We watched the first 15 minutes of Section 31 waiting for it to get good, and it never did so we gave up on it. It only struck me later what bothered me so much about what we saw.
Prior to this movie, who did we know in Section 31:
Reed
Fiercely loyal, by the the book, clever
Bashir
CRAAAAZZY smart, caring, scientifically minded, big thinker strategist
William Boimler
High achiever, rapidly upwardly mobile getting a crew position on the Titan before joining Section 31 and given his own command closing rifts in the multiverse.
Khan Noonien Singh
Brilliant human augment, hyper intelligent, calculating
All of these were top tier thinkers. They had loyalty to the Federation and were willing to do what they thought best to secure the Federations future even if it meant getting dirty so others could stay clean. Nothing I saw in the first 15 minutes of the Section 31 movie had any characters like these. We got the worst “bad of misfits” style buddy-action characters. I hated all 15 minutes that I watched of the Section 31 movie.
I think he believed himself and the other augments were the true representation of humanity. He was loyal to the idea of humanity’s continued existence to the better. He just had a really twisted definition of “better”. Still, I would have been more okay with JJ Kahn to be in Section 31 than what was introduced in the Section 31 movie.
We watched the first 15 minutes of Section 31 waiting for it to get good, and it never did so we gave up on it. It only struck me later what bothered me so much about what we saw.
Prior to this movie, who did we know in Section 31:
Reed
Fiercely loyal, by the the book, clever
Bashir
CRAAAAZZY smart, caring, scientifically minded, big thinker strategist
William Boimler
High achiever, rapidly upwardly mobile getting a crew position on the Titan before joining Section 31 and given his own command closing rifts in the multiverse.
Khan Noonien Singh
Brilliant human augment, hyper intelligent, calculating
All of these were top tier thinkers. They had loyalty to the Federation and were willing to do what they thought best to secure the Federations future even if it meant getting dirty so others could stay clean. Nothing I saw in the first 15 minutes of the Section 31 movie had any characters like these. We got the worst “bad of misfits” style buddy-action characters. I hated all 15 minutes that I watched of the Section 31 movie.
I wouldn’t consider jj-Kahn to have any loyalties or concerns for the Federation. He was self-serving and only cared about his other augments.
I think he believed himself and the other augments were the true representation of humanity. He was loyal to the idea of humanity’s continued existence to the better. He just had a really twisted definition of “better”. Still, I would have been more okay with JJ Kahn to be in Section 31 than what was introduced in the Section 31 movie.
Indeed. Section 31 doesn’t need disposable fodder. they are an agency full of 007 types, not ‘suicide squad in space.’
I had wished for an appearance by not dead Trip Tucker.
They just show Tucker’s corpse in a drawer.