odessasteps Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Quote he was always supposed to die. [...] It was always his arc. He's named Shaw after Robert Shaw in 'Jaws.' He was going to get eaten by the shark. He was going to be killed by the borg. Shaw's fate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Pictures on the Twitter machine today reveal... WE'RE GETTING A STRANGE NEW WORLDS AND LOWER DECKS CROSSOVER!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Raziel said: Pictures on the Twitter machine today reveal... WE'RE GETTING A STRANGE NEW WORLDS AND LOWER DECKS CROSSOVER!!! This has been known about for nearly a year. Do we finally have pics or vids for teasers? Was never sure if it would be animated or live action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 It's live action. Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome look enough like Boimler and Mariner to play the parts. There's a pic out there of them on the transporter pads with Pike and La'an. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Eivion said: This has been known about for nearly a year. Do we finally have pics or vids for teasers? Was never sure if it would be animated or live action. Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to be Live Action. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 And the season big bads are the Gorn. I'm kinda ok with this as they're probably the last relatively untouched bad guys from the TOS era. And it's something different from Borg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 I mean they hinted towards that back in the first season so it was kind of expected. Dug the first episode back if only for M'Benga being such a badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 How does this show deliver such quality all the time? It's basically unprecedented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Did I miss the explanation ton what the green drug M'Benga and Chapel took was and why they had it? I'm adjusting to more openly emotional Spock, even if he did get his Kobyashi Maru moment here. Carol Kane was fucking awesome, and I'm good with her being this crew's Guinan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I liked the premiere but didn't love it. It was a nice little episode. Part of me wants Jared Keeso to appear and find out who the toughest Admiral in Starfleet is James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 And the season big bads are the Gorn. I'm kinda ok with this as they're probably the last relatively untouched bad guys from the TOS era. And it's something different from Borg. Maybe that is as good as time as any: I hate the Borg as main villains, they are completely one-note "you are going to be assimilated". There is only so much you can do with them besides having them as seemingly unstoppable force. You can have them being a thread to your very existence (like done in Best of Both Worlds and later), you have main characters getting assimilated (again Best of Both Worlds), free a Borg (again Best of Both Worlds (and later), as well as I, Borg and Voyager) and have people deal with the fallout of your planet getting assimilated (Generations, I guess?). You can do so much more with Romulans, Cardassians, Founders, Klingons ... It was good and well for a couple of episodes in TNG, the movie was also fine because adding the Borg Queen gave it a bit more dimensionality, but bringing them back for Voyager and Picard (and even for one episode Enterprise) was not necessary. Literally any other race would have been more interesting. Well, maybe not in Voyager because the races they came up with for that show also were hit and miss at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I think the Gorn were introduced in episode 9 of season 1, but they were talked about for more than that. I say I think because I was dozing in and out and it's one of the episodes I need to rewatch. The one thing I do remember though is that the design or aesthetic for them resembled Xenomorphs, and that's fine by me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 I think the Gorn were introduced in episode 9 of season 1, but they were talked about for more than that. I say I think because I was dozing in and out and it's one of the episodes I need to rewatch. The one thing I do remember though is that the design or aesthetic for them resembled Xenomorphs, and that's fine by me. They were talked about in several episodes due to one of the crew being a survivor of an attack. First time we actually saw them in SNW was the Alien inspired episode you're thinking of where the Gorn children had Xenomorph aspects. We should be seeing older variants this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Ad Astra Aster - this should've been the SNW S2 premiere. Everything about Gene Roddenberry's vision was on full display in the speeches put forth. Wht they launched S2 with the previous episode I will never understand James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 I thought the launch episode was good and a good idea in general to throw off the obvious just a bit. It also helped set up what we got here in episode 2. Loved this episode. I always enjoy the Federation being called out on some of its hypocrisies or issues in general. I also just enjoyed how Una's friend clearly set up so much. She clearly knew what she was doing from the getgo once she accepted the case. I loved how even the judges and prosecution were clearly impressed after her final statements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 22 minutes ago, Eivion said: I thought the launch episode was good and a good idea in general to throw off the obvious just a bit. It also helped set up what we got here in episode 2. Loved this episode. I always enjoy the Federation being called out on some of its hypocrisies or issues in general. I also just enjoyed how Una's friend clearly set up so much. She clearly knew what she was doing from the getgo once she accepted the case. I loved how even the judges and prosecution were clearly impressed after her final statements. I loved Spock's "emotional outburst". Una's speech was Picard in "The Drumhead" level great James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 6 hours ago, Eivion said: I thought the launch episode was good and a good idea in general to throw off the obvious just a bit. It also helped set up what we got here in episode 2. Loved this episode. I always enjoy the Federation being called out on some of its hypocrisies or issues in general. I also just enjoyed how Una's friend clearly set up so much. She clearly knew what she was doing from the getgo once she accepted the case. I loved how even the judges and prosecution were clearly impressed after her final statements. I agree. And they needed to start with a big adventure episode to reset the table and grab potential new viewers. THEN drop one of the best Trek episodes ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I also like how they ordered the first two episodes this season. Second episode was fantastic. I was tearing up with the big speeches. The conclusion was a fairly Star Trek-esque convincing way to save Una's career. Having watched the first six episodes for Season 2, Strange New Worlds is probably my favorite TV show on right now. It's so consistent, and the ensemble is fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 That might've been one of the best Trek episodes ever produced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Oh, if anyone was wondering about Spock saying Una hid a love for Gilbert and Sullivan? It's from a Short Treks episode from around season two of Discovery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Oh good, next weeks a Time Travel episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Shit, they cancelled Prodigy. That stinks, it was really good and it's my nephew's Trek. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 How is streaming not a scam at this point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 58 minutes ago, Johnny Sorrow said: Shit, they cancelled Prodigy. That stinks, it was really good and it's my nephew's Trek. There's always CompuServe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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