
Have you seen Star Trek Beyond (2016) though? That was terrible.

* Costumes, sets, graphics, cinematography are all excellent Star Trek. Very Game-of-Thrones-y in this regard, in a good way. It's basically a political/war drama, but it is very well written. I haven't even gushed about the production yet: * Story is detailed, in-depth, and engaging. I can't gush enough about the "hard" sci-fi elements. * I love the fact that space craft tracking screens look like legitimate space object tracking screens, with curved, mathematically drawn projected trajectories. The space ships do not fly like fighter jets, like they do in other typical sci fi shows. * I love that every move made by a spaceship has corresponding thrusters pushing it in that direction. * I love the fact that Eros station just looks like a giant potato with a porthole on its butt. The presence of Mormons just enriches the worldbuilding. And they aren't even the bad guys! (I only state it this way because too often, mysterious religious groups are used as hollywood shorthand for "bad guys"). * Mormons! There are mormons, because, of course there are. technology such as computer/handheld devices. I can't think of *any* other scifi space show that goes into these details They pump the air out of the ship before a battle, for goodness' sake. * Space ship battles are incredibly thoughtfully designed, with an eye for small details. And they shut gravity off when appropriate. But they emphasize realistic ways to simulate gravity (ships under continuous acceleration, spinning, ring-shaped space stations).

Others have gone into good detail of what is good about this show so I'll just add some bullet points that I didn't see covered (although with 250+ reviews I probably just missed 'em) In no particular order other than stream-of-consciousness: * Detailed, realistic science fiction I only gave it a 9 because I don't like to give anything a 10. I've seen up through S02E03 on Amazon Prime.
