I liked it!
It was tough to get in to. I tried to watch it when it first came out, but something about it wore on me. I'm in my 40s and I have a son who likes sci-fi animation aimed at kids, so I was used to the often frantic pace and video-gamey design on current shows in the genre. But at first it just felt a bit to kidsy for Star Trek, to my taste anyhow. And the frequent ads that played (at much higher volume) aimed at kids were just too much for my old man brain to handle and I bailed out after a few episodes.
Recently Steve Shives did a YouTube review of the show which made it sound interesting and I noticed it was on Netlix now so I could watch it ad-free. So I gave it another shot.
Wow!
While some of the stories were snoozers that I won't remember (par for the course on any Trek show) there was a lot to enjoy here. The young main cast were all interesting and compelling characters, and the returning Legacy characters were all beautifully handed. I enjoyed the Chakotay story and honestly like Janeway better in this show than I ever did in classic Voyager. And Wesley Crusher: Traveler is tremendous fun.
I hope this show gets a season 3 and I hope they keep Beltran and Wheaton as regular cast members.
Much of this show felt like Trek's answer to Doctor Who and I mean that in a good way. I hope future stories lean into the ideas set up regarding Wesley as a Traveler keeping tabs on the timelines and maybe learning more about the Supervisors. Let's have this show explore timelines and parallel universes! Timeline of the week instead of world of the week. What a great series format that would be.
Here's hoping for more!
--Alex
It was tough to get in to. I tried to watch it when it first came out, but something about it wore on me. I'm in my 40s and I have a son who likes sci-fi animation aimed at kids, so I was used to the often frantic pace and video-gamey design on current shows in the genre. But at first it just felt a bit to kidsy for Star Trek, to my taste anyhow. And the frequent ads that played (at much higher volume) aimed at kids were just too much for my old man brain to handle and I bailed out after a few episodes.
Recently Steve Shives did a YouTube review of the show which made it sound interesting and I noticed it was on Netlix now so I could watch it ad-free. So I gave it another shot.
Wow!
While some of the stories were snoozers that I won't remember (par for the course on any Trek show) there was a lot to enjoy here. The young main cast were all interesting and compelling characters, and the returning Legacy characters were all beautifully handed. I enjoyed the Chakotay story and honestly like Janeway better in this show than I ever did in classic Voyager. And Wesley Crusher: Traveler is tremendous fun.
I hope this show gets a season 3 and I hope they keep Beltran and Wheaton as regular cast members.
Much of this show felt like Trek's answer to Doctor Who and I mean that in a good way. I hope future stories lean into the ideas set up regarding Wesley as a Traveler keeping tabs on the timelines and maybe learning more about the Supervisors. Let's have this show explore timelines and parallel universes! Timeline of the week instead of world of the week. What a great series format that would be.
Here's hoping for more!
--Alex
