Star Trek: Discovery S5E1 - “The Red Directive” Spoiler Review

[@jinks6005]

Who needs a starship when you can just send Burnham and her boyfriend on every mission? Just give her a bloody Tardis and get it over with.

[@ah7910]

She flies. She actually flies now. Flying captain. She’s like a super hero. I mean, she was written like one before but now they actually like her flying. I think the producers and writers are awful human beings but an easier explanation is that they are on coke.

[@jinks6005]

@@ah7910 Good shout! You're absolutely right, who needs a hero ship when you already have the only hero you'll ever need? No starship means no crew and the complications that come with them. The writers can't possibly expand on the lives and feelings of the crew. If they did, they might have to write interesting stories where we find out that not all crew members feel the same way about Burnham as Saru. I think I'd feel pretty resentful of her, were I a crew member. So I permanently left behind my entire life, career and loved ones because travelling to the future was the only way protect the galaxy despite the fact that the threatening evil A.I. was destroyed prior to departure? And how are they all dealing with living in the far future? Why aren't they treated as anachronistic curiosities? Why are these ancients trusted to perform the most crucial missions dealing with existential threats like Species 10-C? No crew member feels overwhelmed by the technological advances they are expected to instantly master? They have no trouble adjusting to life one millennia ahead of their own? Perhaps they will explore these ideas from a non-superhero perspective but I won't hold my breath.

[@miranda7523]

Another season thrown in the trash. It's all about Michael Burnhan. Nothing else is explored. You don't see the interior of the Nog, Kirk, Wonder, Saturn, Voyager J class ships that were presented 2 seasons ago. Nobody knows anything about the other crew members who appear on the bridge: there are no stories to develop the characters, their past, their preferences, hobbies, fears and uncertainties, nothing. There's only room for Jesus Burnhan. All the useless dialogues, all the stories, all the miraculous solutions to all the problems, all the mysteries are hers. This makes the other characters so useless that if you remove them, they won't even be missed in the main plot. It's a one-person show. Selfish, dull. Total waste of time. It's the complete opposite of Strange New Worlds, which has excellent stories and unforgettable characters. As for Discovery, I painfully watch the episodes, skipping ahead and skipping the dialogues to see if there's anything interesting left, something genuine from Star Trek... if there's even 1% left, it's a lot.

[@MrJcn89]

The ships nose diving into the sand was too much for me I laughed so hard

[@SmartSmears]

​@@BanditBeauDarvillewhere did this episode insult white men

[@dramonmaster222]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thought this was odd.

[@grantalbrecht4577]

Yes a full circle moment, in Trek we use the deflector dish for everything except deflecting materiel now. Just nose dive and use the combat shields. 😂

[@Mothman156]

I honestly don't see anything anti white men about this episode. Rayner, the most prominent white male actor in the episodes, was the most interesting character. If your upset he comes out of retirement to be Burnhams number one, your reading too much into it. It's supposed to mirror Burnhams 2nd chance.

[@SJgolf891]

Wow the Disco-A animation at the beginning of this looks really great

[@SGUDistantHope]

Thank you!

[@WilliamHerrold]

Fred needs an android sister named Ethel. That would be a nice Lucy tie in.

[@thribs]

You could argue that since Burnham is from the 23rd century, she's used to the idea that the captain does the away missions.

[@ah7910]

You could also argue that the writing is terrible.

[@GregorySnipe]

​@@ah7910 you must hate TOS.

[@dan79600]

“Life support my ass” can you imagine Geordi La Forge speaking like that? This show is so cringe

[@SmilesObrien]

I could hear geordi saying that, people swear sometimes that's just part of being a person

[@ah7910]

In what TNG episode or DS9 or VOY for that matter did ANYBODY talk like that? Discovery is pure cringe and will not be considered a classic in 25-30 years like the other series have that timeless quality.

[@SmilesObrien]

@ah7910 cringe for using a minor swear word? Probably the weakest laziest piece of criticism ever uttered.

