Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x03 - "Context is for Kings"

[cultcross]

Fucking Andorians, man.

 

[RedAlert]

Everyday passing by I think over and over again about the Worf line on "Tribblies and tribbliations" ...about a Tribbles plague that almost consumed the klingons resources at that point of the historic line.
Everyday I believe that this could be the "event" referred to by Bryan Fuller.

And ...obviously all the evidence has to be eliminated ...so therefore we (and the history books) never will know about the events aboard the Discovery.
War is a very sad thing in the wrong hands.

 

[BillJ]

Everyday passing by I think over and over again about the Worf line on "Tribblies and tribbliations" ...about a Tribbles plague that almost consumed the klingons resources at that point of the historic line.
Everyday I believe that this could be the "event" referred to by Bryan Fuller.

I doubt it. He said it was a line from TOS.

 

[RedAlert]

Tribbles and Tribbliations occurred on the K7 at Kirk's Time.

 

[cooleddie74]

Donatu V?

 

[Guy Gardener]

To refresh...

SPOCK: Deep Space Station K7 now within sensor range, Captain.
KIRK: Good. Mister Chekov, this flight is supposed to provide both experience and knowledge. How close will we come to the Klingon outpost if we continue on our present course?
CHEKOV: One parsec, sir. Close enough to smell them.
SPOCK: That is illogical, Ensign. Odours cannot travel through the vacuum of space.
CHEKOV: I was making a little joke, sir.
SPOCK: Extremely little, Ensign.
KIRK: Mister Spock, immediate past history of the quadrant?
SPOCK: Under dispute between the two parties since initial contact. The battle of Donatu Five was fought near here twenty three solar years ago. Inconclusive.
KIRK: Analysis of disputed area?
SPOCK: Undeveloped. Sherman's Planet is claimed by both sides, our Federation and the Klingon Empire. We do have the better claim.
CHEKOV: The area was first mapped by the famous Russian astronomer Ivan Borkoff almost two hundred
KIRK: John Burke.
CHEKOV: Burke, sir? I don't think so. I'm sure it was
SPOCK: John Burke was the Chief Astronomer at the Royal Academy in old Britain at the time.
CHEKOV: Oh, Royal Academy. Well
KIRK: is the rest of your history that faulty, Ensign? Key points of dispute?
CHEKOV: Under terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, one side or the other must prove it can develop the planet most efficiently.
KIRK: And unfortunately, though the Klingons are brutal and aggressive, they are most efficient.
CHEKOV: I remember once Peter the Great had that problem like that. The
UHURA [OC]: Captain?
KIRK: Kirk here.
UHURA [on monitor]: I'm picking up a subspace distress call. Priority channel. It's from Space Station K7.
KIRK: Go to warp factor six.
CHEKOV: Code One emergency. That's a disaster call.
UHURA [OC]: This is a Red Alert. Man your battle stations. All hands.

 

[BillJ]

Tribbles and Tribbliations occurred on the K7 at Kirk's Time.

But its not a line from TOS.

 

[Michael]

Everyday passing by I think over and over again about the Worf line on "Tribblies and tribbliations" ...about a Tribbles plague that almost consumed the klingons resources at that point of the historic line.
Everyday I believe that this could be the "event" referred to by Bryan Fuller.

Oh man, this would even be more stupid than turning Worf's line about them not talking about the cosmetic change of the Klingons into a two-episode fanwank fest. I hope this is not what Star Trek is going to be about from now on: Taking funny Worf one-liners way too seriously and turning them into plot points. What's next? He also famously said “I am NOT a merry man!” – when will we see an episode where they explain how Klingons genetically mutated into not being merry anymore?

 

[Rahul]

Yeah, that's one of my problems of Discovery:
It takes itself super serious. The war with the klingons is gritty. People get drafted. People die. A lot. Everyone takes sacrifices, and people get scarred for their lifes.

And then there's this tribble stitting around. And we all know: This furry thing right there could defeat the klingons. And they don't use it, because it's just a wink at the fans. And the entire seriousness of the conflict comes crashing down, falling apart.

I'm sorry. This just diminishes a lot of the atmosphere for me. Something that intends to be serious unwillingly turns goofy. Not by showing us a cute alien from the 60s. But because the backstory of this little thing renders the entire klingon conflict, the main conflict of the series so far, into a funny in-joke paradoxon. Ugh.

 

[Farscape One]

Regarding that picture of the Andorian antennae... are we sure it's Andorian and not another species that has a similar feature?

 

[Jack Watkins]

Thoughtful review, thanks for posting. I disagree about the ship, I think Discovery is beautiful.

The beauty reveal of the ship nearly changed my mind (it's a blockbuster moment), but I can't get over the star drive section. Maybe in a few episodes I'll be swayed to your opinion.

After all, The Defiant was a turtle and Voyager a shovel; maybe a pizza cutter isn't so bad. :-)

 

[Jack Watkins]

And then there's this tribble stiiting around. And we all know: This furry thing right there could defeat the klingons.

Ha, so true! Where's Cyrano Jones when you need him? :-)

 

[Gonzo]

Oh man, this would even be more stupid than turning Worf's line about them not talking about the cosmetic change of the Klingons into a two-episode fanwank fest. I hope this is not what Star Trek is going to be about from now on: Taking funny Worf one-liners way too seriously and turning them into plot points. What's next? He also famously said “I am NOT a merry man!” – when will we see an episode where they explain how Klingons genetically mutated into not being merry anymore?

Well we know the Tribble apocalypse does happen in the not so distant future and the Klingons thought it was a very big deal at the time.

It could certainly distract them for a while.

 

[BillJ]

Regarding that picture of the Andorian antennae... are we sure it's Andorian and not another species that has a similar feature?

One of the holographic Klingons looked to have some kind of antennae. You have to look close, but they are there.

 

[cultcross]

Oh man, this would even be more stupid than turning Worf's line about them not talking about the cosmetic change of the Klingons into a two-episode fanwank fest. I hope this is not what Star Trek is going to be about from now on: Taking funny Worf one-liners way too seriously and turning them into plot points. What's next? He also famously said “I am NOT a merry man!” – when will we see an episode where they explain how Klingons genetically mutated into not being merry anymore?

Next week - a two part adventure exploring the origin of Worf's weird ball chair. On the next Starrrrrr Trek: Discovery!

 

[Michael]

Next week - a two part adventure exploring the origin of Worf's weird ball chair. On the next Starrrrrr Trek: Discovery!

Oh, I'm sure there's a whole fandom just waiting for that episode to arrive. It's like one of those internet rules.

 

[Jack Watkins]

Oh, I'm sure there's a whole fandom just waiting for that episode to arrive. It's like one of those internet rules.

This feels more like a six-part IDW comic written by Mike Johnson.

"Sit! With Honor!"

 

[Kemaiku]

One of the holographic Klingons looked to have some kind of antennae. You have to look close, but they are there.

Wait, wait. They think Andorians are filthy, more animals than Telleraites, but they *will* conceive children with them who serve in one of the 24 Houses?

Oh, that must have been an awkward relationship.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ha, so true! Where's Cyrano Jones when you need him? :-)

Stealing your booze when your back is turned.

 

[nutshell]

Is there speculation that we'll see Klaang in this series?