Rodhull Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Not that it's a high bar but the first episode is probably the best episode of a new star trek I've seen in some time. The preview of the series to come actually has me feeling optimistic. They managed to do more to make the individual crew members stand out and be memorable in one episode than discovery managed in years? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 That was much more like it. Not going OTT, it wasn't the most amazing thing ever, but it was what I hoped for - a traditional Star Trek show. Good characters, good plot. Really liked the new Nurse Chapel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 9 hours ago, Rodhull said: Not that it's a high bar but the first episode is probably the best episode of a new star trek I've seen in some time. The preview of the series to come actually has me feeling optimistic. They managed to do more to make the individual crew members stand out and be memorable in one episode than discovery managed in years? 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: That was much more like it. Not going OTT, it wasn't the most amazing thing ever, but it was what I hoped for - a traditional Star Trek show. Good characters, good plot. Really liked the new Nurse Chapel. agreed. I thought it was great. Night and day from Discovery and Picard. For starters Pike is a great character and the looks of the show is that it is back to basics driven by new adventures every week through the planet they arrive at. At the same time I don't mind a small story arc of some sorts and the link to The Cage/The Menagerie, although covered a bit in Discovery, gives us that as well as a direct throwback to TOS. The brother appearing at the end was a nice touch - did anyone see the deleted scene in ST 2009 with him in it? All in all, really looking forward to this show and season now. I didn't think I would be saying that again about Star Trek with the current show runners in place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 episodes in and I am getting seriously good vibes about this show. Another traditional star trek episode. If it carries on like this, it could end up being the best trek since DS9. Unless I have just jinxed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I didn't enjoy the second episode as much as the first. A lot resting on episode 3 ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 19/05/2022 at 15:45, KingRocketman II said: I didn't enjoy the second episode as much as the first. A lot resting on episode 3 ! Episode 3 was great. Very much liking Number One... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 9 hours ago, scottsdad said: Episode 3 was great. Very much liking Number One... yeah I really liked it also. Brother thought that the Illyrians/colonists story line was promising but wasted and they did tie up v quickly and too neatly. But I don't have an issue with that - how many times did a good TNG episode get resolved through Trek science babble? The re-tooling of classic Trek ie stranded away team, ion storms, a virus on board a Captain-less Enterprise is all fine by me. I am very happy for past plots to be re-hashed in an episode of the week fashion as long as they are well written and well structured. Basically in judging a show do you look forward to the next episode when the previous episode just finishes? That is the true barometer. For SNW for me - absolutely, at three episodes in. Am not sure if I was saying that at ep 3 of Season 1 Discovery (though hadn't hated it by that point was just becoming indifferent). Certainly wasn't saying the same after S01E03 Picard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Rebecca Romijn (Number one) was Mystique in the original X men trilogy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Episode 04Excellent, personally, I'm really enjoying this series 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 10 hours ago, DublinMagyar said: Episode 04 Excellent, personally, I'm really enjoying this series Agreed. Shades of Balance of Terror with this one. Excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Notice also that they do the Next Generation trick of focusing on one character more than others each week. Singh this week, Number One last week, Uhura the week before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Tried to lighten things up with a semi-comedy episode. probably the weakest so far. enterprise Bingo was fun. Christina Chong - was wondering what she had been in before. Line of Duty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Yeah was not expecting a body swap comedy episode to be honest but thought it was still ok, few decent character moments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Don't normally use the spoiler function but will here. Spoiler It was a fairly bog standard episode for most of it. 5 minutes from the end I said to my son "yeah, they'll rescue the boy and he will live happily ever after with his dad." Then a gut punch at the end. Loved how brutally they cut that off. The end scene with Pike downing whisky was brilliant. A genuine "No way" moment for me when I realised that they were not rescuing the boy and he was in fact going to die. Oh, and when the wee boy was standing saying how happy he was to ascend, then his voice went when the took the body of the last boy past him. Wonderful acting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Another solid episode. I wonder if T'Pring will end up like Kim in Better Call Saul, with people wondering what had happened to her. Security on the ship is bloody awful ETA: Had this been Discovery, the fact that the main guest character was trans would have been "the message". There would have been long, emotional speeches. There would have been a storyline all designed to explore how people can be who they like. SNW managed this much better by having the character be just a huge and important part of the story as they were. And the character was brilliant - best guest in a Star Trek show for a very long time. Edited June 17, 2022 by scottsdad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Paramount + launches tomorrow for you non pirates 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 17/06/2022 at 14:14, scottsdad said: Another solid episode. I wonder if T'Pring will end up like Kim in Better Call Saul, with people wondering what had happened to her. Security on the ship is bloody awful ETA: Had this been Discovery, the fact that the main guest character was trans would have been "the message". There would have been long, emotional speeches. There would have been a storyline all designed to explore how people can be who they like. SNW managed this much better by having the character be just a huge and important part of the story as they were. And the character was brilliant - best guest in a Star Trek show for a very long time. how many crew are supposed to be on the ship? 400 or so? Where were they all during the siege? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Clown Job said: Paramount + launches tomorrow for you non pirates For those that have an Xbox and gamepass subscription you can get a free month of paramount through the perks. *From the 28th apparently. Edited June 22, 2022 by Rodhull 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 12 hours ago, Clown Job said: Paramount + launches tomorrow for you non pirates Paramount are the real pirates here. Pulling the latest Discovery season from Netflix the day before it was due to launch, creating their own paywall for no good reason - very few (if any) people can afford to sign up to every subscription service going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Sorry, this medieval pish is struggling to hold my attention this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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