Well, yeah. If you don't like a particular story, it will sink the whole season for you.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 5x01 - "Red Directive"
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Well, yeah. If you don't like a particular story, it will sink the whole season for you.
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Psst. They have this streaming thing where you watch them when it works for you . . .
Count me as one who misses the 26 episode seasons and for all the reasons you list.
DS9, my personal favorite, mastered the art of using those episodes effectively. They used a handful for the larger arc. And then a bunch for experimentation and focusing on different characters. I loved that mix.
The main thing the lower episode count gets you are better SFx. They can spend more dollars per episode. I don't tend to watch for the SFx and prefer the stories, so that's not such a plus for me.
And, agreed, even with the lower episode count, there still is filler!
Ugh, that can't be fun. Hope you're holding up OK.
These aren't young adults and a young adult novel. I dint need to hear about people's feelings every episode especially crying. We watch this stuff to get away from the real world.
Kovich is a fan of Risa it seems
https://x.com/gaghyogi49/status/1776701410182066267?s=46&t=GJ4lIGndtLwuph_LJO2AJw
https://x.com/gaghyogi49/status/1776701410182066267?s=46&t=GJ4lIGndtLwuph_LJO2AJw
Maybe you do.
I watch it to engage with a potential future where people can be their best selves, where decency matters, where kindness and empathy are not viewed as weakness. The same reason I watched when I was 11 only now it's turned up to 11.
I've actually been writing a novel for the past two years which involves a lot of "people talking about their feelings."
Thing is, it happens when appropriate. And some characters are repressed and can't talk about their feelings, while others are pretty shallow, just in for drinking and having a good time.
I think having a wide range of characters like this is important, because it means you can mix up dynamics from scene to scene depending on who's involved.
Fuck that. I watch it for people actually being accepted as they are, emotions and all. Fuck escapism if that's what it means.
We watched this last night. Wow, that was *fun*!
- Fred was fun. Too bad he died.
- L'ak and Moll are intriguing. What do they think they're after? I like how they mirror how Book & Michael were.
- So lovely to see Culber checking in on how Book is doing.
- Tilly obviously can't flirt. It was kind of adorable.
- Book got sent off by the Fed at the end of last season, so I found his and Michael's awkwardness with each other realistic. They did a breakup without actually saying it and now have to deal with it.
- Staments being pissed they aren't going forward with the spore drive was realistic too. Now he's concerned he won't have a legacy. I found that a nice addition to his character.
- Vance is The Awesome. He obviously didn't like being left in the dark either.
- Adira saying that she both likes and doesn't like being without Grey was a lovely and (again) realistic scene.
- My hubby was *thrilled* they're following up on The Chase! He felt that was too important to leave unmentioned ever again. I said the writers obviously agreed.
- I liked the deflectors-stop-an-avalanche and all the back and forth between Michael and Rayner beforehand.
- Rayner is a terrific new addition.
- Phaser pistol telescopes into high power rifle. Simply genius.
I think it's a new thing. And I like it! Tricorders got smaller--phasers got longer! It's that programmable matter stuff! It's better than Play Doh!
Looked new.Yeah, that’s a neat concept! Did we see that before or was that a new thing?
This is the first time we've seen the 32nd Century Starfleet Phaser Rifle. They only used the Hand Phasers last season.Yeah, that’s a neat concept! Did we see that before or was that a new thing?
Also I think the phasers are created as needed by a wrist mounted replicator. I thought initially the phasers were on the wrist and then just telescoped out, but in the scene were Burnham is trying to deactivate the drones, she drops her phaser into one of the statues eye sockets and then just creates another one using her wrist device. I also liked the scene where Tilly asks for a coffee and one just 3D prints on her bedside table.
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It was new. This is the biggest evolutionary leap in phaser technology we've seen in the franchise.
Hope we get prop highlights soon. Besides the characters, the props are pretty interesting this season.
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