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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x09 - "Subspace Rhapsody"

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And even the first episode of the regular series in production order featured a diminutive alien the size of a human child using an actual puppet of a more intimidating alien to threaten the crew of the Enterprise with destruction, all before telling them it was all a test and offering them room temperature alien alcohol they didn't even scan before drinking in case, you know, it was a trick to kill them.
 
The early Trek shows adopted language and postures that were more formal and circumspect, suggesting a higher regard for reason and process than the content of most episodes displayed.
 
And even the first episode of the regular series in production order featured a diminutive alien the size of a human child using an actual puppet of a more intimidating alien to threaten the crew of the Enterprise with destruction, all before telling them it was all a test and offering them room temperature alien alcohol they didn't even scan before drinking in case, you know, it was a trick to kill them.
I figure that's how the aliens are going to get me.
 
I was disappointed we didn't get more serious singing from the Klingons. I was expecting some opera.
They did do an opera version, but they felt it was too predictable and too much like all the other singing, so they did an alternate version.

Maybe it will be a blu-ray special feature.

Maybe I'm wrong, but TOS/TNG/DS9 seemed to have more accurate references to science
They really didn't.
 
They did do an opera version, but they felt it was too predictable and too much like all the other singing, so they did an alternate version.
I can see that. We really should be more surprised that the Klingons singing opera heading into battle isn't already a thing without an anomaly.

They really didn't.
Most TNG era "science" looked like the writers saw something on the cover of a Discover or Popular Science magazine, then made up some bullshit particles to explain it.
 
I can see that. We really should be more surprised that the Klingons singing opera heading into battle isn't already a thing without an anomaly.


Most TNG era "science" looked like the writers saw something on the cover of a Discover or Popular Science magazine, then made up some bullshit particles to explain it.
Bullshitium readings are off the chart, Captain!!!!!! ;)
 
Anyone notice they had a pretty impressive array of singers on-hand? This was probably the one time they would have had enough high-level vocalists an episode like this. La'an and Uhura were trained performers, and Una, Spock, and Kirk were able to carry out solo or duet numbers quite well. Even Pike, though he wasn't as strong a vocalist, managed to make his songs work.
 
Maybe I'm wrong, but TOS/TNG/DS9 seemed to have more accurate references to science, other cultural things like music, chess, etc. Or at least more of a focus on it.

Nope, but they did try their hardest to sell it as actual science. Especially the TNG/DS9/VOY actors often stated in interviews that trying to be serious about all the made up words and sell them as actual science was incredibly hard. Leave it to people like LeVar Burton to bring that mumbojumbo to live and actually make us believe that that's how warp engines work, and that the systems actually exist and work like that. It's called damned impressive acting.
 
Nope, but they did try their hardest to sell it as actual science. Especially the TNG/DS9/VOY actors often stated in interviews that trying to be serious about all the made up words and sell them as actual science was incredibly hard.

Yeah, but you could say the same about any fantastic dialogue you don't necessarily understand yourself and that isn't necessarily even accurate. That's the job of an actor. Maggie Smith complaining about the nonsense lines she had in the Harry Potter movies doesn't make Hogwarts any more realistic.
 
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