As a longtime fan of the original
Star Trek television series, I am always keen to see what new writers can do
with the science fiction world originally created by Gene Roddenberry. The
newest DVD series to be acquired by the Lincoln City Library system is called
Star Trek: Discovery, which takes places in the years before Captain Kirk and
Mr. Spock explore the galaxy on the Starship Enterprise. I am currently
watching the last episode of Season 2 in which Captain Pike (Captain Kirk’s
predecessor) and his crew are fighting to save all sentient life from
destruction by artificial life known as Control.
The episodes are action-packed with
excellent acting, superior visual effects and good stories. I am especially
impressed with the acting skills of Anson Mount (as Captain Christopher Pike),
Sonequa Martin-Green (as Michael Burnham), and Doug Jones (as Commander Saru).
I thoroughly enjoyed the story lines in the second season; they were more
gripping than the the ones explored in the first season. I am looking forward
to seeing where the next season will take the crew of the USS Discovery!
[If
you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Star
Trek, Star
Trek: Voyager, Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine or the new streaming series Picard.]
[
Internet Movie
Database entry for this TV series ] | [ official Star
Trek: Discovery web site ]
See
also: Charlotte M.’s review of Discovery (season one) on BookGuide
from August 2019
See
also: Star Trek – The Reading List for hundreds
of Star Trek novels, including several based on Star Trek Discovery
Have you watched this one?
What did you think? Did you find this review helpful?
New reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide website. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog individually over the course of the entire month. Click the tag for the reviewer's name to see more of this reviewer’s recommendations!
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment