Star Trek: Discovery premiere satisfies Montreal Klingons

Montreal's Klingon community is celebrating the launch of the Star Trek franchise's latest offering,Star Trek: Discovery,which aired its first episodeSunday night.

Klingons are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe known for their love ofwar but they took a break from those tendencies to enjoy the Discovery premiereat the BrouePub Brouhaha in Montreal's Rosemontdistrict.

Superfanswho are part ofthe Klingon Assault Group Rising Phoenixgatheredin full costume to watch the episode together.

"I asked everybody last night what they think. Most of the people thumbs up," said Alain De Mol, Commander of the Rising Phoenix otherwise known by his Klingon name,D'Gor.

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"The visual effects were fantastic," Rae Anani, a member of Rising Phoenix, told CBC Montreal's Daybreak. "The story has a good baseline, a good foundation."

Women of colour cast in lead roles

Star Trek: Discoveryis a prequel to the original 1960s series featuring the Starship Enterprise and its captain, James T. Kirk, played by MontrealerWilliam Shatner.

The original Star Trek series was considered groundbreaking television for blackwomen, and Discovery follows that legacy.

This reboot follows the USS Discovery on its journey through space 10 years earlier.

In the first episode of Discovery, the story centres around two non-white women: Captain Philippa Georgiou played by Michelle Yeoh, and Michael Burnham played by Sonequa Martin-Green.

"One of my favourite series was Voyager because it [featured] the first female captain," said Anani.

"I found that really progressive. I like the idea of bringing in, as a main character, a female officer first of all, and a black officer on top of that it's a really good initiative."