Should I try watching Discovery? I’ve heard the most horrid things, and I’m a huge fan of TOS.
No. My understanding is that the last little bit of Season 1 starts the crew adopting some semblance of Prime-Universe-Starfleet’s ideals, but I haven’t watched that far.
Some of the characters say/agree with something to that effect (extremely contrived), but you don’t get that from the series, i.e. the series does not reflect any of those ideals.
It’s an interesting watch, but not for the right reasons.