Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2

Rabs

Yeah that was good.. Enjoying this iteration of Star Trek.

Just about to start watching the new series of Black Mirror.

darthed1981

dazzajl said:

Well that came out of the gates with a bang!!

And the note ahead of the end credits. Definitely have something in my eye now. 

Yes, great episode.

Interesting ret-con for the Klingon War that ran for the first season of Discovery... 100 million Federation dead... a much larger affair than shown on screen.

dazzajl

darthed1981 said:

dazzajl said:

Well that came out of the gates with a bang!!

And the note ahead of the end credits. Definitely have something in my eye now. 

Yes, great episode.

Interesting ret-con for the Klingon War that ran for the first season of Discovery... 100 million Federation dead... a much larger affair than shown on screen.

I think that’s what happened in the 6 months that Discovery missed on the trip to the mirror universe. Not that I care massively, I’m with Leonard Nimoy in that canon should come second to good story telling. 

fretmeister

Got round to watching S2E1.

Very nice! I hope we get 7 seasons of this. After all, Pike is 10 years away from becoming R2D2-From-Wish.

Jalapeno

dazzajl said:

Well that came out of the gates with a bang!!

And the note ahead of the end credits. Definitely have something in my eye now. 

Left moistness with me too.  Lovely !

darthed1981

dazzajl said:

darthed1981 said:

dazzajl said:

Well that came out of the gates with a bang!!

And the note ahead of the end credits. Definitely have something in my eye now. 

Yes, great episode.

Interesting ret-con for the Klingon War that ran for the first season of Discovery... 100 million Federation dead... a much larger affair than shown on screen.

I think that’s what happened in the 6 months that Discovery missed on the trip to the mirror universe. Not that I care massively, I’m with Leonard Nimoy in that canon should come second to good story telling. 

It's interesting in that it helps explain why the Federation fears fighting the Klingons so much, not because they won't win, which they usually do, but that the Klingons are so bloodthirsty when they are in a war, they test their values to the limit.  It would explain why Starfleet was almost ready to destroy the entire Klingon homeworld before the Discovery crew stopped it.

100 million suggests WMD attacks on planets and colonies of a level far higher than the 10,000 civilians Admiral Cornwell uses as an example.

The interesting bit though is that M'Benga isn't so much angry with the Klingons because of their murderous ways, but, like O'Brien in TNG, they made him the same.  He saw, and seemingly participated in a ground battle so bloody it rained blood... crikey.

dazzajl

That episode was such pure trekness 

darthed1981

dazzajl said:

That episode was such pure trekness 

Episode 2? Couldn't agree more, another classic trek courtroom episode...

Greatape

Enjoyed it so much, I briefly forgot my dislike of 'Discovery' and went skipping off back to check out S3. 

And then I had to watch 'Yellowstone' to fix that. 

darthed1981

Omg, episode 3!

Why didnt the Eugenics War happen in 1992 retcon!

Kid Khan!

Poor La'an, I don't think I've ever felt quite as sorry for a fictional character...

darthed1981

As a side note, if Paramount axes Strange New Worlds on top of Prodigy, they can go fuck themselves.

Still not properly watched Prodigy and its disappeared from P+!  They needed a lot more content not less.

dazzajl

There is talk that Prodigy was cancelled to move the cash and resources and make room for the Picard spin off that everyone wants. If so, great that we get that but sad to lose Prodigy. It was a slow burner to get going but grew into good Trek. 

fretmeister

EP3 was a cracker.


EP2 annoyed me. It was so unrealistic.

While the premise was lovely there is ALWAYS a time limit for a court to consider. Yes No1 had the right to claim asylum but that should have been within a reasonable time. Certainly not after getting all the way through the academy and then rising to be 2nd In Command of the Flagship. How long does that take? 20 years before having such a high position?

Somewhere along that line it was no longer honest to live in secret and not claim asylum.

stickyfiddle

Ep3 was fantastic. I agree on 7 seasons. I'd really like more than 10 eps per season as well.

Rabs

Yeah it was good..  It made me wonder if we are going to get a dark universe episode at one point..  Always enjoy those ones.

Headphones

Rabs said:

Yeah it was good..  It made me wonder if we are going to get a dark universe episode at one point..  Always enjoy those ones.

With vampire WIllow?  Bored now.

Rabs

Headphones said:

Rabs said:

Yeah it was good..  It made me wonder if we are going to get a dark universe episode at one point..  Always enjoy those ones.

With vampire WIllow?  Bored now.

Lol...  No..  The transporter accident universe...  I think its been in every Trek apart from Voyager...

darthed1981

dazzajl said:

There is talk that Prodigy was cancelled to move the cash and resources and make room for the Picard spin off that everyone wants. If so, great that we get that but sad to lose Prodigy. It was a slow burner to get going but grew into good Trek. 

I read that but naah, they axed it to save money because they are losing it hand over fist.

A bit like HBO Max, P+ is looking far more towards far cheaper reality programming than scripted drama, let alone sci-fi scripted drama.

darthed1981

Headphones said:

Rabs said:

Yeah it was good..  It made me wonder if we are going to get a dark universe episode at one point..  Always enjoy those ones.

With vampire WIllow?  Bored now.

The gorgeous Alyson Hannigan in her prime - could only possibly be overshadowed by Sarah Michelle Gellar really...

Offset

Greatape said:

Enjoyed it so much, I briefly forgot my dislike of 'Discovery' and went skipping off back to check out S3. 

I disliked 'Discovery' as well and I don't intend to revisit.  It's the main reason why I started watching SNW so late in the day.  Nearly through S1 and so glad I bit the bullet - it's fantastic.