Comment on Strange New Worlds 2x08 was one of the best Star Trek episodes ever

darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  100% agree. She’s got a confidence that is often annoying, but I think that’s the point. She thinks she’s hot shit (and maybe she is – she’s at least a competent pilot).

  I see her as a kind of version of (early) Tom Paris.

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  • StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    She’s a more seasoned pilot by far than early Tom Paris.

    But she’s exactly what I expect and know experienced combat pilots to be like. Some are sober and subdued like Sulu or Detmer, but the in your face types are common and tolerated.

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  • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    She’s the Maverick of the Enterprise. Makes sense to me.

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• InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  She’s a human being, starfleet has very few of those.

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• osarusan@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Season 1 Ortegas was hard for me to like. She was far too cocky for a Starfleet officer, talking back and too informally to superior officers. She felt like she didn't belong in Star Trek, or at least in that kind of Starfleet command structure.

  Season 2 Ortegas has backed off from that a bit and is now far more enjoyable. She's got spunk, but she doesn't come off as insubordinate or rude.

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