It felt comedic to me, like something from you see in The Naked Gun or Hot Shots. I didn't buy into their romance.
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It felt comedic to me, like something from you see in The Naked Gun or Hot Shots. I didn't buy into their romance.
I agree, the social commentary aspect of Trek has taken a backseat in favour of trying to be clever with all the callbacks & legacy characters appearing all the time. I'm not sure what genre they were going for last week. If anyone figures it out let me know. The musical episode didn't work for me
They popped up on my feed a wee while back and I've been watching ever since. Occasionally I question the result but on the whole they are pretty good. I'm personally waiting for him to do the battle of Azati Prime with the NX-01 😁
The longer this show goes on the more it's becoming a parody. The characters are becoming more and more caricatures of themselves. That worked well on Lower Decks but even there you could find some genuine lessons and themes. The Star Trek moment Chris looks for was there. SNW is just gimmicky.
@firstflightpod.bsky.social @enterprisesplain.bsky.social Finally! 😁 youtube.com/shorts/f7y4R...
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@firstflightpod.bsky.social @enterprisesplain.bsky.social Terra Nova? No wonder it failed 😁 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They are having a laugh with us. I'm sure that they would to rule in perpetuity but we are nowhere near that yet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm not saying she didn't make a mistake, however I get a feeling that someone is out to get the Deputy PM. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Might need to get off my backside, order me up an Enterprise uniform and buy me a ticket for this one! 😁
@firstflightpod.bsky.social @abbymsommer.bsky.social @shelfnerds.bsky.social @shuttlepodtwo.bsky.social Bit early but some guests have been announced for Destination Star Trek 2026. Big year for Trek I'm told. 60yrs for TOS, & 25 for Enterprise which might have had an impact on the guest choice
It probably is a choice, however it's a poorly thought out one which doesn't fit with her character. Ignoring the fact she lives 200yrs in the future she spent her formative yrs on a colony world and then Vulcan. It wouldn't make sense for that to be her speech pattern.
Join us later when we tell what bears do it the woods. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a bit of a slow burner. The first book starts off as one story and you OK so it's gonna be that type of story, but then it goes a different way and you to recalibrate before being led down a completely different path you never knew was coming. Best thing since Arthur C. Clarke!
Having watched the video in what world did he think that hat was meant for him? Be an adult for crying out loud and don't bully your way forward just because you're bigger. Also, assume everyone is watching..because they are, especially when you think that they aren't www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Books general are better than the show/film. I read the books that The Expanse is based on, and while The Expanse is fantastic the books are way better! If you haven't read those I highly recommend them!
I couldn't get into True Blood at all, and I love vampire stuff. A flatmate I had at the time when it was on loved it and my wife watched it too. I think that was around the time I found the 'Paranormal Romance' was an genuine genre in a local bookstore 🤣
Remind me to always have a road atlas in the car 😮 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There was that's true. There was also a lot of high calibre stuff. Given that SNW has less episodes per season it has less leeway when it comes to clangers. I don't think it's ratio of poor to good is where it needs to be. I take your point about HBO but I'd put TNG etc up against GoT all day long!
Given how strong Vulcan emotions are, even the mental discipline that our heroes have been trained to have wouldn't be enough to contain them.
I disagree. Trek has been prestige. It just wasn't taken seriously by the industry. TNG was a phenomen back in the day! It was the highest syndicate show on TV.
The episode also failed to understand that the emotional control of Vulcans take years of mental discipline to master. They aren't born suppressing their emotions, it requires constant work. For your idea to work Pike & Co would have been overly emotional akin to Tuvok in Meld.
I'm not angry, I am disappointed though. I thought I was having a conversation. I didn't realise that constituted 'going on' and 'repeating myself' There are plenty of other shows out there doing better stuff (Severance, Foundation,..) It's just such a shame to see Trek so poor in comparison ☹️
Hear, hear!
Point is Vulcans don't talk that way. Spock, Tuvok nor T'Pol. Changing the intro is a great attention to detail, I wish they'd shown more detail with the actual script!
Fair enough. I personally thought it was cheap and gimmicky.
