Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x08 - "The Elysian Kingdom"

That happens in Season 2.

 

And yet, not a reset at all.

Funny how that works.

 

I'm normally not a fan of Trek holodeck/costume/MU or any other sci-fi ways the cast get to play different roles for a day and this episode was no different. Hemmer was good though and nice to see him expand the character beyond cliche grumpy guy.
Boring episode rescued by a good finish although I was a little shocked that M'Benga's side plot ended so abruptly and we are (not definitely) done with his daughter already.

 

Perhaps they can do an episode where very few or no words of English are spoken and everything is told via subtitles one day? Maybe the aliens only know English as they thought that was the only language humans spoke, so they are thwarted by all the other Earth languages which they failed to study? Pike can do bad impressions of other languages which would add a comedy aspect to the episode, but he can still manage to communicate effectively just in a ‘hammy’ way?

 

https://warpfactortrek.com/strange-new-worlds-the-elysian-kingdom-in-review/
Gimme more Melissa Navia with tailcoat ang longsword

 

"Count"?

He hates spunk.

Must we?

If one continues to assert that tech was from the 90s...

He's already said he can't do that. Scotty is decades away from MacGyvering a way to keep some one alive in a transporter that long.

 

I think that's code for "the showrunners should only make episodes I personally like."

 

This is not a show moving some tedious mega-plot forward. They can do any story they like on a given week. No story is "filler" and they all count.

 

I have no issue understanding M'Benga but then I've been listening to different TV character accents for so many decades that I can get 95% of them with few if any problems. It's like deep Southern U.S. accents or really thick Liverpool or Scottish accents in the UK that sometimes have subtitles on the screen. I get it. But I very rarely need it.

 

I think we need to show a little grace to the people having trouble with accents. It seems like any given person will have an easier/harder time with a particular accent based on their linguistic exposure growing up. I personally don't have any problem understanding M'Benga, but I might have trouble with some other accent group.

 

The scene where he ran away was perfectly done and that stupid grin he had on his face the entire time. Lol. Remember he was being manipulated by a alien.

 

There is one person that needs subtitles. Liam Gallagher.

Even his brother Noel can't understand a word he's saying.

 

Just did not work for me.

 

He did an interview in this week’s ready room and he sounded the same to me

 

Nah. Neither of them say anything worth a listen, so any incomprehensible blather is a bonus.

 

"Closed Captioned" is your friend.

(and mine at times)

 

Sings pretty, though.

 

I guess it’s only like when the British Doctor Who is shown in America and no one understands what any of the actors are saying because of their accents, I bet most American’s also use subtitles in this case too.

 

12 and 13 gave me a few problems.

 

I had that problem years ago when trying to play Sherlock Holmes on the Sega cd. It was a point and click game where you had to watch scenes performed by actors in order to solve the mystery. I would rerun some scenes multiple times because some of those british actors accents made it difficult to understand what they were saying.