Hi all! Long time Star Trek fan here with my first post. I’m gonna start out by saying that I promise I’m not a hater of Discovery at all. It just has done nothing for me and from what I read, has not made any changes that would have solved my personal issues with it. I’m fine with others liking it and honestly wish that I did too. I would love to be in on the discussion but… it’s just not my cup of tea from what I’ve seen.
Anyway, my question is, do I need to have caught up with Disco to watch SNW? I have heard from other people who are like minded to me (who couldn’t get into disco, but aren’t straight up haters either) that they enjoyed SNW despite not really liking Disco. That makes me excited, I would love to have a new trek show that I can enjoy. But I don’t want to jump in and not understand certain things because I haven’t kept up with Disco.
I’d appreciate any feedback. Also, if you feel I should give Disco another go, let me know. Even if it’s just certain fan-favorite episodes, I’d be willing to give them a shot. Like I said, not a total hater, just not into it. I wish that I was!
Nope! I saw all of SNW before I watched discovery. Very different shows for sure. Definitely watch both!
No. I didnt enjoy Discovery yet I’ve enjoyed SNW. You dont need to know much on Discovery to get into SNW anyway.
Not only do you not need to catch up with Disco, but the end of season 2 of Disco doesn’t dovetail to the beginning of Strange New Worlds super-well when you watch them back-to-back; if anything, they feel like they lightly contradict each other.
Though if I were to recommend a single episode it would be “Through the Valley of Shadows” from season 2, which is probably the only “important” episode as far as Strange New Worlds goes, though the key stuff gets recapped in SNW.
The Short Treks episode Q&A gets some references in the series too, though if you don’t watch it you likely won’t realize you missed anything.
I started watching SNW with having only finished S1 of Disco. After a couple of episodes, I decided I wanted to know the references.
I enjoyed S2 of Disco much more than S1 and that was 90+% because of the SNW cast being introduced.
Everything I didn’t like about Disconwas still there, but less of it.
In retrospect, I would have appreciated your advice. There were some good episodes but most of it was unnecessary.
I started watching SNW with having only finished S1 of Disco. After a couple of episodes, I decided I wanted to know the references.
I enjoyed S2 of Disco much more than S1 and that was 90+% because of the SNW cast being introduced.
Everything I didn’t like about Disconwas still there, but less of it.
In retrospect, I would have appreciated your advice. There were some good episodes but most of it was unnecessary.
I’ve only watched the first episode of seasons 1 and 3 of Discovery I wanted to like it but I kept falling asleep. I tried a few times.
I watched all of Strange New Worlds and only fell asleep during one episode which I rewatced later without trouble. I highly recommend SNW.
PS: I’m under 50 and yes my metric for judgement when it comes to TV is “would I rather be sleeping?”
I’m 27 and I run with the same metric! Lmao. I tried watching Star Trek: Beyond three times because people kept saying it was the better JJ film and all three times I fell asleep about a quarter of the way in so I just gave up.
