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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine” 1 day ago:
Yeah each scene works for itself, but together it doesn’t create something that has anything to say. Every plot point has been seen somewhere else already, so it’s not like there’d be any big surprises.
I think Darem’s story suffers most. It’s ironic if his bride says “Jay-Den talks about a side of yours I have never seen” if they all talk about a Darem we have never seen before. Not sure what the authors were thinking in this episode.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine” 1 day ago:
Meh, didn’t really care for this episode. The wedding stuff would have interested me more if we were already more invested in Darem and his culture, but there is too much going on at the same time (lore-wise).
As for the academy stuff, don’t know. Considering Giamatti is in this show, I hoped Genesis, Caleb and Reno would do a The Holdovers, but the entire premise falls flat. Again, too much in one episode. Genesis is first about to be recommended into that Captains program and in the same episode not. Wish this would have been more of a storyline between episodes.
After I thoroughly enjoyed the past episodes this is the weakest episode of the series so far to me.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 1 week ago:
I thought it was a Doug thing lol
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 1 week ago:
No wonder he hates the universe
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 1 week ago:
Does O.C. have an episode with cannibals?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 1 week ago:
I thought this was 90210 in space, according to all the haters. Can anyone tell me in which episode of 90210 the cannibals try to eat everyone?
Thought this was a fantastic episode, the setup was good with the practice mission. Not the biggest fan of another sudden ambush after the pilot episode, but I think it worked well enough. Crazy that they actually killed someone from the main supporting cast, but at least it wasn’t Kyle.
My biggest complaint were probably the action scenes. It’s just a fast blurry mess of dark to me.
Oh and I thought B’avi was called Bobby.
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 week ago:
That it’s not consistent what Trill remember and what not. Sometimes Dax knows everything about her former hosts, sometimes nothing. Sometimes the hosts are important, sometimes the symbiont.
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 week ago:
How could you forget about Keiko! Lol
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 week ago:
I remember an early (season 2?) DS9 episode where Sisko had to remind Dax that one of her previous hosts had a specific skill which they needed in that situation, but Dax was like “Oh yeah you’re right.” So either these memories are so deep in their subconsciousness or… I don’t know.
As I said, I don’t like the Trill as a concept and they were regularly my least favourite episodes in DS9.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 1 week ago:
My understanding is that only the religious leaders of Bajor could feel it, if it even was possible to feel it. So some college student shouldn’t be able to do it anyway.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 2 weeks ago:
The Pagh thing to me just looked like it was a traditional form of a greeting with no real meaning behind it.
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 2 weeks ago:
I totally agree with her that DS9 is a very overlooked series, especially compared to TOS (basically got DIS season 1 and 2 and SNW), TNG (Picard and LD) and Voyager (Prodigy? Not sure, only watched the beginning so far) which all got spinoffs of sorts. But DS), despite being called the best Trek series very often? Nada.
I think using Dax as a link is a clever idea (because they transcend time), and she plays the role well, but I just don’t like the Trill because it’s never quite clear how much they remember from past hosts. Then there’s this thing where they meet all their previous hosts, and if you lived for a thousand years, this is just gonna take a year now lol
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 2 weeks ago:
They also just introduced one of the main characters of TNG in season 4, even referencing a TNG movie. It is wild to assume Star Trek was never self-referential lol
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 2 weeks ago:
So, as someone who is watching the entirety of DS9 for the first time… Spoilers? Lol. But actually, that made me appreciate the episode more.
I really like how this series evolves. The last three episodes were all really good. This DS9 homage felt great in a franchise which is very much TOS/TNG focused.
I did not quite get the “Thank you, Avery” in the end and had to check whether Brooks died? Is it because he retired?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 3 weeks ago:
I also wondered about the debate. As a German I know nothing about debate culture, and this episode did not help lol
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 3 weeks ago:
I just think the show needs to be careful. I like that the stakes at the moment are low and personal, and there’s not galaxy threatening desaster (yet). I think the show would profit if they kept ist that way.
