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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x08 "Labyrinths" 1 day ago:
They’re both cartoon villains. It works for a comedy movie, not so much for a serious TV show.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x06 "Whistlespeak" 2 weeks ago:
For a split second, when they looked at the paper with the list of scientists, I had hope that the Discovery would fly to Denobula. That would have been so much more interesting than what we’ve got. Although I give them credit for doing a more traditional Star Trek episode with a bunch of technobubble, prime directive shenanigans and the obligatory human-like pre-warp civilization.
- Comment on Star Trek Writer Deep Dives Into Discovery Season 5’s Villains 2 weeks ago:
Our thinking was the Breen as sort of a natural species were bifurcated in the sense that they can be both gelatinous and solid in that sense. But the solid state takes an intense amount of focus and concentration in order to maintain. […] And then as they developed the refrigeration suits, they lost the need for that both evolutionarily and culturally, and it became a sort of cultural anathema. You don’t show people your solid face because that means you’re weak. It means you’re stupid. It means you’re slow.
I still don’t get it. It doesn’t really make sense to me. If it takes a lot of focus and concentration to maintain the solid form, why is one considered weak for doing so?
Breen ship! We’ve never seen the inside
Technically we’ve seen a holding cell inside a Breen ship in DS9.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x05 "Mirrors" 3 weeks ago:
Maybe
spoiler
Burnham stabbed a pimple.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x04 "Face the Strange" 4 weeks ago:
I think I haven’t enjoyed Disco this much since season 2. This was a great episode in the tradition of whacky time travel episodes. And I really liked seeing the old uniforms, set designs, and Discovery exterior. Mainly because I like those designs much more than the 32nd century upgrades. The sort-of tie-in to the “Calypso” Short Trek also worked really well. And Linus was great as usual.
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- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Meanwhile, the adventures continue for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which has been renewed for season 4.
At least there’s that.
It’s still surprising that Lower Decks ends so soon. It’s well received and should be reasonably cheap to produce. Why would they axe it?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x03 "Jinaal" 5 weeks ago:
As a DS9 fan I appreciated the many references to the Zian’tara, Dominion War and Tzenkethi.
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x01 "Red Directive" and 5x02 "Under the Twin Moons" 5 weeks ago:
I wasn’t too impressed by the first two episodes. There were some good parts in it – most notably the actor who played Fred – and I liked the more upbeat tone compared to previous seasons. But ultimately it felt like watching Star Wars. I was bored by the prolonged action sequences in both episodes. They are just a showcase for the talent of the VFX people but the scenes feel empty and meaningless.
I’ll keep watching but only because I know it’s the final season. There are just too many of the same old Disco tropes for me to really enjoy this show. A prime example was the scene aboard the Romulan ship: Burnham beams over with Rhys and Owo…only for them to be incapacitated so that the main character can continue on her own. I know, I know, Disco is not meant to be an ensemble show and that’s okay. But it just doesn’t work for me.
- Comment on Happy First Contact Day! 1 month ago:
…thanks.
- Comment on The bridge of the Klingon Battlecruiser from ST:TMP has been added to the Roddenberry Archive. You can freeroam on this and other bridge sets. 1 month ago:
Yeah, this definitely isn’t intended for mobile devices. On desktop you can freely walk around and the controls are pretty self-explanatory. (WASD keys + mouse)
- The bridge of the Klingon Battlecruiser from ST:TMP has been added to the Roddenberry Archive. You can freeroam on this and other bridge sets.roddenberry.x.io ↗Submitted 1 month ago to startrek@startrek.website | 3 comments
- Comment on Rewatching TNG: classic Riker boning his way out of the problem 1 month ago:
“First Contact” (the episode, not the movie) is a nice little TNG gem which is often overlooked on the “best of” lists. There’s lots of talking and diplomacy, so TNG at its best. It’s also mostly shown from the perspective of the aliens, so that’s a nice change for once. It’s one of my favorite episodes.
- BREAKING — Paramount Pictures “Moving On” from STAR TREK 4, Announces New STAR TREK 5 Film Instead [TrekCore.com]blog.trekcore.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to startrek@startrek.website | 1 comment
- Comment on The Future of ‘Star Trek’: From ‘Starfleet Academy’ to New Movies and Michelle Yeoh, How the 58-Year-Old Franchise Is Planning for the Next Generation of Fans 1 month ago:
The mention of >!Rachel Garrett!< in the Section 31 movie points to a time travel storyline, doesn’t it? Or at least some holodeck stuff. (Maybe the movie ends with “Computer, end program.” 😄)
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Showrunner Drops Hints For Each Season 5 Episode 1 month ago:
Hopefully this means that the episodes in season 5 really are distinctive. My problem with Discovery (and Picard) is that all the episodes of a season blend into each other. It’s super difficult to remember individual episodes because each of them is just a tiny puzzle piece of a larger story.
