If you haven't had a chance to watch the premiere of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY...

[brooklynite]

...I will say (without revealing the plot) that the broadcast first episode ends in a cliffhanger; to find out how it ends, you have to subscribe to the CBS streaming service.

The first hit's always free.....

[samir.g]

1. I'm waiting for season 3 of 'The Expanse'.

[procon]

2. I'm a huge ST fan, but do I want to pay CBS $5.99 mo just to watch one program?

As if I didn't already have enough entertainment bills each month, CBS All Access doesn't sound like much of a bargain for me. There's not many shows I watch on CBS, and I already get them thru my cable service anyway, so do I really want to binge watch old I Love Lucy episodes? Why didn't they offer this through Amazon, Hulu or Netflix? Looks like 'Star Trek: Discovery’ and me are not going to connect.

[X_Digger]

3. Not going to pay for trek, that'd make Gene roll in his grave. And fuck lense flare. n/t

[stopbush]

4. It sucked. Definitely aimed at fans of the reboot films.

If you like JJ Abrahms lens flares assaulting your eyes, you'll like this.

[CentralMass]

5. Watched it but won't pay.

[rusty fender]

6. It was ok,

but I need to watch more episodes before I render judgment. I read through many Discovery tweets to see what others thought of it; more than one complained that the CBS app crashed way too often. If it was airing on a regular tv channel I would make a point of watching it, but won't be going out of my way to catch it on a streaming channel

[linuxman]

7. I'll wait until the first season wraps.

I love Star trek, but I've got too much going on to get sucked into a series that might be garbage.

[House of Roberts]

8. If they aren't on broadcast tv, I reckon I've watched the last episode.

I don't do pay per view.

[PSPS]

9. I watched the first episode. It's a mess.

As someone else noted, it may appeal to those who like the YouTube self-funded knockoffs (i.e., Noel Shempsky types.) It looks like a video game with its heavy use of CGI and unnecessary, distracting camera motion. The plot is ridiculous.

Doug Jones is the only competent actor I saw. The rest badly need some additional time honing their craft away from a camera, perhaps work on the stage somewhere for a few years if anyone will hire them (almost all the lead actors in this series have no stage experience at all.)

Of course, an actor can do only so much. They are expected to say and do exactly what's in the script. So, if you have bad writers churning out bad writing and scripts (which seems to be the norm in movies and television these days, and this series is no exception,) even the best acting talent won't be able to do anything with it.

Anyway, I'm not going to watch any more of this series even if it were free. I'm not interested at all.

[LostOne4Ever]

10. I saw it, I liked it, but not enough to pay for it.

If I were to pay for something like that it would be to Netflicks for Castlevania.

[Dopers_Greed]

11. Making it a CBS-streaming exclusive is a terrible idea

No one will watch it, and when it's inevitably cancelled, the execs will chalk it up to people not wanting more Star Trek, rather than their bone-headed marketing idea.

[disalitervisum]

12. lol CBS, the network that turned Star Trek down when Gene Roddenberry pitched it to them

They said "no thanks, we have a show of our own we like better." That show was "Lost In Space."

[eShirl]

14. guess I'll just be watching The Orville then

[Initech]

15. That's complete bullshit.

I'm not paying the money to subscribe to another streaming service. I want to see this Star Trek but if I really want to I'll wait for the DVD or iTunes / Google.

[hunter]

16. I'm a huge Star Trek fan... heck I loved Enterprise, well, except for the last episode.

But I didn't much care for the reboots and I'm not going to sign up for CBS streaming. I wouldn't sign up with them if it was free.

I don't watch broadcast, cable, or satellite television because I have zero tolerance for commercials, even the "sponsored by" commercials of PBS.

I already have Netflix and that's enough, there's always something to watch there. I also occasionally rent from Redbox, and I like to look through the DVDs at thrift stores.

Maybe Discovery will be on Netflix someday.

[SaschaHM]

17. CBS All Access is BS, but if the Good Fight, which is great btw, can get a second season on the...

platform, this will as well.

Outside of a few shows, I've never really gravitated towards CBS so I definitely won't be signing up for the service.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. Trek fan since original run of TOS but this didn't excite me enough to subscribe to yet another svs.

And what was with the looks of the Klingons?