Been following him on Masto for a while now; he seems like a good dude, and often has interesting Trek trivia or observations. 👍
Despite my negative reaction to the trailer, and hearing all the early spoiler-free reviews validating that reaction, I went into it hoping for a guilty pleasure of some kind, where I can go "yeah that wasn't great, but I kinda liked it".
Not so much. (I wrote up a full thing over here. Spoiler: it's a 1 out of 5 for me.)
But here's some positives, since this group contains perhaps the most generous comments I've ever seen about it so far, and I don't want to spoil that vibe:
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I think the cast was decent; the guy playing Quasi especially stood out to me. Liked their casting for Rachel Garrett, and the bit of personality they gave her; it doesn't stomp on her TNG appearance, just adds to it. And she kinda looks like her if you squint.
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The core concept is fine, and with a huge overhaul they could have had something here. Yet by the end of this thing, I could almost see this going forward with more episodes. Few shows hit the ground running before finding the right balance. Unfortunately this will never get that chance.
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The sets and VFX are quite good for a streaming series at times.
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The angry face on the Deltan before she left was amazing? (I'm really struggling here.)
There's room for it, under the right conditions, but... this feels completely wrong in almost every direction. Section 31, as a collective group, should not feel like a bad rip off of Guardians of the Galaxy. Absolutely the wrong tone.
I will give it a fair shot, however, since it won't cost me anything but my time. :P
Sean is a galactic treasure. 🙏