Shohreh Aghdashloo's voice really bothers me. I'm not talking about her accent because I'm not bothered by diversity like that, it's just whatever is going on with her voice...like it goes really deep sometimes. It's just really distracting

The only complaint I have about The Expanse tv series is her voice. Thankfully she isn't in much of Beyond.
I think people made a big deal out of Sulu being gay. It isn't in your face kind of stuff, when I heard about it I was a little concerned but these movies are pretty far removed from traditional Trek that a little subtle same sex relationship like this isn't shocking. Yeah ok, in the original tv series and movies Sulu was never identified as being gay but other changes are far more obvious. Like Kirk getting command of the Enterprise so quickly in the reboot but originally it took years working up through the ranks.
Interesting that Xindi and Romulan wars were mentioned.
I actually thought the idea of the Franklin going missing ages ago, the captain being ex-MACO and losing the plot was kinda interesting.