LangerJanRemember Star Trek being a story of hope? Optimism, even?
Pre-title sequence: Young Georgiou poisons her beloved family on her homecoming. Mom, Dad, sibling coughing blood. Fun.
Yeah, I know, it's the terran empire we see. And maybe it's not fair, since we all know the premise of the movie.
But maybe, maybe Trekkies don't want to see a Terran Empire movie.
Hey, we got a new map for the canon! I See "Delta", "Saurian", "Earth", the neutral zone, the badlands (it is BIG).
Why is neither Deep Space Nine nor Bajor charted on that map? 🤔
And Trill is outside of Federation Space? Makes no sense.
EDIT: Makes sense when you get the timeline right.
Ah, that Bele-Lokai species got a cameo. That's nice.
Okay, the MacGuffin is a box full of evil stuff?
The phase shifting fight was a nice touch.
Yeah, we get it, the Terran Empire is/was a death cult.
So, Dude #1 from Section 31 was born in the 20th century, Georgiou does the math for us: "You are 350 years old?"
So, were in the ballpark of 23th century. Discovery-era. Pre "Bele jagt Lokai / Let this be our last battlefield".
And of course it's a weapon of super duper mass destruction that threats the whole quadrant. They really wanted to one-up to Starkiller Base from Star Wars.
Ah, and we have a "Among Us" situation, greeeeeeat.
The members of the alpha squad die like flies.
Bet it's only "old black man" and plor-armor-Georgiou at the end.
The musical theme begins with the very same 3 notes from "First Contact", when the Borg Cube is fought near earth.
https://youtu.be/D7KCb-O20Fg?t=115
(And now I just want to see First Contact again)
Star Trek 8 First Contact - Borg Battle HD
Aww, the MacGodsend has a countdown <3
Yeah, so that was just yet another action movie with some star trek sprinkled on it.
Emperor Georgiou had better lines than in late-Discovery, I give her that.
It did not break Star Trek further, so that's working for me. But pretty please, get some one with love for the franchise and make a Strange New Worlds movie next.