It'd be a pretty terrible show if I didn't care if Earth got blown up.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x10 - "The Galactic Barrier"
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I was a bit tired watching that after a stupidly busy morning at work. Screw you, retail! 
I think the crew works out a compromise with Species 10-C so that they can somehow continue to mine the minerals they need. I also think saving Ni'Var and Earth from the approaching DMA will go a long way to paving the way for them back in the Federation.
Saru and T'Rina both continue to charm me.
Adira's back! I hope we get a flash of Gray on Trill at some point this year.
I think the crew works out a compromise with Species 10-C so that they can somehow continue to mine the minerals they need. I also think saving Ni'Var and Earth from the approaching DMA will go a long way to paving the way for them back in the Federation.
Saru and T'Rina both continue to charm me.
Adira's back! I hope we get a flash of Gray on Trill at some point this year.
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The DMA could be a terrible weapon if it fell into the wrong hands. I wonder if there are any Emerald Chain parties lining up to co-opt First Contact.
Ni'Var is already back in ("All Is Possible").
One moment I really appreciated was the revelation that all this time all our faith we put in the universal translators was affected by confirmation bias.
that part didn’t make any sense to me: why would this first contact be any different from the thousands they had so far? And bringing out all those museum pieces…
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Exactly. This isn't even the first case of extragalactic first contact.
D'oh. I do watch, honestly.
*Backs away from the thread.8
Earth can still go back to the Federation, so my thought half-stands at least.
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Works for me. Gives more time for Kovich's Immaculate Infodumps©!
They needed to establish he's on the ship so he can be important later. Presumably.
To be honest I needed the reminder as well. It's been like 300 episodes since then.D'oh. I do watch, honestly.
he’ll probably show up again soon.
For a show intent on portraying a positive future... it goes out of its way in creating calamities that show the opposite.
If the series wanted to showcase a positive future... shouldn't we see something along the lines of UFP exploration outside the Milky Way, ongoing construction of certain megastructures (or a UFP equivalent that does the same thing but on a smaller scale due to technological evolution/technical efficiency) and showing us how the galaxy changed in the past 800 odd years for other species and how their relationships with the rest of the galaxy (including UFP) evolved?
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At this point, it would have more resonance with me if something like that happened on Prodigy or Lower Decks... and in the first 2 seasons of Disco.
In the 32nd century? The show managed to make me not particularly care about what happens to Earth given the approach the writers took to the entire era.
indeed. Earth itself was in peril once or twice on tng, on discovery it seems to happen every year.
And TOS threatened the future. DS9 showed military coups and aliens attacking Earth. It's pretty much trended since TMP.
the various math Equations seen in this episode are real, and were provided by Trek's current science advisor
https://twitter.com/timothypeel1/status/1497369746177679372
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Yes, we know Disco got a few things correct... such as using certain drugs for what they're actually used, etc.
But in terms of everything else, the show got MANY stuff wrong because they pushed it too far into the future with vritually 0 overall changes in power sources, FTL, UFP technological level, etc... how this technology would impact the galaxy at large, etc.
Berman era Trek also got a few things right... some of which led to real life inventions... Disco? It would be correct in terms of programmable matter, but we're at best 20 ot 30 odd years away from it when you take into consideration we already developed molecular manufacturing in 2015 and atomic scale manufacturing in 2018.
In fact I wouldn't be surprised if programmable matter is introduced in the 2030-ies in some form.
Wow! I was very impressed by this episode and gave it a 9. That's rare from. I thought the character work with Book and Tarka were top notch. And the action of the Discovery's crossing of the barrier was well down. The only part I rolled my eyes was went the bridge crew started naming all the Earth places they'd go to settle themselves down. 
But that was minor.
I do hear and understand the complaints that this type of episode should've been much earlier on in the season. Yeah, the season did stall out. Lots of padding in the middle. But this episode itself was very nicely done.
And I'll reiterate what I've said before but add to it. Clearly, 10C is from another universe or dimension and just are so dissimilar to our type of life that it has no conception that its mining is even harming anyone. Zora will stay with 10C as it travels to help them understanding and avoid harming the indigenous life in our universe. My new update is that Tarka will also travel with Zora and 10C in the hunt for his friend.
But that was minor.I do hear and understand the complaints that this type of episode should've been much earlier on in the season. Yeah, the season did stall out. Lots of padding in the middle. But this episode itself was very nicely done.
And I'll reiterate what I've said before but add to it. Clearly, 10C is from another universe or dimension and just are so dissimilar to our type of life that it has no conception that its mining is even harming anyone. Zora will stay with 10C as it travels to help them understanding and avoid harming the indigenous life in our universe. My new update is that Tarka will also travel with Zora and 10C in the hunt for his friend.
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