Strange New Worlds Season 2 Trailer

[penguin44]

Hmmm. I hope SNW's handling of this is very careful, because this costume design, particularly in conjunction with the beard and mustache, is really evocative of Yellow Peril imagery and stereotypes of Mongolians and Asians in general. We don't know enough to know that this is going to be problematic, but it would be really easy for it to veer into anti-Asian coding unintentionally.

Maybe it's a thing where Khan (Ghengis) gets some really cool weapons via time travel. Who knows, who cares until it airs.

 

[Greg Cox]

That's not even close to my issue with Kirk here. He should be a "Walking stack of books with legs" right now.

I'll be honest. I tend to take that bit with a grain of salt. It was one line of dialogue from a pilot episode before they had worked everything out. In my mind, it's the equivalent of smiling, shouty Spock from "The Cage," an oddity from a first-draft version of STAR TREK that maybe doesn't entirely gibe with what was established later.

If SNW wants to ignore it, I'm fine with that.

 

[cooleddie74]

Although "Shore Leave(TOS)" also states Kirk was "positively grim" at the Academy, a trait which helped motivate Finnegan to bully him.

 

[cooleddie74]

It's Sarek he has secret kids all over the place.

And they're all a mess, too.

 

[Sci]

Maybe it's a thing where Khan (Ghengis) gets some really cool weapons via time travel. Who knows, who cares until it airs.

Using anti-Asian stereotypes, even inadvertantly, is never cool. It's not clear yet if that's what is happening or how that costume design will work. I'm not accusing SNW of anything. I just said, that costume raises my hackles and I hope they were very careful in the production of this episode to avoid stepping on a landmine.

 

[valkyrie013]

It may be the more "Humanoid" Klingons, might be a world they settled away from Quo'nos

 

[KirkusOveractus]

Maybe it's a thing where Khan (Ghengis) gets some really cool weapons via time travel. Who knows, who cares until it airs.

I'm thinking this is what may be the episode dealing with a return to Rigel that had the warrior outside the fortress. The costuming is very similar.

 

[DaveyNY]

I'll be honest. I tend to take that bit with a grain of salt. It was one line of dialogue from a pilot episode before they had worked everything out. In my mind, it's the equivalent of smiling, shouty Spock from "The Cage," an oddity from a first-draft version of STAR TREK that maybe doesn't entirely gibe with what was established later.

If SNW wants to ignore it, I'm fine with that.

I always thought that Mitchell was being a bit facetious with that line.
Like he was pulling Kirks leg.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I'm pretty sure it was just Mitchell projecting his jealousy of Kirk's intelligence -- i.e. the core theme of the episode.

And Kirk has always been portrayed as being smarter than the average bear, and has already been so in SNW.

 

[fireproof78]

I imagine that like many jokes there is a kernel of truth to it. Kirk may not always be super serious, but when he is on the job he is on the job. So much so that in "Shore Leave" he has to practically be tricked in to going on leave.

 

[Mudd]

Maybe it's a thing where Khan (Ghengis) gets some really cool weapons via time travel. Who knows, who cares until it airs.

It's Rigel 7, where the locals killed Pike's crew and fucked him up.

There are several shots in the trailer that look like they belong to this episode.

Pike's not smiling in any of them.

He is, to borrow a phrase, positively grim.

 

[Ovation]

It's Rigel 4, where the locals killed Pike's crew and fucked him up.

There are several shots in the trailer that look like they belong to this episode.

Pike's not smiling in any of them.

He is, to borrow a phrase, positively grim.

Now I want a nod to the fight music from The Cage (the horn section).

 

[Mudd]

The giant with the dental problems on Rigel VII was identified by Vina as "the Kalar."



Reasonable Space Dad is not in a mood to talk about allowances, today...



Still not smiling...

 

[cooleddie74]

"THE KALAR!!!"

Ah, one of that pilot's most memorable utterances. Not quite "THE WOMEN" but a classic!

 

[Mudd]

Yeah, might be a little Genghis goin' on here - or just whatever Western Costume had on the rack that week...

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[cooleddie74]

Desilu in late 1964 probably had access to the wardrobe archives from recent historical epics.

 

[fireproof78]

Now I want a nod to the fight music from The Cage (the horn section).

A cover performed by the Hu.

 

[Noname Given]

Desilu in late 1964 probably had access to the wardrobe archives from recent historical epics.

Probably got it from:

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(Hey, RKO did sell some of its studio facilities to Desilu Studios in 1957 - no lie )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures

On January 22, 1957, after a year and a half without a notable success, RKO announced that it was closing its domestic distribution offices—Universal would take over most future releases—and that a reduced production wing would move to the Culver City lot.[216] In fact, General Tire shut down RKO production for good.[217] Overseas distribution exchanges were dispensed with: RKO Japan Ltd. was sold to Disney and the British Commonwealth Film Corporation in July 1957, and RKO Radio Pictures Ltd. in the UK was dissolved a year later.[218] The Hollywood and Culver City facilities were sold in late 1957 for $6.15 million to Desilu Productions, owned by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, who had been an RKO contract player from 1935 to 1942. Desilu was acquired by Gulf and Western Industries in 1967 and merged into G+W's other production company, neighboring Paramount Pictures; the former RKO Hollywood studio, FBO's old home, is now part of the Paramount lot...

 

[cooleddie74]

Happy 40th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi!

 

[fireproof78]

Happy 40th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi!

Better.