Star Trek: Prodigy

Quite good, even on its own.

A bit depressing that the feel and scope of Trek is better handled by an animation than by a live action show.... dear... why Discovery and Picard... uter failures they are.

But this is good! Sure it has it's misgivings and differences, but Trek fans should rejoice; we finally have a Trek we can appreciate that deeply pays tribute to what we know and love. This is a gem, thank you for this.

Excellent exciting fun. This is a show disguised as a children show, but don't underestimate it. It has all the scale and adventure of a motion picture paced over 10 episodes.

For the Star Trek gatekeepers insisting it misses the traditional formula that distinguishes Star Trek, this is true to a degree. Prodigy doesn't completely discard that formula, not at all, the intellectual dilemmas, bonding of crew mates, strange new worlds, diversity of culture and much more are still there.

Prodigy democratizes Starfleet by telling us the potential to be, not merely a lower decker, but a bridge member, can be drawn out of the most unexpected of us. That within the least of us, lies the Prodigy required for Starfleet greatness. With the right conditions the greatness Starfleet crews excel to is formed. That by trying conditions not merely Starfleet academy testing prodigy's are found.

Prodigy does exactly what Star Trek proclaims to do. It boldy goes, without reserve, where it's predecessors were either unwilling or lacked the courage and vision to. By flipping formulaic tradition Prodigy reaches an audience of the pragmatic and not merely the academic. With it's ragtag team of youth it opens Starfleet to all of us.

It has heart, genuine character arcs, strong dilemmas and a fun mystery. If you're a hard purist gatekeeper stay far away. If you can see the good in what I described, you'll enjoy it.

Though it is difficult to judge with one episode out. But I love the essential "exploring with a ship" foundation and looking forward to what happens. The characters seem interesting and the animation very nice. The storyline so far seems pretty basic but we'll see.

Despite it might seem it will be more of a kids show it still has many elements that are enjoyable for any ST fan. Give it a chance!

I watched this on a whim, not really a big Star Trek fan but i enjoyed the recent comedy cartoon lower decks and when i saw this i thought why not initially i wasn't that interested i put it on as background content and my first impression was a Star Trek rip off of clone wars that probably would fall short But as the episode progressed(there being only 2 out at the moment) and i got used to the animation style differences, i realized that the animation itself held its own, not better or worse or a complete copy of tcl.

And i quickly found myself kind of invested in the characters. I think people are being too protective of something they love and aren't open to having such an original series having to take inspiration from other successful sci fi routes. I believe i will enjoy it.

While I get that it doesn't have a true Star Trek storyline, I like the fresh take. I have a feeling the crew will continue to grow and who knows who or what they will encounter from the Star Trek universe. The animation and voice acting are top notch and it has an element of action that I feel sometimes Star Trek lacks. I am on board to see where this takes us.