Michelle Yeoh will feature in Discovery, possibly as lead

Holy crap, listening about that stunt with the matress was, wow. She got so lucky she wasn't permanently disabled.

Can't wait to see her in the Captain's Chair.

 

Yeoh is not the lead

http://deadline.com/2016/11/star-trek-discovery-michelle-yeoh-cast-captain-1201859554/

She is the captain of the Starfleet ship, the USS Shenzhou. Here name is Han Bo

Maybe she's on the hunt for the Discovery? but we focus on the commander of Discovery.

 

What is it with Starfleet? We've got a ship with a Chinese name, better make a Chinese woman captain!

Seriously, wtf? That's not how it should work.

 

^^ Yeah, that's a bit awkward.

That's horrible. I wish I said it.

When you think about it, "double-zero" sounds more like an entry-level position.

 

TOS, DS9, VOY, and ENT had all American captains who commanded ships with American/English names.

 

Does anyone get the joke with the name "Han Bo".
A 'Hanbo' is a martial arts weapon.

 

Does this news tell us that we could have multiple Federation ships in the series?

 

Who said Starfleet did it was on purpose? Maybe the Captain herself put out a request for the command because of her Heritage?

In real life though, it seems intentional on the part of the writers.

 

I started watching...damnit forgot the title. The one that guest stars Tasha's sister Ishara Yar (and her outfits.) and the ensign at the conn, with excellent face acting for the crisis in the teaser, looks to be in his forties. He could pass for being of an age with Picard.

Also. Yeoh. Awesome.

 

Well, statistically speaking, more humans are Chinese than any other single nationality, so the odds of both the ship and the captain having Chinese names by chance should be higher than the odds of them both having English names, all else being equal. If anything, the improbability in the past has been the vast overabundance of English/European names and individuals in the Trek universe.

Although it should be pointed out that, although Michelle Yeoh is ethnically Han Chinese, she's actually Malaysian by nationality and is not a native speaker of Chinese (she knows Cantonese, but she had to learn her Mandarin dialogue in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon phonetically and apparently spoke with a heavy accent).

Shenzhou, by the way, is the name of China's current manned spaceflight program. Which makes it a good fit with ships named Enterprise and Discovery, the names of American space shuttles.

 

It is a particularly dumb thing indeed. Look out for Captain Yamato of the USS Banzai, Captain O'Connor of the USS Guinness and Captain Bush of the USS YeeHaw!

 

Yeah, but think of it this way. Every Asian character in Star Trek has pretty much been really Asian-American. Even exotic-sounding Hoshi Sato was yet just another Yank

If Han Bo is supposed to be authentically Chinese, then having her ship be called the Shenzhou is more of an honor than a slap. And I agree with Christopher; I've always hated that Starfleet ships mostly seem to have American names when we're supposed to be running an interstellar organization here.

 

What's so Vulcan about "Intrepid?"

 

I'm curious to know why it is any more strange to have an American captain (Kirk) commanding a ship with an American name (Enterprise). Really...I want to hear it.



Seriously, people over-think this shit sometimes. Everyone needs to take a stress pill and relax.

ARGEGEGGHHHHGEGEGEGHH!!!! TOO OLD FOR A COMMANDER AND CHINESE LADY ON A CHINESE SHIP. BAAADDDDD!!!!!!!

 

The Intrepid wasn't a Vulcan ship. It was a Starfleet ship crewed by Vulcans.

 

I think it's an extension of the pattern with new shows and movies. I think it's has good intentions like even animated shows now will have voice actors of the same ethnicity as the character. Or Wonder Woman has a woman director and Black Panther has a black director and often writers as well. Jessica Jones will have all women directors next season and so on. I wonder sometimes if it doesn't sort of set up a "separate but equal" situation while trying to be inclusive and culturally appropriate.

The first thought I had though was are they trying to appeal to the Chinese market? That might have more and more of an impact on shows/movies going forward.

 

Yes, and don't forget Captain Varley of the USS Yamato. Don't let his name fool you, he was clearly Japanese!!