17 tweets that perfectly sum up the reaction to Star Trek: Discovery
Trekkies loved the new Starfleet adventures - even if the new Klingons did leave a few raised foreheads (and eyebrows)
After a decade off our screens, Star Trek returned to TV this week with much-delayed prequel series Discovery, set to examine a period 10 years before the original 1960s series and featuring the early conflicts of the Klingon/Federation War.
And it's fair to say that fans were pretty excited in the build-up to the episode, which aired on CBS in America last night.
https://twitter.com/Hav3nsblade/status/912101123326201856
Though fans had to wait a LITTLE longer than expected when an NFL broadcast overran, delaying the night's programming and giving Trekkies one more reason to hate organised sports.
https://twitter.com/AaronFlux/status/912102708760289281
Still, it wasn't long before things were kicking off with the series' new opening credits, which you can watch below and had a SLIGHTLY mixed reaction.
https://youtu.be/U9E2olGqUlU
https://twitter.com/stokesaug16/status/912118817890947073
https://twitter.com/jhoffman/status/912118811482042369
By contrast, viewers seemed to universally warm to new lead character Michael Burnham, who was played by Sonequa Martin-Green and started out the episode flying out to investigate some mysterious space debris.
https://twitter.com/KedarPavgi/status/912122486820499456
Though it's possible she got a little too close to what turned out to be a Klingon artefact...
https://twitter.com/noelcamille/status/912122476959760385
And that led to the introduction of the new Klingons themselves, who have a RATHER different look this time around...
https://twitter.com/CareyJohnson919/status/912124081084014593
https://twitter.com/katemcmwriter/status/912127326267289600
https://twitter.com/BGM_KB/status/912127584879759360
Though some viewers were more distracted by a certain robot working on the bridge of the USS Shenzou alongside Burnham, who might have a future (or past) in the music industry...
https://twitter.com/910nikkimo/status/912125623178493952
https://twitter.com/PrimoTheMonkey/status/912127568396120064
Still, in the end most viewers could (mostly) agree on one thing - though not perfect, this was a decent start for a new Star Trek series, with some truly stunning moments even amidst all the slightly awkward set-up you'd find in any pilot.
https://twitter.com/PhoebeAllegra/status/912125453820989440
https://twitter.com/damcoole/status/912137379259015172
https://twitter.com/NealPierson/status/912132638491779074
https://twitter.com/jtblue1980/status/912132906654543873
https://twitter.com/carlylane/status/912122177926914048
And no matter our differences we can certainly all agree that what Burnham did at the end of the episode will come back to haunt her in a big way...
https://twitter.com/TheMsDacia/status/912132002467508226
Sometimes you can go a little TOO boldly, Burnham.
Star Trek: Discovery streams on Netflix UK from Monday 25th September
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbs-Pk9dtKb8YP3Qd5UDiUQqkuzd776iF