Oceans' 11 ... in Space

I remember Michelle Yeoh saying this wasn't the Star Trek the fan base wanted and thinking, surely, she's over exaggerating it. And generally, I tend to disagree with a lot of fan hate. I enjoyed Skeleton Crew and the Acolyte. I think Star Trek Discovery was a great departure from the direction Trek had been going (deeper and deeper into history (Enterprise) instead of moving a futuristic genre, forward).

I say all that to say I'm not quick to bandwagon hate, especially on my favorite franchises. I haven't even read any of the hate here, I haven't read any articles, I haven't watched any podcasts. I'm just kinda casually aware that a lot of people dislike this movie.

And honestly ... I get it. So far I'm only 27 minutes in and it feels more like Oceans 11 than Star Trek. As much of a fan as I am, I've always hated mirror universe content so the first idk, 10 minutes are just "WTF is this" for me. The mirror universe, as a concept, doesn't make sense to me. So this idea of electing the emperor, Hunger Games style, is just ... stupid.

Then the Mission Impossible-esque delivery of the team objectives. Yuck.

And the introduction of the team, they're all quirky and weird. It's more like the Italian Job or Oceans' Eleven. Not at all consistent with what we've ever seen of Section 31 as truly being highly professional, if not a little cut throat.

And now I'm paused at the scene with Georgiou and the guy in the hotel room. I had to take a call. And I just HAD to vent my disappointment thus far.

I love sci fi. The Expanse, Jupiter Ascending, Foundation, Star Wars, Star Trek. I think if they wanted to take such a broad exit from the franchise identity, they should've just started a new franchise. But 30 minutes in, it feels very forced and in it's own way, cheap.