It’s not perfect—nothing is—but it’s impressively good and enjoyable. Yes, there are some quieter or seemingly "boring" moments from time to time, but these are usually when you need to pay attention, as they pay off big time soon after.

That being said, —and this isn’t necessarily aimed towards you personally— if you’re the kind to snub an entire series barely 5 min into it after mindlessly watching while doomscrolling, then repeatedly trashing it online to justify your lack of interest, then, no, it will not satisfy you, just like nothing else will.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 20 hours ago

Academy has the best elements of every single series to date.

Objection. I've seen very little professional behavior from anyone except maybe the Doctor and the Commandant, and of course Admiral Uncle. Some leeway can be granted, given the setting, but it's something I very much miss from the TNG era.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I gave it 5 episodes. They just got progressively worse to the point of irritation, so I skimmed the episode summaries for the rest of the season and saw:

spoiler

the finale is yet another "save the entire federation (but with kids this time)" type of plot and knew it wasn't worth wasting any more time on.

As far as modern live-action trek goes SNW is still the best by far even though the last season was terrible.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

So you watched 5 episodes—half the season only, and come here to give your opinion on the matter of whether the entire series is good or not?

And you dare put the season’s big cliffhanger with spoiler on top of it?

I rest my case your honor.