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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 20:49 
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I've realised what it is about Tyler that jars with me. He sounds like Ray Romano.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 19:16 
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I've realised what it is about Tyler that jars with me. He sounds like Ray Romano.


Yes! That's it! God that was bothering me for so long.

Also, he has no chin.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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I've realised what it is about Tyler that jars with me. He sounds like Ray Romano.

Shazad Latif (who plays Tyler) was a regular character in obscure-but-good Matt-Berry-vehicle Toast Of London. (He was Clem Fandango, if you've seen it.) This is quite distracting. Still, he's done well for himself. He was also in later seasons of Penny Dreadful apparently.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 21:58 
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”Oh my god I am so angry that the captain of the Discovery was a secret Terran that I’m just going to have to do it again”


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 17:49 
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I enjoyed the run of episodes towards the end of the season, but found the final episode to be a bit of a mess, and wasn't totally satisfied with the conclusion of some of the story arcs from the series so far.

I think the central plot of the whole season (Klingon War, Spore Drive, questionable allegiances etc) should have been spread out a bit more, so the mid season break was the finale. They could have given some story beats a bit more time, and mixed in a few more standalone episodes, where we get to see how the characters are in a different kind of setting. I'd have loved a few episodes that were classic trek probably with a new (to the Federation) alien race/planet, and some kind of philosophical/ideological challenge, where the crew just have to think through a problem. The Mudd episode stands out as one of the more entertaining episodes, a couple more like that would have been nice.

I appreciate they are doing something different, but I think in their eagerness to establish it as a new kind of Trek, they've perhaps gone too far in the direction of wanting to avoid just being the next next generation.

The final episode, and conclusions to the arc of the season as a whole, had interesting ideas, I just think it felt rushed. It would have benefited from being a two parter.

The very final moment, which was a set up for the next season, I really really didn't like either, but we'll see what they do with it.

The first season was a bit rocky in places, and there's quite a few areas I'd like to see them improve for the next season, but it's also done a lot of interesting things, and I'm definitely anticipating it's continuation (it is already confirmed for a second season). We'll see how it goes, but a lot of the heavy lifting is already done or partially done, and it's clearly found an audience, so fingers crossed it fully delivers on it's potential going forward.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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This article nails a number of things that were bothering me about Discovery, and why I haven’t enjoyed it as much as most others here seem to have done so. (Massive spoilers.)

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/no-follow-through/


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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
This article nails a number of things that were bothering me about Discovery, and why I haven’t enjoyed it as much as most others here seem to have done so. (Massive spoilers.)

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/no-follow-through/

It's a good article and I can't argue with a lot of it.

The last few episodes were definitely the weakest, and it's a shame they basically reset everything for season 2.

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Agree with most of that, including that it was one of the best series of a Trek until the break.

I am still agog at how they treated Mirror-Uber-Hitler.

“Well, we shall let go the biggest mass murderer in the history of two universes. That’s clearly a good idea.”

And it’s not even that they did it as a response to her love of genocide; they even said before it that imprisoning her wasn’t fair. Fair? She’s literally the worst person in the entire universe! Why is she getting a free ride? At least you locked the bloody Klingon up!

They need to jump back into the Mirror Universe and get Lorca Prime back.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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Isn't he with da angles?

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Isn't he with da angles?

There's no way he won't be alive.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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Isn't he with da angles?

There's no way he won't be alive.

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Stolen Emergency Teleport?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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Malc wrote:
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Isn't he with da angles?

There's no way he won't be alive.

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Stolen Emergency Teleport?

We have no idea what happened to him. Everyone just assumes he's dead.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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Yeah, I realise that we didn't see the dead body, so he may or may not be dead.

I am pretty sure that when
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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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Aye, the fact that they've never addressed or even questioned the fate of Lorca Prime in the slightest feels very pointed to me.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek
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Yeah, I realise that we didn't see the dead body, so he may or may not be dead.

I am pretty sure that when
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Emperor Georgiou used her emergency teleport, Lorca said "I gotta get me one of those" or similar.

I think you're confusing Lorca Prime (who we've never seen) with Mirror Lorca.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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I think both Mirror and Prime Lorca are still alive, and either of them could show up.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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All of this is glossing over the most important revelation about the Star Trek universe that Disco brought to the table:

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1 ... 5216823296





New Picard/Patrick Stewart TV series confirmed!


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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Details on the new Picard show
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live- ... ls-1174452

Edit: and it looks like Star Trek 14 has been cancelled
https://io9.gizmodo.com/report-star-tre ... 1831580791


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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The new series of Discovery has started.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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I don't understand the hate for Discovery. I enjoyed season 1, and season 2 started off much the same.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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Who hates Discovery?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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I enjoyed Discovery but it seemed a bit daft to have this amazing jump tech that existed years before the more modern series that has somehow just been forgotten about.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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Grim... wrote:
Who hates Discovery?


The internet.


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Trooper wrote:
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Who hates Discovery?


The internet.


Doesn't the internet hate everything?


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Can’t decide whether Disco or STD is the better abbreviation.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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Who hates Discovery?

The internet.

Pfft, the Internet hates Event Horizon so the Internet doesn't get a fucking opinion any more.

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The new series of Discovery has started.


Monday afternoon is a terrible time slot.

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TV still has time slots?


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 Post subject: Re: Star Trek (contains big spoilers for Discovery)
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I like Discovery, but I wish it paid a bit more attention to series continuity, and I wish they sprinkled in a few more classic trek style episodes with one off self contained stories rooted in an ideological or philosophical problem.

I hope they dial back the flashy action and galaxy-ending stakes to allow for a broader range of stories to be told.

It's an interesting take on Trek, but I think there's a happy medium to be found between where Discovery has been so far and something like TNG/DS9.


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Sidebar: what the fuck is the subtitle of this thread babbling on about?


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First episode was... All right.

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Yeah I really enjoyed it. It struck me that it looks pretty fucking good for TV sci-fi too. I don't know if they've spent a bit more or if I just didn't notice on the last series but really top drawer stuff.


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It definitely seems like they have cranked up the budget for this season.

First two episodes were decent, and a good set up for the rest of the series.

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Picard (the show) looks superb. Picard the person is finally starting to age, so Patrick Stewart isn't immortal after all.

There's also a new batch of Trek Shorts coming including one or two on the Enterprise with Pike, two animated series in production, and the Section 31 TV show.
Quentin Tarantino is still talking about doing a Trek film, too.


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New Picard trailer , a little more action and more returning TNG characters



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There’s a Discovery trailer too.


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