Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Original language: English
- sci-fi & fantasy
- action & adventure
- drama
The story
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
What it’s like
Sleek, glossy digital sci-fi with lens flares, deep-space blacks punctured by saturated nebula blues and violets, and bridge sets lit in cool blue-white with warm amber accents. Its camera moves more than classic Trek: handheld drifts during tense scenes, sweeping CGI flyovers of starships, and close, tight framing on faces when characters are wrestling with something private. The score leans on orchestral swells, pulsing synth undertones and sudden silences during space battles, and phasers and warp effects carry crisp, clean sound design. Vibe: earnest, cinematic, a little dark around the edges. Pacing is serialized, with slow-building arcs that tighten into long, action-heavy episodes; the emotional register runs from hopeful to grim, and the central thread follows a woman shaped by loss and a tangled sense of belonging as she learns to trust her own judgment. Violence is regular and sometimes intense: space battles with explosions, hand-to-hand fights, and some bloody injuries, with occasional dread around cruelty and war rather than gore for its own sake. Suits anyone who wants big-screen spectacle delivered in weekly chunks, especially fans of character-driven science fiction who don't mind a darker, more war-weary Trek.
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