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And that assumption is correct. Kurtzman mentioned Trek’s seven season association in direct relationship to Discovery’s longevity last year, on an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s TV’s Top 5 podcast:
Alex Kurtzman said:
Netflix?
So far I’ve not seen any official source with a number listed, just 13 on memory alpha, and 11 on IMDb.
They’ve gone down one episode a season in number, with Season 1 at 15, 2 at 14, and 3 with 13 episodes, so 11 wouldn’t be a crazy reduction, especially with the increased number of live action Trek in production.
Oops sorry, I meant Rotten Tomatoes. I was browsing Netflix as I typed that. Brain fart.
Gotcha! I’m not sure what their source is, but Rotten Tomatoes *did* have the title of the next episode of Prodigy, S01E06 Kobayashi, ahead of any other public source I could find, and it was confirmed by the series creators/showrunners in a podcast interview.
Given RT’s recent track record with advance Trek info being accurate, and that IMDb has also had 11 as the number listed for a while, if I had to guess, it seems we have the most reason to believe the final episode count will be 11.
The ratings are brutal for this show at imdb.com. A 4.9 for "All is Possible"? It really wasn't that terrible and was much better than some of the worst dreck put out by older Trek, like "Sub Rosa" which got 4.8.
Most of these votes are probably from (righfully) pissed off non-americans/Canadians.
discovery is always ''review bombed'' by the ''fandom menace'' crowd add to that people who's displeased about the international streaming situation and you get low score personally i don't think anyone should take those seriously since they're pretty pointless
You've got a Superfan who rates it a 10.
You've got a more "normal" fan who rates it a 7.
You've got someone who's lukewarm who rates it a 5.
You've got some asshole from the Fandom Menace who rates it a 1.
And then you have a pissed off Non-American/Canadian who rates it a 1.
24 points total. Divided by 5 votes. That gets you a 4.8... pretty close to the "4.9" given to "All Is Possible". The real rating, when you take out those last two, is more like a low 7.
You've got a more "normal" fan who rates it a 7.
You've got someone who's lukewarm who rates it a 5.
You've got some asshole from the Fandom Menace who rates it a 1.
And then you have a pissed off Non-American/Canadian who rates it a 1.
24 points total. Divided by 5 votes. That gets you a 4.8... pretty close to the "4.9" given to "All Is Possible". The real rating, when you take out those last two, is more like a low 7.
Yeah, trolls have destroyed online ratings systems. At some point I'd like to see a meta-analysis to see where and why professional reviewers scores and fan scores depart so much. Usually the common thread for things downrated seems to be bigots (lots of the 1 ratings complain about "woke bullshit" with any series - usually having too many female, nonwhite, or LGBT characters) but I've never been able to determine what the common thread between things fans love and critics hate is.
Altered Carbon was a great example of this on both sides. Season 1 was hated by critics, but loved by fans. Then Season 2 came out and critics said how much it improved, but it was review bombed - and not coincidentally it featured a black actor as the protagonist, a black woman given a central role in the plot, and the sexual exploitation featured in the first season went away. Mind you, the show lost a lot of its distinctiveness beyond this, but the level of vitriol about the second season was pretty goddamned high.
Yup. Online rating systems are next to useless. I put little weight behind them, largely because they are so easy to game. And you have people who won't vote, or skew their vote for a variety of reasons. Ultimately, little can be gathered from this aside from a brief snapshot of emotion.
Nothing in your posts matter on this subject, you're bias as all hell and want the show to fail.
For anyone who’s interested, a little later today/tonight (7 pm EST) there’s a conversation with Sonequa Martin-Green, Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise and Olatunde Osunnsanmi hosted by The Washington Post’s Helena Andrews.
There’s still time to sign up for it here for those interested who’ve got the time free.
There’s still time to sign up for it here for those interested who’ve got the time free.
Hey, thanks. Never would have known about this. I love listening to these folks, especially Sonequa and Michelle.
Happy to help! I signed up for it as soon as I saw it, and figured some folks around here might want to know about it.
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