When I first started this show I found it to be a really awkward mix of comedy and seriousness. It had some jokes thrown it at the most inopportune times as some kind of comic relief from a really serious situation. Perhaps the first half of the first season was actually a bit rough or maybe the show just grew on me, but by season 2 I found myself loving this show.
To me it seems as every bit as comfy, intellectually interesting and even funny as some classic Star Treks while still clearly being its own thing. I wish more comfy space shows like this would get made.
What are your thoughts on The Orville? Also I miss Alara.
Actually I think much like Strange New Worlds, I think that it showed me how much of the recent issues I have with Star Trek is that it takes itself too seriously. (In fact also as for Star Wars, as blasphemous it is to mention here)
Wait which part is blasphemous? It's been like 25 years since criticizing star wars is blasphemy lol..
My problem with modern trek is that it's just really really shitty B or C rated generic action/dramas with a star trek "skin" on it. But if you changed a few characters names, the setting, and a few minor things, it would be indistinguishable from any other generic shitty forgettable show you've seen. It's like the writers have never actually seen star trek.