Finally finished season two-- only a year late to the party.
While I generally enjoyed this round, I still feel that it’s a mistake to put what would otherwise be a supporting character in the lead role. Maybe it’s simply because, in all the other ST series, the lead character is the fictional leader. I know it’s not a gender thing, because I really liked kick-ass Captain Janeway.
Burnham seems highly dependent on the rest of the cast, which may just be more different than wrong. Several other characters, including Captain Pike, Saru and Georgiou, could easily step into the lead. Even Tilly might work better than Burnham.
It’s a noble characteristic of true leaders to accept responsibility for problems which may have been caused by others under their command. Burnham pushes that trait to the point where it seems that she is determined to become a martyr.
On the plus side, Burnham made a great time-traveling red angel. On the minus side, Melissa George is certainly no Susan Oliver.
While I generally enjoyed this round, I still feel that it’s a mistake to put what would otherwise be a supporting character in the lead role. Maybe it’s simply because, in all the other ST series, the lead character is the fictional leader. I know it’s not a gender thing, because I really liked kick-ass Captain Janeway.
Burnham seems highly dependent on the rest of the cast, which may just be more different than wrong. Several other characters, including Captain Pike, Saru and Georgiou, could easily step into the lead. Even Tilly might work better than Burnham.
It’s a noble characteristic of true leaders to accept responsibility for problems which may have been caused by others under their command. Burnham pushes that trait to the point where it seems that she is determined to become a martyr.
On the plus side, Burnham made a great time-traveling red angel. On the minus side, Melissa George is certainly no Susan Oliver.
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