lets test the holodeck while being on a dangerous mission... wtfThe 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.
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.
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
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
Yeah this was probably was the worst season so far. I just hope the finale is decent.
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.
I feel the same way.
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 wish Paramount would give a Trek show to Taylor Sheridan. Surely he could squeeze one in between his 5 other shows
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.
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
Love Boat call out. Nice.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
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.
I dunno, what else does Paramount have? Outside of Star Trek it's just the Taylor Sheridan power hour.
