SNW on the rewatch...

[Jedi Marso]

Went back to Ep 1 and start watching again, this time without a week in between. As of now I'm about halfway through the season in terms of second looks.

I think nu-Trek finally has a winner on its hands. I'm enjoying these shows more the second time around than the first, and the cast seems like they are a symbiotic sort of win- they just mesh well together.

I can honestly say I haven't enjoyed anything Trek this much since TOS. And there's a LOT of Trek in between then and now.

 

[Kaelef]

I'm hoping for 4K UHD discs, so I'm saving a rewatch for that...

 

[Jedi Marso]

The big test for me (which SNW is passing) is a desire for repeat viewings. And the episodic format really helps with that.

I've long since ditched Disco, and Picard is a 'watch once and brain dump' sort of show so far. SNW, though... I'll re-watch these over and over.

 

[Timofnine]

Strange New Worlds is the best, nearly.

 

[Jadeb]

I've watched some of them twice already, but I'm thinking I'll do a straight-through rewatch once we run out of new episodes. That'll be a first for me with the streaming shows.

 

[TRON JA307020]

Went back to Ep 1 and start watching again, this time without a week in between. As of now I'm about halfway through the season in terms of second looks.

I think nu-Trek finally has a winner on its hands. I'm enjoying these shows more the second time around than the first, and the cast seems like they are a symbiotic sort of win- they just mesh well together.

I can honestly say I haven't enjoyed anything Trek this much since TOS. And there's a LOT of Trek in between then and now.

Yup. The episodic format makes it highly rewatchable. I'll never watch the serial treks again. Too many episodes to go through again to get to an ending. Episode one hour and down. Yup.

 

[TRON JA307020]

I'll probably be rewatching these soon. The second round I want to pay more attention to the sets and costumes.

 

[Quinton]

Just blitzed through all ten for a rewatch of my own.

It's unquestionably my favorite season of the modern era. Mind you, I say this as someone who actually likes Discovery and Picard. But there's just no competition here, IMO. This is the first time I've been able to say, without a single asterisk involved, that the quality of a Kurtzman-era Star Trek season has fully rivaled Berman's lengthy stretch.

In fact, I'd put this around the middle of the pack, quite possibly even higher, relative to those. And I am a dyed-in-the-wool TNG/DS9/VOY enthusiast.

 

[Captain Jollydark]

Just blitzed through all ten for a rewatch of my own.

It's unquestionably my favorite season of the modern era. Mind you, I say this as someone who actually likes Discovery and Picard. But there's just no competition here, IMO. This is the first time I've been able to say, without a single asterisk involved, that the quality of a Kurtzman-era Star Trek season has fully rivaled Berman's lengthy stretch.

In fact, I'd put this around the middle of the pack, quite possibly even higher, relative to those. And I am a dyed-in-the-wool TNG/DS9/VOY enthusiast.

I love Discovery even this last season though I was desperate for a breather from highstakes/end-of-universe. This hits the spot. It's really good. Even the campy eps are really good.

 

[Quinton]

I love Discovery even this last season though I was desperate for a breather from highstakes/end-of-universe. This hits the spot. It's really good. Even the campy eps are really good.

In a way, I suppose Discovery's most recent season cranked it down a notch. Earth and Nivar were in the anomaly's path, but not the entire universe.

 

[TRON JA307020]

In a way, I suppose Discovery's most recent season cranked it down a notch. Earth and Nivar were in the anomaly's path, but not the entire universe.

Yeah the universe saving stuff every season is getting tiring.

 

[fireproof78]

Yeah. I hate it when the heroes save the day!

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Yeah. I hate it when the heroes save the day!

The universe saving stuff is getting tiring, not the saving the day stuff.

 

[fireproof78]

The universe saving stuff is getting tiring, not the saving the day stuff.

This will probably sound disingenuous but I honestly don't see much of a difference.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

This will probably sound disingenuous but I honestly don't see much of a difference.

Audiences have an easier time visualising and caring about moderately high stakes. The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic etc. And the higher those stakes get, the more the story gets into the realm of fantasy, which puts a bigger strain on the viewer's suspension of disbelief, especially if the same thing keeps happening and the heroes keep winning at the last moment. Plus if you start with the highest stakes there's nowhere to go, no escalation, and audiences get bored. Unless you invent even higher levels of absurdity.

A hero can save the day without saving the universe and in 99% of cases this is the better storytelling choice.

 

[fireproof78]

hero can save the day without saving the universe and in 99% of cases this is the better storytelling choice.

Better to whom? My favorite stories are Star Wars, Mistborn and Lord of the Rings.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Better to whom? My favorite stories are Star Wars, Mistborn and Lord of the Rings.

The 1% of cases is when they're writing stories for you.

 

[fireproof78]

The 1% of cases is when they're writing stories for you.

Well, I then I guess you'll be happy with the rest. Mileage will vary, etc. Because it makes no difference to me one or the other.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Sorry, that probably came off harsher than I meant it to.

Sagas like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are very mythological stories with mythological scope (and a huge amount of appeal to people), but you can see the same issue happening with them when the sequels and prequels came out. Return of the Jedi's big threat is... a second Death Star. They already introduced the planet killer in the first story so it was hard to escalate much from there without getting too ridiculous. But the personal stakes of the Luke and Vader story is the core of it and that's what really makes the film work. Then we got the sequel trilogy where they really had nowhere to go. An exact copy of the Empire! More planet killers! The Mandalorian, on the other hand, brings the stakes way way down and did a far better job of connecting with viewers.

Tales with epic mythological scope often to have diminishing returns from their follow up stories, which is the problem Discovery has been having (and SNW generally hasn't).

 

[fireproof78]

The Mandalorian, on the other hand, brings the stakes way way down and did a far better job of connecting with viewers.

Am I in the 1% again?