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Very true, it does feel more like an Alien movie right through episode three. It could just be the opening story arc that's like that though, sort of in the way Enterprise started. Can't say for sure though, so your call. If you want to unsubscribe for a while and then check back here, I (or others, I'm sure) would be happy to update you on how the story progresses.
I missed the imDb message boards too. :')
It depends which camp you fall into by the end. There's some mixing and matching that can go on but broadly speaking, either you believe in the OA and her story or you think Prairie invented everything (possibly even including her blindness). I'm in the first camp so I think she really was kidnapped and experimented on, but I imagine people who don't believe the story would suspect she was either kidnapped without the magical angel stuff, OR that she was living on the streets, perhaps even living under another name, or with a dissociative identity. The possibilities are limitless, really.
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Forgot I was going to say it's really funny to me to imagine that maybe she was living as the character Sarah from The East during that time.
I don't recall a case of them firing on anyone first (though I may have forgotten), but the Enterprise-era Vulcans were definitely a lot less noble than Vulcans became later on. They routinely looked down on others, misled people (including fellow Vulcans), and contributed to corruption that led to mass suffering.
I'll say what I can without spoiling. It's safe to say the third ep is much more interesting, setting up some mysteries (something weird is going on aboard starship Discovery) and introducing ongoing characters. It felt more like standard Star Trek in some ways, but still less so in others.
The first two eps weren't that impressive to me either, but that's only because they took so long to say so little, and character wasn't properly explored (though I think characterization is just a weak point in general for all the ST TV series). The third ep has much better pacing. If you like the bigger, more dramatic arcs of series like Enterprise or Deep Space 9 (except with a higher effects budget), then this might be your thing, but I'm lucky enough not to have to deal with CBS to be able to watch it. I can't tell you whether it'll be worth it to you or not, in that light.
Only Bryan Fuller knows the answer to that one. It's apparently his "signature" thing to write women with traditionally masculine names... something I once thought was fun to do as a teenage short story writer. I admit it did kind of come off sounding like he needs to pretend female characters are male before he's able to write a compelling lead, but to be fair, I'm not in the guy's head and I doubt anyone else here is. Who knows what the real answer to that one is.
Apparently 6 months ago there wasn't even going to be a second season! I'll take what I can get. :')
I feel you there. I will probably be cancelling my subscription after I watch Stranger Things, so it kinda sucks for me since I really really loved The OA and want to know what's going on with Homer.
[quote]The prisoner who said her cousin died on the Europa blamed Burnham but how did Burnham cause it?[/quote]
I agree it's not really Michael's fault and that she's being scapegoated and made out to be someone she isn't (i.e. cold and ruthless). I can see how the prisoner might have blamed her though. I mean she's probably [i]wrong[/i], but from her perspective it might seem like the Europa crew had the Shenzhou crew's back but the same wasn't true the other way around. She doesn't necessarily have all the facts, after all.
Lt. Stamets is gay, actually.
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