Hunter Showalter

January 2019 - Poor acting. Unoriginal writing. A woman's name is Michael, okaayy, so now I have to look up why that is, so thanks for that...oh, it's because a higher up on the production staff or a writer has a huge ego! And did I just see a “breath scan”? Turning this off now... 10 Months After 1st Attempt in January '19 - Ok, so 10 months after my 1st attempt to watch this show. I made it through S1 Ep 3 last time before the nauseating, dirty, eye rolling type feeling I had over my entire body was simply too much to bear and had to turn it off. But, I am determined to get through at least S1...oy. No, bad attitude, I can do this,...ok, this is a half day later and I've made it all the way S1 Ep 7 (something about a "space whale" and its place on the endangered species list or something...yes, straight out of Ranger Rick it would seem). What's my secret for making this far into the season? I've figured out something that should have been obvious from the beginning: it's supposed to be a parody! A comedic farce of all the Star Treks that came before. Think of it as a 10 hour SNL sketch (a 10 hour commercial free SNL sketch...for $4 more a month). It must be parody...why else would the Discovery uniforms look like they are straight out of Galaxy Quest, The Orville, or Starship Troopers? Why else would the engine for the most important Federation star ship be powered by mushrooms (whooaah, bra, trippy engine)? Because it's SUPPOSED to be silly. That's the joke and I'm the idiot. Only in parody would they give the main character a back story that essentially says "Oh, btw, remember Spock? Yeah, well turns out he had a live-in sort of adopted step sister growing up that was fully human, not just half human...what? Well, I know she's never been mentioned before but...yes, I know we have the entire galaxy to work with and literally billions upon billions of possibilities for a back story...look, we got to expand our horizons and move forward, okaay, I can't back that up, I gotta confess. I let my 8 year write her back story...yes, my 8 year old wrote the 'space whale' episode too..." Why else would they repeat main plot points even though they just went over it in the previous scene as if to tell the viewer "For those of you that missed the last scene, the space whale can power the ship..."? Duh, it's SUPPOSED to be over the top dramatic! Further to the point of drama, I've been trying to figure out why the lead actress simply stares wide eyed and slowly cocks her head from side to side every scene; and why her walk is similar to a gymnast about to do the vault in the Olympics. And why her character is always right and seemingly infallible...she is giving a comedic performance! Clearly her character is written for a sketch comedy troupe and the actress is nailing it! So, if you are about to watch Star Trek Disc for the first time, remember that it's supposed to be a comedy! Along the lines of The Orville, etc.; not to be taken that seriously. I wish someone had told me the same 10 months ago...