After watching the trailers for Academy I generally liked what I saw, but Holly Hunter felt oddly reminiscent of Geneviève Bujold as Janeway. I even made a comment somewhere on here that was like “I need to be sold more on Holly Hunter”.
The marketing made her out to be a “barefoot bohemian who loves old books and records and lounges around the bridge” which honesyl did not appeal to me but I ended up absolutely loving it. She is somehow nailing being a Starfleet captain without falling back on any familiar tropes.
Unpopular opinion: I hate her in this role. I like what she is doing with this role, I just wish it was someone else.
uhhh ok? Any particular reason…?
I’m just not getting ‘starship captain’. I don’t dislike Holly, I just wish this was a different actress. I would have loved a mostly unknown person to be in this role. Then again, I am not sure how much farther I’m going to watch this series.