I think it started off well but felt let down by how they escaped.
The villain's became very stupid.
The villain's became very stupid.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x07 - "The Serene Squall"
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That makes me wonder now just which Sybok we're going to get in this show. That he consorts with space pirates isn't really a good sign though...
Unfortunately it was a setup, CGI effects and all, that never paid off.
I admit her portrayal before her reveal was more fun even if I do love a hammy villain.
Careful. This is dangerously close to saying that representing minorities in fiction doesn' t matter.
Ugh. First flop of the season. Had to give it a 6.
I hate it when the hero ship is taken over way too easily. I like La'an, but dang she looked bad in this one allowing the ship to be hijacked so very easily!
The cutesy stuff with the cooking and the mutiny plan didn't work. Going for cutesy comedy but it was bad. A then to have the cutesy bad stuff save the day for the sloppy security on the Enterprise just added insult to injury.
I did give this episode a bonus point for some very nice character moments, particularly between Spock and Chapel and the pirate lady. But you can't make an entire episode out of a few character moments.
First SNW episode to actively annoy me at points. It was looking like it was going to be a cat and mouse game between the Enterprise crew and the pirates, but alas it fell apart.
Here's hoping to a return to form next week!
I hate it when the hero ship is taken over way too easily. I like La'an, but dang she looked bad in this one allowing the ship to be hijacked so very easily!
The cutesy stuff with the cooking and the mutiny plan didn't work. Going for cutesy comedy but it was bad. A then to have the cutesy bad stuff save the day for the sloppy security on the Enterprise just added insult to injury.
I did give this episode a bonus point for some very nice character moments, particularly between Spock and Chapel and the pirate lady. But you can't make an entire episode out of a few character moments.
First SNW episode to actively annoy me at points. It was looking like it was going to be a cat and mouse game between the Enterprise crew and the pirates, but alas it fell apart.
Here's hoping to a return to form next week!
One of the most acclaimed episodes of TOS featured a villain (who Trek has been rehashing for decades including making him the ancestor of La'an) who took over the Enterprise after reading some technical manuals in sickbay.
The show runners shouldn't worry about offending people. There is no right to not be offended, and, in fact, it can be mentally healthy to be forced to cope with opinions and things you don't agree with- that's part and parcel of being an adult.
Tell the stories you want, and the offended can either get over it, watch something else, or go scream in their safe space. Next week, maybe I'll be offended. A lot of things offend me, but I don't walk around with a chip on my shoulder about them.
Makes it hard to get the cannon balls in!
Ha, I also give it a 6, but my 6 meant "lots of weak parts but ultimately narrowly succeeds."
If they had been able to make one of those pirates read as a specific, unique character and not just "generic buffoon type", it really could have worked.
Or if they'd just skipped over that whole middle sequence. We didn't need it. We could have had that holding cell scene -- "Alpha Braga IV?" "Alpha Braga IV!" -- and then the next time we see them they're in command of the ship (knowing look: "Alpha Braga IV"). The interesting story was Spock, Chapel, T'Pring, and Angel, we could have used more time there, and we can just jump over the mechanics in the other plot.
That other star franchise had to put up disclaimers because the Order 66 flashbacks caused a bunch of complaints even though Kenobi airing right after a school shooting was a coincidence.
At the end of the day, the show is a business. They want to keep subscriptions. If you look over at the X-Men movies, the character of William Stryker was changed into a generic military villain when the comic book version was a religious fanatic who killed his own employee upon finding out that she was a mutant and thus a blasphemy to his religion. I think Sybok might also be turned into generic terror villain instead of the space televangelist organizing hateful rallies that Shatner originally intended him to be.
We don't need your brand of 'accuracy '. We need tons of representation and to be loud and visible sonthat we are real human beings to cishet people.
This is an unreliable narrative because the majority of queer people remain in the closet to avoid being discriminated against.
Her mannerisms, hairstyle and casualwear screams Sapphic butch.
I say again, citation needed
Disney is its own worst enemy in so many ways someone will probably end up writing a book on it.
More of personal curiosity than any real comment but a flop is a 6?
Indeed. Lots of things offend me, even in Trek. So what? Somehow, life goes on. It's a mystery as to how.
When I was watching this last night, I wasn’t sure what to make of the ham and cheese sandwich I was being served. But I think I’ve come down on the side of “loved it.” It was almost a covert comedy episode, but it also delivered not one but two good twists. What fun.
I have to admit, my first reaction at the beginning of episode was “More T’Pring already?” But the character relationships are really paying off. I’m finally starting to see why they included Chapel in the show.
I have to admit, my first reaction at the beginning of episode was “More T’Pring already?” But the character relationships are really paying off. I’m finally starting to see why they included Chapel in the show.
That's almost exactly my take as well. Getting the Enterprise back out at the edge of known space and beyond. But then T'Pring, as usual, is there. Starfleet can rescue them if they can only get the message off. Etc.When they were setting up how far out they were at the beginning of this one, how they needed to drop buoys even to be able to communicate, I said "Ohhhh, I LOVE how SNW is making space big again!" What a delightful departure from Discovery's practice of having all points in the galaxy only one hour away from each other, I thought.
Then at the end it took T'Pring 30 seconds to get there from Vulcan. It was nice while it lasted.I'm just going to tell myself a lot more time elapsed between scenes there than was suggested.
Discovering "strange, new worlds" kind of requires going past known space!
I respect the English language (including usage of articles).