‘Celebrity Trek: Ordinary New Worlds’ evaluation: Anson Mount strikes into the captain’s chair in newest prequel to the unique collection

The collection is constructed round earlier USS Endeavor captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), who in fact would meet an unlucky destiny all over the unique collection (the real manufactured from a passed-over TV pilot, however by no means thoughts). Right here, Pike is alive, smartly and in command, together with his First Officer (Rebecca Romijn), younger science officer Spock (Ethan Peck, the grandson of Gregory Peck) and newly minted cadet Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) amongst the ones becoming a member of him at the voyage.

Whilst the characters construct a bit of over the 5 episodes previewed, “Ordinary New Worlds” is going again in time in additional tactics than one, partially through using an episodic structure that in large part hinges on dealing with particular person threats which might be resolved inside of every installment. It is a departure from the serialized template of one thing like “Picard,” which is wrapping up its 2nd season and, whilst each bit as immersed in “Trek” nostalgia, hasn’t truly progressed from its rocky get started.

Audience wholly immersed in “Celebrity Trek” lore will without a doubt to find some swoon-worthy sides within the throwback way and loving references to the Nineteen Sixties granddaddy of all of them, in addition to fun wrinkles like Uhura, as a novice, being playfully pranked through her crewmates.

Nonetheless, “Ordinary New Worlds” is so enamored with the ones callbacks as to slightly restrict its attraction, a minimum of amongst those that can not establish particular person episode titles or thrill to extra difficult to understand references, like remembering Chapel’s weigh down on Spock.

Presented as Pike in “Celebrity Trek: Discovery,” Mount is an earnestly likable model of a contemporary starship captain, graced with a welcome of humorousness to move with a square-jawed presence that permits him to snap off traces like, “You let me fear about Starfleet.”

From that viewpoint, “Ordinary New Worlds” is mainly mistitled. As a result of whilst it provides a reputable and polished extension of this venerable emblem and larger publicity to other portions of the “Trek” universe, as a result of its project is based so closely on development off of the unique collection, there may be now not a lot that is atypical or new about it.

“Celebrity Trek: Ordinary New Worlds” premieres Would possibly 5 on Paramount+.