Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x03 - "Shuttle to Kenfori"
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The one episode that Michael should be in.
I was actually thinking that while I understand why they used moss rather than fungus (so they wouldn't be accused of ripping off The Last of Us) it meant they gave up a golden opportunity for Pike to crack some sort of joke to himself about how he thought he'd seen the last of spores.
Maybe the zombies were supposed to be a kind of metaphor for Captain Batel's treatment. A zombie represents a loss of self. This could foreshadow what will happen to Batel.
I loved this episode. I have to say - Babs Olusanmokun is a phenomenal, compelling actor. It's great to see Ortegas becoming a more prominent character as well.
I loved this episode. I have to say - Babs Olusanmokun is a phenomenal, compelling actor. It's great to see Ortegas becoming a more prominent character as well.
The scene with Pike and M'Benga talking about zombies reminded me of Legends of Tomorrow where Stein couldnt even hear the word zombie without freaking out.
Overall another great episode in a season of all 9s so far. Suitable creepy, tense drama, some beauty shots of the Enterprise which, I dare court contraversy, just looks so much better than it ever did in TOS.
Overall another great episode in a season of all 9s so far. Suitable creepy, tense drama, some beauty shots of the Enterprise which, I dare court contraversy, just looks so much better than it ever did in TOS.
Very enjoyable but also troubling. Pike hears a confession of the most serious crime but expressly admits he's willing to condone murder to protect one of his personal friends. Is that the right message?
The only other things that were a bit irritating were forgetting that phasers have a wide angle beam and still only having one doctor in sick bay despite the obvious problem this has caused two episodes in a row now. It's starting to feel like sloppy writing.
Along the same lines, we have renowned astrophysicist and computer scientist Spock becoming an expert in botany, chemistry, and medicine any of which would be more appropriate for canonical bio-researcher Chapel. It's frustrating that they are falling into the same trap as Voyager where they shoehorned in characters like Kim and Neelix, who went in a cave once, instead of using the ship's geologist, but it's weirder when you DO have a main character qualified to do the job and STILL use someone else anyway. Has Peck started line-counting like Shatner and Nimoy?
I will say though, M'Benga is a breath of fresh air as the doctor character. I just love those long silences where you can almost hear his thoughts.
I'm also loving Ortega's struggle with PTSD as the chirpy character who can only mask so much for so long before they break.
Shout out to Starfleet psychiatrists everywhere as they pass yet another traumatised crewman fit for work. They suck at their job in every single episode they've ever been in. The writers are obviously disdainful of psychiatric treatments, feeling much more comfortable getting drunk and confiding in a bartender.
Ten credits says that Ortega will have an epiphany with the new alien bartender next week.
Spinelli is an Easter egg, though, right?
The only other things that were a bit irritating were forgetting that phasers have a wide angle beam and still only having one doctor in sick bay despite the obvious problem this has caused two episodes in a row now. It's starting to feel like sloppy writing.
Along the same lines, we have renowned astrophysicist and computer scientist Spock becoming an expert in botany, chemistry, and medicine any of which would be more appropriate for canonical bio-researcher Chapel. It's frustrating that they are falling into the same trap as Voyager where they shoehorned in characters like Kim and Neelix, who went in a cave once, instead of using the ship's geologist, but it's weirder when you DO have a main character qualified to do the job and STILL use someone else anyway. Has Peck started line-counting like Shatner and Nimoy?
I will say though, M'Benga is a breath of fresh air as the doctor character. I just love those long silences where you can almost hear his thoughts.
I'm also loving Ortega's struggle with PTSD as the chirpy character who can only mask so much for so long before they break.
Shout out to Starfleet psychiatrists everywhere as they pass yet another traumatised crewman fit for work. They suck at their job in every single episode they've ever been in. The writers are obviously disdainful of psychiatric treatments, feeling much more comfortable getting drunk and confiding in a bartender.
Ten credits says that Ortega will have an epiphany with the new alien bartender next week.
Spinelli is an Easter egg, though, right?
Picard reveals that transporters just keep the common DNA of all humans on their computers and copy that over onto humans to lessen the DNA they actually have to transport (which in itself was kind of a plothole as Picard's Borg DNA should've been overwritten by standard DNA the first time he was transported after assimilation but whatever). Even if Batel is turned into a Gorn/human hybrid, it's strange the transporter isn't even mentioned as an option to try to change her DNA back to human.
I love how M'Benga calls them "Kling-gons."
I really hope they don't kill off Batel. I adore her. Will I still adore her after she grows compound eyes like the Gorn Captain? Um...
Eww...gross! Dak'Rah squished that "zombie" Klingon's head like a winemaker.
"I'm Erica Ortegas. I fry the ship. Fly, I mean."
I really hope they don't kill off Batel. I adore her. Will I still adore her after she grows compound eyes like the Gorn Captain? Um...
Eww...gross! Dak'Rah squished that "zombie" Klingon's head like a winemaker.
"I'm Erica Ortegas. I fry the ship. Fly, I mean."
Then again, those Klingons were violating the treaty, too, on the orders of a dishonored warrior pursuing a personal vendetta.
I'm guessing they don't want to file a report either. Neither party was supposed to be there.
Yes, this is the problem when the writers don't really understand the wider consequences of casually expanding the range of the technology.
Generally, you can't replicate a person otherwise we would have transporter clones everywhere, but it would certainly be possible to have a treatment regime to try and filter out the alien DNA. It may be that it isn't possible to stay ahead of the replication using this method, but it could certainly slow it down.
It's probable that ship computers can't store the patterns of more than a handful of crew at a time due to the amount of data but a clean DNA sample might be doable.
Presumably, Batel's most recent 'clean' scan went down with her ship.
This is not new.
It's been poorly presented since TOS. Ezri and Culber were maybe the closest.
Klingons could just say they entered as a reaction to them being there. Either way it’s not good for Pike.
Time for April to issue another lecture about border lines to Pike, then...
Can you imagine if Number One addressed Boimler the way she did Ortegas, the kid would have dissolved through the bulkheads straight through into space faster than any transporter beam.
Can you imagine if Number One addressed Boimler the way she did Ortegas, the kid would have dissolved through the bulkheads straight through into space faster than any transporter beam.
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The zombies were too much. I was expecting Rick Grimes to pop up. If I wanted to see zombies I would watch the walking dead. Dumb. The klingons would have been enough. Sigh.
Disappointed by Pike. Basically he's covering M'Benga murdering Rah. A 180 turn. Pikes supposed to represent the best ideals of starfleet. He failed in this episode.
I really hope these writers don't get a hold of Kirk after this show.
Disappointed by Pike. Basically he's covering M'Benga murdering Rah. A 180 turn. Pikes supposed to represent the best ideals of starfleet. He failed in this episode.
I really hope these writers don't get a hold of Kirk after this show.
Could it not be argued that he was failing to represent Starfleet's best ideals by breaking treaties, putting his ship in danger and risking plunging the entire Federation into another war with the Klingons not 5 years after the last one which the Federation nearly lost just to provide a slim chance of saving his girlfriend's life?
That too. Just an all around crappy episode.
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