Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

What a bunch of lore breaking pile of :poop: lets test the holodeck while being on a dangerous mission... wtf

So very few of this tv show is good, its mostly trash.
 
I think this season has started out being the least interesting season. I would have expected there to be at least one super solid character episode but its been pretty meh. Though any SNW episode will be leaps better than any VOY or ENT but thats a low bar.

Also, what the he'll happened to Number Ones hair in the premiere? Im all for changing looks but that looked very comical.
The hair has been all over the place this season. Pike has gone comical, uhura ranges from good to silly, Una is, I think, trying to morph into The Cage number one. Chapel is looking more sexy which is appreciated, khan somewhat but the Spock romance....ugh.
 
Oh no we are trapped in a thing that only hurt the side characters. The rest figured it out easily.
 
I wanted to like this show, but from the start the captain felt very feminine and insecure so I had to pass on it. My only Star Trek entertainment nowadays come from RedLetterMedia when Mike and Rich discuss older Trek stuff.

It's a sad time for Trek fans. And no, I'm not interested in watching cartoons.
 
They stapled together The Last Crusade, maybe some Prometheus, and a touch of Event Horizon... which might not be so bad, but the 'puzzles' were mostly just technobabble that didn't follow any logic, and thus were completely unengaging. Not to mention the away team after Geordi had to uhh.. go back to the ship was just 3 annoying couples. Wasn't as bad as the holodeck travesty but saying it rose up to be even mediocre still feels like a stretch.
 
They stapled together The Last Crusade, maybe some Prometheus, and a touch of Event Horizon... which might not be so bad, but the 'puzzles' were mostly just technobabble that didn't follow any logic, and thus were completely unengaging. Not to mention the away team after Geordi had to uhh.. go back to the ship was just 3 annoying couples. Wasn't as bad as the holodeck travesty but saying it rose up to be even mediocre still feels like a stretch.
I'm not sure if Anson Mount/Rebecca Romijn-Stamos are only working part time or what, but their absence in these episodes is REALLY noticable. Not having the captain and exec officer involved, concerned, and directing actions when there are crises going on makes the problems seem trivial, "not worth bothering the captain over" type stuff. Watch almost any episode of trek prior to the recent series and the bridge crew, ESPECIALLY the captain, is heavily involved. But in SNW, particularly this season, he's a ghost. He had more lines as a holodeck character. And they don't even use guest stars well. Instead of having a cool alien character give us all the alien exposition, have interesting ulterior motives, and drive the plot, that character is vaped almost right off the bat and its back to the B-squad to do everything. It's a weird writing choice.
 
All right, now Ep6 IS HOW YOU DO FUCKING TREK! Damn that ep had action, looked glorious, and the damned captains were in charge!

I'll accept it on the understanding that this is the ONE and ONLY time Kirk voices doubt about his leadership style :P
 
I just finished episode 5 of season 3.

They went full on Lovecraftian in that episode. I still don't really understand what's going on but it was creepy and awesome.
 
All right, now Ep6 IS HOW YOU DO FUCKING TREK! Damn that ep had action, looked glorious, and the damned captains were in charge!

I'll accept it on the understanding that this is the ONE and ONLY time Kirk voices doubt about his leadership style :P
Yeah that was actually a good episode aside from some of the problem characters. Chapel, Ortegas, and Pelia in that order. Nice that Pike took an episode off from being a total cuck.
 
All right, now Ep6 IS HOW YOU DO FUCKING TREK! Damn that ep had action, looked glorious, and the damned captains were in charge!

I'll accept it on the understanding that this is the ONE and ONLY time Kirk voices doubt about his leadership style :P
Yeah that was actually a good episode aside from some of the problem characters. Chapel, Ortegas, and Pelia in that order. Nice that Pike took an episode off from being a total cuck.

It was ok, the premise of the enemy was dumb, didn't recognize they were fighting humans, controlling the ship with phones, ect...

Oh no we are trapped in a thing that only hurt the side characters. The rest figured it out easily.

yep
 
Ep 6 was alright. Some dumb stuff but I don't know how an old ship would be able to catch the enterprise. And the phone stuff was silly. Like they just want the old lady to find stuff to do.
 
Wow what happened to this thread? Nobody following up on the new episodes?

I like that Lovecraftian episode they had a few weeks ago and the finale goes further into those extra-dimensional aliens.
 
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TBH this season has been such dog shit that I can't muster the energy to even discuss it much. The "we are all vulcans" was so poorly done and cringe that even the "enemy mine" ep couldn't restore my interest, the final alien reveal didnt help.
 
TBH this season has been such dog shit that I can't muster the energy to even discuss it much. The "we are all vulcans" was so poorly done and cringe that even the "enemy mine" ep couldn't restore my interest, the final alien reveal didnt help.
Yeah this was probably was the worst season so far. I just hope the finale is decent.
 
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I made it through the season. I am glad the cute doctor is there. Apparently an emotionless logical person is what women want. Spok is a chick magnet.

