I agree with all of this, move forward, use the basis of the old but create something new of your own. Its the same problem for ST Disco, rewriting TV history. Always thought that with something like ST its always best to set a new series chronologically after the old, that way your not forcing your way around old stories.
I haven't seen Discovery yet. Probably never will. Not on Netflix in US, only available if I pay extra to see it on CBS pay channel. (Or if I VPN into British Netflix, so I can watch it and all the other shows that are blocked in the US)
It was ****. It's like bill and Ted's bogus journey in space. The very basics of a space military is discipline. Original, tng and ds9 understood this. Voyager and then enterprise didn't. Discovery makes the Orville look disciplined
Watched the film Kursk ... not bad, although not up to the quality of some of Vinterburg's other films, worth a look if you're just wanting something to stick on
Watched Blow 7/10. Similar to American Made and other "true life" stories of drug dealing in the 70's and 80's.