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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x08 - "All In"

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There's nothing wrong with crying over something you like.
Emotions are a natural part of life, supressing them is unhealthy.

1000%

I mean, I don't get where this aversion to emotions comes from in some spaces in fandom. I was brought up in a pretty "tough guy" environment, and I did stereotypical "tough guy" things all through life (played football into college, for example, which is considered a pretty meathead thing to do by many), and I have no issue with tears or open emotionalism in drama or in real life. Passion is a beautiful thing sometimes. Let people show it!
 
Whoa, it really does have two directors credited! That's not just unusual, I think that's actually unprecedented for Star Trek, at least for the live action episodes.

Seems to suggest there were extensive reshoots due to something not working out, no?
 
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I mean, I don't get where this aversion to emotions comes from in some spaces in fandom. I was brought up in a pretty "tough guy" environment, and I did stereotypical "tough guy" things all through life (played football into college, for example, which is considered a pretty meathead thing to do by many), and I have no issue with tears or open emotionalism in drama or in real life. Passion is a beautiful thing sometimes. Let people show it!
There isnt really much of an aversion to emotion. That is something posters are getting tarred with because some of us believe that there are a few too many scenes of they are terribly written when they are put in.
Prime example was Tilly's promotion scene.
 
There isnt really much of an aversion to emotion. That is something posters are getting tarred with because some of us believe that there are a few too many scenes of they are terribly written when they are put in.
Prime example was Tilly's promotion scene.

So, you've been oppressed with a slanderous and inaccurate slant on your well-founded and completely objective criticisms...primarily in an attempt to discredit your completely thoughtful and constructive negative opinions?

That must be tough.

:rofl:
 
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I get "misty eyed" during poignant moments in TV/movies fairly often.

But The Visitor is the only Trek episode that can make me bawl.

The Visitor definitely gets me. Other candidates (ranging from misty-eyed to bawl):

The father/son "very proud" scene in TWOK (hits me more now as a father than it ever did in the past)
The "oh...oh it's me!" revelation in The Inner Light
George Kirk's final moments in Star Trek (great combination of performance and musical score)

I'm sure there are a few others....Picard's final scene in ...All Good Things (at the poker table) is pretty emotional as well.

Seems to suggest there were extensive reshoots due to something not working out, no?

Maybe they brought in a guest director for the fight scenes?
 
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So, you've been oppressed with a slanderous and inaccurate slant on your well-founded and completely objective criticisms...primarily in an attempt to discredit your completely thoughtful and constructive negative opinions?

That must be tough.

:rofl:
I know your being humourous but terms like oppressed are way over the top.
 
All I'm going to say is: if Book is back on Discovery at the end of the season, how they get there better be damn good. As it is, it looks he'll be written out of the show. Every time Burnham gave Book an "out" during this episode, he doubled-down.

He's committed to what he's doing, for reasons that are perfectly understandable but indisputably put him at odds with the Federation.
 
The Visitor definitely gets me. Other candidates (ranging from misty-eyed to bawl):

The father/son "very proud" scene in TWOK (hits me more now as a father than it ever did in the past)
The "oh...oh it's me!" revelation in The Inner Light
George Kirk's final moments in Star Trek (great combination of performance and musical score)

I'm sure there are a few others....Picard's final scene in ...All Good Things (at the poker table) is pretty emotional as well.
Jake and Kira on the promenade at the end of DS9. Also Kira and Odos goodbye.

Kirks speech at Spock's funeral.

Data finding Spot in GEN. Anything involving Picard and his family in that movie.

The FC soundtrack.
 
My prediction is that Gray and Adira will come back at the end of the season and save the day somehow. There's no way they just "wrote them out" of the show.
 
They used to say the same about commander Nhan, though…

Yeah, but I think DSC is more invested in Adira and Gray being involved in the fabric of the show, given the accolades the show received for representation through these characters (and performers). My worry is that if they don't find an organic and reasonable way to do it, it will look silly.

They were good characters who (in my opinion) were never organically fit into the crew very well. It's a shame.
 
Also, Gray at least got a mention by Stamets in this one about settling into his new life on Trill. Nhan was completely forgotten about the moment she was left on the seed ship.
 
Also, Gray at least got a mention by Stamets in this one about settling into his new life on Trill. Nhan was completely forgotten about the moment she was left on the seed ship.

I actually don't want one or both to come back and save the day. I am not a fan of either character, which is a shame because they both had great potential (meaning, they were conceived as very good, interesting characters) and I really like Stamets and Culber...so it would have been cool to see some better integration and relationships there, but I just don't see it happening. And as such, I've grown sort of biased against liking those two characters. I'd rather see Tilly come back at this point. She was much more organically integrated with the other main cast members.

YMMV of course.
 
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