Scenes in CBS This Morning segment!
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That was a great little scene! They really seem to have done a great job with the cast!
And the money shot with Shenzhou was fantastic!
Hmm, seeing it fine here in Finland.
Is all that talk about this-race-gender-first mattering for real, or is Martin-Green trying to invent filler when she isn't allowed to actually say anything relevant?
Abramsverse lifting jets on the Shenzhou, it seems. And "Only trailer images"? Did we already get a trailer with those extra bits of spacewalk detail?
Timo Saloniemi
Is all that talk about this-race-gender-first mattering for real, or is Martin-Green trying to invent filler when she isn't allowed to actually say anything relevant?
Abramsverse lifting jets on the Shenzhou, it seems. And "Only trailer images"? Did we already get a trailer with those extra bits of spacewalk detail?
Timo Saloniemi
Dutchy here, no problems viewing it.
This is why I don't watch news. They started the interview saying she was the black female captain, twice, and now most of the interview is about being the first black female captain and focusing on the haters. Instead of focusing on the haters, why not focus on the fans who are supportive. This felt like a negative interview when it didn't have to be.
Watching this, I've come to the realization that a new Star Trek television series has become a welcome escape from so much going on in the world.
It's glad to have a new show coming. Only a few weeks now!
It's glad to have a new show coming. Only a few weeks now!
They never mention that she's the captain, just that shes the first female lead of colour. they also don't go into detail about the haters so to speak until there's about 2 minutes left in the interview. They talk about how hard it was to get any footage and the secrecy around the production, the kiss in 1968, how ST: DSC is continuing star trek's legacy, the quality of the work by everyone and SMGs feelings around the reaction to her casting as well as the haters.
Starting at about the 4:27 mark of the video, Martin-Green says the following:
"...I think that when you have a story that shows a picture of a utopian future..."
So it seems that ostensibly the people behind DSC think it shows a utopian future -- as opposed to the fears of some fans that the tone of it will show a "dark", gritty, and warring future.
I also noticed that Martin-Green mentioned (starting at about the 3:40 mark) that the
happened on a Vulcan outpost. Maybe I missed that detail before, but I previously assumed it happened on Vulcan proper.
"...I think that when you have a story that shows a picture of a utopian future..."
So it seems that ostensibly the people behind DSC think it shows a utopian future -- as opposed to the fears of some fans that the tone of it will show a "dark", gritty, and warring future.
I also noticed that Martin-Green mentioned (starting at about the 3:40 mark) that the
Klingon attack that killed Burnham's parents
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Yeah, I noticed that too. Very good.
I think they have a different definition of "utopian" than me. They already said that the first season will focus on war. That is the opposite of utopian.
And then that old myth that the kiss between Kirk and Uhura was the first interracial one on TV, which even a fast look on Wikipedia will show is wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_and_Uhura's_kiss
And then that old myth that the kiss between Kirk and Uhura was the first interracial one on TV, which even a fast look on Wikipedia will show is wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_and_Uhura's_kiss
I thought Martin-Green's dialogue sounded a lot more natural than Michelle Yeoh's.
I like Michelle Yeoh, but her dialogue in that scene on the desert planet seems highly unnatural. Maybe it's just her accent (sort of like the way Marina Sirtis' fake accent early in the first season of TNG made her acting sound very unnatural) -- although the difference here is that Yeoh is using her normal accent, which Sirtis later did as well.
I think we need to see it to find out how "utopian" it will be. I think it could take place during a time of war between the Federation and those Klingons while still overall adhering to the Star Trek legacy of showing a utopian future.
They've both been really bad from what we've seen thus far. I've been critical of Yeoh's dialog and acting in that scene all the way back to when it was first released.
I just think SMG is the bigger concern because she's the lead. If she's as bad as we've seen in the trailers/clips, than this show is going to struggle regardless of how good any other elements of the show are.
I haven't seen SMG in anything else before and have so far not seen enough of DIS to judge her abilities. How were her acting skills in other series? Although of course that alone doesn't say so much. Some actors are great in one series, but crap in another. A lot depends on the writing and directing.
Well at worst they have the same definition as TNG, which featured the aftermath of the Cardassian war, so significant it drove a Starfleet Captain rogue.
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