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David McK (3734 KP) rated Star Trek: Starfleet Academy in TV
Mar 15, 2026 (Updated Mar 15, 2026)
Star Trek 90210.
That's how I'd heard this described as although, never having seen 90210, I had no real basis to compare and contrast.
However, I can see where that description was coming from, as this centres around a young group of cadets in their first year at Starfleet Academy.
However, we're not talking James T Kirk time here - we're actually post-burn, int he 32nd (I think) century that Discovery (from the previous Star Trek series) jumped to, with certain characters - most prominently Tig Notaro's Jett Reno - also showing up here.
As does Robert Picardo's The Doctor (from Star Trek: Voyager), able to do so as he is a hologram (unlike the rest of the crew of Voyager).
This series, I found, to be hit and mis - when it hit, it hit good, but when it missed ... ohhh boyyyy did it miss.
That's how I'd heard this described as although, never having seen 90210, I had no real basis to compare and contrast.
However, I can see where that description was coming from, as this centres around a young group of cadets in their first year at Starfleet Academy.
However, we're not talking James T Kirk time here - we're actually post-burn, int he 32nd (I think) century that Discovery (from the previous Star Trek series) jumped to, with certain characters - most prominently Tig Notaro's Jett Reno - also showing up here.
As does Robert Picardo's The Doctor (from Star Trek: Voyager), able to do so as he is a hologram (unlike the rest of the crew of Voyager).
This series, I found, to be hit and mis - when it hit, it hit good, but when it missed ... ohhh boyyyy did it miss.
Conehead (3 KP) rated Star Trek: Discovery in TV
Jul 9, 2018
New Trek
So I'm a huge Star trek fan. Wouldn't call myself a trekie but I did grow up watching TNG VOYAGER DS9 ENTERPRISE and for the newest addition DISCOVERY. Though not your typical star trek, I like how the producers put their own twist on it. I like the darkness of the series so far. Yeah I know star trek is about new life forms and what not but I like how we have war. There has always been a gap between Enterprise and TOS. Such as what happened during those times and how did the Federation finally come to be what it was by the time TOS happened. There have been many many many fan made films about the gap from Enterprise and TOS. The romulan war the Klingon war. Like what is the back story to all of it. Im just glad that someone took it upon themselves to finally tell us that story. The mirror universe such a popular side story to Star Trek. Love how they brought back character and ship thought dead and destroyed during the battle at the bianaries. Now for season two that's coming what more do we get. Speculation is we get more of section 31. I can't wait to see how they develop these stores as we get closer towards the TOS era.
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (1991) in Movies
Mar 10, 2019
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Jan 19, 2018
The Craggus (360 KP) rated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 in TV
Jun 23, 2018
Set your faces to stunned - #DeepSpaceNine is 25 years old. It's time to head back to Bajor and start celebrating #StarTrek's underrated triumph - more relevant today than ever.
Ross (3284 KP) rated Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1 in TV
Feb 13, 2018
Some of the cast are atrocious (1 more)
Takes a dip after a few episodes
Darker than your normal Star Trek
This series of Star Trek comes in after Enterprise, but before the original series, The Next Generation etc. It chronicles the battle of Starfleet against a resurgent Klingon empire.
Gone is the usual Star Trek single episode storylines, where the ship encounters a race or problem and everything is wrapped up in one episode. Everything within the series links together as a whole long storyline without much deviation. In hindsight, I think knowing this would have made me more engaged with the first few episodes, I think I got a bit bored after the first couple.
The series as a whole is good and sets up a nice second series at the end.
One thing that really bugged me was the atrocious sub-Shatner ham acting of Anthony Rapp (Stamets) and Michelle Yeoh chewing the scenery in the last few episodes.
Gone is the usual Star Trek single episode storylines, where the ship encounters a race or problem and everything is wrapped up in one episode. Everything within the series links together as a whole long storyline without much deviation. In hindsight, I think knowing this would have made me more engaged with the first few episodes, I think I got a bit bored after the first couple.
The series as a whole is good and sets up a nice second series at the end.
One thing that really bugged me was the atrocious sub-Shatner ham acting of Anthony Rapp (Stamets) and Michelle Yeoh chewing the scenery in the last few episodes.
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Shauny (14 KP) rated Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1 in TV
Feb 3, 2021
So, I started the series with high hopes and ended it slightly underwhelmed. The first few episodes are fairly gripping if a bit fast paced, but the immediate action ment that I was invested in the plot straight away. The visual effects are stunning, having just watched the original series it's almost jarring to see a star trek series that looks so modern and realistic, the production quality really ups the standard of this show. The overall acting of the show is okay, I particularly enjoyed Sonequa Martin-Greens performance of Micheal. However, I wasn't so keen on her character being the center of the entire plot, and her seemingly endless skills and knowledge, I'm not a huge fan of the 'chosen one' character trope. Compared to the origin star trek series, Discovery is very dark and pessimistic. It's a lot more war focused, a long way away from the original series more optimistic and 'utopian' future. That being said, just because it isn't like the original star trek, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have it's one appeal. The series has an overarching storyline, each episode relating directly to the next, so if your looking for some light watching, this might not be the show for you. There is a particular plot twist near the end of the series that I really enjoyed but felt was slightly rushed, and of course some plot holes but that's inevitable with a show like this. Overall, it's an enjoyable TV series, I would definitely recommend giving it a watch ( just don't go in expecting it to be like other star trek series). Not only is it visually stunning to watch, the plot is engaging, they're are many references that star trek fans will enjoy, and the cast is extremely diverse and refreshing as well!