As always, Hollywood writers write for Hollywood writers and not for audiences, they rely on the pre-existing bias and hype of fans to carry shows rather than engaging potential viewers. This has worked so far for them, but will not work long term. Providing a quality product is vastly superior to pandering.

Further their desperate need to tick boxes absolutely destroyed the casting of this. Most of the characters were utterly unbelievable bar two. You'll know who they are soon enough as they will be the only characters you care one iota (and it'll be a small one) about.

So unless you're already a huge fan of this franchise, or a Hollywood writer who likes it when writers write for writers, you will be as disappointed as I was.