As Ive said elsewhere, the Last Starship comic establishes the uniform at the point of the Burn as being vaguely similar to TOS ...
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Spoilers Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x06 – “Come, Let’s Away”
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As Ive said elsewhere, the Last Starship comic establishes the uniform at the point of the Burn as being vaguely similar to TOS ...
Plus ...
Control was nowhere similar to the novel version. That one was actually a threat.
Man that was intense. Best episode yet and up there with the best of Trek period. Genuinely think this is the show's growing the beard episode. I feel like the writers got all the teen, cw-esque stuff out of the way in the first 5 episodes and now it's 'welcome to adulthood'.
Great to see the Cadets working together and being officers. B'avi's sacrifice is going to have repercussions for them all though and it will be interesting to see how the cadets, particularly Caleb and Kyle deal with his death.
Nus Braka is a terrifying villain. He is planning something big. The fact he has these Furies, who answer to no one, working for him suggests to me that he is building alliances with all the Federation's enemies. Braka also appears to have stolen whatever top secret super weapon was being housed at J119. I have a feeling keeping the Athena on Earth isn't going to keep it safe from whatever Braka has planned.
Amazing performances from all of the cast especially Hunter and Giamatti. But a massive shout out to Raoul Bahneja as Kelrec. It was great to see Kelrec laser-focused, commanding and highly competent.
One thing of minor interest: The Athena doesn't appear to have phasers as it again uses a torpedo spread to fight off the Venari Ral vessel. It got me thinking that maybe photon torpedos are basically energy weapons in the 32nd century? Possibly there is no physical casing and the ship can just generate antimatter warheads in some type of shield or energy casing?
Another thing of minor interest: Another Discovery reference. They're is definitely going to be a cameo at the end of the season, no doubt for the final confrontation with Braka
After the fun and hijinks, this was a really sobering, traumatising episode. So much for 'Star Trek 90210'.
Great to see the Cadets working together and being officers. B'avi's sacrifice is going to have repercussions for them all though and it will be interesting to see how the cadets, particularly Caleb and Kyle deal with his death.
Nus Braka is a terrifying villain. He is planning something big. The fact he has these Furies, who answer to no one, working for him suggests to me that he is building alliances with all the Federation's enemies. Braka also appears to have stolen whatever top secret super weapon was being housed at J119. I have a feeling keeping the Athena on Earth isn't going to keep it safe from whatever Braka has planned.
Amazing performances from all of the cast especially Hunter and Giamatti. But a massive shout out to Raoul Bahneja as Kelrec. It was great to see Kelrec laser-focused, commanding and highly competent.
One thing of minor interest: The Athena doesn't appear to have phasers as it again uses a torpedo spread to fight off the Venari Ral vessel. It got me thinking that maybe photon torpedos are basically energy weapons in the 32nd century? Possibly there is no physical casing and the ship can just generate antimatter warheads in some type of shield or energy casing?
Another thing of minor interest: Another Discovery reference. They're is definitely going to be a cameo at the end of the season, no doubt for the final confrontation with Braka
After the fun and hijinks, this was a really sobering, traumatising episode. So much for 'Star Trek 90210'.
They'd have to build it.
Never talk about the steak that you're gonna have when you get back to Brooklyn...
Once again, the Trek writers refer to the catalogue of Robert Jonckheere!
(Or so I thought until I saw the episode for myself!)
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(Or so I thought until I saw the episode for myself!)
Robert Jonckhèere - Wikipedia
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Which is why the A got a new Bridge in TFF, if memory serves.
So, a 31st century ship, with a bridge module from the 23rd century. And possibly 23rd century nacelles, although not having seen the episode, I could be mistaken. Anybody catch the registry? I’m assuming it’s a 6 digit pre-Burn registry starting with the number 3.
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That’s what I thought too but apparently in TFF, it’s the same bridge but during production of that movie, the bridge set was temporarily stored outside after the scenes on the bridge were shot to necessitate filming of other scenes (most notably the shuttle bay). There was a freak weather accident that destroyed most of the bridge pieces necessitating a new bridge for TUC (and explaining why we got a new battle bridge in BOBW2).
from memory it was something like NCC-318608.
316608
That’s the USS Giacconi’s registry from DSC.
They do but they usually put some effort into making them look different.
Yeah, because it wasn’t terribly obvious they were using the TNG sets in TUC. Sure.
And they didn’t do that here? Genuine question, as I haven’t watched the full episode yet. Skimming through some of the episode it looks like it’s barely recognizable as a reused set. What’s the moments to look out for where it’s obvious?
