It is my opinion that “spoilers” and “startrek discovery” are oxymorons. Because that show has not just “minimal” but outfight no respect for even the most basic logic or consistency. You can’t spoil it because it’s absolutely incoherent. It’s a work about feelings that ignores any in-world logic; and as such has no stakes. Nothing matters because any magic bullshit will be pulled out of a bag to satisfy an emotional arc when the writers have no skill in any other aspect of writing.
If you enjoy it; great. But what fucks me off about that show is that it spent five seasons trying to explore a ton of progressive cool things with character ideas, but absolutely squanders it all by having nothing else of substance to hang any of that on.
If we can solve any problems with not even the wave of a wand but by just incoherently ignoring whole chunks of plot… well it’s all rendered pointless. Everything is unbelievable. None of it matters.
@fabian Agreed - and also why I think most of the superhero films and such don’t work well. You have to pick what rules you’re introducing and stick with them - or else it all falls apart.
This is also why I really enjoy Brandon Sanderson books. Fantasy; but always with logical consequences and strict repercussions and limits.
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