Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 3x07 - "Unification III"

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Discovery' started by Commander Richard, Nov 25, 2020.

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Rate the episode...

  1. 10 - Worth the wait.

    19.4%
  2. 9

    19.4%
  3. 8

    23.1%
  4. 7

    13.8%
  5. 6

    8.1%
  6. 5

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  7. 4

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  8. 3

    0.8%
  9. 2

    1.6%
  10. 1 - They should have stopped at "II".

    3.2%
  1. Agony_Boothb

    Agony_Boothb Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Trekkies may then actually get along for once. At any rate i have very little time for 'not trek people' doesn't matter which trek series they are a fan of the most.
     
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  2. Discofan

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    Actually, the only future he saw was a screwed up one.
     
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  3. Agony_Boothb

    Agony_Boothb Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Where did i claim discovery would be or should be different? My point is that people can develop a new appreciation for things they once didn't like. I didn't like enterprise when it first aired but now i think there is some really good storytelling going on particularly season 3 and 4.
     
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  4. Discofan

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    There are two episodes of season three that Brannon Braga hated particularly, he doesn't (in the interview) even remember them correctly, he refers to one as "That de-evolving episode" and the other as "That beauty and the beast episode", my guess is that he didn't have much to do with either.:D
     
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  5. Yistaan

    Yistaan Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    But I'm pretty sure he knew by Daniels' reaction that it was supposed to be a good one (not messed up by Romulans).
     
  6. cooleddie74

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    [*Steals your dilithium crystals*]
     
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  7. DaveyNY

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    You already are...
     
  8. Bollie74

    Bollie74 Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Please take this as a compliment as intended, you must be exhausted given how frequently you are the voice of reason in the forums. :)
     
  9. TimeIsAPredator

    TimeIsAPredator Commodore Commodore

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    Are we talking about when his wife does?
    Much more apt than all the DIS crying
     
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  10. DaveyNY

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    I have one small quibble with your post ... (otherwise, I got nothin') :techman:
    My grandparents lived out in the boonies of upstate NY (Palatine Bridge) and she definitely had a form of "cable" back in the sixties.
    I remember watching both WPIX-11 from New York City & WSBK TV-38 from Boston as a kid.
    They also got two different PBS stations, one from Schenectady and one from Syracuse.
    (I remember seeing a "box" on top of their TV as well)
     
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  11. fireproof78

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    You are very kind. Honestly, it comes down to me just wanting to understand these different points of view. Some, though, are completely foreign to me.
     
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  12. Bad Thoughts

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    Are we supposed to judge when people cry or give them permission based on what we think is appropriate?

    Lots of people have cried in Star Trek. Often it is because someone has or has nearly died. On the other hand, Picard cried because he found out that he was living someone else's live. Nog cried when he was forced to admit that he wanted to join Starfleet to avoid his father's fate. He also cried when he was forced to admit he was afraid to fight again. Rand cried when Kirk was convicted. Sisko, while experiencing Benny Russell's life, cried because Russell'l story was rejected.

    And the last time Sisko cries in Emissary is because he is forced to admit he is having trouble moving on.

    There are various reasons to cry, both in real life and dramatically. Being forced to reveal a truth about oneself often is a reason to cry. To say that the Discovery has experienced something traumatic should be a given. They may well be closer to tears than normal.
     
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  13. fireproof78

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    This is probably the most important part. There is more going on for Burnham and her being near tears makes sense for that character. It's where she is at. It isn't emotional manipulation or trying to get the audience to feel something. It's just her character.

    And like any other character if I don't relate I move on.
     
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  14. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    OK the true cause of the burn :)

    There was an enormous cascading feedback that rippled down back through time from the far future caused by the emotions of Michael Burnham and this caused all the dilithium to go inert causing a big boom everywhere.
    The End
     
  15. Tuskin38

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    Neither writer worked on TOS

    The episode never said the destruction was caused by the Romulans.
     
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  16. Ar-Pharazon

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    It might have met in the middle with all the Captain Kirk over acting and caused a rift ;)
     
  17. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    A spacial anomally no doubt......
     
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  18. Lord Garth

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    Is crying supposed to be the new "What are TOS characters doing in Discovery?" Or is it the new complaining about "SJWs"? The latter of which never actually went away.

    I guess we should have All Macho Trek all the time. Burnham goes on a killing spree, smokes a cigarette, then says, "All in a day's work! Even the Empress is terrified of me! We fight for peace just like I fuck Book for virginity!"

    And it's even more fun when someone using sources from the Fandom Menace tells me that I've spent the past 41 years not knowing what the definition of crying is. And uses a Wikipedia Article that needs citations, just to "win" an argument. Which was then called out immediately. The whole thing is ridiculous.
     
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  19. Lord Garth

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    TV-38 is where I first saw The Motion Picture on The Movie Loft! It's also the channel I used to watch VOY on, during Wednesday Nights... except when it was pre-empted by Hockey. Then it was on another night. Good times!

    My brother had a friend whose father worked at TV-38 in the '90s. I should've asked for his business card at the time, so I could have the business connection later on, but I was 18 and not thinking about that.
     
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  20. NCC-73515

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    simple facts:

    the bussard collectors are red in the intro, but blue in the show, so the colors are not the same anyway.
    similarly, the vulcan thumb is red in the intro, but never in any of the shows, cause it's a stylized intro that might have made the thumb red to remind people how to do it right XD

    the interview came out months after disco premiered, so it's unlikely the people responsible for it still were confused about it (the pic ship confusion happened just after the vfx were done in a rush).

    some of the crystals you show are white.
    i don't know where your picture is from, but time crystals are green in valley of shadows:
    https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/epics/DSC-S2/DSC-S2E12-57.jpg
    https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/epics/DSC-S2/DSC-S2E12-72.jpg
    https://dsc.star-trek.info/albums/S...very_2x12-ThroughTheValleyOfShadows_03093.jpg
    https://dsc.star-trek.info/albums/S...very_2x12-ThroughTheValleyOfShadows_03119.jpg
    https://dsc.star-trek.info/albums/S...very_2x12-ThroughTheValleyOfShadows_03493.jpg

    facts or not? logical or not?

    perhaps you really should watch it again ;)