NOW, THIS. IS. STAR TREK. I have been waiting for Modern Trek to do something like this. That Trek feel. I had enough with the "dark future" BS, Star Trek is supposed to be utopian, about exploration, and follow the vision of Gene Roddenberry. The intro is better than ENT, and man. The look of the Enterprise is at its best. Of course, this takes place after the Pilot Episode of TOS and intersects with DIS as we had a reference. I will be honest, but I haven't watched TOS for a long time. I recently re-watched the iconic Tribbles episode which I had a blast with.
Although, for me. I had a few problems with this one. It was slow and kinda dull throughout the first and second acts. I'm pretty sure that some of us have a problem with 50-minute episodes, but it's not always a problem. The other problem I have is that the never-seen crew wasn't introduced, that's what ST always does. Although, I haven't seen Short Trips nor Prodigy. I have no intentions of doing so. It's probably harsh I know. But, for me. I know it can be silly to judge an animated show "negatively" because of the animation, but the animation is nowhere interesting. For Prodigy, I'm not giving any attention to Nickelodeon. It surprises me it's still going. It's dry nowadays.
The episode has an interesting plotline of an alien race that hasn't reached warp technology but created a warp bomb. But, that's not the problem there. There is a conflict between the two on the planet on the verge of self-annihilation, and the representation is well done. The episode has great humor throughout the episode. I laughed the most when Pike "teleports" in a press conference and awkwardly says: "Hi..."
The episode hit the spotlight when he shows the press conference what would happen if their conflict continues, and it got me some Star Trek vibes. The time of 1965 - to 2002 Star Trek is where world peace became a thing in humanity. (( Sorry, not a big fan of ENT. )) The overall message of the representation is that we are heading in the wrong direction to great devastation, and it won't be pretty. It's sad. Well-expressed. Also about time. This is the first in ST that we actually got to see WWIII. The ending, it's simply beautiful. What a way to end a Pilot.
The characters we all know and love have great standouts with Anson Mount's Pike killing it! After all, it's a good start but has many flaws. This is way better than that ENT Episode - "Strange New World".
7-8/10.
Although, for me. I had a few problems with this one. It was slow and kinda dull throughout the first and second acts. I'm pretty sure that some of us have a problem with 50-minute episodes, but it's not always a problem. The other problem I have is that the never-seen crew wasn't introduced, that's what ST always does. Although, I haven't seen Short Trips nor Prodigy. I have no intentions of doing so. It's probably harsh I know. But, for me. I know it can be silly to judge an animated show "negatively" because of the animation, but the animation is nowhere interesting. For Prodigy, I'm not giving any attention to Nickelodeon. It surprises me it's still going. It's dry nowadays.
The episode has an interesting plotline of an alien race that hasn't reached warp technology but created a warp bomb. But, that's not the problem there. There is a conflict between the two on the planet on the verge of self-annihilation, and the representation is well done. The episode has great humor throughout the episode. I laughed the most when Pike "teleports" in a press conference and awkwardly says: "Hi..."
The episode hit the spotlight when he shows the press conference what would happen if their conflict continues, and it got me some Star Trek vibes. The time of 1965 - to 2002 Star Trek is where world peace became a thing in humanity. (( Sorry, not a big fan of ENT. )) The overall message of the representation is that we are heading in the wrong direction to great devastation, and it won't be pretty. It's sad. Well-expressed. Also about time. This is the first in ST that we actually got to see WWIII. The ending, it's simply beautiful. What a way to end a Pilot.
The characters we all know and love have great standouts with Anson Mount's Pike killing it! After all, it's a good start but has many flaws. This is way better than that ENT Episode - "Strange New World".
7-8/10.