I am a quarter of the way through the 4th and last season, so I have watched a sufficient amount of episodes to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of the show.
1. Lazy writing - The series is full of sneering villains who say obvious things about how they will destroy this or that planet, or kill this or that villain.
The shields, weapons and life support are always at some percent to indicate that the ship is about to be destroyed. We know it won't be, so there really is no drama.
There is always a known time limit for the bad thing to happen, but we all know that things happen when the writers want them to, so, again, no drama.
Deus Ex Machina solutions abound.
The Enterprise is always under powered and under gunned, yet always prevails because the foes always have a uniquely simple weakness to exploit which the crew of the Enterprise always knows.
One or two on the fly technical solutions are believable, but the crew always has instantaneous scientific, engineering and medical solutions that would take years of research by a team and testing to create.
2. There are few good actors. Only John Billingsley (Phlox) can carry a scene by himself. The rest range from adequate to terrible. I suspect Anthony Montgomery might be a better actor than indicated, but he isn't given sufficient chance to extend his character.
4. There are few non-regular characters that have a presence. TOS had a slew of fine actors that were villains, allies or foils to the crew. You had the dignity of Sarek, plus Khan, Mudd, or dozens of other fine stage actors. Next generation had Q, Deep Space Nine had had Garak and the three elderly Klingons, etc.
Unengaging actors and plots. It deserves to be the lowest rated Star Trek.
1. Lazy writing - The series is full of sneering villains who say obvious things about how they will destroy this or that planet, or kill this or that villain.
The shields, weapons and life support are always at some percent to indicate that the ship is about to be destroyed. We know it won't be, so there really is no drama.
There is always a known time limit for the bad thing to happen, but we all know that things happen when the writers want them to, so, again, no drama.
Deus Ex Machina solutions abound.
The Enterprise is always under powered and under gunned, yet always prevails because the foes always have a uniquely simple weakness to exploit which the crew of the Enterprise always knows.
One or two on the fly technical solutions are believable, but the crew always has instantaneous scientific, engineering and medical solutions that would take years of research by a team and testing to create.
2. There are few good actors. Only John Billingsley (Phlox) can carry a scene by himself. The rest range from adequate to terrible. I suspect Anthony Montgomery might be a better actor than indicated, but he isn't given sufficient chance to extend his character.
4. There are few non-regular characters that have a presence. TOS had a slew of fine actors that were villains, allies or foils to the crew. You had the dignity of Sarek, plus Khan, Mudd, or dozens of other fine stage actors. Next generation had Q, Deep Space Nine had had Garak and the three elderly Klingons, etc.
Unengaging actors and plots. It deserves to be the lowest rated Star Trek.