I look at many of the reviews on here, and people don't seem to be getting it. It was more than Trekish, because Trek would never allow the change to be made...it was much more realistic like Babylon 5. On the other side, I think that its more of the problem of the hook that Fox used to get a lot of viewers. They were expecting Family Guy in Space...this is not that. Its obvious that the comedy is secondary to the Science Fiction.
Reviewers here have panned it for making fun of sex change operations...where did they do that? They made a great case of why such a thing is wrong, but they also kept it realistic by having the humans not "winning". Others on here are railing against its supposed proliferation of the 'leftist agenda'. Both sides are too blinded by their own real world biases to see that the beauty of episodes like this are that no one side is right. Its emblematic of our current political culture to not even consider the other side...and thats what good Sci-Fi does; challenge our own preconceptions by doing something that should envoke self reflection on BOTH sides.
Overall, I think that this series will probably be cancelled in short order as it tries to blend two very different constituencies; but would also have a small chance of becoming a transformative series. This series requires the audience to be both crude AND thoughtful...a tall order, but one that we should strive to be able to make.
Reviewers here have panned it for making fun of sex change operations...where did they do that? They made a great case of why such a thing is wrong, but they also kept it realistic by having the humans not "winning". Others on here are railing against its supposed proliferation of the 'leftist agenda'. Both sides are too blinded by their own real world biases to see that the beauty of episodes like this are that no one side is right. Its emblematic of our current political culture to not even consider the other side...and thats what good Sci-Fi does; challenge our own preconceptions by doing something that should envoke self reflection on BOTH sides.
Overall, I think that this series will probably be cancelled in short order as it tries to blend two very different constituencies; but would also have a small chance of becoming a transformative series. This series requires the audience to be both crude AND thoughtful...a tall order, but one that we should strive to be able to make.