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8/10
Solid Star Trek Series
Rob133126 September 2023
I have to admit that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was so much better than I expected. This is the prequel to the original Star Trek and even has some familiar characters like Spock and Uhura. It's led by Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and has basically the same plot as the original in where they explore the galaxy. This is actually one of the most well received Star Trek shows ever by both the critics and fans, it currently has a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. It has a new fresh feel while also honoring the original. This is a show that both new fans and longtime fans can both enjoy. This hooked me from the very first episode and didn't let go. I binged the entire first season over a weekend and I'm already looking forward for next season.
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8/10
Fun Watch
Supermanfan-1323 September 2023
I just finished watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and have to say I really enjoyed it. I don't consider myself a huge Treky or anything, I watched the original a little but it was on before I was born and watched Next Generation when I was a little kid but don't remember too much, I do like the recent movies a lot though. Anyway, just as a sci-fi fan with a little knowledge on Star Trek...I liked it. It seems that even most die hard Star Trek fans like this one and they hate all the new stuff. The writing and cast are what makes this so good and the visuals are also pretty good for a tv show. I'd definitely recommend this to both Star Trek fans and sci-fi fans who don't know anything about Star Trek and are just looking for a good sci-fi show to have fun watching.
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8/10
To boldly go ...
bosporan5 May 2022
Strange New Worlds is a fabulous Trekverse series in contrast to some recent offerings. Vintage stylistic choices from uniforms, through technology to sounds, together with opening credits and episodic stories make this a joy to watch for lovers of original Trek.

The stories are focussed, setting the tone, challenges and developing relationships between the crew members very well. The inclusion of younger versions of familiar characters, is a welcome and relatable anchoring to the series.

SNW comes with the familiar plot holes and humour blended nicely together with subtle references to earth's history and Kirk-like problem solving.

Mix all the above together with an excellent cast, this is a winner - I, for one, am very much looking forward to seeing more.
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10/10
Star Trek is Back
thinkMovies23 May 2022
TOS morality tales and TNG science, updated for 2022 with an ensemble cast and one full story per episode.

I can even forgive the fact that the 2022 Enterprise looks two centuries ahead of the 1966 Enterprise, because they got the details right and we do have good cgi and sets these days.

A dream come true, this incarnation of Trek. Having watched the first three episodes, Thank you production team and writers!
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8/10
Feels like Trek
drael646 May 2022
I've only seen the first episode, but I can say with certainty, this is the first time I've been optimistic about nu Trek.

It is actually optimistic. It seems episodic. It seems like Trek. Characters are also likeable, relatable.
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10/10
ST:NBT -- Next Best Thing
NinaCu5 May 2022
This is BY FAR the best realization of ST:TOS -- The Original Series. It was a self contained mission. It delivered a morality message. It addressed issues of psychology and emotional intelligence. It worked to connect various timelines. It did not take itself too seriously, at the right times.

Stories that leaked about series development, indicated that Anson Mount had a number of conditions, for taking the role. I am pleased that he persisted and persevered, and has taken the rigid "starch" out of the captains uniform -- present in every series after TOS.

I am also VERY impressed with the rest of the casting. And, I hope they explain why the bridge is mostly female -- which is absolutely WONDERFUL! The rethinking of Nurse Chappel's character is compelling. The casting of Babs Olusanmokun as the Doctor is genius. Christina Chong as security chief (a position that didn't exist in TOS) brings a spirit reminiscent of Cara Gee in The Expanse, and manifests Gene's vision realized in ST:TNG.

Let's face it, ST:TOS was full of mistakes, inconsistencies, and many rediculously bad stories. ST:SNW isn't perfect either, but is clearly making the best effort yet.

And yes, screenwriters of today are less literate and don't do their homework or research. ST:DIS confused flaunt with flout, and now ST:SNW confused com (communications) with conn (control). Even other reviewers spelled it wrong. To err is to be human. Embody the Star Trek ideal -- HAVE COMPASSION & EMPATHY.

I would love to see more than 10 episodes per year.
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8/10
Finally a decent series on a trajectory to match The Next Generation
AlexKrenshaw8 January 2023
In terms of when this is set, it's important to remember it's just before the original series with Kirk and way before The Next Generation. You need to take this into account when evaluating, looking at what the mission is, looking at the sets, costumes and all round character of the show.

It has embraced that which we're all used to from that era of the Trek universe.