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- Comment on The Wildest, Weirdest Star Trek Action Figures 2 months ago:
So there are several special Riker action figures but no “regular” Riker action figure with a proper uniform? There’s only the one with the torn uniform top.
Weird decision.
- Comment on New Star Trek Movie by 'ANDOR' Director – Trek Central 2 months ago:
Excerpt regarding the story:
!While plot details haven’t been shared, we do have an understanding of when the movie will take place decades before the original 2009 Star Trek film. This is very confusing, as the 2009 star trek film takes place across multiple years, and multiple timelines. This might mean decades before the main events of the movie. The main events of 2009 take place in the Kelvin Timeline in 2255. However the Kelvin timeline only started in 2233. So if this takes place anytime before 2233, it would be canonical to both the Kelvin and Prime timeline.!<
!The other option is that it takes place decades before the events of the movie in the prime timeline, in 2387. An option this movie has is to tie into the backstory of Star Trek: Picard, and possibly even explain why the Romulan Sun went supernova in the first place! I doubt this will be the case, as it will probably be set in the Kelvin Timeline, sometime after the Narada destroys the U.S.S. Kelvin.!<
Sounds to me like it’ll be >!taking place in the prime timeline either way!<.
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- Comment on Discovery Season 5 Early Review Round-Up 2 months ago:
This sounds pretty good actually because it addresses my main concern with DISCO after the time jump. There has been almost no world building in the last two seasons. The 32nd century still feels like a blank canvas and a wasted opportunity. Particularly season 4 could have taken place during any other era without needing to change anything about the story.
And that they don’t drag out the mystery is a huge plus too.
I’m much more optimistic about season 5 now.
- Comment on Discovery Season 5 Early Review Round-Up 2 months ago:
This sounds pretty good actually because it addresses my main concern with DISCO after the time jump. There has been almost no world building in the last two seasons. The 32nd century still feels like a blank canvas and a wasted opportunity. Particularly season 4 could have taken place during any other era without needing to change anything about the story.
And that they don’t drag out the mystery is a huge plus too.
I’m much more optimistic about season 5 now.
- Comment on Canon Connections: 2x07 - Those Old Scientists 9 months ago:
Worf suffered discommendation and was stripped of his honour in “Sins of the Father”.
By the time Boimler is around Worf had gotten his honour back…and lost it again, and got it back… I think. It’s hard to keep track. But his family honor was restored in "Redemption’ for helping Gowron in the civil war.
- Comment on "Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 - Subspace Rhapsody (Original Series Soundtrack) Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 - Subspace Rhapsody (Original Series Soundtrack) by Various Artists 9 months ago:
It’s not yet on YouTube Music, is it? I can’t find it there.
- Comment on Just spotted thins from the script for Voyagers finale. 9 months ago:
It was present at the end of the episode where Voyager got the future Borg technology. This scene from the linked script is the scene from the very beginning of the episode which depicts a timeline in which Voyager returns to Earth without that Borg encounter.
- Comment on Just spotted thins from the script for Voyagers finale. 9 months ago:
I wonder if the VFX department didn’t get the memo.
It could also be an early script draft and during production they decided not to spend time and money on changing the ship model. Not everything you see in a script will end up on the screen.
- Comment on Strange New Worlds 2x08 was one of the best Star Trek episodes ever 9 months ago:
In a season that’s been a wee bit hit and miss IMHO (compared to S1)
Yeah, the first half was very uneven. But I’ve enjoyed every episode since episode 5, so I guess they found their stride again.
- Comment on looking for an old trek / spoiler free community 9 months ago:
There’s no guarantee that it’s spoiler-free but www.trekbbs.com has separate boards for each series. Maybe that helps.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War" 9 months ago:
Agreed on the Klingon ambassador! The acting felt weird at first but his demeanor made sense at the end.
And I feel similarly as you about M’Benga. I didn’t care much about him until now, he was simply the doctor that speaks strangely. But now I really want to find out what’s next for him.