At this point just leave Pike as is. Stop trying to tear him down, besmirch him or treat him poorly.
He's a solid, likable leader. That is sufficient.
He's a solid, likable leader. That is sufficient.
No, thanks.Fully agreed. Don't change Pike. Just from time to time put him in more interesting and difficult situations.
No, thanks.
We can do the old gag from the sitcoms when i was a kid where nobody in the house can make a sound or the cake will fall. Then the ship goes to red alert.Fully agreed. Don't change Pike. Just from time to time put him in more interesting and difficult situations.
I'll try that, thanks.If you don't want to see characters put into "interesting and difficult situations" you'll do well to stay away from fiction altogether. Even the puppets in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe faced their challenges - that's called "a story."
I'll try that, thanks.
You don't have to lie to make friends.We'll miss you here, sorta.
I have a feeling that the consequences of Part 2 of Hegemony may give us that.Also, Pike needs a demon again. One of the great things in S1 was Pike struggling with his Fate while still being The Captain. Call it the "Bones, what if I'm WRONG" factor. I'm fine that Pike had some resolution at the end of S1. But that can't be the entire underpinning of his "feet of clay".
I hate the angled pylons on the SNW Enterprise.![]()
See? Why is that unpopular? It's just true.![]()
Especially the movie Enterprise. Try building the model kit. Those pylons have to be reinforced with metal just to support the warp nacelles, otherwise they'll sag. TOS Enterprise is better. Don't know how well the SNW Enterpise would fare.They still look too spindly. I was watching TOS on TV the other night at a restaurant and the establishing shot reminded me of just how thin those pylons look. Yes, I know, I know, people will go "But, teh future!" No, it doesn't change my view that the pylons on the TOS, TMP, and SNW Enterprise don't impress me.
I don't think the Enterprise is real either.Not a real spaceship.
What'sIf you look at real spaceships - the ISS, Mir, Apollo, Soyuz, Gemini, - they ALL look fabulously spindly! Somehow I associate this look with "space stuff". The Discoprise is way too sturdy. Like a toy. Or a Star Wars ship. Not a real spaceship.
Obviously. Solar panels, antennae, radiators, gripping arms, opened hatches, external thrusters, that whole lander on the Apollo.What's
What's spindly about Apollo, Gemini or Soyuz? They all look pretty solid.
MIR and ISS are space stations. The "spindly" parts are mostly solar panels, yes?
Fully agreed. Don't change Pike. Just from time to time put him in more interesting and difficult situations.
I rewatched The Squall, last night, the 'Aspen' acting was good until they, as Captain Angel went all Christmas Panto villian.I liked Angel generally, and they were also good for Spock both in the "Aspen" persona and even more so as themself.
And they weren't evil.
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