Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x04 - "Among the Lotus Eaters"
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Tell(emachus) me about it!
So the three landing party members that were lost 5 tears ago two weeks before The Cage adventure and 3 before discovery had the current uniforms? I don't get it. When Pike was introduced during STD they made a big deal put of the new uniform colors. This current team needs to pay attention.
No, they don't.
Be nice if they did. But, new uniforms in a military organization have test commands. Possibility the Enterprise and other Starship class ships were the test commands.
That ship sailed in q and a
You just gotta go with it. It's like pretending that the Enterprise looks the same, or that DSC Klingons look the same in season 1 and 2. Just mentally squint past it.
They looked at them and said. "Nope".
Actually, while I rarely nitpick things, I agree with you. We saw Cage-like uniforms in 'The Trouble With Edward', and on the photo of Pike and April. It would have made a very nice -and logical- choice.
You have to give 2040s Trek a chance to make episodes that explain continuity errors/changes of former Trek episodes. Just like DS9 explained the make-up change in Klingons and SNW explained the date errors of the Eugenic Wars. It's a tradition
No, just people who aren't in my life.
And just to clarify, it's the character I don't like, not the actress. Ortega sort of reminds me of a female Tom Paris and that's probably mostly the writers' fault. Maybe I'm imagining things but it seems like I've seen too many "I'm the best pilot" episodes in Star Trek.
Sort of how they made Dr. Pulaski a female version of McCoy (although probably not that bad.)
We did?
Yeah, my dog was not happy with it and didn’t stick around long.
mayyyyybe dogs aren't the primary target audience of SNW?
Someone has to be at the helm 168 hours a week, but Ortega sleeps 8 hours a night and expects 6 hours personal time per day and maybe weekends off completely as well as 4 to 6 weeks of annual leave per year.
What exactly does she think that she means when she says "I fly the Enterprise"?
She is 1 of 20 people who can fly the Enterprise, and one of 10 people on a regular shift rotation who spend a third of a day flying the ship even if its in a straight line through deep space that requires no course corrections or power steering, just looking at the forward view screen trying not to sleep.
However...
Is she the Chief Helmswoman? A section head who writes the duty roster every week, deciding who works and who sleeps and who gets promoted and who gets demoted or transferred. Which is a clerical job behind a desk and hardly matches her personality, unless she abuses her situation to make sure that she is always on duty when Pike is, and always on duty when they meet a new planet or something equally cool, which is not fair to the other 9 people piloting the Enterprise that they never get to do anything fun.
I demand inclusivity for dogs!!
My poor little dog likes to watch tv with me. They can make it up to him next week by finally including M’ress or one of the Caitans. That would more than entice him.
Back to Ortegas, I found it unfortunate that they finally had the chance to explore the character and the only revelation we got about who she is, was “I fly the ship!” Well, no shit, we figured that one out in her very first scene in episode one. The actress got to show a little more range, however, and has the potential to be more than just the irreverent jock pilot with a penchant for banter and backchat. At the moment though, she’s by far the least interesting character on the show.
My friend's cats watch LDS with himI demand inclusivity for dogs!!
It was like Hanks in Castaway screaming "I have made fire!" - just not as well earned or meaningful
Imagine such a scene in Conundrum after the display shows the core crew:
Ro: I fly!! I fly!!
Worf: Waah I'm not the captain!!
Picard: I am Henery the 8th I am, Henery the 8th I am I am...
More on Ortegas, the actress, not the character. Melissa Navia’s partner died of leukemia a few years ago. As someone who has lost loved ones to disease, I feel for her. She’s making the best of it so I’m trying to open up more to her character. It’s a strange thing, trying to separate a character from the person portraying them. How can you like one but not the other? I hope to see her character development improve, assuming we’re going to get some more years out of this series, there are plenty of opportunities.
We’ve got some good backstories for Una and La’an, let’s see one for Ortegas.
We’ve got some good backstories for Una and La’an, let’s see one for Ortegas.
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