Star Trek: Discovery
- Started
- Last post
- 126 Responses
- detritus0
Watching 3 now - my interest was piqued when they first made reference to Stamets, and Lo and behold, it's apparently to do with spores!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
You know you've made it in life when ST references you.
(Paul Stamets is like a God in mycology)
- Although leut. Stamets is a bit of a dick so far.detritus
- dopepope0
The Orville is waaaay more Star Trek than this. I'm enjoying both shows tho. The Orville might as well be the next season of TNG.
- Yeah, I mentioned earlier how it surprised me with it's stories so far, and the comedy is not as invasive or slapstick as expected. Episode 3 was really good.ETM
- I think I'm going to have to watch this, despite the mixed reviews.Continuity
- i_monk1
So a mushroom warp engine? This is what we're watching?
- Project Porcini™Continuity
- I thought it was going to be testing a cloaking device to match the Klingons.ETM
- Continuity0
I'm still waiting for the 'Star Trek' part of this show to kick in.
As it currently stands, I might even prefer 'Enterprise'.
- Yeah, I felt Trek a _little_ in episode 1 and 2, but this latest felt like something else entirely.ETM
- Felt like a combination of the BSG reboot (with its ambiguous morality) and the first Alien.Continuity
- Sigh. Never mind that the Klingons didn't get cloaking devices until STIII.Continuity
- ^ Oops. This belongs to i_monk's comment.Continuity
- I'm still not ruling out that this is in the Kelvin timeline. (JJ's universe).CyBrainX
- They said officially it's the prime timeline.ETM
- ETM0
A little gory tonight. I expected to be able to watch with my young sons but that was getting a little much with the crushed bodies and detached limbs. It was like someone wanted to channel Doom or Dead Space with the dark corridors, bodies and that weird creature.
- set0
I think it's great overall. The dialogue is pretty lame at times but visually it's superb and the story is fairly interesting so far. I look forward to more...
- drgs-2
It sucks
- syfy...helloeatbreathedrive
- Considering how polarizing Star Trek is, I'm pretty impressed this is the first dislike I've seen.CyBrainX
- CyBrainX1
I have to say, using Sarek as a mentor for the main character is very cool. As a lifelong fan, I pretty much wet my Star Trek pantaloons.
- CyBrainX1
This explains pretty much everything.
http://time.com/4952491/star-tre…As young as Sarek looks he's only 10 years away from a heart attack.
- dopepope0
Questions... does this take place in JJ abrams universe? Or is this regular cannon?
If the latter, where does this fall into the timeline between series?
- scarabin0
i like how the orville fills in all the humor we're missing from the new star trek
- Fuck Seth McFarlane. Any one of us can impersonate Shatner and quote Star Trek for a living.CyBrainX
- and we've had enough buffoonery (in the guise of humor) in Star Trek. That's how you end up with Kirk as a woman, twice.CyBrainX
- Orville is actually quite a surprise. Good stories with mostly subtle humour so far. Episode 3 was pretty deep.ETM
- PonyBoy0
- John Tesh was a halodeckKlingon in Worf's right of ascension ritual. Iggy Pop was an alien and Mick Fleetwood was a fisheaded alien. I could go on.CyBrainX
- I remember Iggy Pop in DS9... didn't know about John Tesh or Mick FleetwoodPonyBoy
- Christian Slater, The Rock, Kelsey Grammer, Adam Scott, Andy Dick, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Sarah Silverman, heck, Kurtwood Smith was 3 different characters.Akagiyama
- Clint Howard played 2 characters separated by 30 years. Ashley Judd, Terri Hatcher, Terri Garr, Jean Simmons brought down bigger men than Picard, Lurch, RiddlerCyBrainX
- jonathan banks, terry oquinn, diedrich baderhotroddy
- PonyBoy0
- I think it was their goal all along. As prosthetic art evolves, klingon's will look more alien. Who wants an alien race to look like we do?hotroddy
- There was an Enterprise episode that explained how a virus altered Klngons genetically after Kirk's era.CyBrainX
- The Discovery writers said there will be an explanation for their version too.CyBrainX
- Wasn't the genetic virus caused by Tribbles?Akagiyama
- It was caused by Data's creator, Noonian Soong. His genetic alterations to humans created a virus that spread to Klingons.CyBrainX
- http://memory-alpha.…CyBrainX
- ^^the makeup seen in the films and the later series would have been too expensive during the 1960shotroddy
- ETM0
But a strange mechanism that we spend the first 2 episodes starting to familiarize ourselves with a ship and crew, then we will be forced to start over again with a new set of characters for ep. 3.
- Akagiyama1
Just finished Ep. 2, I am liking this new Trek much more than I thought I would.
- ETM0
I am concerned about too much of the war narrative taking away from what Trek does best, but still hold out hope. Otherwise it was good.
Not being in the US, I can watch it on regular TV or local streaming service, so there is no investment to stick with it or not.
- Akagiyama0
First episode was pretty entertaining. I liked the look and feel of the show. The opening theme and titles were pretty awesome. Dialogue was a bit clunky, but I'll be on board for this first season to see where it goes.