It looks like a different command chair and Helm/OPS stations, and I think the railings removed, but its obviously the bones of thr Enterprise with tarp tossed over
Well, it was about time. After two episodes of semi-tepid teen drama, and two episodes of more adult drama, we're back to the "action trek" of the premier. And by and large, it pays off in spades.
I'll start with the greatest strength of the episode by far, which is Paul Giamatti's triumphant return as Nus Braka. In the premier, he came across as Snively Whiplash, but here, he's pretty clearly channeling Gul Dukat, which is fitting, because he's said DS9 is his favorite Trek. His scenes with Ake are the highlight of the episode. The dance the two have, the edging of his character to hint at a slightly lighter shade of dark gray, before falling even blacker is brilliant. Was I imagining things, or were they giving him shades of Eddington in his grandstanding about the Federation? The final act twist betrayal was great, though my enthusiasm is slightly dampened because I don't for the life of me see how Braka could've planned this out ahead of time without a mole inside the Academy. I mean, how could he have known when exactly the training exercise would've happened? I'll also give props here to Vance at the end, seeing him humbled and humiliated and utterly defeated in a way we've never seen on Discovery. I love a good dark ending, and modern Trek has tended to eschew these unless it's a cliffhanger.
The stuff with the cadets was all good, though not on the same level. In the spirit of every big action number in Trek, everyone is given something to do, with collaborative problem solving saving the day rather than the actions of a single individual. The death of the instructor on the ship was telegraphed from miles away, though the death of the Vulcan cadet came as a bit of a shock, as the season had spent several episodes building up something resembling a character here. The Furies were a pretty generic, bland antagonist, but since Braka was ultimately the real threat, this was fine.
One little niggle had to do with the USS Miyazaki. The script clearly noted the ship was a derelict from right before The Burn (hence around 120 years old). Yet the ship looked SNW-era (even used its bridge) and the comic book we get to see seemed to have TOS uniforms. Really confusing.
But my one big downgrade, unfortunately, comes due to Tarima. Or rather, Zoe Steiner. Tarima's character goes through some heady reveals here, from childhood trauma to discovering she's a superhero. Unfortunately, I just don't think Steiner's acting chops are up to the material here. She works fine in young person interpersonal drama, but the material here is darker, the script is more elevated, and I just can't help thinking about how these lines would've hit harder with someone else in the role.
Still, it's a great episode. Not a perfect one, but a great one. More like this, please.
I'll start with the greatest strength of the episode by far, which is Paul Giamatti's triumphant return as Nus Braka. In the premier, he came across as Snively Whiplash, but here, he's pretty clearly channeling Gul Dukat, which is fitting, because he's said DS9 is his favorite Trek. His scenes with Ake are the highlight of the episode. The dance the two have, the edging of his character to hint at a slightly lighter shade of dark gray, before falling even blacker is brilliant. Was I imagining things, or were they giving him shades of Eddington in his grandstanding about the Federation? The final act twist betrayal was great, though my enthusiasm is slightly dampened because I don't for the life of me see how Braka could've planned this out ahead of time without a mole inside the Academy. I mean, how could he have known when exactly the training exercise would've happened? I'll also give props here to Vance at the end, seeing him humbled and humiliated and utterly defeated in a way we've never seen on Discovery. I love a good dark ending, and modern Trek has tended to eschew these unless it's a cliffhanger.
The stuff with the cadets was all good, though not on the same level. In the spirit of every big action number in Trek, everyone is given something to do, with collaborative problem solving saving the day rather than the actions of a single individual. The death of the instructor on the ship was telegraphed from miles away, though the death of the Vulcan cadet came as a bit of a shock, as the season had spent several episodes building up something resembling a character here. The Furies were a pretty generic, bland antagonist, but since Braka was ultimately the real threat, this was fine.
One little niggle had to do with the USS Miyazaki. The script clearly noted the ship was a derelict from right before The Burn (hence around 120 years old). Yet the ship looked SNW-era (even used its bridge) and the comic book we get to see seemed to have TOS uniforms. Really confusing.
But my one big downgrade, unfortunately, comes due to Tarima. Or rather, Zoe Steiner. Tarima's character goes through some heady reveals here, from childhood trauma to discovering she's a superhero. Unfortunately, I just don't think Steiner's acting chops are up to the material here. She works fine in young person interpersonal drama, but the material here is darker, the script is more elevated, and I just can't help thinking about how these lines would've hit harder with someone else in the role.
Still, it's a great episode. Not a perfect one, but a great one. More like this, please.
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