The rule breaking, edge of your seat decision making, pushing boundaries, constant uncertainty and volatility, tongue in cheek scenarios, a healthy dose of sarcasm, wit and humour all mixed with a decent amount of action, wide variety of aliens and great effects and CGI.

Anson Mount nails Pike. Particularly as a predecessor to Kirk who was a happy maverick. The surrounding cast just excel it even further and it's tough to fault any of them.

The mention of other reviewers with "wokeness" I believe are mixing it up with ethnic diversity, which is beautiful and rich across the entire cast.

If you're looking for wokeness and a trek through emotions.......watch Star Trek Discovery.

This, nails what Star Trek is. Great stories, on a 5 year mission with wonderful diversity and a fresh take on that era of the trek universe.

Long may it last. They have so many possibilities to deepen a lot of the characters and expand the universe even further.
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6/10
Lost Roddenberry's vision
mikejesus27 June 2023
Like "Picard" and "Discovery" Strange New Worlds has lost the original bright, hopeful future that made Star Trek so refreshing. Instead of showing as a world where justice and equality finally win we are give a glimpse of a future plagued with all the same petty, short-sighted leaders we have today! If the new Star Trek vision is to be believed then we as a people will learn nothing in the next 300 years about working together and getting along. That is just depressing. Especially considering the great strides of the last 100 years.

What happened to Roddenberry's vision? Something we can dream of and aspire to!
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9/10
"Cool!" Finally, a return to the legacy Star Trek universe
msghall21 May 2022
After the rather drab, talky and alienating Alex Kurtzman soap operas of Picard and Discovery, Strange New Worlds returns us to the Roddenberry version of the show (ST, ST:NG, ST:Voyager, movies). Once again, we can imagine ourselves on the bridge, empathize with real characters and most of all, enjoy tightly-written scripts that don't insult the audience with dull backstory or gratuitous dialog.

It's not all perfect. There are no characters that immediately shine like a Data or a Seven, the bridge is a little too busy in its design. But the writing is the sharpest since Deep Space Nine, the actors better cast and most of all, while there's no acting on par with Stewart or Mulgrew, there's reason to celebrate this return to the Roddenberry version where disciplined writing and a well-lit Enterprise invite us in to experience adventures that include all of us. Hooray!
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6/10
What's All the Excitement About?
jpyle-813-68287527 September 2022
I see a lot of high ratings for Star Trek Strange New Worlds. Let me warn you, this is another review where I ask what show are they watching?

Compared to the other new Star Trek series on Paramount+, this one is brilliant. But that's a low bar.

In fact, original programming on Paramount+ is uniformly mediocre. There's not one winner in the bunch. The first season of Picard, if I recall correctly was pretty good. The second was miserable. Star Trek Discovery is a very uneven series that finally, irrevocably went off the rails.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds is somewhere in the middle. It's just good enough to make you watch just to see if it gets better but not good enough to make you want to watch the next season.

Not only is the story uninspired but the characters are mostly uninteresting. There is an outright dumb character on the bridge crew whose only purpose is to make comments and wisecracks that simply wouldn't be tolerated on any ship other than the S. S. Minnow.
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5/10
Strange insubordinations
NAH193516 August 2023
In general, season 1 was quite good and promising. I liked the retro stand alone episodic approach. Season 2 however has removed all of my promise.

The reason being, none of the characters behave in a believable way, and are all too far up themselves for me to care about them.

The crew, especially the bridge crew, are working under a chain of command, in potentially dangerous situations. Yet they show their superiors zero respect, in fact quite the opposite, they often talk down to them with sly remarks and belittling comments, which the senior officers then happily accept. Someone of the same rank would not stand for these remarks, let alone a ranking officer, and on the bridge in front of the other crew for all that matter. It's just completely unrealistic and the ship would have descended into complete chaos within weeks in reality.

This has to be my biggest complaint so far and it is hugely putting me off the show. We don't need to go back to the largely rigid environment of TNG, but the current trend completely takes me out of the emersion of the show and leaves me eye rolling.

For some reason, the writers have decided to write the crew as negative, moany, childish characters who seem to think of themselves as quite infallible, often making smug remarks... until an episode calls for some random past event that is shoehorned into the episode to explain why they are acting scared/shy/timid etc. Which is completely out of character or context at the time.

