Everyone seems to be judging Discovery by comparing it to TOS and TNG. Try comparing it ti the new Trek movies instead. Much closer tech wise and we know Burnam was raised on Vulcan with Spock so Discovery is happening in the same era as Star Trek/Into Darkness/Beyond/........?
While searching for the injured Sarek in the mind meld we find out that Spock turned down an offer to join the Vulcan Expeditionary Group in order to join Starfleet before Burnham left Vulcan.
Quote from: MickQ on 11/21/2017 10:42 amEveryone seems to be judging Discovery by comparing it to TOS and TNG. Try comparing it ti the new Trek movies instead. Much closer tech wise and we know Burnam was raised on Vulcan with Spock so Discovery is happening in the same era as Star Trek/Into Darkness/Beyond/........?...I'm still expecting some last-minute magic due to an exploding Spore Drive to make everything right in the final episode of season 1.
Quote from: MickQ on 11/22/2017 03:57 amWhile searching for the injured Sarek in the mind meld we find out that Spock turned down an offer to join the Vulcan Expeditionary Group in order to join Starfleet before Burnham left Vulcan.I'm not sure of the timeline with that. Was Burnham denied admission to the Vulcan whatever before or after Spock? My take was that Burnham was the first to seek admission, and the Vulcan establishment gave Sarek an ultimatum of "either one or the other". So he chose Spock, who at some unspecified later date defied him and went to Starfleet Academy instead. So Sarek came away empty-handed from his choice of Spock over Burnham, and thus the falling-out between Sarek and Spock.
The thing that would make me happiest was if Discovery is the alternate reality and at the end of the show they end up in the actual, original series reality. You know, with Klingons who look like Klingons.
Ok. So Discovery is supposed to begin about 10 years before TOS ?We know Burnham was on Shenzou for 7 years before the encounter with the Klingons.While searching for the injured Sarek in the mind meld we find out that Spock turned down an offer to join the Vulcan Expeditionary Group in order to join Starfleet before Burnham left Vulcan.While running laps around Disco's deck Burnham tells Tilly to try to get on a Constitution Class Starship like the Enterprise (presumably under the command of Christopher Pike).So, what has Spock been doing for 17 years between leaving Vulcan and the start of TOS ?
Some have speculated the ship is now jumping realities and this is the TOS universe they are in now at the mid-season break.
Finally binge watched the series. One of you could have warned me to delete the groundhog day episode. That just flat out sucked.