Except we've seen the BTS shots of him with La'an on-location. I would guess that the publicity shoot is from the S1 finale and what we saw being shot was from S2.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x10 - "A Quality of Mercy"
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Exactly. They could all be fake. Something to throw us off the finale here
Seeing Paul Wesley's name in the opening credit was a bit of spoiler though. Would have been nice to have gone in without that.
Agreed.
Not sure how I feel about Paul Wesley. Didn't really feel like Kirk at all, which stands in complete contrast to Ethan Peck who's right there, just absolutely nailing it scene after scene.
Great episode, though. My first 10 of the season.
Great episode, though. My first 10 of the season.
I think Paul Wesley got the acting & behavior to be close to Shatner's Kirk, but not the look or body build.
At least in this new timeline, the girl dies.
I liked the episode, but I didn't get any Kirk vibes from Kirk... A pity.
Yeah, that just wasn't Kirk. If you're going to go there, be sure you can. Pine barely scratched the edge an only, really, did it in a "comedic/stereotype Kirk" sort of way.
This guy? Yikes. Who was this? That wasn't Jim Kirk.
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Ok so... this one was pretty good.
I'm a bit torn, though. On the one hand it's nice to see dialogue from Balance of Terror being mirrored here, but on the other hand A) we've seen a Balance of Terror episode a few weeks back and B) it makes some of the writing feel lazy, as it's quoting verbatim the TOS episode where it's not necessary. Also if the UFP fleet is weeks away, how is the Romulan fleet so close, and why?
As for the vision of the future part, again I'm of two minds. It's a nice idea but... I guess my gripe is that now rather than facing his fate because it's the right thing to do, Pike faces it because it's of galactic importance. I thought they'd kill Kirk (who didn't need to be in this episode), which certainly would've been catastrophic for the timeline, but they didn't go that way. Not sure how I feel about those decisions.
Oh, and the guy voicing Scotty is terrible.
I'm a bit torn, though. On the one hand it's nice to see dialogue from Balance of Terror being mirrored here, but on the other hand A) we've seen a Balance of Terror episode a few weeks back and B) it makes some of the writing feel lazy, as it's quoting verbatim the TOS episode where it's not necessary. Also if the UFP fleet is weeks away, how is the Romulan fleet so close, and why?
As for the vision of the future part, again I'm of two minds. It's a nice idea but... I guess my gripe is that now rather than facing his fate because it's the right thing to do, Pike faces it because it's of galactic importance. I thought they'd kill Kirk (who didn't need to be in this episode), which certainly would've been catastrophic for the timeline, but they didn't go that way. Not sure how I feel about those decisions.
Oh, and the guy voicing Scotty is terrible.
They have warp nacelles.
Apparently that was a mistake in TOS. All starships were supposed to have the same badge, apparently, though personally I prefer each ship having its own insignia.
Before the screen turned on I thought they'd actually do it.
Whatever happened before Nero got back to the past is the same as in the Prime timeline, so of course.
And Mignogna!
At least in this new timeline, the girl dies.
Um... What??
Do you have any inkling of how bad this comes across, and with a smiley face to boot? It's the kind of post I'd expect to see on an incel forum.
It comes across as pointing out the switch from the original episode. You're reading far too much into it.
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