally or intellectually.
However, that doesn’t mean season 5 isn’t interesting. Lenny is an actor who excels at playing cocky villains, and his trademark brashness is on display here.Conflict between Burnham and the rest of the group discovery The crew is really frictionless and always entertaining. The special effects are as sophisticated as ever, with the opening episode (four of which were released to critics) featuring a wild chase scene and gunfight through the halls of the ship.
It’s all good, and the actors make the most of the material (Anthony Rapp and Green shine in episode 4), but it’s not much more than a run-of-the-mill space opera. Indeed, the superweapon MacGuffin is Star Wars Rather than the best trekking Go out. As villains, Luck and Maul lack the personality and cunning that the best characters have. trekking The bad guys.
Star Trek: Discovery marked the first return of trekking Franchised into TV station after disaster company About 10 years ago.That program that recycled next generation Formula used in the 80’s and 90’s Star Trek The story has become synonymous with franchise fatigue. discovery It also follows in the footsteps of the 2010s film The Kelvin Timeline, which was produced and written by Alex Kurtzman, who currently directs the series for Paramount.
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The 2009 movie, which made a huge amount of money at the box office, was essentially a remake. Star Wars in Star Trek pull. Although popular for a time, the film’s impact was short-lived. The subsequent sequel, Into the darkness-It was a laughably bad act of fan service, and stopped any momentum the series had regained.went into production quickly Star Trek beyond It was a complete failure at the box office. Paramount continues to insist that a fourth Kelvin reboot film is in the works.
wise trekking Fans should not count tribbles before they appear. The eerie atmosphere among the cast and crew as well as the audience, combined with the studio’s financial woes, suggests that the new film will likely never leave the space dock.
All of this has good reason to mention due to Kurtzman’s involvement in the Paramount+ series. discovery, picard, and strange new world—This seems to be due to the small screen. trek’s A degeneration of generic sci-fi action adventure.for Star Trek To be rekindled and bold to go anywhere. trekking It’s something that’s never been done before and requires creative minds who aren’t afraid to take risks and challenge their audience.Yes, that sometimes means being blunt with the fans, but as the best episode next generation (Klingon Inheritance Edition)Deep Space Nine (Dominion War), and voyager As (The Search for the Borg) proved, creativity attracts fans, even if it takes a while for it to happen.
discovery It had (and had) all the right ingredients: a charismatic cast, interesting characters, a healthy budget, and a fandom hungry for greatness. trekking. The show may still be finding its vector to warp to an epic ending, but for all the action and fan service, discovery It seems poised to become a show that never reaches its potential. Perhaps someday the Legacy Series will reunite Burnham, Saroo, Staments, Tilly, and others for a thoughtful outing. and flashy.
season 5 discovery Coming after Netflix 3 Physical problems And Warner Bros.” dune part 2, two projects that make for great sci-fi entertainment, need to combine breathtaking visuals with deeper moral and philosophical questions to resonate.at a later date trekkingvery similar to Disney Star Wars (the last jedi Nevertheless), it looks like a banal journey into self-reference by comparison.
Even when we get old, we rarely lose our appetite. At this point, Star Trek: Discovery season 5 Provides a fun, if forgettable, conclusion Star Trekreturns to television. Here’s hoping Paramount+ chooses it next. Star Trek The series is motivated to explore some new frontiers.
Rating: 7/10 Specs.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 will be available on Paramount+ on Thursday, April 4th.
