I think Discovery is the reverse of the question, if that show has started at series 3 with them arriving in the future and slowly piecing together how they got there, it would have been much more enjoyable.
That would have required them to have a well-conceived plan before commencing the show. Instead, we got Klingons with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (remember the movie “Mask” with Cher?), 10,000 inspirational speeches per episode, and life-or-death action moments that required everyone to stop everything to talk about their feelings while the ship falls apart around them.
I think Discovery is the reverse of the question, if that show has started at series 3 with them arriving in the future and slowly piecing together how they got there, it would have been much more enjoyable.
That would have required them to have a well-conceived plan before commencing the show. Instead, we got Klingons with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (remember the movie “Mask” with Cher?), 10,000 inspirational speeches per episode, and life-or-death action moments that required everyone to stop everything to talk about their feelings while the ship falls apart around them.
That scene at the end of series two when Pike stops to say goodbye when a literal countdown clock is on the viewscreen took the biscuit for that.