Cephus
Master Member
I'm surprised they can manage to write semi-coherent dialogue.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
I may be late to notice this but I was wondering why Rebecca Romijn is wearing a dress. Seems like she was the only one. At first I thought it was just a long shirt but then I did a quick Google search and sure enough...it's ok because that's what the actor wanted.
Rebecca Romijn Insisted On Wearing A Starfleet Dress On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - /Film
There seems to be a lot of mixed messages these days as to when it's ok, or not ok to 'sexualize' a female character.
Her final quotes in the article are definitely open to interpretation.
I really hope this new series is given the exact same production quality that makes all new Trek so easy to completely ignore and forget.
Rebecca Romijn Insisted On Wearing A Starfleet Dress On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - /Film
There seems to be a lot of mixed messages these days as to when it's ok, or not ok to 'sexualize' a female character.
Her final quotes in the article are definitely open to interpretation.
I really hope this new series is given the exact same production quality that makes all new Trek so easy to completely ignore and forget.
Lightning
Master Member
I'd expect both of you to know that that bit of backstory is fan supposition and is never stated in the episode. It's the easiest conclusion to draw based on the couple lines we do get, but going a different direction is not a canon violation.
All we know about Chapel is that she joined Starfleet instead of becoming/staying a bioresercher. They never say she joined Starfleet to look for Korby. In fact, if you stop to think about the logistics of how that would work, it makes no sense.
Not to be a contrarian, and I hope that this rating holds true once more than the Access Media views this show, but critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes do not seem to always accurately reflect the audience evaluation of genre shows…
Cephus
Master Member
Rotten Tomatoes is pointless for anything but audience score and that's often manipulated anymore. Most of the "professionals" are in Holywood's pocket and give better reviews so that they continue to get special consideration for freebies and invitations. Entirely ignore anything the Access Media has to say. They're usually just kissing up.
Mr Webber
Master Member
When the entire opening credits are comprised of just producer after producer, all with a lockstep mindset, you dont have a vision you have a series of checklists. I had hope for this even after seeing the same old names that over the last few years willingly and gleefully deconstructed everything that made Star Trek something of value appear even before the first frame of the storyline. That hope was dashed. All is lost.
I watched the first episode this morning. As I mentioned elsewhere, the character of Captain Christopher Pike( as portrayed by Jeff Hunter) is a favorite of mine.
I won't go into detail here as I don't want to mention spoilers and ruin it for others, but I was entertained. Anson Mount does a good job(I knew he would from his work in "Hell On Wheels". For me, your milage may vary, nothing will replace the original. But to have some quality adventures with one of my favorite Characters is enterprising! I am not jumping the gun one way or the other until I view several more episodes, but I was entertained with this outing...Which is what Trek should be, on top of everything else that makes it special.
I won't go into detail here as I don't want to mention spoilers and ruin it for others, but I was entertained. Anson Mount does a good job(I knew he would from his work in "Hell On Wheels". For me, your milage may vary, nothing will replace the original. But to have some quality adventures with one of my favorite Characters is enterprising! I am not jumping the gun one way or the other until I view several more episodes, but I was entertained with this outing...Which is what Trek should be, on top of everything else that makes it special.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
All of the producers each have a specific and valuable part that they over see in Trek.
Producer of story content
Producer of logistics
Producer of product placement / marketing
Producer of editing and script cohesion
Producer of fan wanking
Producer of nostalgic references
Producer of spinning
Producer of attacking the fans who complain about the crap they serve
Producer of LGBTQ awareness
Producer of Wokeness
Rod Roddenberry
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Prop Collector
Sr Member
I admit, I watched the first episode... until they showed the Jan 6th protest (or one like it). Then I peaced out forever.
Also, Pike's house is just some contemporary house... Everything feels very contemporary. And terrible.
Also, Pike's house is just some contemporary house... Everything feels very contemporary. And terrible.
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Cephus
Master Member
That's not saying much, is it?
Watched the first few minutes, thus far…
Nitpick: Shuttlecraft Stamets? I thought that the knowledge of the Discovery crew was classified and to speak of them publicly was verboten?
Nitpick: Shuttlecraft Stamets? I thought that the knowledge of the Discovery crew was classified and to speak of them publicly was verboten?
and a shuttlecraft no less...should have had a station
Lightning
Master Member
more specific than that. Spock recommends that:
We don't actually know what the final rule was. Plus a Starfleet wide memo telling everyone to forget Discovery would cause a Streisand effect.
The "Official Story", Discovery and her crew being destroyed heroically, isn't classified. So if someone wants to name a shuttle after Stammets, a well known and respected scientist, based on the "official story", it's fine. Only officers who know what actually happened can't talk about it at all, presumably so they don't let anything slip accidentally. But even in the same episode Spock states in his personal log that he and his parents merely won't talk about Michael around others. So yeah, he technically shouldn't say "my sister" but Pike already knows and no one else is around so it's safe.
Well, it would appear that the studio interns, bless their hearts, have done their usual work of researching the internet for Easter Egg inserts.
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Finally finished the first episode.
After the extremely low bar set by Star Trek: Picard and Discovery, I have to say that this was an improved effort.
It was a mixed bag with some very clunky story elements (reverse engineered warp technology via seeing evidence of the technology through a telescope??) and some Nu-Trek cringe, but the characters already seem to have an element that has been wholly lacking in other Nu-Trek shows: “likability”.
After the extremely low bar set by Star Trek: Picard and Discovery, I have to say that this was an improved effort.
It was a mixed bag with some very clunky story elements (reverse engineered warp technology via seeing evidence of the technology through a telescope??) and some Nu-Trek cringe, but the characters already seem to have an element that has been wholly lacking in other Nu-Trek shows: “likability”.
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Gimpdiggity
Master Member
It’s really weird to pop into a thread about Star Trek and not see a complete circle jerk of negativity.
