‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ finds empathy in memory | Engadget - eviltoast

How much is our empathy informed by our memories?.

  • King Mongoose@lemmy.film
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    1 year ago

    I came to say just the opposite: the show is lesser than the sum of its parts. It’s not cerebral, it’s just boring.

    The acting is above par, the characters are semi-interesting, the screenwriting shoots mostly above the bar. And yet somehow…yawn city. All the qualities you mentioned regarding the writing are exactly why it trods along; at the end of the day, the drama is just not gripping. And I so wanted to like it, don’t ask me why.

    It can’t even get a theme song right. Go ahead…whistle/hum/sing it. I’ll wait. Five dollars say you can’t even remember it.

    Oh, and I liked The Orville. A lot.