True, but it's an easy fix to make SNW that the showrunners are either unwilling or unable to make. That's what's the most frustrating of all. Treat your subject matter with some respect and not lighthearted farce.
True. The whole idea of setting Disco between Enterprise and TOS was a mistake. It limits the stories that you can tell. They still made mistakes from S3 onwards too. The language used by Burnham for instance contains too many contemporary American colloquialisms which will date it.
They're entitled to their opinion. Doesn't mean they are right (regardless of their surname)...doesn't mean I'm right either, it's an opinion. I don't think SNW takes it's subject matter as seriously as it should do in order to go toe to toe with TNG in terms of quality of storytelling.
I don't understand how the IP of Trek can be so mishandled. Trek at it's best is a social commentary and shows humanity's future in a positive light. What we get however week after week is a show relying on gimmicks and legacy characters, trying to be funny but failing and ignoring canon.
Haven't you just contradicted your earlier statement? And if that was the intention they didn't do it very well. Anson's line delivery was so robotic it bordered on Peter Wellar in Robocop. The lore of Vulcans has been built up over decades and this episode poked fun at all of it needlessly.
I've some controversial thoughts on DS9 that would probably get me kicked out of the fandom 😁 Suffice it to say DS9 is a good show. Well acted, written etc but it's a bad Trek show in the Roddenberry model. Disco didn't have an identity in S1/S2. It took going to the future to find itself.
Legacy isn't the best granted, however I'd still put it up against the Disco ep 😉 I thought you were doing 1 per series and in that vain I would humbly offer Arena from TOS. It's longevity as an episode will dwarf anything Disco ever produced 😊
I'm not denying that, however Enterprise did a far better job of portraying that than this episode of SNW did. They came off as robotic anal retentives! The new shift rotation was a ridiculous idea. Take Me Out to the Holosuite did a better job of showing the other side of Vulcans that this did.
I was also annoyed at the way it caricatured Vulcans. I grow weary of every week SNW tries to be a comedy, doesn't pull it off & it descends into bad farce. Where is the social commentary? Where is the high sci-fi concepts? You're right about Kirk too. Where is the man who beat the Kobayashi Maru?
I'm with you on Timeless Twilight & Duet Sarek, meh and no to the Disco one. My viewpoint is skewed by my recent TNG S4 rewatch but these are better Family Brothers Legacy Reunion And I can't believe it didn't occur to me sooner... Darmok
Erm...no. You had your sentence pardoned, but you have still been convicted of a crime as a result of due process. Win an appeal against your conviction (if you can) and try again for your payoff.
Season 3 Episode 10 Severed Dreams 😊
🖖🏽🚀 BONUS EPISODE ALERT🚀🖖🏽 As August comes to an end, @abbymsommer.bsky.social and @shelfnerds.bsky.social continue their bite-sized discussions about #StarTrek episodes for each month. This month focuses on Enterprise’s “Desert Crossing” and Prodigy’s “Is There in Beauty No Truth?”
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Absolute madness! You also presumably need car insurance legally. Bet you don't need Gun Insurance. That would be interesting if you did. Let's see which Lobby is stronger. The Gun one or Insurance Companies.
I can 'kinda' get behind owning a pistol for home defence. I can even get behind a bolt action rifle for hunting. No private citizen needs an AR15 (or equivalent), I don't care what anyone says. America needs to grow up and decide if kids lives are more important than guns.
I used to work 12hrs shift on a 4 on, 4 off shift rotation. We needed 4 teams to make that work, which would deplete to available numbers on duty even further (Approx 37) 2 shifts on a 12hr pattern would be insanity. Your crew would need no actual rest. You'd either be working or sleeping.
You need a licence to drive a car but nothing to buy an gun. That's wild to me!
That's very true. I don't think I'd like a constant 12hr shift rotation though. If I manage to sleep for 8hrs that leave only 4 for eating, showering, R&R. I think I'd go crazy after a while 😁 But yeah, the writers determine all 😁
Not to mention those 3 or 4 guys down in the bowels of the ship where that guy works on his equations. And, you're welcome 😁
Riker tells us in Chain of Command that the Enterprise runs a standard 3 shift rotation. That's what I based my calculations on. I took Riker's comment to indicate Starfleet ships operate on 3 shifts. I did consider a 2 shift rotation but even then it left things a bit tight.