[@SmartSmears]

I agree with the beginning. I actually really liked this. The effects are better, the tone is better, the characters feel better, it might be one of my favorites of the show too. It's almost a shame the show didn't decide to start feeling like this sooner. I liked the downtime at the beginning where the characters are basically just at a party. My one sour note is the backdoor pilot starfleet academy scene felt a bit forced

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

I thought it felt more like Star wars

[@ah7910]

The planet they visit. The music. Discovery is EVERYTHING but Trek.

[@Calculon1712]

Its a bit of a coincidence, but its not the first time the Romulans were interested in the technology of the Progenitors, because they did the same thing in the PC video game Star Trek: Hidden Evil and Salome Jens reprised her role as the Ancient humanoid aka Xa-Tal from The Chase, however she does get killed by the Romulans who are interested in the destructive powers of a coveted genetic seed

[@seanwhelan6960]

Small annoyance, if they’re using the spore drive (which is basically instantaneous travel), they couldn’t jump to all 20 warp trails in front of them. Instead they say they can’t track them without Book?

[@seanwhelan6960]

@@BanditBeauDarville I hated it from the start lol

[@seanwhelan6960]

@@universaljoint I hate when writers forget their own writing

[@kwaktak]

I too feel like the social aspects of the show side track from the plot. I felt like Book was basically making a cameo because his and Burnham's history was used as a convenient plot device. It's been forever since I saw the D4 finale but my feeling was that they were sort of OK with how he came to accept his judgment. Maybe I'm wrong because after 2 years of their "shipping" I tuned a lot of it out.

[@jjmfrees]

Burnham is from Pike and Kirk’s era, so the captain would definitely go on the away mission. Idk about Rayner. Maybe the Burn changed policy.

[@dotmatrix7383]

The Romulan sets were almost comical in how much they just left "as was" from the Discovery.

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

Things I hated about episode 1 the fact that just the captains went down to the planet oh that love story bull shitt the robot that deals with dangerous criminals didn't have a personal shield and Tilly can I feel like the writers wanted to do Star wars and his dad got him a job in Star trek instead

[@GregorySnipe]

So you must hate TOS.

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

@@GregorySnipe I forgive the original one for some of their mistakes

[@weirdkitty07]

Lower Decks and Prodigy are set in the 2380s. Now it would be about 2402.

[@thribs]

Still don't get a good idea on how fast their warp drive is now, or why those Tardis tech ones from Relativity are no longer used.

[@rustknuckleirongut8107]

I could have sworn I heard this got cancelled after the last season. Was really surprised when this turned up.

[@ah7910]

Thankfully it’s their last season.

[@A.KZydik]

A " trek peace " with a lot of Star Wars-like action :))

[@whatwaynesaid3165]

I really liked the first 2. Actually looking fwd to more :O

[@ryvlaw]

I just can't stand these characters nor their interactions ... Also another juvenile acting CAPTAIN but don't worry, boss Burnham is always right and leads the way by force

[@captainhelium]

This story and stories to come bid good fortune for the franchise. Nice to see Booker back (and Grudge).... I hope they beamed up a few of those Sandskimmers because they look like soooo much fun and would make for a new toy to get around on some strange, new world... (sorry).... maybe they'll visit that Dyson Sphere that has been convenienlty forgotten about.

[@thomashong2938]

TOS Kirk, ENT Archer and SNW Pike usually lead away teams so it’s unfair to criticize Burnham for doing the same thing.

[@ah7910]

Do they also fly? She’s a glorified super hero at this point. The writing on Discovery is trash and anybody who tries to silence criticism has an agenda - not the other way around.

[@am45_001]

​@@ah7910 you do realize that Burnham was in a space suit right? She's in the goddamned 32nd century, of course the space suits have flight capabilities!

[@wingsabre]

I like it, and it felt like a more thought out season arc than the last season. It also has the potential to be world ending but it does not have to because the technology could just be a device that scatters DNA around to Galaxy instead of what people are thinking, which is the ancient seeding device in Stargate.