It's become a cheap writing trick used to avoid any actual intellectual character development or real emotion the audience can connect with for more than a couple of minutes.

The show is not terrible, but it's becoming more and more of a cheap emotion grab with weak character back stories, of characters who have been written as very unlikeable people in the first place.

Finally, this show largely came about due to Anson Mounts impact as Captain Pike on Discovery, yet he is barely a bit part character in this. If you didn't know he was the Captain and in charge of the ship, you'd never guess! The writers need to remember why people wanted this show in the first place as currently, my interest in Captain Pike and his adventures before Kirk on the Enterprise is very much waning.
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8/10
Alex Kurtzman finally boldly goes were Rick Berman has gone before. And thats great.
ruidanielbarrossss5 May 2022
First episode, and we have an encapsulated story, with a beginning, middle and end, in which the dilemmas of modern society are explored in a self-reflective way, using an alien civilization as a parable.

The old classic trek formula with updated and impressive visuals.

And the same can be said of the cast, all charming and easily relatable. But keep in mind that some are remakes of familiar characters. Some people will not like that.

So far, this is the Kurtzman-era series that has positively impressed me the most. Let's see if the quality holds up.

Still. There are some creative choices that bother me a little.

Probably my favorite character from this new series, is La'an Noonien-Singh. One of the best officers onboard and a dashing beauty. But just the fact that she's a Noonien-Singh is going to unnecessarily stress many of the more purist fans.

So far this series is a significant improvement, it has everything many fans have long claimed. And still. They keep some of the tricks, which mess with the cannon, unnecessarily. For me is a minor complaint, but for some boomer fans it's sacrilege.

But clearly, in my opinion, it's the most enjoyable of all the recent Star Trek series. I really liked this episode. And I will look forward to the next.
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10/10
Everything it should be
kyotoguardian8 January 2023
Finally. Star Trek finds its soul again. Great episodic stories, modernised but true to its source. Interesting characters, with both entertaining and engaging exploration. My only small complaint is that the intro music doesn't have the same pull as the earlier series but there's no such thing as perfect. Overall, the creators have managed to balance the old with the new, and the result is both visually and emotionally stimulating. In my humble opinion, it has refreshed the Star Trek timeline and given hope that more will be possible. Strange New World's has become a firm favourite. Keep it coming!!
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8/10
This is Star Trek
creole-125395 May 2022
It's a great throwback to TOS. The characters we know joined by characters who's history we never got to see on air. The easter eggs are plenty with only 1 I didnt really like. The sets of course look way beyond TOS which is unavoidable but they do a good job in general of recreating the feel of TOS. I enjoyed the premiere and look forward to the series.
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8/10
It's about time...They got it right
tom9926 May 2022
After 5 years they've finally got it right, star trek the way it should be. I now serial is the way modern show are these days but star trek has it's sharm when it's episodic. Every week a new adventure.
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9/10
Refreshing
faithless473422 May 2022
2 episodes in and I am impressed. So far this is a great show with a great cast of people. I have enjoyed the episodes I have watched to date and I predict that I will continue to enjoy this show. It is great to see this science fiction classic being treated the way it deserves respecting the attributes that made it great instead of trying to change it into something "better" and in the process ruining the whole reason it was great.
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10/10
This is better
bhxxiv5 May 2022
This is way better than Discovery. It was very enjoyable to watch and I'm looking forward to the next episode - something I'd never say about Discovery.
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7/10
High hopes
Season 1 was great. Season 2 has been a bit inconsistent, but still miles above the quality of Discovery. There are actually likable characters, and a focus on all of the characters rather than everything mainly revolving around one (awful) character like in Discovery. I hope it can keep up, but season two has faded a bit. I'm still enjoying watching it and keeping my hopes up though.

In my mind, 7 out of 10 is a "very good" rating. Giving this an 8-10 rating is a stretch in my opinion. That would put it along side some of the best sci-fi shows ever, and it's not that. But compared to other recent Star Trek shows? It's an 11.
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10/10
The nostalgia is real.
p-virie6 August 2022
Every person I know who is a true star trek fan is always surrounded by this atmosphere of relentless optimism. They always treasure harmony in differences, foresee success in endeavor, and believe that through duty and unity, everything is possible. These are the core ideologies that Star Trek TNG, DS9, VOY had taught us.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also managed to convey these messages. Not in an assertive way like its sister show, Star Trek Discovery; and not in a lackluster way like Star Trek Picard; but in a way that perfectly blends the sense of hope, excitement, humor, inspiration, and morals.

