Science is getting to the point of being annoying to people who want it limited. We're to the point where materialism vs. not is an actual argument.
Or, more precisely, the definition of material is no longer valid.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x07 - "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"
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Science is getting to the point of being annoying to people who want it limited. We're to the point where materialism vs. not is an actual argument.
Or, more precisely, the definition of material is no longer valid.
I just had a thought about how Stella's portrayal in this episode seems at odds with her shrewish TOS appearance:
Remember, in TOS, we never saw the real Stella. All we saw was the android that Mudd built to resemble her. And while I don't doubt it resembled Stella physically, the android's personality must have been programmed by Harry himself - with all the biases that implies.
Meaning: The android is Harry's image of how Stella acts. Not how she really DID act. And Harry is hardly likely to be objective...
Remember, in TOS, we never saw the real Stella. All we saw was the android that Mudd built to resemble her. And while I don't doubt it resembled Stella physically, the android's personality must have been programmed by Harry himself - with all the biases that implies.
Meaning: The android is Harry's image of how Stella acts. Not how she really DID act. And Harry is hardly likely to be objective...
My view of Stella is in this time period, she's a beautiful supportive twenty-something.
Stella in the future is how Mudd sees her after she realizes what an enormous piece of shit Harry is.
Exactly! I doubt Stella ever really acted that way. Harry was (by that time) so pissed off at her that he intentionally programmed the android to be the worst it could be. Not necessarily anything like the real Stella.
Just kinda browsing to see if anyone had a similar issue with this episode as me. Tonally - this episode felt foreign to the series, to me... and that wasn't a good thing. On another site, I mentioned that I might have had a better reaction if we had had less of Stella and Daddy - they seemed to be played for comedy but I didn't find them funny and I would have thought it was more funny if, for the second time, and maybe as a running gag that got unfunny down the road - if the Discovery crew (and Capt. Lorca) keeps abandoning Mudd to his fate, and thus ends the episode. In an episode I was never going to like all that much, the added character of Stella and her dad just seemed tacked on and not all that justified.
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I'm thinking Harry Mudd stole his wrist thingie from Captain Jack Harkness.
Also, "Random Communications Officer" was hilarious
Also, "Random Communications Officer" was hilarious
Why? Betazed probably has banks too.
Plus you know he was walking again in Star Trek: Into Darkness.
I gave this some thought after the episode. Why would the crew be playing ancient dance music at their party? This would be like playing music that was used to do "The Cakewalk" from the late 1800's. I suppose it could be one of those retro things where everything old is new again.
When I think f the way music has changed over the last years, it is hard to reconcile the choice of music.
Really enjoyed that, a nice change of pace. I think we needed the previous six episodes before we could have something like that, which was essentially a fun romp in the Trek tradition.
I suspect we'll return to the continuing story next week, but it gave some more focus to Tyler and Stamets, and made Burnham a lot more likeable. It feels like these people are becoming a crew, and they'll be tested in the coming episodes.
I thought it wasn't necessarily original, but it was confident and a lot of fun.
I suspect we'll return to the continuing story next week, but it gave some more focus to Tyler and Stamets, and made Burnham a lot more likeable. It feels like these people are becoming a crew, and they'll be tested in the coming episodes.
I thought it wasn't necessarily original, but it was confident and a lot of fun.
Picard's crew all played ancient Bach and Beethoven at recitals, so why wouldn't they also enjoy the BeeGees?
Trek's always struggled to show future culture, with the exception of Vulcan Love Slave and The Adventures of Flotter. At least now they've moved from the 1870s to the 1970s.
And tell me, what does a party in the future look like?
Because girls in their twenties like bad boys. Also, Dwight looks younger than his age. Lastly, he has a beard.
I actually like the idea it's a 20th century party.
Because every Betazed's a telepath.
The only way you're going to steal something on that planet is if you're a Ferengi.
Maybe they look like parties in 1942 or 1517, or everyone gets stoned on the holodeck (which they do have) experiencing japanese medieval zen gardens
Or have a time crystal. This may be the point.