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monanotlisaI was watching The Vulcan Hello with two friends, and after I had I just smiled dreamily at the screen, one of them -- male, White, Californian -- said that the episode just "didn't work" for him; that it "didn't feel like Star Trek."
Of course I asked whether he didn't like the Klingons (because I sure didn't like the undertones), but he said that they were okay -- that Michael and Phillippa together were the problem. Didn't feel like the captain and first officer.
And I was flabbergasted. I'm a fan, but I'm not deluded enough that the pilot couldn't be improved upon. Still to me, that means MORE BURNHAM AND GEORGIOU, not less. I thought about the two of them and wondered whether they work for me as the child of a less casual culture: one that has a formal form of address (much like "usted" and "ustedes" in Spanish) as well as strong but specific bonds between people on different levels of authority, with boundaries that are quietly understood. I found Burnham and Georgiou resounding based on my experience, my background. But perhaps it doesn't work equally well on other viewers with, well, other backgrounds?
Of course I asked whether he didn't like the Klingons (because I sure didn't like the undertones), but he said that they were okay -- that Michael and Phillippa together were the problem. Didn't feel like the captain and first officer.
And I was flabbergasted. I'm a fan, but I'm not deluded enough that the pilot couldn't be improved upon. Still to me, that means MORE BURNHAM AND GEORGIOU, not less. I thought about the two of them and wondered whether they work for me as the child of a less casual culture: one that has a formal form of address (much like "usted" and "ustedes" in Spanish) as well as strong but specific bonds between people on different levels of authority, with boundaries that are quietly understood. I found Burnham and Georgiou resounding based on my experience, my background. But perhaps it doesn't work equally well on other viewers with, well, other backgrounds?
