regarding technology, to me it just is about making things look more in line with how things work, a sense of believability. Yes it's a sci fi show and not everything has to be based in reality, but to some degree doing things that have at least some aspects in that helps a show when it comes to the technology within it.
I mean, there's a reason that you aren't going to see airplanes with their controls fully on a touchscreen. Last thing you want is to have to make people look at a screen to see what they are doing vs having knobs/buttons to use, on top of that having it so if one piece of electronics go out it doesn't take EVERYTHING else with it like a touchscreen would do, you want things to be keep on different things so if you lose say, your windshield wiper control you don't also lose the function to steer your vehicle, that'd be absurd.
From a pilot's perspective it's much better having knobs/buttons and things, you can get a feel for what does what and use muscle memory for things when you need to, it not only saves time but you can keep your eyes ahead of you looking at where you are flying while you do it.
I wish more movies/shows stuck with traditional looking cockpits/controls for space ships, rather then thinking that everything in the future is going to be touchscreens (it won't be) which seem to be the epitome of how you "control" things (when it's not even that good for many things today).
The show itself I found fun, I mean it's got some room to grow but I definitely am gonna stick around for it and hope it gets even better.
Also Doug Jones>.