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Spoilers Johnathan Frakes is spoiling stuff again (Season 2)

Probably trying to save us time from watching it. Good for him. :)
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Did we watch the same show? I'd say that the episodes themselves strongly dispute that.



The last episode is basically Burnham admitting, "Oops, I saw these people are bad, but now that I see them living and being human beings, and I can't hate them." She very clearly concedes that her judgment to that point has involved a bias for Klingons--she did not previously even think of Kronos as someone's home.

I'd say that's a pretty definite case of Burnham being wrong.
This. The show's view is that Burnham had to learn the lesson that Star Trek has taught since The Corbomite Manoeuvre, that it's not as simple as 'they're my enemy'. Now, it's certainly a common fan view that Burnham was correct in TVH, but the show clearly presents her as being morally wrong (even if tactically correct).
 
How is she an idealized or perfect character considering she mutinied, was stripped of rank, and went to prison, and is constantly struggling with her identity, morality, and how she communicates with others? Which writer is she supposedly an avatar and wish-fulfillment for considering the large writing staff that contributes to her characterization? Mary Sue actually means something other than "female character I don't like", and it's too often been used as an unfair and sexist catchphrase (not saying you're being sexist, just saying in general) for female lead characters who exhibit traits that are no more extraordinary than many of their male counterparts who don't receive the same kind of criticism.
My comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

I would actually prefer Young Spock teach her something, if only because Spock is one of my favourite characters ever and Burnham is some upstart they've squished into the Sarek family and given all these important events, like starting and ending the Klingon war and making secret first contact with the mirror universe.
 
Being the lead in a TV show doesn't make the character a Mary Sue.
But being a low level technician who interacts with the main group of officers and routinely gets to voice her opinion to admiral sand is listen to, is.
Being a woman apparently does.
No, we saw plenty of women on the ship who weren't saving the day .... constantly.
James Bond is a Mary Sue.
Hardly, Bond is a tool, a minion, a "beautiful killing machine." He's seen as useful, but also disposable.

One attribute of a Mary Sue is that people come to like her, she becomes apart of the "in group." With very few exceptions people who come to know Bond don't like him, but he admittedly isn't a likeable person..
 
But being a low level technician who interacts with the main group of officers and routinely gets to voice her opinion to admiral sand is listen to, is.
No, we saw plenty of women on the ship who weren't saving the day .... constantly.
Hardly, Bond is a tool, a minion, a "beautiful killing machine." He's seen as useful, but also disposable.

One attribute of a Mary Sue is that people come to like her, she becomes apart of the "in group." With very few exceptions people who come to know Bond don't like him, but he admittedly isn't a likeable person..
Derek Flint on the other hand is absolutely (and deliberately) a Mary Sue.
 
No it doesn't, unless Kirk is also one, as he was exonerated from stealing a starship for heroism.

That was always one of the scenes I found pretty corny. Hey Kirk you broke all these regulations and for punishment we are going to make you a captain again. lol. Now we all knew before the movie even aired that somehow he'd be a capatain again by the end of the movie but it was still very contrived.
 
Calling out Kirk or Red Shirt extra number three does not remove any of Michaels's Mary Sue qualities.
Do you think Kirk is a Mary Sue for having the same (indeed more impressive) qualities?
Going to be a lot of Mary Sues out there by the definition applied here.
 
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