[@ah7910]

We’re one episode in. How can you suggest it’s a better story arc than the previous season. The writing on Discovery is appalling and the only reason this has grabbed out attention, much like Picard would, is because they are referencing prime universe lore than we all miss snd get nostalgic about.

[@wingsabre]

@@ah7910 the prior season has absolutely world ending stakes and ended anti-climatically, or ended in an unsatisfying way. This is less world ending. It has more potential to be open ended, and the tech does not have to be a doomsday device. The progenitors seared life, but they essentially did it in such a passive way where species were allowed to evolve slowly. So there’s way more potential to not have the same pacing and filler issue we had in prior seasons.

[@leonwoodley99]

Really impressive couple of episodes.

[@peter-xw1mu]

If youre braindead yes

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

I'm in the Star trek cult watch this stupid show hate everything about it still watch it

[@emoke150]

Hahaha me too

[@travelswithsi8932]

A solid first season ep, I liked it especially the pacing

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

And I miss your live streams

[@BazT47]

I think the bad alien guy is a Brean. we have never seen one before lol

[@neondemon5137]

New captain seems cool, burnt ham was cringe as usual.

[@thribs]

Managed top get 4 off the bingo card

[@BobbyCoolBreeze]

The Romulan Science ship was the best thing about the whole show. The “Chase” sequel is a waste on this show!

[@glennlaroche1524]

They're saving the universe aGaIn, nose first in the sand. SMH>

[@everettjohnson9374]

It was awesome

[@leewelch9005]

God its shit, characters, the majority of the acting, writing, the premise that people with absolutely no knowledge of 32nd century tech would be of any use at all. I watch it because it's Trek but it is gash

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

I don't get recommended your videos any more I have to send a live streaming forever

[@lucri988]

This was stupid writing. The dialogue was very, very hard to listen too (sorry, their whispering..). The sand biker chase scene for one. Its like a teenager wrote them. Or Tillys tomance scene. Are they actual adults in this crew? Or little teenagers? They sure act like the latter. And way too much excuses to have action and pew pew scenes. Ships sand diving was also just over the top. I also made the excuse of Burnham being from Kirk era so she is more of a cowboy captain, thus she being on away missions. Basically extremely stupid episode.

[@marleymcleay9228]

Very interesting story developing. Really enjoyable. The effects for their giant screens looked a step down from the standar effects. There was a projected scene of a planet, in one scene and it looked like a low resolution visual. Otherwise I like Reyner. And look forward to episode 3

[@peter-xw1mu]

Garbage trek. They talk like teenagers on that show. Cringe. Massive plotholes, annoying characters, dumb dialogue, etc.. Only good thing about this show is the CGI.

[@thribs]

It was weird getting ads while watching it. Never had that before

[@power543]

Really? theyve been on tye channel in every video for our entire 10 year run xD

[@thribs]

@@power543 I mean on Paramount Plus. Must have downgraded my account. Halo season 2 never had them.

[@thribs]

@@power543 I mean on Paramount Plus. Halo season 2 didn’t have any

[@TroyUlysses]

I'm here for the breakdown as I find that INFINITELY more interesting than watching anything Disco related 😄

[@jamesbroome4802]

After hundreds and hundreds of years of Star Fleet exploring and researching shouldn't the Progenitors Technology be really old fashioned rather than the most dangerous thing in the entire galaxy.

[@jamesknight3070]

I'm getting a Genesis vibe, which would still be incredibly dangerous given how it deletes life. I hope I'm wrong and that ultimately the weapon narrative is misdirection.

[@hyan5cardoso]

Do people know that math don't get easier with centuries and at most computer get faster? Criptography is math.

[@ragemydream]

This was so badly written. I couldn't make it through episode 2. It became more like follow Burnham San Diego than star trek. I thought they finally got better writers by the end of Disco season4 , but I was wrong. Same yawn fest. Strange new worlds is so much better.