Star Trek: Discovery S3E12 “There Is A Tide…”

I haven’t actually watched the new show or anything (no untagged spoilers in this thread, please), but this is the general vibe that I get from reading comments from people who have.

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    11 hours ago

    It’s a high school drama in a Starfleet academy. It barely counts as SciFi and every scene is melodrama. There are two star Trek princesses and a street rat main male character whose an idiot but somehow also a genius and of course, extremely hot, and is immediately in a love triangle with princesses. Every position of authority at the academy is held by a woman and the head of the academy spends part every scene showing you how cool and non-conventional she is by being completely unprofessional. This show is a startrek soap opera.

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      5 hours ago

      Every position of authority at the academy is held by a woman

      Ew! Star Trek gots GIRLS in it? Gross!!

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      Thank you, totally agree.
      The school drama between the cadet-guys was so forced and the officers acted irresponsible, sometimes even incompetent.
      It also felt more like a mix of Hogwarts in space and Xavier’s school for gifted youngsters.
      Why can’t they start their training on earth instead of flying through open space with a minimal crew and lots of kids without any qualification and without any permission on the ship?
      SAM is the photonic version of season 1 Disco Tilly.
      Lura Thok (number one) reminded me of Lt. Commander Bortus from Orville.

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      It barely counts as SciFi and every scene is melodrama. There are two star Trek princesses and a street rat main male character whose an idiot but somehow also a genius and of course, extremely hot

      Could describe the first season of DS9 honestly.