Originally Posted by
Dr Channard
You pretty much word for word nailed my thoughts so far. First two episodes were struggling, the third was much stronger. And yes, the series needed to push into the future again, not keep going backwards to cover past events.
And CBS is totally playing the field on this. They are calling the series prime universe material to attempt to please that part of the fandom, while the production looks 100% Kelvin timeline set with redesigned Klingons and all, for the pro-Abramsverse folks. And that completely unnecessary Klingon overhaul into something unrecognizable says everything about how show runners will regard continuity and canon with this series.
But the golden age of Star Trek went with the 90s. This is what we get, so we’ll just have to hope for the best and roll with it.