Jump to content


Photo

New Star Trek Series starring Patrick Stewart


  • Please log in to reply
250 replies to this topic

#181 Gothneo

Gothneo

    Knows Paul Bunyan

  • Members
  • 5,753 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Land of sky Blue Oxen

Posted 07 March 2020 - 09:08 AM

The online reviews of the last couple episodes seem to echo your praise... Ill wait until it concludes and will be interested in hearing if they manage to pull it all together in the two part finale

#182 djc242

djc242

    I know FHC by name.

  • Members
  • 585 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Los Angeles, CA

Posted 14 March 2020 - 03:31 PM

I really liked episode 8! The show feels more and more like the Trek I grew up with as they progress. I cant wait to see 9 & 10!

No spoilers but that scene with Picard talking about Data with another character was so many things. Even thinking about it makes me emotional.

#183 Destructor!!!

Destructor!!!

    It's not a disease it's a hobby.

  • Members
  • 1,883 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Ireland

Posted 14 March 2020 - 08:00 PM

It falters here and there, and is definitely a different take stylistically and tonally to TNG, but it's Star Trek. It feels like Star Trek in ways that Discovery simply never has. It's that feeling of connective tissue that used to pervade DS9 and Voyager, these characters inhabit the same universe as we saw in '90s Trek.

 

It always pissed me off when I'd see Reddit threads like "List of canon references Discovery S01E05" or whatever - it shouldn't be necessary to point out specific references to canon in a Star Trek show - it should just be canon. This feels canon. Just hearing lines like "lay in a course to Deep Space 12" or "I need a secure subspace channel to Starfleet Command", hearing supporting characters talk about former crewmates or describe missions - THIS is the Starfleet I remember, not the frenetic absurd jock squad of Discovery.



#184 Gothneo

Gothneo

    Knows Paul Bunyan

  • Members
  • 5,753 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Land of sky Blue Oxen

Posted 14 March 2020 - 08:19 PM

I've been reading the spoiler threads on trek movie to get a sense of what fans think of it... and from what I can see, a lot of the concern, fear and to right complaints have faded starting with episodes 6 or 7... which suggests that while the plot line may have had a slow start, it sounds like the writers are bringing it together in a mostly coherent way... which if true, is really great.



#185 Alteran195

Alteran195

    Their ACTION FIGURES, not dolls!!

  • Members
  • 3,461 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Minnesota

Posted 15 March 2020 - 09:44 AM

It always pissed me off when I'd see Reddit threads like "List of canon references Discovery S01E05" or whatever - it shouldn't be necessary to point out specific references to canon in a Star Trek show - it should just be canon. This feels canon. Just hearing lines like "lay in a course to Deep Space 12" or "I need a secure subspace channel to Starfleet Command", hearing supporting characters talk about former crewmates or describe missions - THIS is the Starfleet I remember, not the frenetic absurd jock squad of Discovery.

Why does this piss you off? They do the same thing for Picard. 

 

It has nothing to do with trying to force something into canon, it's just to point out references to other series and parts of Trek's canon.If any of the other shows were being made now, you'd likely see the same thing. 



#186 Gothneo

Gothneo

    Knows Paul Bunyan

  • Members
  • 5,753 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Land of sky Blue Oxen

Posted 20 March 2020 - 07:00 AM

This made me laugh... and sad at the same time...

 

Spoiler


#187 Alteran195

Alteran195

    Their ACTION FIGURES, not dolls!!

  • Members
  • 3,461 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Minnesota

Posted 20 March 2020 - 05:49 PM

Ya, that was pretty stupid since they didnt give any explanation for how the hell that even works.

#188 Destructor!!!

Destructor!!!

    It's not a disease it's a hobby.

  • Members
  • 1,883 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Ireland

Posted 21 March 2020 - 08:39 PM

I gave it a pass - it's still silly as hell and only barely a pass - but a pass based on my head canon (and, I think, reasonable conjecture) that

Spoiler

It's still dumb though.



#189 Gothneo

Gothneo

    Knows Paul Bunyan

  • Members
  • 5,753 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Land of sky Blue Oxen

Posted 22 March 2020 - 04:54 PM

And the silliest bit is that its not like there aren't other telepathic aliens in Star Trek... most notably Betazoids... so they could have just passed it off with a bit of techno babble and left Vulcan physiology out of it.



#190 VulcanFanatic

VulcanFanatic

    Leonard Nimoy fan

  • Members
  • 3,165 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Southeastern North Carolina

Posted 25 March 2020 - 01:14 AM

All access is free for a month. Enter code : Gift when you sign up.