Voyager's crew compliment is roughly 150. If we assume a standard 3 shift rotation that's 50 people per shift. The Bridge stations require around 7 personnel which leaves 43 to cover 13 other departments. I don't think that provides enough cover. You'd need a larger crew.
T-Pain 🤣🤣🤣 I love how you refuse to use Padma's character's name 🤣 It was a good listen 😊
Looks like one of those badly drawn memes 🤣
@enterprisesplain.bsky.social I've gone to the beginning of your pod and been thinking about how you mix up the characters. I've noticed this happening to me a lot too. Back in the day I could list the entire dramatis personae after about 15 mins. Now I'm lucky if I know them all after a few years.
They also appear in the blueprints of the Enterprise-D...which I happen to have. (I have all the specs and diagrams at home) Although, aren't they in response to the probe in Star Trek IV that was sent looking to re-establish contact with humpback whales? SNW is set before this, so why is it there?
Desert gear...love it! How are the panels going?
Thanks Michael. I don't like being negative, however I find it increasingly difficult with the current fare we're being given. The production is superb. The sets, effects, music. The cast are brilliant. The writers however need to go and watch some actual Star Trek to know what they need to do
I'll be honest Michael I've given up on SNW. Every week it's another bad attempt at a comedy, so much so that it descends into farce. What happened to some genuinely sci-fi related drama?
Reunion is such a vividly stunning episode. The ship shots of K'mpec's Vor'cha class cruiser are probably the best that have ever been made. It looks mean and as a Klingon warship should.
Brilliant lol 😆🤣😂 @anacostia71.bsky.social @artlisa1984.bsky.social @mattthelast.bsky.social @boxdonkey17.bsky.social @generalandrews.bsky.social @lilbunnyttv.bsky.social @staffanbroman.bsky.social @adamamerica.bsky.social @prystauk.bsky.social @deckslower.bsky.social @pinkfloydlarson.bsky.social 🤣
I just might need to get me one of these.
Why is Strange New Worlds consistently being written as a farce? Not even comedy, farce...and not a particularly good one at that. As for the portrayal of Vulcans in tonight's fun packed episode have they never seen Nimoy, Russ or Blalock? Those guys acted like Vulcans! Even T'Lyn in LD was better.
Our episode I'm Too Sexy for This Episode! is out today about the #StarTrekENT episode "The Catwalk" where the whole crew has to live in one of the nacelles for 8 days without showers or a change or clothes, but Archer still finds time to watch his beloved water polo & Malcolm acts like a whiny baby
I see what you did there 😉 Malcolm's reaction really irks me in this episode. I feel that it's completely out of character for him. Having said that I love a good anomaly/disaster/alien takeover episode. Can't wait to hear what you guys think.
Yes, that's right. I went & bought this (as gimmicky as it is 😁 ) I'm sure @shelfnerds.bsky.social will appreciate it. The first scene I looked up might surprise a few. I went for when Vader killed Ozzel 😁 Then the obvious. The jury's out on if it's better in the original Klingon
They are mistakenly using the Union Flag to represent just England?
Post a random Trek image.
Sure if we all chip we could buy this! 😁 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@firstflightpod.bsky.social @abbymsommer.bsky.social @shelfnerds.bsky.social @shuttlepodtwo.bsky.social On the 'no choice' theme of S3, I think it's a cop out! There is always choice. The hard part is living with the consequences. It's how people justify their actions, rather than owning them.
Breaking the Ice-T Dear Doctor Hook The Shadows of P'Jem Oasis (🤣🤣🤣) Yes, I did just go through the list of episodes in S1 of Enterprise one by one. I can't top Oasis,...so I am done 🤣
Sake Celtic! That was woeful! The tie should have all but been wrapped up at Parkhead in the first leg.
The people around him are so afraid of him that they won’t even tell him how math works
Are people really saying that's what is needed? Is Chicago a killing field? My gut says no but I'm open to be proven wrong. youtube.com/watch?v=koru...
