Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x10 - "Despite Yourself"
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That might be so. It does not make sense for Michael Burnham to have two medals for the same thing. However, until told otherwise, I am going by the information presented.
That might be so. It does not make sense for Michael Burnham to have two medals for the same thing. However, until told otherwise, I am going by the information presented.
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That's why the solution is to sleep with every officer on the ship.
No one assumes bad things will happen to them, even if they know the risks. We know cigarettes cause cancer, it’s a scientific fact. But people still smoke a pack a day. It’s probably the same thing here. “I’ve made it this far, I must know what to look for.”
That I think has always been the trend in sci-fi racism. People might hate aliens but somehow all the old human racism has gone away. Reminds me of that "Family Guy" joke about Brian running into old tv era street gang were the gang was racially diverse. One way you could see it is that gays and people of color are simply tolerated much like Spock and T'Pol and Phlox were. Or vice versa because it's the mirror universe and things are reversed then it was white people who faced tons of oppression. I also think the metaphor examples could be someone like Clarence Thomas or Sara Palin. I think people are little more tolerant of some people they might not like if those people share some of their core values.
Jason
In the mirror universe humans were always evil fascists from the beginning.
IDK - TOS Season One still beats it for me to this point, but of the post TOS TV Star Trek series, yes, it's been fairly strong/good out of the gate (Far, FAR better than TNG S1 <---- There was a stinker of a season nearly front to back (IMO) - YMMV.)
Yeah. A while ago, I did a ranking of how DSC compared to other series in their first season (not on TrekBBS). Let me see if I can dig it up.
Here it is, CUT-AND PASTE...
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Killing time. Here's a five-way comparison of the first five episodes of TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Discovery so far (I didn't really watch Enterprise, so I'm leaving it out)...
Ranking Episodes 1-2:
1) TOS -- The Cage & Where No Man Has Gone Before
2) DS9 -- Emissary
3) VOY -- Caretaker
4) DSC -- The Vulcan Hello & Battle at the Binary Stars
5) TNG -- Encounter at Farpoint
Episode 3:
1) DSC -- Context Is for Kings
2) TNG -- The Naked Now
3) TOS -- The Corbomite Maneuver
4) VOY -- Parallax
5) DS9 -- A Man Alone
Episode 4:
1) DSC -- The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lambs Cry
2) VOY -- Time and Again
3) DS9 -- Past Prologue
4) TOS -- Mudd’s Women
5) TNG -- Code of Honor
Episode 5:
1) TOS -- The Enemy Within
2) DSC -- Choose Your Pain
3) DS9 -- Babel
4) VOY -- Phage
5) TNG -- Haven
Averages for the Rankings (so far), counting Episodes 1-2 twice. The lower the number, the better...
The Original Series: 2.00
Discovery: 2.40
Voyager: 3.20
Deep Space Nine: 3.30
The Next Generation: 4.40
Wow. Discovery is holding up pretty well. And, yes, TNG's first season really *is* that bad.
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So, even though it's five episodes out of date, it does get the general point across. I think DSC's first season blows TNG's, DS9's, and VOY's out of the water. It's not even close.
Before someone asks: "You rated "The Naked Now" over "The Corbomite Manuever"?!" Yes, yes, I know. Let me answer by saying that I think "The Corbomite Manuver" drags on a little bit and starts to get a bit repetitive while "The Naked Now" is a guilty pleasure.
Then stop............and it's DSC.
Kirk also has the same badge in Mirror Mirror
I guess every captain in the Mirror Universe likes poisons.
Very kind, thanks.
It's both. I've also seen DISCO and my personal preference 'Discovery'.
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"Code of Honor." Ugh. All it was missing was the bones in the noses.
This blew me away! I've been optimistic about where this show was heading but now I'm absolutely hooked! This not only felt like Star Trek, but an evolution of what it means for a show to be "Star Trek"! And we have good old William T. Riker to thank for it! Really hope Frakes gets to direct a lot more in the future!
Too late.
I guess now Discovery and Orville have another thing in common.
Adrianne Palicki is hot, so it's acceptable.
Tilly is the female Neelix. Warts are the least of Tilly's problems.
I hope Frakes comes back to direct an episode of season 2. Or it would also be nice if other Trek actors/directors come back to direct!
Are those your own personal rankings or the result of some kind of poll?
Bit disingenuous to use The Cage and WNMHGB as the 'first two' episodes of TOS... yes they were both pilots but The Cage failed to sell the show, was cut up into a clip show and not seen in its original form (outside of conventions) until the eighties, while WNMHGB was the third episode to air. IIRC The Man Trap and Charlie X were the first two episodes to air, and what the viewing public would have had as their actual introduction to Star Trek.
Thanks, but I think my happy face is better than yours
Mirror Mona lisaThanks, but I think my happy face is better than yours
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