dethstrobe
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x03 "Shuttle to Kenfori" 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it is a bit weird to introduce zombies but then to only use it as window dressing instead of dealing with the scientific ramifications of creating the walking dead that are invisible to tricorders. They’re a distraction to M’Benga’s more personal story of him needing to confront the consequences of his actions.
Not to like completely say the episode was bad, it’s just with a bit more thought it could have been better and more impactful to the meta narrative.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x03 "Shuttle to Kenfori" 2 weeks ago:
Eugenics and genetic engineering is bad, but exotic material to hybrid a human with an alien species might be ok? Seems odd after they gave shit to Stamets for getting tardigrade DNA. I guess Starfleet does play pretty loose with what is and is not consider legal for genetic modification, so I shouldn’t be too worried about that, but I am…
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x10 "Life, Itself" 1 year ago:
Completely agree. My biggest (but not only) criticism of DISCO is just how poorly utilized the crew was.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x10 "Life, Itself" 1 year ago:
Nice to know the rumor mill has a possible streaming movie in the works.
And it makes sense that Detmer and Owo had external factors causing them to not play a big role. Disappointing still, but reasonable.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x10 "Life, Itself" 1 year ago:
That was an ending alright. I feel like the epilogue was nice, with no killing of a main character for no reason (looking at you ENT) and everyone got a pretty happy ending. And Calypso at least is canon, but it’d have been nice to have more context on what the end game is.
But my problem is that the emotional pay off just doesn’t feel deserved. I really just don’t feel connected with the characters and crew enough. I really feel like more episodes (or a lot more) to really flesh things out would have helped a lot.
But you know what I think I might actually like. A movie. I feel like tightening up the epic galaxy ending plot in a 90 to 120 minute feature film would feel better then a 10 ep season. I doubt we’ll get one, but it’d be nice to see what kind of nonsense Burnham gets in to since they end it on a pseudo cliff hanger (as is DISCO tradition).
But what was up with Detmer and Owo being side lined for the second half of the season. I was expecting some kind of pay off for that, but nothing… It seemed unnecessary.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x08 "Caves" 1 year ago:
Where the devil has T’Lyn been for the past 2 eps? I’m actually totally fine without her being in the show in every episode. Makes the world feel more lived in knowing people have other responsibilities, and the like. After all, they probably have a life off screen.
Anyway, fantastic episode. The idea of parodying a clipshow episode but with original content, I love it. Almost wish they lampshaded Shades of Gray which was the Season 2 clipshow which didn’t make a lot of sense as there wasn’t enough show to clip from.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x06 "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" 1 year ago:
Aren’t they a member world in Disco?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x05 “Empathalogical Fallacies” 1 year ago:
I think there is a fan theory that Romulan space is pretty small (relatively speaking), which is how they’re able to defend it well with a small number of ships. Which also explains why they’re not able to have enough ships to evacuate Romulus.