(Spoiler free, please keep any comments likewise)
I just finished the first episode. I'm not sure about it yet. I think I was completely distracted by the ludicrously angled screenshots (something I've not seen since the 2005 Doctor Who), weird camera movements and blinding amounts of lens flare. And why have the Klingons turned into Orcs ? Do we really need twenty minutes of Klingons speaking Klingon with subtitles ? I don't think we do. I don't think they need to be so ornate either. I quite like the Federation ship though, even if the uniforms and aliens have blatantly been stolen from Galaxy Quest.
And dammit, Michael is a boy's name and you won't convince me otherwise.
Right, on to episode 2...
Extreme camera angles and ridiculous lens flare is a great way to spoil whatever immersion may have otherwise been possible.
ReplyDelete"Oh, you forgot that you're watching a show a feel like you're just watching the action unfold directly? NOPE! You're actually watching through a reflective pane of glass that's fallen off its mount!"
Yeah, the freakin' lenz flarez, inside the bridge. sigh
ReplyDeleteI'm pulled out of this being a TOS prequel, due to extreme disuse of any TOS/Pre-TOS design elements. If they'd even given a nod in that direction, I'd be ok with it. Overall, the color scheme and lighting made me think it was some sorta bastard spin-off of Battlestar Galactica and Andromeda. And then the plot/dialog (of ep 1; haven't seen further) also didn't mesh with Star Trek. Seemed very generic 'high tension' scene.
They managed to fail at everything. Granted, just about every Star Trek first episode has been painful to watch, but this one is on the level of Voyager bad.
ReplyDeleteThis was worse than Voyager bad. :-/ Klingon redesign du jour, an unbelievable character action, the usual Hollywood we-don't-understand-basic-physics BS, and yes, the Enterprise-esque lack of reverse continuity. Star Trek Continues and Prelude to Axanar are vastly better in almost all regards.
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