Taking the niceties of modern filmology and weaving them beautifully into the storyline of the original series, Star trek: Strange New World not only does the entire franchise justice it deserves, it will also find its place within hearts of old and new generation audiences alike.

The nostalgia is real.
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8/10
Star Trek is back!
antoniokuntz-326575 May 2022
The big question that remains is why didn't CBS and its showrunners do this sooner? What led to the production of flops like Discovery and Picard if they already had all the gold in their hands? But, in the end, reason (and emotion) seem to have won their place in the trajectory of Star Trek's legacy. Strange New Worlds managed to bring tears to the eyes of millions of trekkers. May it continue like this, boldly going where no other series can go.
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8/10
Length of season hurts this show...
slippyC7310 August 2023
While I enjoy the series, it seems they haven't quite got the formula figured out yet. When looking back at older Treks, as well as many shows of the past, episode count allowed sort of a forgiveness for the more mediocre episodes. Being constrained to 10 or so episodes doesn't allow for much wiggle room. Episodes that aren't up to par stick out much more since it takes up a higher percentage of the overall season runtime. You get a half-satisfied sense of fulfillment and wonder why more focus wasn't put on the core.

I've seen comments where people didn't like or complained about the crossover and singing episodes(believe it was ep7 and ep9, season 2 for future reference). In a longer season, I think these wouldn't have been complained about much(maybe even enjoyed for it's break from the norm). The issue is, there isn't enough time per season for BS'n around with comedic or artistic flare(not for whole episodes). It veers to far from the premise of the show with such limited runtime.

There needs to be more focus on the core. Gorn? I mean these seem to be where the show wants to go for the overarching baddies. Yes, the self-contained episodes are great! I'm glad Trek has gone back to that formula, but there needs to be more weaving of that storyline within a season. If it's not the Gorn, then wherever you are wanting to take the show needs to be sprinkled in a bit more. Also it would probably be good to throw a multi-part episode or 2 in the mix every once in awhile(chance to really build up characters and possibly another sub plot. DS9 did this a bit with Cardassians).

If the studio is not willing to stretch the seasons longer, then they need to focus more on what gets people excited. Otherwise people are just gonna walk away feeling half satisfied, until eventually it isn't worth their time anymore.
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8/10
Remember
surlyhotep5 May 2022
As a lifelong Star Trek fan I sometimes have to remind myself that the beginning is more often than not a very rough ride. I felt this new series actually had one of the more solid pilot episodes in Trek history and unlike the horrid Discovery and overly dark and cynical Picard, at least gets the tone of Star Trek right. The cast is mostly great, with the laughably bad Melissa Navia being the one exception. The pilot episode plot was simplistic and downright dull but as long as the cast and tone are good I expect to his to be a great addition to the Trek Universe and certainly the best in a long time.
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10/10
Irritatingly and exceedinly inane - Worst live action episode... ever.
rrtiverton24 July 2023
I have been a fan of Star Trek since watching the original series when it first aired in the 60's.

Got through the first seasons of TNG to when the show finally took off.

Enjoyed DS9 and Voyager. Enterprise. I can stomach Discovery and the very annoying Picard. Sorta liked some of Prodigy.

But I hate "Lower Decks". I don't like the dialog, the actors, the forced humor, the animation... the SOUND of Lower Decks. I hate "Lower Decks". I had hoped that this episode would have improved my perception, but, alas, it did not. It was insulting and very much unfunny. Much like the forced humor or shows like "Big Bang Theory", I found myself mumbling "I hate this." "I hate this." "I hate this." throughout the episode. I thought I "Elysian Kingdom" was a low point; this blew past it in the first 2 minutes. I was very grateful when this mess ended.
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6/10
Great pilot...and a whole lot of potential
grlym-468497 May 2022
This is the first solid entrance to Star Trek since enterprise.

Good chemistry, great balance between tribute to how TOS was and mix of new.

The plots seem like the original as well without being hijacker's by real life.
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10/10
Live long and prosper!
mitzi-4105215 May 2022
Finally sci fi as it once was. So pleasing to finally return to Star Trek doing what they do best, exploring the universe and finding new life. As a elderly fan of the original series and the Next Generation,this has me enjoying sci fi once again. Please keep up this good series.
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