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So I have big issues with Star Trek: Discovery. I once made it to the first nine episodes and then I tapped out. I heard it gets a little better later on though in season two and three. Also heard it doesn't. I'll try to give this show a fair shot but bewarned, I'm big on Star Trek lore and I hate how this show shits on it.

S1:E1 - The Vulcan Hello:

So I'll start off with giving the show credit for how nice the special effects look. Which is also a problem when your show is set before TOS. I know they tried adding knobs and joysticks to the consoles but still... that space suit Burnham uses looks better than Voyagers :/

I also like the look of the U.S.S Shenzhou. I've always liked the look of a lot of the federation ship designs and this is no different.

Now my biggest gripe with this episode and the series as a whole is th Klingons. I took one look and couldn't believe how they massacred my boy. What the flying fuck are these? Bald, ugly ass masks, and all they do is speak Klingon and that takes up so much time. They also care about dead corpses, when we know that Klingons don't give two shits about an empty shell. And don't get me started on those fucking "bat'leths."

Also what the hell was up with all of these awful designed Klingon ships that showed up in the end. Not one fucking D7 Klingon Battlecruiser. Remember CE when Klingon ships used to look good? I remember. :(

I know I'm nitpicking with this one, but canonically speaking the Klingons do not have a cloaking device at this time. They gain them when they make their alliance with the Romulan empire later on in Kirks time.

I liked Saru the best so far. His species sounds interesting, and I hope to learn more about them in season 2 or 3. Saru is also pretty smart. He knew to leave the Klingon artifact alone and also how TO FOLLOW ORDERS. He actually reminds me of a good starfleet officer.

I liked the captain as well. She seemed like a good starfleet captain. I know what happens to her because I've seen the first nine episodes. Still I liked her character despite how brief her appearance was, kinda wish she never died in ep.2

So I'm going to leave it here and review/rant abou Burnham after watching episode 2. As a whole, the changes to the Klingons really take away from the episode for me personally. I couldn't get over it enough to enjoy this episode. The actual story arc of the Klingons starting a war with the Federation is a good premise for a show set in this era, but falls flat on its face when the show decides to disregard these same Klingons and makes them unrecognizable.