Thoughts On - Star Trek Discovery Season 5 Trailer - Update

 Hi Everyone,

                       This is just a quickie posting, as I am doing an IT course at the moment. I have just seen the trailer for season 5 of Star Trek - Discovery. Mike Burnam and the Star Trek Discovery crew will be bouncing all over the place, trying to find answers to a riddle or puzzle. You will be pleased to know that the characters Book and Tilly return, which is rather good. Our main resident alien, Seru gets a new job. There are lots of action scenes to look forward to, as this is the last season. The series airs in April 2024 on Disney +. 

No date as to the DVD release. I will have a look in the HMV January sales.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

P.S.  A spin-off to this is a "Section 31" movie or TV series with Phillipa Georgiou. But you were probably aware of that. Plus, things seem to be coming together for the rebooted Star Trek IV movie, now that the ownership battle has been settled. Snippets of news were flowing more frequently on YouTube, so have a squint at the latest gossip on there, once you have finished on here.

P.P.S. As you were, folks. The paramount sale has just gone kaput. The "Secret Hideout" gang are being allowed to continue to do what they are doing for the moment and with possibly a contract renewal at the end of 2025.

Stargate is on and off. check local studio gossip from SciTrek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3dWwwacos

Quiz Question 11.04.2020 - Update 07.02.2026

Star Trek Discovery DVD Price change

Hi everyone,
                    I was (note: was being the operative word) going to buy season 2 of Star Trek Discovery on DVD the other day (9 April 2020) on Amazon, but when I checked the price, I found it had leapt from £22 to a staggering £28 GBP. Any ideas why this is so? Have they added more content, such as trailers for season three, if there is one? Is it because Picard Season 1 has aired in the UK? If you know or at least have another idea, I would love to hear from you.

 In the comments below, if they will let you or at

ivorcogdell @ hotmail.com

Many thanks and stay safe indoors,

Ivor Cogdell

Update

One of my spies suggest "It could be because season 3 will be shown on tv soon and they see it as a chance to up the cost." We are not saying that is correct; it is just a theory.

But if you know different.....

Ivor Cogdell

7 Feb 2026 - I have just bought Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard on DVD (Finally), and it still comes to £19 in the UK. Rippoff.

Thoughts On - Star Trek Discovery (Spoilers alert) Part 1

Hi all,
           My first reaction to watching the Pilot episodes - "You've got to be kidding me"! The episode length was too short. The show credits were rubbish. The bridge design bore no relation to any "canon" starship that had gone before. The female lead character has a male name, why? She is a human version of a Vulcan, illogical to even try? Brought up by Sarek, rubbish. They complete a mind-meld over Interstellar distances - more rubbish.

There was a very poor plotline. The length of the actual episodes is pathetic. The first thing you see them do is to bend, if not break, the "Prime Directive". The Klingons looked nothing like I expected, that is in the little time when you could actually see them, the sets were too dark. The Klingonese language sounded like they were eating a mop head. After all of the above, this is not the starship or characters that we will see in the rest of the shows, apart from two, I think. Deep sigh of relief.

I'm glad I was watching at a pal's house and had not bought that rubbish.

Must do much better.

Rating  - 3 out of 10.

I am going to cheer myself up by watching Star Trek: Horizon, a fan film.

Additional: Since this initial posting went out, I have been catching up on what some of the other reviews have been saying, not to mention the convoluted history of the show in regard to the CBS and Paramount buyout and copyrights.

What it boils down to is that they had to make it look different from the original "Prime" universe, which was a shock, but why not say so and be honest and upfront about it all. That still does not excuse the awful script decisions though. No doubt there will be more for me to find out.

I have seen talk of a different ST series being prepared if this series bombs. 13 episodes to go, or rather 13 tiny episodes "to boldly go......"

What did you think of it?

I have heard from one source that part three is better, so fingers crossed again.

"Give me your thoughts...." to quote a phrase.

Ivor Cogdell

P.S. 20 April 2019 -I have now bought series 1 of Discovery, look forward to a review soon.