Saw the Ent comment and it pulled me back. In HS I was very active on that board.
I saw the NY screening and it was phenominal. Despite the nightmare of getting tickets, the night could not be beat. Seeing TWOK om 35mm remains my fave experience. This is close. If you want spoilers the ama is pretty much spot on. Despite my misgivings I still scored a ten for the emotional journey. Rewatching in preparation for tonight reminded me of how different it is when you know where something is going, it is hard to forget the end and edit differently i.e. you can't ever edit from the fan perspectice weekly watching ans the torture of some reveals.
Even the silly stuff did not bother knowing and feeling these were my final moments with friends I grew up with. The man sittinf to my left said "why do people need to die for it to be good?" He is right. It's become a trope ans the classifier for a good ahow since Sopranos. This is not that kind of show (not the mob part, just the Lynchian copycat style).
I cried seeing the ships. Sure the D does some SW stuff. But sometines ymto enjoy you just have to accept Shaw's wise words from this season "whatever". Get over it and see if you can appreciate a gift. Not as in looking the horse in the mouth, but we are blessed to have even bad trek, and other than some of the new show, Matalas co had their heart in the right place.
The after show interviews were hilarious. I hope they share and don't edit. Spiner checks out Gates's rear, dropping eyes and glasses. Then reveals there were new names passed around but everyone but Spiner hated them. Then Spiner pulled the final trigger.
Redeption for Troi sitting at consoles.
That Kurtzman refused to pay for the opener cameo but did for the mid one I didn't need but still enjoyed, is upsetting.
All in all, some very good Star Trek here and hopefully the moderator was right and we are getting Captain Seven new Trek.