Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x09 - "Terrarium"
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True that.
To be honest, the whole discussion here makes me think La'an shooting the Gorn was the right choice by the creators.
Because it's mostly people arguing about the specifics of the situation. There is very little blame-shifting, and it mostly boils down to people not liking the outcome.
And that's me too - I didn't like the outcome.
But that was the point - it was intended to be that way, a shocking, senseless end, that cut short what could have led to a larger, better understanding.
In fact - that's the one thing that makes me appreciate the Metron's appearance somewhat: Yes he's mostly useless. But it's the one thing that turns the ending from a pure, depressing downer, to a more ambiguous, open-ended tone. And I think the episode needed that - even if it could have been achieved differently as well.
I can't wait for that day .
Yes, master.
Sounds like it. More than that, it's far closer to fitting with a TOS or even early TNG ethos in that people react first, including the security officer in Friday's Child, Yar in Encounter at Farpoint, among others. And then there's not s clear or good answer. There's questions of what was done. It invites audience engagement rather than "the main characters are always right."
Main characters are not gods, or morally superior; they will make mistakes. Seems to me the story did a good job because people are talking about it and less about canon concerns.
Then why was he on an Enterprise landing party visiting a pre-industrial warrior society armed with spear and arrow weapons? Cool story, Kirk. You're not helping. At all.But remember:
Kirk: "He was young, and INEXPERENCED!"
Red Shirt Lottery. Even when you win, you lose.
What? Gotta train them sometime - how else you gonna tell if they're dumb as a rock?
This might be the first SNW episode where the name is written on the shuttle. Or at least legible
bsky.app
I can only find it on concept art on Google
Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social)
We get some really good shots of the Stamets-type shuttle Archimedes (NCC-1701/8) in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium". I believe this is also the first time that the shuttle's name at the front of the shuttle is legible on the show.
bsky.app
I can only find it on concept art on Google
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Instead, it would just suck.
Fuck continuity and all the obsession with it, which ruins every goddamn thing.
The Metrons were in control of everything in Their TERRARIUM.
Even designing the area of space that the Enterprise is sent to investigate as a Lure.
La'an firing the rifle is just another test THEY were performing on the humans.
It is also why the Enterprise didn't detect the Gorn before beaming down.
(for all we know, the Gorn may have been a Metron creation as well)
So many things folks are complaining about really do come down to the incident being completely setup and controlled by a race of beings that look down on lesser beings as only to be tested.
Ortegas showed Them that humans can change for the better, and La'an showed Them that we are still a work in progress.
Kirk eventually convinces Them that humans are on the right track.
Remember ...
The purpose of a terrarium is to serve as a miniature, self-sustaining ecosystem in a glass container (wormhole) for decorative, educational, and low-maintenance plant (or in this case Human) cultivation.
If ya stop to think about it, this episode is actually a pretty clever way to change our outlook on the Metrons from just being a Race that interferes with other beings that enter Their area of the galaxy, to one that seems to be intent on guiding the races They encounter to a more intellectual way of dealing with problems.
An attempt to change the thought process of 'shooting first and asking questions later', to perhaps not lifting a weapon at all.
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At least the shuttle wasn't named after a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
This might be the first SNW episode where the name is written on the shuttle. Or at least legible
Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social)
We get some really good shots of the Stamets-type shuttle Archimedes (NCC-1701/8) in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium". I believe this is also the first time that the shuttle's name at the front of the shuttle is legible on the show.
I can only find it on concept art on Google
Comparing the production values of late '70s sci-fi cinema to late 60s sci-fi television isn’t just unfair, it’s laughable.
Yeah, I love visual continuity but there's a fine line between concern and being a whiny pedant.
Why is it laughable? The Enterprise bridge looked fantastic in 66 and is a iconic set.
Yeah and it still.looks great. Why don't you explain why it doesn't.
The Constellation & Captain Decker name-dropping was cool. I wish we'd seen the "Connie" though.
The similarity to TNG's The Enemy was evident, though this episode had a much higher level of intensity thanks to Ortegas getting gored by that Gorn earlier in the season, plus the overall Gorn storyline.
"Pit monster sushi" was the line of the week
The similarity to TNG's The Enemy was evident, though this episode had a much higher level of intensity thanks to Ortegas getting gored by that Gorn earlier in the season, plus the overall Gorn storyline.
"Pit monster sushi" was the line of the week
It looked good at the time, it doesn't now.
If I felt pedantic then I'd note that TMP and TNG feel nearly disconnected from TOS from a tech standpoint. TOS always stands out from any other Trek production. And, now, well, it feels less futuristic.
The future ain't what it used to be
Because it looks like an aged television set from 1966 and not a good visual representation of the future, especially when the NX-01 now exists within the franchise.
Star Trek is not a period piece. It's supposed to be a futuristic sci-fi adventure. Hard to be futuristic in 2025 if your sets look like something that was designed while LBJ was in office.
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