#191 Whirlygig

Whirlygig

    Dances with Toys

  • Members
  • 1,431 posts

Posted 26 March 2020 - 11:50 AM

You know what's dumb?

 

Mind melds in the first place.
Also, Betazoid mind reading.

All of that is baloney.

 

The idea that all brains of all species would work and process data in the exact same way bioelectrically to the point where meaning could be universally derived from sensitivity to some kind of field or signals by one species in particular is ridiculous.

 

Your Mac and PC can only share files because standards were agreed upon, adapters were made.  That didn't happen with brains of different alien species.  Or different earth species.  Or, likely, even individual to individual, at least within certain genetic clusters.

 

I could buy that Betazoids can share thoughts with each other to some degree, but when they start reading other minds, no.  Just no.

 

Telepathy is pseudo-science crap that doesn't really belong in hard science fiction IMO unless it specifically addresses the above and how it would be possible anyway.

 

SO, that said, arguing over which kind of telepathy is dumber and whether this person or that person or that synth being able to use this or that method of telepathy ... ... is meaningless.

 

Star Trek has never even been consistent with itself before about mind melds.  They do whatever some writer needed them to do.  Don't even get me started on the whole katra thing.

 

------------------------

 

Anyway...HI!  Tonight's the finale!  I haven't hated anything too much yet...  definitely better than Discovery S1 was.

And also, I hope you are all STAYING HOME!  What a month it's been.



#192 djc242

djc242

    I know FHC by name.

  • Members
  • 585 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Los Angeles, CA

Posted 26 March 2020 - 01:30 PM

That finale!

#193 Whirlygig

Whirlygig

    Dances with Toys

  • Members
  • 1,431 posts

Posted 27 March 2020 - 08:48 AM

Spoiler



#194 Alteran195

Alteran195

    Their ACTION FIGURES, not dolls!!

  • Members
  • 3,461 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Minnesota

Posted 27 March 2020 - 03:38 PM

Spoiler


#195 djc242

djc242

    I know FHC by name.

  • Members
  • 585 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Los Angeles, CA

Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:37 PM

Alteran, all really good points.

#196 MisterPL

MisterPL

    Yes the Troi figures hair worries me.

  • Members
  • 940 posts
  • Gender:Male

Posted 28 March 2020 - 05:38 PM

Just finished Picard today. Very much looking forward to the next two seasons. Eager to see what's in store for other former crewmembers.



#197 VulcanFanatic

VulcanFanatic

    Leonard Nimoy fan

  • Members
  • 3,165 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Southeastern North Carolina

Posted 05 April 2020 - 11:17 PM

I finished Picard today. My opinion is that this series is actually pretty good. I am glad I watched it. It was nice to catch up with Picard, Will Riker, Deanna Troi, 7 of 9, Hugh and Getting some closure on Data.Seeing our beloved characters age and hearing what they have encountered since we last saw them in Nemesis was hard sometimes but it added more dimension to their characters. I am looking forward to the next season of it.

#198 Gothneo

Gothneo

    Knows Paul Bunyan

  • Members
  • 5,753 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Land of sky Blue Oxen

Posted 10 April 2020 - 02:22 AM

So... do you think it captured the futuristic and utopian ideals and Humanist Philosophies of Roddenberry's trek? Or is it just basically the nostalgia of familiar characters? 



#199 VulcanFanatic

VulcanFanatic

    Leonard Nimoy fan

  • Members
  • 3,165 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Southeastern North Carolina

Posted 10 April 2020 - 12:15 PM

So... do you think it captured the futuristic and utopian ideals and Humanist Philosophies of Roddenberry's trek? Or is it just basically the nostalgia of familiar characters? 

The first scene of the beginning sequence of the show shows a broken pane of glass which indicates something is broken in the Star Trek universe. As the story progresses you learn what is broken and by the end of the season, there has been great progress towards fixing the brokeness. The story shows how the utopian future of Star Trek can be affected by the outside influence of Romulans which is unknown at the time, who set up the synthetic beings as the enemy of humans who in turn outlaw their existence in the federation.I can see a morality play such as TOS and TNG frequently used to tell a story based on current events.In my opinion, it stands up to Roddenberrys ideals pretty well but it's not perfect. The nostalgia of seeing beloved characters was great too.

#200 Gothneo

Gothneo

    Knows Paul Bunyan

  • Members
  • 5,753 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Land of sky Blue Oxen

Posted 16 April 2020 - 08:13 AM

One of my predications was that even if there was plot holes or weaker writing... Sir Patick's talent and inclusion would have an elevating effect on the show... so just curious if folks that watched it found that to be true? 






1 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users