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Strange New Worlds season 3
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CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
3.6 - Good episode, which tells a new story and isn't relying on reminding us of Star Trek. And I say that even though it's an episode where Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Uhura and Chapel team-up.
Paul Wesley is a good actor and was good here playing someone who is close to becoming a Star Trek Captain. I liked Pike mentoring him. I sitll can't see him as a younger version of Kirk from TOS though!
Paul Wesley is a good actor and was good here playing someone who is close to becoming a Star Trek Captain. I liked Pike mentoring him. I sitll can't see him as a younger version of Kirk from TOS though!
Starship Coyote
The Merchant of Menace
You know, I can. I was watching him closely this time, and he's picking up some of Kirk's mannerisms... plus some of his lines are delivered pretty close to how Shatner would have done it. He's not imitating Shat, but he's pretty close to the TOS character.
I'll admit: at the first, I thought this was going to be another TOS rip off, and it would be the planet killer and we'd have to explain why Spock and Scotty don't say shit about it in "The Doomsday Machine." They swerved me; very quickly it turned into something different and something very interesting. The twist at the end was sad, and I appreciate Kirk's introspection about what he had to do.
Kyehlar
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Watched the last two episodes, cause I've been busy this week...
3.5: An interesting episode, but it's one that I would have expected coming out of Discovery. Matter of fact, if I looked I could probably find an episode that felt eerily similar to this one, which is probably why it made me think of it. Personally, despite their attempts on making them the "SNW Baddie", I'm getting tired of the Gorn-centric episodes. Several foreshadowing spots towards the end (computer glitch) that I'm interested in seeing the payoff.
3.6: Very good character building, primarily with Kirk. We knew he was a hotheaded, fly by the seat of his pants kind of person coming out of the academy, but he never made decisions that were too far-fetched or risky. Now we know that it may have been this experience with the ship-killer, and subsequent mentoring from Pike, that started to ground him into a starship commander. Love where this is going, and loved the interactions between the Kirk-Era characters working together.
3.5: An interesting episode, but it's one that I would have expected coming out of Discovery. Matter of fact, if I looked I could probably find an episode that felt eerily similar to this one, which is probably why it made me think of it. Personally, despite their attempts on making them the "SNW Baddie", I'm getting tired of the Gorn-centric episodes. Several foreshadowing spots towards the end (computer glitch) that I'm interested in seeing the payoff.
3.6: Very good character building, primarily with Kirk. We knew he was a hotheaded, fly by the seat of his pants kind of person coming out of the academy, but he never made decisions that were too far-fetched or risky. Now we know that it may have been this experience with the ship-killer, and subsequent mentoring from Pike, that started to ground him into a starship commander. Love where this is going, and loved the interactions between the Kirk-Era characters working together.
I thought it was so good! I was really happy when I realized that Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Uhura, and Chapel were all on deck together.
I was afraid for a minute that the scavengers were going to turn out to be the beginning of the Borg, or something. I'm glad they were something entirely different.
I was afraid for a minute that the scavengers were going to turn out to be the beginning of the Borg, or something. I'm glad they were something entirely different.
Dr Dave
pillzlol
I had the thought about the borg as well. I'm happy they did not do that.
Loktar
Internet God and Defender of Park Benches
I thought it was going to be another V'ger. Glad I was wrong.
Kyehlar
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203 in this iteration, but in 3.6 crew was gathered in central locations due to power loss, and a lot of them were in sick bay.
Kyehlar
Grovel And Subscribe!
Starship Coyote
The Merchant of Menace
I think The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail might be my favourite episode of the season so far. I still have a few issues here and there but overall an enjoyable episode that doesn't feel like it's aping something else. Definitely starting to vibe with Paul Wesley's portrayal of Kirk. I like that he's not doing a caricature (even though we know he can) but still does nail a lot of the mannerisms and inflections. He's a good actor!
I am not usually fond of overtly anachronistic stuff in Trek, but even I enjoyed Pelias 80s treasure trove of "junk."
Also, did anyone notice that the scavengers spacesuits logos were suspiciously close to the Tesla logo?
This might be the nitpickiest of nitpicks in the land of nitpicks, but I wish they'd lighten PW's hair a bit.
ANYWAY. A really good episode.
I am not usually fond of overtly anachronistic stuff in Trek, but even I enjoyed Pelias 80s treasure trove of "junk."
Also, did anyone notice that the scavengers spacesuits logos were suspiciously close to the Tesla logo?
This might be the nitpickiest of nitpicks in the land of nitpicks, but I wish they'd lighten PW's hair a bit.
ANYWAY. A really good episode.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
There needs to be an episode where Scotty is trapped in a time anomaly for ten years to explain why he's older than Kirk in TOS (yes this is the continuity thing that annoys me.)
Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
It’s the hair for me. I was going to mention that too. It just doesn’t feel like the same character to me. (Meanwhile, Scotty’s hair is too light).
Anyway, that aside, I loved this episode. The twist at the end felt almost like something from a 60s scifi novel (or TOS episode, I guess). Bonkers, but thought provoking. I wish more episodes were like this.
Anyway, that aside, I loved this episode. The twist at the end felt almost like something from a 60s scifi novel (or TOS episode, I guess). Bonkers, but thought provoking. I wish more episodes were like this.
Starship Coyote
The Merchant of Menace
Four more episodes to go.
Fuck these short seasons. Give us at least 15 episodes. 20 even.
Fuck these short seasons. Give us at least 15 episodes. 20 even.
Kyehlar
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I miss the days when a show started in September, had a short winter hiatus, and then ended in May. You knew when, where, and what to expect from your shows. Now there's almost no such thing as 'seasons' anymore, at least not in the typical sense.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
There would be a lot of episodes with two characters locked in a room if the seasons were longer.
Starship Coyote
The Merchant of Menace
Today's episode: this was an approach that could have gone two ways... very good or very bad. It wound up taking the good route.
Erika's brother could have been characterized as simply an annoying prick, but he showed us in the end a hard truth... all institutions need to stand up to hard scrutiny.
Fortunately, Starfleet does.
Erika's brother could have been characterized as simply an annoying prick, but he showed us in the end a hard truth... all institutions need to stand up to hard scrutiny.
Fortunately, Starfleet does.