Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x08 - "Four-And-A-Half Vulcans"

[GothicPudding]

I think you are mistaken, since pretty much everything behind those red benches seems to be the AR wall, including the windows, the ceiling and that upstairs lounge we curiously never see anyone go up to.

The camera seemed to move a lot less than previous scenes on that set with the AR Wall. The space background outside the ship was also plain. So, I figured they more likely used traditional green screens behind a swing set on their regular sound stage instead using the AR wall and rendered the backgrounds afterwards.

I assume that if they used the AR Wall, they would have had used more dynamic camera movements or lighting than what was seen in the episode.

I've assumed that the AR Wall is relatively expensive to use, which is why they constructed the engineering/science lab and bar sets.

 

[Quantum21]

A 6 from me.

Borderline racist? Fully racist? Imagine if you created a story with all Chinese actors or the race of your choice, and wrote it this way. See how it seems?

Admittedly there are some good bits in it, but not enough to rescue this from being a midling entry of the series.

 

[Mudd]

As a premise, "The Enemy Within" was pure mainstream Star Trek. One of the first year's most successful and consequential.

 

[Jedman67]

I've assumed that the AR Wall is relatively expensive to use, which is why they constructed the engineering/science lab and bar sets.

The main engineering set was half AR wall.
The first season lounge was partially AR, but I think they rebuilt it for Season 2 to be fully practical.
The new science lab, which I guess is this season's substitute for engineering, is fully practical.

 

[MarcKyle1964]

Stupid premise, serious story.

Did Wilder forget his line there? Funny nonetheless

 

[Nerys Myk]

Borderline racist? Fully racist? Imagine if you created a story with all Chinese actors or the race of your choice, and wrote it this way. See how it seems?

Neither, because Vulcans aren’t real and Trek has always lean heavily into the Alien race is X trope. Starting with…you guessed it, the Vulcans.

 

[fireproof78]

Did Wilder forget his line there? Funny nonetheless

Well, he is supposed to be a drunk that just woke up and seeing a black sheriff so a little confusion is expected in the performance.

Plus, it's a riff on the trope around Nick names and names. Night Court did something similar:

"Most people call me Buddy."

"Oh? What's your real name?"

"Buddy."

 

[Tuskin38]

but I think they rebuilt it for Season 2 to be fully practical.

That's a separate lounge, called the Port Lounge. It's a separate room/set from the forward lounge with the big windows.

 

[Tuskin38]

Ok that's a neat background detail I didn't notice

Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social)

It often pays off to watch the background in a #StarTrek episode. In #StarTrekSNW's "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" you can see, for example, how Dr. Korby continuously calls back ➡️⬇️ after Vulcan-Chapel has hung up on him ⬆️. It's not ackwnowledged in any way but you can see it in the background.😀

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[Yistaan]

So choosing to stay as a Vulcan apparently doesn't break any Fed/Starfleet rule nor does it trip up Starfleet's augment laws (despite them being augmented in every way that matters). Una got court martialed for less.

Since race/species changing is so easy now, it's a wonder this shot is never used again (maybe it was used to turn Janeway and Paris back from being lizards).

I'm going to pretend Robert April turned himself white for a first contact mission with an extremely racist humanoid culture, then decided he didn't want to go back.

 

[Tallguy]

I'm going to pretend Robert April turned himself white for a first contact mission with an extremely racist humanoid culture, then decided he didn't want to go back.

Unfortunately it was first contact with Ligon II. Boy was his face... Something.

 

[Noname Given]

So choosing to stay as a Vulcan apparently doesn't break any Fed/Starfleet rule nor does it trip up Starfleet's augment laws (despite them being augmented in every way that matters). Una got court martialed for less.

Since race/species changing is so easy now, it's a wonder this shot is never used again (maybe it was used to turn Janeway and Paris back from being lizards).

I'm going to pretend Robert April turned himself white for a first contact mission with an extremely racist humanoid culture, then decided he didn't want to go back.

Given Starfleet approved the initial Vulcan request for aid; it what was done to them was required to fulfill said request, you can't punish an officer for effectively following a authorized order because of an unforeseen result that just effectively changes their race. They didn't turn into Augmented Vulcans, they just became Vulcan. If they decide to stay that way, that's their freedom of choice.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Given Starfleet approved the initial Vulcan request for aid; it what was done to them was required to fulfill said request, you can't punish an officer for effectively following a authorized order because of an unforeseen result that just effectively changes their race. They didn't turn into Augmented Vulcans, they just became Vulcan. If they decide to stay that way, that's their freedom of choice.

The serum is a bit iffy. Off to the Top Men Warehouse for that.

 

[Turtletrekker]

The serum is a bit iffy. Off to the Top Men Warehouse for that.

To be stored right next to M'Benga's Super Soldier serum.

 

[cooleddie74]

And the spore hub dri...


[*Loud phaser burst and then complete silence*]

 

[Nerys Myk]

All that stuff clearly labeled would have been more fun than Kirk Corpse and Attack Tribble.

 

[The Wormhole]

This sort of thing has been a Trek trope for decades. I even made this silly joke about it nine years ago:

Scotty: Here you go. You set up your red matter bomb, and then use this to beam yourself anywhere in the quadrant.
Spock: Thank you, Mr. Scott. Provided that Romulan miner doesn't show up to distract me, I shall be beaming back here when I'm done.
Scotty: Mr. Spock, don't you think we should share this breakthrough with Starfleet. Instantaneous beaming anywhere in the galaxy could have its advantages.
Spock: Mr. Scott, how much interaction have you had with Starfleet of this era?
Scotty: Just that time I was on the Enterprise with the Frenchman commanding, with the android and Klingon officers.
Spock: Let me tell you, you give something like transwarp beaming to contemporary Starfleet they'll complain about it robbing them of the human condition and toss it in a vault along with all the other technological breakthroughs of the past fifty years.

 

[MarcKyle1964]

The serum is a bit iffy. Off to the Top Men Warehouse for that.

What kind of men?

 

[Nerys Myk]

What kind of men?

TOP!
MEN!

 

[MarcKyle1964]

So choosing to stay as a Vulcan apparently doesn't break any Fed/Starfleet rule nor does it trip up Starfleet's augment laws (despite them being augmented in every way that matters). Una got court martialed for less.

Since race/species changing is so easy now, it's a wonder this shot is never used again (maybe it was used to turn Janeway and Paris back from being lizards).

I'm going to pretend Robert April turned himself white for a first contact mission with an extremely racist humanoid culture, then decided he didn't want to go back.

The colorist read the instructions wrong. Like when they'd show the Cage dalies, and Vina would come back as flesh coloured. "Paint her greener!" and she'd still come back flesh colored. Turns out the film company 'fixed' the colour error.