Star Trek: Discovery

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

It's 100% gonna be Dax.

Well, it's not. Unless there is some big surprise to come (possible). This latest episode is about as woke as it gets. Mostly I'm impressed that Burnham didn't cry even once for a whole episode... groundbreaking.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Burnham didn't cry even once for a whole episode... groundbreaking.

You mean an episode where they didn't have to prove her strength by showing her inner turmoil which is overcome by her innate will and force of mind? -gasp-

[neatoman]

So about the Pilot with the eye implant acting weird and the ship gaining sentience... I really hope that isn't going where I think it is...

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Well, it's not. Unless there is some big surprise to come (possible). This latest episode is about as woke as it gets. Mostly I'm impressed that Burnham didn't cry even once for a whole episode... groundbreaking.

I'm shocked but relieved.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by neatoman

So about the Pilot with the eye implant acting weird and the ship gaining sentience... I really hope that isn't going where I think it is...

Ship gonna get its own special gender and someone will want to have sex with it?

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Sumac

Ship gonna get its own special gender and someone will want to have sex with it?

No, that would actually be interesting.

[Vegita-San]

futurama beat you to that plot line.

[Andrew NDB]

I admit, this latest episode with them finding Starfleet and curing those aliens' disease... it actually felt a smidge like Star Trek.

But only a smidge. And yes, Burnham cried again this episode.

[neatoman]

Does anyone actually think Philippa is the "devious badass" the show wants us to think of her as? Because between the constant bitching, hitting on explicitly gay men, letting herself get electrocuted seemingly pointlessly and... disabling holograms by blinking too much... She comes across more like horny autist than what the show thinks she is.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Does anyone actually think Philippa is the "devious badass" the show wants us to think of her as? Because between the constant bitching, hitting on explicitly gay men, letting herself get electrocuted seemingly pointlessly and... disabling holograms by blinking too much... She comes across more like horny autist than what the show thinks she is.

The writers don't even know what she is from week to week. Next week she'll be back to Top Dog Secret Spy for Section 31 or whatever. Absolutely impossible to take her seriously on any level, and absolutely impossible to believe Section 31 would recruit her as an operative. I think it literally just went, "We really like Michell Yeoh, made a mistake in killing her... but we want to keep her around so let's just 'redeem' the Mirror Universe her and gloss over all the evil/murderous stuff she's done!"

They need to just send her back to the Mirror Universe and be done with her. If they want to bring Michelle Yeoh back just because they really like her, there can always be guest spots.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Sumac

Ship gonna get its own special gender and someone will want to have sex with it?

That show was called "Lexx" and it was magnificent. I've been meaning to rewatch my poorly transferred DVDs of that show for years.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by IMJ

That show was called "Lexx" and it was magnificent. I've been meaning to rewatch my poorly transferred DVDs of that show for years.

Ah, yes, I've watched it. Totally ****ed up show, in a good sense (its Canadian, so it is to be expected), but amusing nevertheless. Had a lot of cool concepts, though.

[Andrew NDB]

Also the Barzan lady from the bridge crew since forever this latest episode. We finally get to know her. And then they make her exit the show in the same episode. They seem to... keep doing this. Jesus. Stupid. I'm assuming in this particular case it's so they can keep the Book guy and the transexual/gender blah blah on the payroll.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Also the Barzan lady from the bridge crew since forever this latest episode. We finally get to know her. And then they make her exit the show in the same episode. They seem to... keep doing this. Jesus. Stupid. I'm assuming in this particular case it's so they can keep the Book guy and the transexual/gender blah blah on the payroll.

Wait, they killed the Barzan security lady? Damn, I kinda liked her. Underused.

It's funny, I was curious for Seasons 1 and 2, but I feel like at this point, I don't even want to bother watching Season 3 until Picard Season 2 comes out.

What exactly is the hook here? More focus on Burnham, Section 31 Georgiou, and... what? Meh.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Wait, they killed the Barzan security lady? Damn, I kinda liked her. Underused.

They didn't kill her, they had her take the place of some crazy Barzan dude alone on a seed storing ship and said goodbye to her, leaving her there.

So dumb. Like with that cyborg lady last season... they finally give her an episode, then write her out in the same episode.

[Andrew NDB]

The new episode: Wow... they really don't watch Star Trek. The Discovery receives a refit this episode and it becomes the NCC 1031-A. Like in the Short Trek one... they have no idea the 1701 was refit prior to being destroyed. The A was a whole new ship!

Oh, and just when I thought that Burnham wouldn't cry this episode... nope! She cries AGAIN at the end! The episode literally checks all of the STD boxes... lots of screaming, phasering lots of people to death, explosions and Burnham crying.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The new episode: Wow... they really don't watch Star Trek. The Discovery receives a refit this episode and it becomes the NCC 1031-A. Like in the Short Trek one... they have no idea the 1701 was refit prior to being destroyed. The A was a whole new ship!

Oh, and just when I thought that Burnham wouldn't cry this episode... nope! She cries AGAIN at the end!

Wait what? This would be so easy to fix, just take a new ship, pop in a reverse engineered spore drive and call that one the Discovery-A.

[Andrew NDB]

Episode 7 is terrible. Burnham cries THREE times in this one, and Ensign Tilley gets promoted to first officer (and yes, she stays an ensign) seemingly for only the reason that audiences have seen her the most over her other superior officers.

Saru tries to justify it by saying, "you've gone beyond the command handbook... you've time-travelled 900 years into the future and come out of a wormhole." But... so didn't EVERYONE else? What makes Tilley special?

Also you get a dumb reveal about Burnham's mom which doesn't make any sense and seems more than ham-fisted and forced.

[Jester]

Typing this while I watch the episode.

Spoiler:

Thoughts on the Reunification of the Vulcans and Romulans, the renaming the planet Nevar, and the fact that Vulcans spearheaded the planets' move to leave the Federation, a union they were instrumental in creating?

And....the integration of Picard's Romulan mythology into Discovery...

Spoiler:

Ok, I now see what you were talking about with Michael's mom....good grief.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Jester

Typing this while I watch the episode.

Spoiler:

Thoughts on the Reunification of the Vulcans and Romulans, the renaming the planet Nevar, and the fact that Vulcans spearheaded the planets' move to leave the Federation, a union they were instrumental in creating

I don't watch as it airs but don't mind reading. On this issue...

Spoiler:

That's been a thing in Star Trek as far back as DS9. The writers of that show felt they needed a big shocking storyline to up their game for the fourth season of the show and considered having the Vulcans break off from the Federation over their handling of the Dominion. They even laid some groundwork on that before going the other way and introducing the Klingons and Worf into the show. However the idea that the Vulcans aren't so comfortable being part of the Federation has been alluded a few times since then