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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x13 - "What's Past Is Prologue"

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I'm pretty sure in TOS most everything revolved around Kirk being the great Captain Kirk.
I'm pretty sure in TNG most everything revolved around Picard being the great Captain Picard.
I'm pretty sure in VOY most everything revolved around Janeway being the great Captain Janeway
I'm pretty sure in ENT most everything revolved around Archer being the great Captain Archer.

Get the idea? The main character in Discovery is Burnham.

Which is unfortunate, because she's a divisive Mary Sue character played by a mediocre actress.

But I disagree with what you posted above. Part of the reason Kirk is awesome is he is part of a trinity; Kirk, Spock, Bones.... he isn't 'great' without them. It's the ego/superego/id relationship.

With Burnham, everyone just tells us how great she is.... it's forced. The most unfortunate instance of this was Lorca yesterday. Not only did he go out unceremoniously in a way that destroyed his agency, he went out praising Michael Burnham. It's almost comedic.
 
I think I'm still in mourning. Poor Lorca.

I'm just holding out hope that he's somehow in the network and can pop up in Stamets' mind, or that Prime Lorca is safe and well somewhere.
 
Think Jason Isaacs did a hell of a job as an actor. If i read the avarage comments on him 80% don't like him that is what supposed to be happening whit the audience (from the scriptwriters point of view). For sure he will be back probably they go back in time but now 9 monht where they started from. So everything will be solved from Lorca, Burnham, Georgiou etc.
 
So slow down to change course? Drop from warp 9 to sublight every time? Sorry, not buying it.

The ship is in a warp bubble. They just have to change the shape/direction of the bubble to change course. They are not traveling in normal space. In normal space, they should not be able to "hang a right", but in subspace/warp bubbles, it could be doable.

ADDED: I saw Amaris's comment saying the same thing after I posted this.
 
I think I'm still in mourning. Poor Lorca.

I'm just holding out hope that he's somehow in the network and can pop up in Stamets' mind, or that Prime Lorca is safe and well somewhere.
He and Mirror Michael are holed up in a love nest somewhere.
 
Which is unfortunate, because she's a divisive Mary Sue character played by a mediocre actress.

But I disagree with what you posted above. Part of the reason Kirk is awesome is he is part of a trinity; Kirk, Spock, Bones.... he isn't 'great' without them. It's the ego/superego/id relationship.

With Burnham, everyone just tells us how great she is.... it's forced. The most unfortunate instance of this was Lorca yesterday. Not only did he go out unceremoniously in a way that destroyed his agency, he went out praising Michael Burnham. It's almost comedic.
Stop with the Mary-Sue. She's not a Mary-Sue. If you think so, you don't know the definition. A Mary-Sue is when the writer (a fan-fic writer) writes a character (main or not) that represents THEM and can help or solve the problem the main character(s) has. Burnham IS the main character. PERIOD. By definition, she can't be a Mary-Sue
 
Dark, but fun. Star Trek ideals, with Star Wars action. Characters we love, but they die. The B&B era of playing it safe is dead, Long Live Discovery!
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Dear Discovery producers: leave the Star Wars bullshit to the Kelvinverse movies, thank you.
 
Some cool moments. Too much of a technobabble solution, riding shockwaes and doing all the bullshit cliche TNG/Voyager-style bollocks.

Rest in peace, Gabe Lorca. Trek's best character in a long, long time. Reduced to a one-dimensional villain for his last episode. He doesn't even get a happy ending, all his work was for nothing.

That green sporespeck was Lorca, and he's possessed Tilly.

Last two episodes: Time travel back 9 months to undo the Klingons winning the war.
 
I mean, look at DS9. We weren't meant to agree with Eddington or Dukat, but they were at least given a chance to speechify about their own opinions in a way which didn't make them sound like incompetent morons. In Eddington's case, is critique of the Federation was realistic enough to make you wince a bit.
On point yet again, @eschaton.
 
After all, we had the Cardassian War sprung on us out of absolutely nowhere in episodes like "Ensign Ro" and "The Wounded" (which was mid S4 of TNG) with absolutely no backstory or context other than it was a prolonged conflict that caused many deaths.

If TNG could spring this concept on us in the middle of its 4th year without any prior indication, mention or discussion whatsoever, it's very easy for me to accept that a brief (less than 1 year at this point) conflict took place between the Federation and Klingon Empire that resulted in some loss (and subsequent re-taking) of UFP planets and territories.
Cardassian Union was a third-rate power and from Federation perspective the whole Cardassian War was a minor border skirmish. Fifth of the Federation ocupiend and third of the Starfleet being destroyed seem kinda huge deal...
 
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Dear Discovery producers: leave the Star Wars bullshit to the Kelvinverse movies, thank you.

I like the Kelvinverse movies as Star Trek - but those folks are really skilled at every aspect of doing these kinds of projects successfully.
 
No it isn't, not by a long shot. The Mycelial network, at least in Star Trek, is the connective tissue that exists inside of and between universes. It would be akin to the central nervous system in the human body. If it is true that multiple universes touch one another, and that is a current scientific theory finding a great deal of merit, then it would make sense that futzing around with the connective tissue of those multiverses might very well end all life between them.

Honestly, I'm sure people can find things to dislike about DSC, but this actually isn't one of them. The foundation of scientific theory on this show, while bent and stretched for dramatic purposes, is a lot stronger than previous series. They've actually gone and done real science to use for how everything works.

My sources:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/421999/astronomers-find-first-evidence-of-other-universes/
http://earthsky.org/space/bumping-up-against-a-parallel-universe
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/

I am not doubting the existence of other universes or that these parallel universes can touch each other. But if you destroy the Mycelial Network, you might indeed sever the connection between universes, but I would imagine that life in each universe would still continue. It's the idea that the entire multiverse would simply blink out of existence if the Mycelial Network were destroyed, that's what I question! I guess I am not keen on essentially bringing midochlorians into Star Trek!
 
I am not doubting the existence of other universes or that these parallel universes can touch each other. But if you destroy the Mycelial Network, you might indeed sever the connection between universes, but I would imagine that life in each universe would still continue. It's the idea that the entire multiverse would simply blink out of existence if the Mycelial Network were destroyed, that's what I question! I guess I am not keen on essentially bringing midochlorians into Star Trek!
Star Trek has always had "midochlorians."
 
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