Star Trek Discovery

[avebury]

I am almost done watching episode 3. I have got to admit, for a Star Trek show this one is very different. It is not like any of th other shows in the series.

[CentralMass]

1. The others were free.

[csziggy]

3. When ST: Voyager started it was only on Paramont channel

Which was in few markets over the air, on few cable systems - and on the systems it was on, it often cost extra money. That was the equivalent of what paid streaming is today.

[flamin lib]

4. What does cable cost?

I cut the cable a couple of years ago and now watch what I want when I want. I have more entertainment than I have time for. All Access is one I subscribe to and watch NCIS, Bull, Madam Secretary, ST and a few others. I can watch every ST series ever filmed and all 15 years of NCIS.

I have 4 subscription streaming services and pay about $30 a month. I get news real time via Youtube (CNN, CSPAN) CBSNEWS (free) and LIVENEWSUS.COM.

If you are watching network TV via cable it's not really free. Just sayin . . .

[CentralMass]

6. I have and internet only package, get sround 25 free channels on my

indoor digital atenna,and Roku box with a $20 Slingtv package.

[longship]

2. I watched the first one; it utterly sucked.

The most unpleasant cast of characters ever to crew a Federation starship.

Then, CBS made it a cliffhanger in a flagrant attempt to promote further episode viewing by pay-per-view.

If one ends up hating all the characters, why would anybody want to repeat the episode? Indeed, and even pay for it!!!!

[flamin lib]

5. I didn't see it that way. Not sure of all the characters yet but most series

take some time for actors to grow into the parts. It is definitely a twisted story line but it has echos of the Original ie the nature vs nurture treatment of vulcan/human protagonist.

I'm intrigued enough to see more of it.

As for PPV, see my post up-thread.

[longship]

7. Well, it's academic. No cable or broadband where I live.

Just an old TV roof antenna and a spotty cell tower for INet. I have severe download limits. No video for me.

Anyway, I didn't like it at all, as my post says.

Hope you enjoy it.

[Dave Starsky]

8. I believe I will pass.

Was going to wait and see, but I just have a real problem with the whole "pay service" with commercials idea, anyway. I pay for Netflix and Prime so I don't have to deal with that shit. This show would have to be "Game of Thrones" quality for me to want to put up with that.

[Iggo]

9. No thanks.

I'm not buying a channel for one show. I'll borrow the DVD off someone when it's available. If it's good now, it'll be good then.

[OrwellwasRight]

10. I saw the first two eps for free when I was in Canada for work.

They premiered together on the Canada's Space Channel (similar to SyFy in US). I was so deeply uninterested during the 2 hours -- I kept changing to other channels during the commercial breaks and finding the stuff on other channels more interesting. I REALLY REALLY wanted to like it, but the Klingons bits were SOOOOOO boring. They talked so slow and without any apparent inflection. Their seemed like just cardboard bad guys, just vicious to be vicious. The lead and the people on her ship were boring. Had trouble understanding their dialogue even though it was in English. Perhaps all the budget went into visual effects instead of sound. It just felt like a lame action thing, not "Star Trek." Anyway, I won't be subscribing. Disappointed. I wish they would just look to the future, which is the essence of Star Trek. Not the past. No more prequels. No rewriting the fictional history. Write the future! Peace.