Star Trek: Discovery

[SpookyFrank]

Yeah, I saw that, thought you'd think they'd have been a bit better at working it out in the 24th (?) Century. There were also phrases used like 'we are certain it is you Michael, there's no doubt'.

Not entirely unreasonable if all Burnham's biological relatives were presumed dead.

 

[DexterTCN]

Not entirely unreasonable if all Burnham's biological relatives were presumed dead.

Yeah you don't expect Star Trek to cheat.

 

[Supine]

And spock nether mentioned any of this to kirk on the enterprise!

 

[DexterTCN]

And spock nether mentioned any of this to kirk on the enterprise!

Oh shut up

 

[steveo87]

Spoiler

I have a theory that the 'Time Crystals' will be used later to 'fix' the timeline, where's the Burnhams aren't killed by the Klingons, Michael isn't adopted by the Spocks, and the Battle of The Binary Stars doesn't happen.

I really liked this episode.

 

[agricola]

Spoiler: episode 12

Very decent that, especially the Pike bits. Not sure why the monks of Borath would have such a thing for high Gothic, though

Spoiler

I have a theory that the 'Time Crystals' will be used later to 'fix' the timeline, where's the Burnhams aren't killed by the Klingons, Michael isn't adopted by the Spocks, and the Battle of The Binary Stars doesn't happen.

I really liked this episode.

Spoiler: reply to steveo87

That would be great, though wouldn't it create a paradox (as Burnham's mum would never be in a position to warn the rest of them about the attack)? Fixing the timeline at the cost of Burnham dying as a child would be a bit intense.

 

[DexterTCN]

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I have a theory that the 'Time Crystals' will be used later to 'fix' the timeline, where's the Burnhams aren't killed by the Klingons, Michael isn't adopted by the Spocks, and the Battle of The Binary Stars doesn't happen.

I really liked this episode.

Spoiler

Fans would never accept the full Bobby Ewing card being played.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

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I really, really like Captain Christopher Pike - actor and character. I hope that, y'know, the thing that happens is a few years in our future

 

[Balbi]

Absolutely loved that episode, Anson Mount is an excellent Pike and that whole sequence was great .

Also the frequent guest spots from Tig Notaro are very Trek, she's channelling McCoy at his most grump-reasonable.

 

[Saul Goodman]

if you are referring to Tilly, then yeah, I agreeage. Her whole persona just oozes fake. aint nobody in the world ever like that.

Aint nobody like that, even in a cosmos far, far away, would ever get past HR and onto a starship.
The whole thing is ridiculously silly. What's the selection process for starship officers these days?
It's like Dr Who with a few extra quid thrown at it.

 

[donkyboy]

I had to laugh. Watching the previous episode where they couldn't delete Control from the ship, I was like if this is going to wipe out all life, why not just destroy the ship. this episode burnham says the same thing.

 

[danny la rouge]

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I really, really like Captain Christopher Pike - actor and character. I hope that, y'know, the thing that happens is a few years in our future

Spoiler

Do you want to know if the actor has been hired for next series or not?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Spoiler

Do you want to know if the actor has been hired for next series or not?

No thanks, I'll try and stay spoiler-free. Probably futile, right enough

 

[Steel Icarus]

No thanks, I'll try and stay spoiler-free. Probably futile, right enough

Know what else is futile? Eh? EH?

 

[Steel Icarus]

I just don't get it, any of the plot.

I really hoped they might expand on the characters - this was teased to some degree - but it hasn't really happened.

 

[cybershot]

Absolutely loved that episode, Anson Mount is an excellent Pike and that whole sequence was great .

You'd have to assume Pike was originally going to be a one season only main character, but there's clearly much love for this version of him. Makes you wonder what they plan to do with him.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

[Wilf]

You'd have to assume Pike was originally going to be a one season only main character, but there's clearly much love for this version of him. Makes you wonder what they plan to do with him.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

It's certainly going to be a story of self sacrifice, but whether the prophesy plays out for him will be the interesting bit. I suspect there'll be some kind of escape into the future or timeline type thing. What was shown to him in the prophesy was probably a bit too grim but also a too predictable tie in to the original series. Agree though about his character beginning to develop. Early on he was a good guy but a kind of administrative captain, holding things together, backing his crew. Now he's centre stage.

 

[Pickman's model]

You'd have to assume Pike was originally going to be a one season only main character, but there's clearly much love for this version of him. Makes you wonder what they plan to do with him.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

it looks like what happened to him in tos will happen to him again

 

[Balbi]

You'd have to assume Pike was originally going to be a one season only main character, but there's clearly much love for this version of him. Makes you wonder what they plan to do with him.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

I've been rewatching TOS recently and Pike's character in Disco has a lot of that classic Trek captain stuff going on. I'll have to rewatch the sequence but his irradiation - was he wearing a Disco uniform, or could it be a lot further down the track?

 

[krtek a houby]

I've been rewatching TOS recently and Pike's character in Disco has a lot of that classic Trek captain stuff going on. I'll have to rewatch the sequence but his irradiation - was he wearing a Disco uniform, or could it be a lot further down the track?

I think it's further on down the line. Unless, timey-wimey etc

 

[DotCommunist]

I really hoped they might expand on the characters

Saru has evolved as a character. Now he's acting like he can fuck anyone up. Squaring up to people and menacingly looming etc

 

[mwgdrwg]

Saru has evolved as a character. Now he's acting like he can fuck anyone up. Squaring up to people and menacingly looming etc

Can't wait for him to become a lethal killing machine!

 

[Cloo]

Yes, they've done a good job at making a potentially ho-hum square-jaw hero guy into someone interesting and likeable with Pike.

 

[Balbi]

The comment section whinging about it being SJW-fodder that I've spotted on Disco articles is boilerplate angry white dudes.

I mention it because Pike is closer to Kirk than Archer was, but he's also more than a grab bag of snarky male stereotypes. The angry brigade are furious that the Federation is being retconned to actually represent the ideas that the Federation was meant to, but that sixties casting could only go so far with.

 

[cybershot]

Enjoyed that, although

Spoiler

kind of wish she had gone alone as would really have left a lot of options for various outcomes and fan theories. Them all going means they come back. Or at the very least. Spock does, and perhaps even the ship does too although i’d find it interesting if the ship does get left behind and they move onto another series with the majority of the crew on a new ship. Hell I’d be happy if it’s whatever ship pike commands after leaving the enterprise so mount can continue being a regular too

 

[danny la rouge]

Saru has evolved as a character. Now he's acting like he can fuck anyone up. Squaring up to people and menacingly looming etc

Spoiler

And now he’s tooled up like a street hoodlum

I did it enjoy it

Spoiler: “but”

I wish they’d dial back the long, drawn-out schmaltz sequences. I mean, come on, what percentage of that was tearful, nostalgic monologues and meaningful looks? These things should be shown in the course of events, not spelled out each and every time. That’s poor writing.

 

[Ax^]

Spoiler: but

Spock is on the fucking bridge, so

 

[danny la rouge]

Spoiler: but

Spock is on the fucking bridge, so

Spoiler

The Enterprise Bridge was completely fab. And I loved Chris’s line when we saw it for the first time.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Can't wait for him to become a lethal killing machine!

Now he has his tool!

Also...

Captain Pike is so good, really hope he's still involved somehow.

 

[Balbi]

Spoiler: Build Ups

A whole episode of lip quivering and I've got to wait a fucking week for the big space battle?