Everything else in this episode on what it means to be a Klingon was probably top 10 Trek for me.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 3 weeks ago:
Obviously, you need some disbelief for this kind of show. It’s also always the main group of people solving the problems, not that random dude in the third row.
The show just needs to be cautious with not overdoing it. This is the second major federation “crisis” solved at the school in just four episodes, while they should actually study that nebular or learn temporal mechanics
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 3 weeks ago:
But Star Trek writers should come up with new ideas other than “our favourite alien race” diasporas. Will we have a Frengi diaspora next season?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 3 weeks ago:
I agree that the resolution to the conflict was obvious and it took the episode a bit too long to get there.
Not sure about the PD. I guess it is complicated by the fact that we are talking about the Klingons, a foe and friend for like a millennium. It’s hard to turn away from their struggle. But the federation comes across as if they’re not looking at Klingons on the same level. Like “look at this planet, it has lots of Vulcans, you will love it”, as if Earthlings would be happy if Klingons showed them a planet and are like “this place is 80% water, take it”. I know that’s not even discussed in the episode, but that’s, at least to me, a bigger point than what the Klingons bring up. Home is where the heart is? But then again, Klingons do what Klingons do, so yeah, let’s battle it out
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 3 weeks ago:
That was a fantastic episode altogether. Loved it.
I agree that the resolution should be obvious, and after the Betazed episode, it is again ridiculous that political problems are solved at a school, but then again, it was ridiculous that Picard solved all problems in the galaxy.
I also like how this episode resolves why Klingons played no role in Discovery after the time jump.
- Comment on Nazis Have the Dumbest Star Trek Opinions | Jessie Gender 3 weeks ago:
The alt right is a global movement.
The 1’s are just there to review bomb, and a lot of the 10’s probably to increase the rating. If you look at the other ratings, the bell curve looks to peak somewhere between 7 and 8.
It is polarizing. An average rating does not represent this.
- Comment on Nazis Have the Dumbest Star Trek Opinions | Jessie Gender 3 weeks ago:
Then it is still meaningless if 5 rate you a 10 and 5 a 0. What would this rating say about you?
- Comment on Nazis Have the Dumbest Star Trek Opinions | Jessie Gender 4 weeks ago:
I only got to know her videos after watching the 4 h dissection of SNW season 3, but her analyses (at least the ones I have seen so far) are very much on point. I love it. Far better content than that alt-right outrage about “pronoun Torpedoes” and “phasers set on woke”
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 4 weeks ago:
not sure if it makes more sense, but it is at least one way how they got it. Even though I just find German info on the topic, and no English source … and no idea how reflux fits in. Vitus Dance was a medieval interpretation of epilepsy and related illnesses. Reflux means “backflow”. Maybe it refers to how the fungus talks back?
But I found that the name Vitus may derive from the word vita, and has been interpreted as “the living one”.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux" 4 weeks ago:
So first, Jay-Den is my favourite character. I would love to see some Klingon standup comedy lol
Second, after Kelrec gave his small speech about his students to Ake, I was hoping she’d reply “That’s like your opinion, man”
Besides the concerning number of shots with bare feet in them, I really enjoyed this episode. A true classic rival school plot! I particularly enjoyed that other people were at the center of the plot this time. The next episode is the Jay-Den one I think and I’m really looking forward to it
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 4 weeks ago:
They need to sell these pyjamas lol
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 4 weeks ago:
Vitus was a saint, and apparently, in Slavic folklore patron of mushrooms
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x01 "Kids These Days" & 1x02 "Beta Test" 5 weeks ago:
Ah right I forgot about that
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x01 "Kids These Days" & 1x02 "Beta Test" 5 weeks ago:
But then why come in the first place? Only to return to Betazed to say “the Federation is still the same and doesn’t want us!” After failed negotiations?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x01 "Kids These Days" & 1x02 "Beta Test" 5 weeks ago:
The Borg will be so confused when they come to Earth and find out it’s not important anymore