I'm so glad that I'm already a subscriber. I was going to cancel my subscription but the show was so good, I have to keep it..thanks Big Brother!
You subscribed for Big Brother?
Well now that you've confessed, we'll let you take a walk.
I signed up before Sunday, and I'll watch the whole season, and will cancel when it's over. I don't mind paying. At $6.99/month for 4 new Trek episodes a month, that's $1.75 per episode. I find it hard to quibble with that price, and I don't see it as being much different than paying extra to watch "Game of Thrones" or "Twin Peaks" or "Westworld" on a premium channel.
That said, I was terribly disappointed in the first episode, and kind of shocked by the great reviews. I thought the dialogue was stilted, overacting was rampant, and the plot was just...absurd. The first officer leaves the bridge when battle is imminent to have a chat with her old teacher? Are you KIDDING me? A rookie Ensign? Maybe. Someone who's accomplished enough to make first officer on a Federation starship? Not remotely believable.
Don't like the dark sets, don't like the constant use of lens flare. I did like Michelle Yeoh's captain, and Saru.
To be fair, it sounds like most critics wrote their glowing reviews after seeing the first two episodes, so I'm hoping the second episode is so great it redeems the mess they made of the first one.
I actually posed the question to my husband (who loves Star Trek) if that would be possible for people to do that-sign up for the 1 week trial once the season is over to watch it.I like the show, but hate that it's on their subscription service.
I get my CBS through direct tv....I don't really want to subscribe to your channel for one show.
I'd be ok if it were on Hulu or Netflix as they have lots of different shows I can't get elsewhere....but can't see getting their channel just to watch the new ST.
Maybe once the season is over I'll do the free trial and try to binge all the episodes during my free week.
For me the difference is I don't pay just for HBO or just for Starz/Encore. Those (as well as other premium channels with the exclusion of EPIX) come included in our cable package.I signed up before Sunday, and I'll watch the whole season, and will cancel when it's over. I don't mind paying. At $6.99/month for 4 new Trek episodes a month, that's $1.75 per episode. I find it hard to quibble with that price, and I don't see it as being much different than paying extra to watch "Game of Thrones" or "Twin Peaks" or "Westworld" on a premium channel.
So, my thoughts after only watching the part shown on CBS is that I was not impressed. I was certainly not impressed enough to subscribe to anything, and I doubt I'd watch it long even if it were free to watch on TV. Burnham is the most unlikable character! Most of them were, excepting the Captain (Michelle Yeoh), and once -SPOILERS AHEAD- Burnham mutinied against her in the stupidest way for the stupidest reasons I lost any connection I could have made with the character. This was not a seasoned and professional Starfleet crew, but a whiny committee who will complain if they don't get their way. On top of that, the show was joyless, humorless, dour, and bellicose. These are not the principles of Star Trek, and not really entertaining television. Those Klingon scenes just dragged on and on, and is it just me or did the actors have marbles in their mouths (no I wouldn't understand Klingon anyway, but it was very grating).
So, overall, you can tell I was extremely disappointed. This after defending the show earlier this weekend to some friends who had already written it off. I said it looked good and would check it out. Well, maybe it's for the best because it would have had to be really good to get me past the paywall, which I think they are handling horribly. You can't even binge the episodes. I know they are trying something new here, but the CBS app needs a lot more content to make it worthwhile.
It looks like The Orville is my new Star Trek.
Did you watch the pilot last night? What did you think? Will you subscribe to CBS to watch more? Just curious as to what the Trekkies thought?