Reviews

I'm all for strong women and lead characters. And Kate obviously is intelligent, very experienced and knowledgeable.

So why in hell is this show, made by two women, portraying this character as some emotional and irrational wreck whenever Hal or Austin are involved?

She immediately expects the worst, rarely listens when they express their motivation and her first instinct always is to run first and then to follow up with some drama.

Or in other words: Everything you could possibly do wrong as a diplomat.

This series began so strong and there is still lots to like but this part is increasingly ruining my experience.

Don't be fooled by the high ratings, it seems some Blackpink fans couldn't resist to consider this something great because of Jinsoo.

Theoretically, the setting in the late 80s with political conspiracies could have been interesting.

But all that this series achieves is a constantly repeating display of clowns and amateurs who got into positions of power thanks to their ruthless characters.

On the other side, we have a few characters with some level of integrity who stumble from one silly decision to another, in an endless loop. Worst of all is how they grant shady characters the option to betray them again and again and again. With little to no effort to prevent that from happening again.

In combination it's simply a hilariously absurd string of events, that's becoming more painful with every step.

If you enjoy drama for drama's sake, have fun. If you can handle drama only within realistic limits, you'll suffer and wonder after every episode why you are causing so much harm to yourself. There is nothing clever or inspiring you might experience in this series.

Better than the first part, but there really is no other plot or progress in the series, but emotional breakdowns.

Earth: Abandoned all their values because of emotions. The Vulkans in their T'Kal-in-ket: Emotions over facts And now they also broke "The Imperator" from the mirror universe, the anti-emotional bulwark.

I can't wait for them to bend scientific laws next, with their emotions.

The first half of the movie is pretty good. Feels good, looks good.

But once when the troubles occur, there's simply too much cliché. Especially some of the characters are way over the top.

All that is left during the separation, is that you long to see the beautiful Mackenzie Foy again, missing her just as much as Black Beauty does.

And the (adult) reemergence of Foy is the one highlight this movie has to offer. Interstellar made it clear what potential she offered for the future. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms didn't offer much opportunity to shine, but Black Beauty did. I can't wait to see what's next. Hopefully more than just Disney.

The T'Kal-in-ket event in this episode sums up the series perfectly.

It's initiated to convince with science and reason. And ends up being all about drama and emotions. About Michael Burnham too, of course. How could some greater event in the galaxy not be about Michael?

Hmm. I don't get the enthusiasm for this episode.

There is extremely little relevant material for the greater story arc. We already knew about as much about the red angle, the only new information is that somehow life on several planets would end. Wow!

Considering this story deficiency, the plot is shockingly bloated, feels very 'constructed' and is often enough illogical. I won't bore you with details why it was completely unnecessary to travel to Talos, when simply sharing experiences was enough to heal Spock. Or how disappointing and shallow the Spock-Michael interaction was. Or how the communication with Pike could have been far more efficient, if they hadn't used Vina and her mastery in missing the point.

I'm not really fond of this episode. The history and relation between Kelpians and Ba'ul was very predictable. I had imagined that the Ba'ul could also be the Kelpians after their transformation, as the only alternative.

The Starfleet on the other hand acted pretty much nothing like they were supposed to. How they ignored the Prime Directive for some lame excuse was actually one of the lesser sins and is almost Star Trek standard. But to transform a complete race without their knowledge or consent, ignoring the risks that those might face from the Ba'ul, with either a genocide or war as the result? Absurd.

They fixed one issue I had with season 1: They spent more time introducing the characters better. Smart was how they introduce the staff to Captain Pike (and the audience too).

But the plot was pretty absurd. How likely is it that there is a special event within a special event regarding the special event of the special event?

And exactly this is what they tried to sell us here. A mysterious signal, special event 1. An asteroid smashes that signal, special event 2. Oh, it's not a normal asteroid either, it's something unheard of! Special event 3. And of course there is a Federation vessel entrapped on that asteroid, special event 4.

That's just ... too much. Far too much. And I probably forgot some smaller "special events".

I'm baffled by some reviewers claiming that the ratings would be unfair, because they'd ignore the movie's limited budget.

Let's see what Max Steel has to offer: Bad acting (Andy Garcia, wtf happened to you?). Bad script ("I have a brilliant plan to beat the villain! It's exactly the same someone else had previously! The villain will never see it coming!"). Dumb characters, who can't think straight forward for even a second. Annoying sidekick(s) with incredibly bad humor. At least I understand why the main character avoids listening to them. All fighting scenes are a f***ing joke.

Max Steele is pure trash and that's all.