Remember, this is a world worth fighting for. #Progressive
Such an unsportsmanlike player. He got what he deserved (no pun intended). www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...
Attacking a hospital once is bad enough, twice is (quite frankly) criminal! Along with schools and places of worship, hospitals should be off limits from military attack. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Hope is stronger than fear.
“Muse” is one underrated reason Why Voyager! #VOY30 #StarTrekVoyager youtu.be/GUzBgJCyDgc?...
That's true. Years ago I wrote an essay on how 'The Company' was an example of how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Shame it's still a lesson that we still need reminding of. I thought, or rather hoped, we'd be past this by now.
Some thoughts on Alien Earth. If I was collecting samples from extra terrestrial worlds, of any kind, I don't think I'd return those samples to sector 001. Who knows what kind of damage they could do to the ecosystem? That plant thing in particular gives me pause.
@enterprisesplain.bsky.social I also have to agree that Terra Nova is a poor episode. I love a good abandoned town/ship episode, but this one fell a little short of the mark for me.
Ha, ha 🤣 We can make that happen. I think my subconscious combined my excitement at getting into S4 for the rewatch and my desire for a S5 and some new Enterprise stories 😁
@firstflightpod.bsky.social @abbymsommer.bsky.social @shelfnerds.bsky.social @shuttlepodtwo.bsky.social I had the strangest dream the other day. I was watching S4 but the episodes had been refilmed by Paramount with the actors today with the stories tweaked slightly to make them better.
What do you mean? There were the humans who crash landed on the radiation planet that Sheliak wanted to settle & the pre-warp civilisation Worf's brother 'rescued' The 1st was done to save them from planetary bombardment & the 2nd was a unilateral action taken by one man Picard had to see through
Scottish Patriot Sir William Wallace was executed August 23 1305. William Wallace - Wikipedia share.google/ZpFyGij6TNCU...
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As much as I dislike giving this man's political platform any oxygen I have to highlight this! He does know that we're meant to be the good guys right? As for no being responsible for Afghan refugees has he been living under a rock for a couple of decades? news.sky.com/story/reform...
@enterprisesplain.bsky.social Which Starfleet captain isn't a war criminal? Picard maybe 😉 Sisko 100% at least twice Janeway definitely 😊 Archer isn't alone 😊
Good on you sir! I don't agree with your politics, however I agree with your assessment of the current political landscape and support you standing up for your principals. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
FINALLY!!! An actually Scottish person playing a Scottish part! First Scotty, now this. Maybe Wallace is next! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🖖🏽🚀 BONUS EPISODE ALERT🚀🖖🏽 Join @abbymsommer.bsky.social and @shelfnerds.bsky.social as they wrap up their Season 3 coverage with THE tremendous ranker of Treks himself, Jim Moorhouse (@trekranks.com)! In this fun chat, they share their Top 5 Xindi War Moments picks and reflect on the season!
I can confirm that this is an actual thing, for I have seen it...I was there (not climbing the pole but watching from the sidelines) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our own @shelfnerds.bsky.social guests on this delightful micro pod today! Go where his insight that is great, as always. 🖖🏽
In today's episode, we're on a second contact mission to the #startrek ENT episode Precious Cargo now that we’ve all watched it. Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org is back to hear what we thought of the episode. Plus, we respond to all the love and hate we've gotten for our Diane Warren segment!
Why am I only just finding out about this? 🤣🤣🤣
I'm really looking forward to this one as well. Deffo one for @shelfnerds.bsky.social Star Trek™: Voyager® - Across the Unknown on Steam share.google/p1GLgGTMhHEx...
Ha, ha, ha 😁 My Dad always got an Oor Wullie/Broons book for Christmas. Since he passed I've kept the tradition going meaning I have a box of them up in the loft. I can well believe the dancing thing and aren't the World Bagpipe Champs Canadian too? 😁
@abbymsommer.bsky.social @shelfnerds.bsky.social @shuttlepodtwo.bsky.social Not sure if you're gamers but I've just picked this up for a couple of quid 😁
