Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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JiminSTLouis
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There are some good episodes in SNW. I think “Under the Cloak of War” (the Klingon war episode with M’Benga and Chapel) was outstanding and the best of season 2.
Carol Kane as the Chief Engineer is just awful. Half the time I have no idea what’s she’s babbling about. I can’t wait until Scotty finally takes over. I guess that was him at the transporter in the season 3 trailer. The storybook episode (who cares what the title was) was unwatchable.
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AnubisGuard
Master Member
They're not all winners, but IDK. SNW feels like Star Trek in a way that none of the other nuTrek stuff does.
Makes you miss Hemmer, right?
Lightning
Master Member
"the woman"? Not a fan of Taxi I see. Carol Kane is a national treasure.
Gatekeeping actors now, are we?
Good thing Michael Keaton ignored such statements in 1989.
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
OK… I didn’t remember her name off the top of my head. Being a fan of Taxi is irrelevant. It’s “MY” opinion that I’m not a fan of her being on Star Trek. Others may have differing opinions and I won’t criticize them for it.
I like Kane well enough but hate her character. It’s like a cross between Guinean and Scotty. And whatever she is doing with her voice is just annoying. I actually think she is the weakest character on the show.
What’s a shame is I do like most of the actors on SNW. They are good to great. It’s just the material… and overall production… I have issues with.
What’s a shame is I do like most of the actors on SNW. They are good to great. It’s just the material… and overall production… I have issues with.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
He’d play Admiral Tony. He can’t seem to ever play any other named character.Well, Carol Kane is one Taxi Alumni that showed up on Star Trek; Christopher Lloyd/ "Kruge" is the only other that I know of.
Maybe we can get Tony Danza as an Admiral?
Bloop
Sr Member
Watching that trailer for season 3, I guess Ethan Peck is still sticking with pronouncing every "the" as "thee." I know it's a minor quibble, but I find it annoying. Nimoy didn't say "thee" all the time. Just seems like another example of misunderstanding the character, even if it is a small one.
Bloop
Sr Member
I'm going to be pedantic again, but I figured there's so much wrong that has already been mentioned (like the big one, that Vulcan supression of emotion is achieved through training and constant work, not simply a genetic trait) that I might as well add something.
So, the crew get injected with something that supposedly makes them genetically "fully Vulcan," yet somehow still look like themselves, only with different ears & eyebrows...and I guess hairstyles? Since when are hairstyles genetic? And if their genes are completely altered to become Vulcan (which is ridiculous anyway), why would they maintain any characteristics of their human selves? We're all a mix of our parents and their ancestry, which is the reason for our appearances. If they're now "fully Vulcan," they shouldn't have any traits of their human parents - they should just be random, average-looking Vulcans. None of them look like they belong to the race that evolved on a hot, arid planet (of course, they already threw out the canonical look of Vulcans long ago, as well as the environment that was established of their planet).
None of it makes sense, and the writers obviously didn't care to try to have it make sense. They came up with an idea just for laughs, and it ended there. They want you to just turn off your logic (how ironic) and watch.
So, the crew get injected with something that supposedly makes them genetically "fully Vulcan," yet somehow still look like themselves, only with different ears & eyebrows...and I guess hairstyles? Since when are hairstyles genetic? And if their genes are completely altered to become Vulcan (which is ridiculous anyway), why would they maintain any characteristics of their human selves? We're all a mix of our parents and their ancestry, which is the reason for our appearances. If they're now "fully Vulcan," they shouldn't have any traits of their human parents - they should just be random, average-looking Vulcans. None of them look like they belong to the race that evolved on a hot, arid planet (of course, they already threw out the canonical look of Vulcans long ago, as well as the environment that was established of their planet).
None of it makes sense, and the writers obviously didn't care to try to have it make sense. They came up with an idea just for laughs, and it ended there. They want you to just turn off your logic (how ironic) and watch.
Great points by RMB:
VonMagnum
Sr Member
I just started watching Strange New Worlds (in season 2 now) and I've noticed most of the time when they are in a room with windows that light is pouring in like they're parked next to the sun or something. In STTNG, there was always stars outside and dark space. What's with all the light?
I also don't get why they're constantly breaking continuity. Spock is showing feelings for Nurse Chapel (who acts more like the doctor than the doctor) and the interactions in TOS make no sense as if they've only just met.
The ship is insanely bright in general, nothing like the TOS version when it's only 7 years away. The bridge is larger. Pike's quarters are huge (with open flames). They have real food instead of those pill looking things (STTNG is a step down with synthetic food) and I'm not sure if the Captain is charge of the bridge or the galley.
The guy playing James Kirk looks (and even sounds) so much like Jim Carrey it's ridiculous and yet he acts neither like Shatner's Kirk (mannerisms) or like Jim Carrey or Jim Carrey playing Kirk so it's disappointing. A little humor at Shatner's expense would have been hilarious.
The new engineer keeps reminding me of the Two and a Half Men episode where she bakes banana bread with something extra...
I can't help but think choosing a different ship or time period would be less jarring.
I also don't get why they're constantly breaking continuity. Spock is showing feelings for Nurse Chapel (who acts more like the doctor than the doctor) and the interactions in TOS make no sense as if they've only just met.
The ship is insanely bright in general, nothing like the TOS version when it's only 7 years away. The bridge is larger. Pike's quarters are huge (with open flames). They have real food instead of those pill looking things (STTNG is a step down with synthetic food) and I'm not sure if the Captain is charge of the bridge or the galley.
The guy playing James Kirk looks (and even sounds) so much like Jim Carrey it's ridiculous and yet he acts neither like Shatner's Kirk (mannerisms) or like Jim Carrey or Jim Carrey playing Kirk so it's disappointing. A little humor at Shatner's expense would have been hilarious.
The new engineer keeps reminding me of the Two and a Half Men episode where she bakes banana bread with something extra...
I can't help but think choosing a different ship or time period would be less jarring.
universaljoint
Member
He also slurs his words the faster he talks.
I would like to place a bet that Ortega says that says: "I'm the pilot", or "i fly the ship", at least 6 times this season. Primarily to give her something to say, and secondly to remind people that she fly's what appears to be a massive fighter jet (Based on all the rolls, super quick banking, and other remarkably agile evasive maneuvers for a 350 meter or however large it's supposed to be, starship).
