Yeah, you quoted me before I deleted that post. Spock's katra wasn't even in his own head at that point.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x05 - "Charades"
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Yeah, you quoted me before I deleted that post. Spock's katra wasn't even in his own head at that point.
Exactly. This was a "clean slate" Spock who didn't even possess his katra at this point, McCoy did.
Everything. All of this needs saying again. And more. I'm blown away.
The Anomaly Aliens and the Talosians went to the same School of Reconstructive Surgery.
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Spock gave McCoy what ever sex link he had with is "girlfriend".
T'Pau gave the sex link back to Spock, but did she delete the sex Link from McCoy's brain?
A few years later, McCoy and Spock may have both been summoned, by mystical Vulcan forces, to the same woman, somewhere, to mate with simultaneously.
You are wrong.
Spock gave McCoy what ever sex link he had with is "girlfriend".
T'Pau gave the sex link back to Spock, but did she delete the sex Link from McCoy's brain?
A few years later, McCoy and Spock may have both been summoned, by mystical Vulcan forces, to the same woman, somewhere, to mate with simultaneously.
This was one of those Treks that if it fell short in selling Spock's transformation it would have been painful. It couldn't have been executed any better.
I was imagining a bookend later on, where something very similar happened to Chapel, and Spock had to learn to accept Chapel for better or worse, after having transformed into an Australian.
Yeah, this one was consistently entertaining. Last week's had hiccups of dwindling interest.
Chapel aside, Spock's also veering into canon breaking territory in his characterization. He's a full on human lover in the episode's ending, chewing out T'Pril for saying a human couldn't have done the ceremony. But come TOS he's saying stuff like, "Ah yes, one of your Earth emotions".
Perhaps it is time to treat it as a new timeline?
I believe that will allow the precious canon to be preserved while allowing entertainment to continue?
Nimoy always delivered those lines in a haughty, playful way. I never thought that TOS Spock was somehow clueless about human emotions, just that he was above them. So I don't see a big disconnect in characterization, especially since SNW Spock will obviously shift back into pure Vulcan mode at some point.
Wrong, and misunderstanding the point of everything Sturgeon was doing in "Amok Time."
Like any other writer worth a spit, he was never telling stories about aliens - just human beings.
It's wonderful to see Trek finally commit fully to writing about its characters in contemporary terms. Genuflecting too long to outdated tropes and narrow formats has been slowly killing the property, and it seems as if everybody who's taken it on in this century has more or less recognized it but fumbled the ball to some degree or another. Not these folks.
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No. And Spock is clearly joking with Kirk in that scene.
After a traumatizing breakup with Chapel, he could go all stoic again. And then when Chapel tries to hook up with him again in TOS he rejects her because he doesn't want to be hurt again! It all makes sense!
Are you sure it isn't time for a colorful metaphor?
Color me surprised. I was expecting a mundane, overly overdone comedy and I got a sometimes subtle, amusing, charming episode with some strange new aliens. I'll credit the writing and direction but the actors were no slouches either. Keep up the winning streak SNW.
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