Overall weak season. Ep 9 especially terrible.
 
Something happened in tge writers room this season. There's been a remarkable drop in quality this season. This whole Batel thing was utter shit more on Voyager or Enterprise level. Erica gets a solo episode and they shit the bed with it.

Anyone know what's going on? If they reboot the TOS I will riot.
 
This season has been pretty bad overall. The space zombies episode is where it jumped the shark. Like why? I couldn't even finish it, it was so bad.

They have likable characters, they're just writing awful plotlines.

Old trek used to have mysteries at the beginning of every episode, where things weren't how they first appeared a lot of times. That doesn't exist here most of the time.

It's still better than Discovery though by 1000%. Discovery didn't even have likable characters (other than the ones they killed off lol).
 
I thought the Vulcan episode where Anson Mount was doing a weird Coneheads impression would be worth, but then they decided that Kirk and Spock's friendship would be rooted in a homoerotic mind-meld that they did so they could.... *checks notes* shoot the ships phaser at a space door.
 
I actually didn't mind the episode where they were all Vulcans because that was a classic homage to the STTNG episodes like Rascals where 4 people became little kids. So I give them a pass for that one. I think how much you liked it probably depended on how much you liked STTNG episodes like that. This last episode was like the STTNG episode where Picard lives his life through that probe to some degree.
 
I actually didn't mind the episode where they were all Vulcans because that was a classic homage to the STTNG episodes like Rascals where 4 people became little kids. So I give them a pass for that one. I think how much you liked it probably depended on how much you liked STTNG episodes like that. This last episode was like the STTNG episode where Picard lives his life through that probe to some degree.
The problem (one of, anyway) with SNW is that ALL the episodes feel like "sweeps week" stunt episodes, there are very few traditional Trek eps of "go on survey/exploration mission, meet new aliens, problem arises, solve problem". And while we get A LOT of character backstory, the actual characters themselves are not funny, quirky, cute, or endearing in any way, nor are the actors particularly good, so there is little value in their deeply personal missions because none if them have the charisma of kirk, Picard, bones, data, Riker, or really even Wesley.

It's like all Troy episodes, all the time :p

Then there is the veeeeery weak captain. Anson must have been gone most of the time, he features so little in the scripts. So it feels a lot more like The Love Boat with a decentralized focus than Trek which is usually structured around 2-3 of the key leaders.

I've zero confidence they can transition the crew and writing staff into a TOS show, if that's even their plan.
 
Meh,I am enjoying it well enough. Significantly better than anything else that has been out recently besides maybe Lower Deck. Picard was only good for the last season. I am sure if I paid attention to every little detail, I would have issues with the "lore" in many of the shows/movies. I appreciate that the show has good looking female characters and interesting episodes. I am also rewatching The Next Generation, and it has plenty of bad episodes. The real issue I have with modern TV is the lack of episodes per season and sometimes a season skips a year. I am glad they are continuing this show with a new season.
 
I feel that if "a piece of every race is necessary to defeat the primal evil" is the plot they are gonna go with, having it be a space ship to space ship battle or some sort of technological device is more Trek than "......uh, magic I guess".

That doctor assistant guy is about the LEAST threatening villain I've ever seen, WTF cast that guy?

Did like the cult ritual blinding stuff. As is typical for shows these days, the costuming and fx folks are turning in great work but the writing is letting the whole show down.

And NOW, after THIRTY episodes, they embark on their mission to explore strange new worlds????????

I wish Paramount would give a Trek show to Taylor Sheridan. Surely he could squeeze one in between his 5 other shows :P
 
I wish Paramount would give a Trek show to Taylor Sheridan. Surely he could squeeze one in between his 5 other shows :P
OMG, that would be a train wreck worth watching. Episode one would probably be a peaceful trip interrupted by the Borg, Romulans, Klingons, The Dominion, etc all attacking at once. And one man must fight to save the federation against all odds including his crazy daughter first officer.
 
OMG, that would be a train wreck worth watching. Episode one would probably be a peaceful trip interrupted by the Borg, Romulans, Klingons, The Dominion, etc all attacking at once. And one man must fight to save the federation against all odds including his crazy daughter first officer.
It would be about oil and land.
 
It would be about oil and land.
Yes, they're transporting oil and cattle from Federation lands when the Borg, Romulans, Klingons, and The Dominion show up to steal their oil and cattle, then take their land. The enemies make backroom deals to partner but then stab each other in the back trying to take over the planet of The Crude, made purely of oil.
 
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OMG, that would be a train wreck worth watching. Episode one would probably be a peaceful trip interrupted by the Borg, Romulans, Klingons, The Dominion, etc all attacking at once. And one man must fight to save the federation against all odds including his crazy daughter first officer.
I would LOVE to hear about Dilithium crystal mining and how its better for the environment than "trans-warp fusion technology", how the Orion slave girls are actually the truly free ones, and see Scotty strap 50 photon torpedo tubes to the front of the Enterprise :P
 
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