'Discovery' lacked discovery
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Scientists being the main combatants in a war surprises you?
You have SEEN Star Trek before, right?
It surprised me that the franchise went with the theme 'discovery' right down to naming the show and vessel that name, and chose to use it as a weapon. Why would viewers be expecting that?? It's not that scientists don't contribute to war, if that is something to be proud of.
I thought Star Trek's theme was "adventures in outer space?"
"Discovery" is just a name.
"I don't understand this show... I mean, it's called 'Doctor Who' but this guy isn't a physician, and his last name isn't 'Who.' So confusing!"
Um.. a title can have relevance to the subject
It is just a name. But it is a name of an actual space shuttle that was used by NASA. Reusing a legacy name is a common theme in Trek. Inferring that the show would be nothing but discovery after discovery on the Discovery because it was named Discovery and set on the Discovery is silly. It was about what took place on that ship and to the characters on it. As was DS9, Enterprise, Voyager, and all Trek.
It's a bit silly, isn't it?
It's akin to naming your series 'Lost in Space', but then everyone is on a spaceship, doing space mission, but never actually getting...lost. Or, like calling your show 'Hawaii Five-O', but then it takes place entirely in Oklahoma or something...
The name of a show should be indicative of it's content, everyting else is just stupid.
I truly hope they will get around to do some discovering in future seasons...
Star Trek Discovery is about a Trek, through the Stars, on a ship called Discovery.
I'm guessing you were one of those people who was shocked and offended at the conclusion of "The Never Ending Story"
Stories are supposed to surprise you.
Star Trek: Subtitled Klingon War And The Twist is Lorca is From the Terran Empire from Mirror Mirror takes a bit of mystery out. The story is what happened on the starship Discovery, hence the title they went with. Just like Enterprise is about what happened on the Enterprise, and Voyager is about what happened on the starship Voyager, and Deep Space Nine... well you get the picture.
Maybe not, but if I recall correctly, they did find him !
Originally DS9/Bajor was on the Federation frontier. When they retooled the show for the Dominion war, suddenly every planet in the Federation was just a scene break away.
That title started of as a joke. At the time Nimoy was hosting a TV show called "In Search of", and when he agreed to come back and even direct the movie, some producer said the next movie will be "In Search of Spock".
1. The original was called 'Star Trek'. And that was pretty much it's content. 'Enterprise' was just the name of the vessel
2. When 'Enterprise' aired, the name 'Enterprise' was already pretty much entangled to forever be associated with 'Star Trek', thus, the name 'Enterprise' should evoke the original Star Trek - which it did. (If the series suceeded at evoking the original Star Trek is iffy - but that was clearly the intent behind it)
3. The same way: 'Vayager' was about a ship on an enourmous journey, 'Deep Space Nine' was set far, far out on the fringes of known space, an outpost unimaginable far away from Earth.
4. Names of stuff have meaning. 'Discovery' should at least TRY to by a bit about discovering stuff.
But they did. They discovered how to make the spore network usable for instant travel, went to the mirror universe where they discovered dark and twisted versions of themselves etc.
But sometimes names don't have deeper meanings, Cheers was about the people in a bar called Cheers, Veronica Mars was just the name of the main character, so was Murphy Brown. Everwood, The O.C., Melrose Place ... all named after places and nothing else.
So as long as Star Trek Discovery features the Discovery the title fits, it doesn't have to be about discovering things, a title doesn't have to desribe the theme or Veronica Mars would have been "High School Girl, P.I."
ALL those examples have had a deeper meaning for their respective shows' name other than "we just picked a random name".
This is especially true if you name your whole show after a specific attribute, like, say, 'Lost', or 'Fringe', or, in this case, 'Discovery'.
The name of a thing (especially in art) always carries a deeper meaning of the subject. 'House of Cards' isn't exactly about playing card games. And still, the connotation is immediately obvious for everyone who sees the name in combination with the content. Same can't be said for DIS, but for all other Trek properties (and ALL "good" shows).
It should be noted: The writers actually did a great job teasing Discoveries! Literally everytime Lorca talked to Burnham about how they could use the spore stuff to explore the universe after the war.
I also have the raging suspicion the entirety of season 1 was intended as ajourney of self-discovery for Burnham. Just that the klingon war arc interfered with that intention, and the pure plotting (twists and turns) took over.
But I think the intention was, and is, clearly there. They just stumbled with the execution (like with so many other things). But there is by far enough potential in what they created to be used as room for future improvement.
I also have the raging suspicion the entirety of season 1 was intended as ajourney of self-discovery for Burnham. Just that the klingon war arc interfered with that intention, and the pure plotting (twists and turns) took over.
But I think the intention was, and is, clearly there. They just stumbled with the execution (like with so many other things). But there is by far enough potential in what they created to be used as room for future improvement.
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