Star Trek: Discovery

[Buddy Bradley]

Not heard of her until now, apologies! But sat up and paid attention when she was in scenes. Fantastic! More interested in this character now than the new young Spock.

She's a stand-up comic, had a semi-autobiographical series on Prime called One Mississippi which was really good.

 

[BoxRoom]

She's a stand-up comic, had a semi-autobiographical series on Prime called One Mississippi which was really good.

Will have to check this out. Many thanks!

 

[Cloo]

Gsv and I loved the Death by Mansplaining!

Yeah, was a good un. I'd noticed Tig Notaro in the trailer and was dead pleased she is awesome.

 

[agricola]

Spoiler: episode 2

Even by the standards of previous Trek episodes where the ship / a runabout comes across a mysterious isolated colony of humans (or where they try to tackle the mysteries of faith), episode two was more than decent. I especially liked Tilly being completely oblivious to what that ghost / the angel (if it was she) was actually saying.

Also is Stamets about to be written out?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Spoiler: Episode 2

"A Tardigrade!?"

"I...suppose you had to be there"

Good stuff - I think that's recognition that the first season wasn't quite what it should have been (it was quite a troubled endeavour by all accounts), and that they've moved on.

 

[Ax^]

something something prime directive

 

[DotCommunist]

interesting coincidence, this weeks The Orville had a strong science/faith theme as well.

 

[trabuquera]

Truly hoping this isn't going to be a US-evangelist-coddling "faith in space" season. Fiery angels? I mean really....

 

[DotCommunist]

Truly hoping this isn't going to be a US-evangelist-coddling "faith in space" season. Fiery angels? I mean really....

hah, I knew it was coming as soon as someone quoted the famous c clarke line.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

"No, you're a genius!"

runs off in the wrong direction

 

[Ax^]

Wrong thread

 

[agricola]

Spoiler: episode 3

that was almost unbearably dull

 

[T & P]

Spoiler: episode 3

that was almost unbearably dull

I’d say confusing at times and setting up multiple subplots myself (not bothering with the spoiler tags as that is not much of a spoiler).

On a different note, did anyone else notice the single line of subtitles during one of the Klingon scenes that was not in English but in (presumably) Klingon? Anyone here nerdy enough to understand what it said?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I’d say confusing at times and setting up multiple subplots myself (not bothering with the spoiler tags as that is not much of a spoiler).

Tying up some old loose ends too. Plus there's a rarely-seen Chekhov's intelligent mycological entity

 

[danny la rouge]

On a different note, did anyone else notice the single line of subtitles during one of the Klingon scenes that was not in English but in (presumably) Klingon? Anyone here nerdy enough to understand what it said?

“Such was the dishonour to the Empire”.

 

[cybershot]

The main problem with episode 3 for me was the direction. What was that all about. Constant moving around in circles around people. Upside down in corridors and spinning round. More than once. The whole episode just pretty much made me dizzy throughout making it hard to pay attention.

I hope that director wont be around much.

 

[T & P]

Not that much of a spoiler but as a courtesy I’ll hide it for those behind...

Spoiler

I hope Spock will make an appearance soon. He’s one of the main draws of the show and featured heavily in the publicity pics released to the press before the season started, and three episodes in he’s nowhere to be seen.

 

[DotCommunist]

I see they gave voq a big beard to cover his chinlessness

 

[Boudicca]

I'm really glad the Klingons are talking English now, presumably they got feedback on how tedious it was to listen to beings with no facial expressions talk in a made up language.

 

[cybershot]

The hair growing also helps, now look almost like how we expect them too. I'd have liked (might still happen I guess) Voq to somehow have been involved with how Klingons end up looking human in TOS. Or if they'll just decide to ignore it totally, like they have with the tech. Such as the admiral telling pike he's one of the few people who still prefers to talk via screen.

 

[danny la rouge]

Such as the admiral telling pike he's one of the few people who still prefers to talk via screen.

But that was just so that

Spoiler

The Admiral couldn’t get a 360 view of the room and see that Michael and Amanda were there too.

 

[mwgdrwg]

What a shit episode, one of the wors yet. Last week's was so good too. I hate the Klingons in this.

 

[fucthest8]

Yeah, latest episode didn't thrill me.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

The main problem with episode 3 for me was the direction. What was that all about. Constant moving around in circles around people. Upside down in corridors and spinning round. More than once. The whole episode just pretty much made me dizzy throughout making it hard to pay attention.

The Klingon Tilt.

 

[agricola]

Spoiler: episode 4

My main regret about that was that Tilly didn't start singing Daisy Bell when Stamets was trying to drill into her head.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Episode 4: Like old Star Trek, but hopped up on goofballs.

 

[agricola]

Episode 4: Like old Star Trek, but hopped up on goofballs.

Spoiler

was that the first ever Welsh on Star Trek, though?

 

[cybershot]

OH pretty much talked all the way through. Got the jist but may have to watch it again.

 

[SpookyFrank]

The main problem with episode 3 for me was the direction. What was that all about. Constant moving around in circles around people. Upside down in corridors and spinning round. More than once. The whole episode just pretty much made me dizzy throughout making it hard to pay attention.

I hope that director wont be around much.

The whirly-whirly camera thing is a plague. I think Michael Bay invented it, as a way to add a fake sense of drama to a scene that doesn't really have any.

Daft and overblown visuals are something of an ongoing problem with Bryan Fuller's shows tbh. American Gods is almost unwatchable with all the slo-mo torrents of blood and pointless special effects scrawled over everything.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

American Gods is almost unwatchable with all the slo-mo torrents of blood and pointless special effects scrawled over everything.

The over-the-top sex scenes are what annoys me in AG - it's like they are trying to out-HBO HBO.