Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x10 - "Despite Yourself"

[Nerys Myk]

Can't they fix that damn wart or whatever it is on Tilly's head?

Why?

Yeah, I can forgive the camp in the TOS MU episode since TOS was a campy show by default.

Not at the time it was made. It was as serious and grounded as any other drama. It wasn't Batman.

 

[cooleddie74]

If that brief glimpse of the Andorian corpse and the rear view of that walking Andorian in the preview for the next episode are any indication then it looks like DSC may be reverting to more of a TOS-style look for Andorian hair with a poofy "cottonball" appearance. Which is totally cool with me. I wonder if we'll get moving antennae as well as part of a hybrid of both the ENT and TOS design aesthetics.

 

[Tuskin38]

That was dismaying, I agree. I certainly hope Culber isn't gone. Wilson Cruz has been listed as "guest starring," which I never noticed before (but went back and looked and sure enough that is his billing), so he may be gone for good.

Spoiler

According to an interview with Cruz, he said he’d be back

 

[Kevin Wolff]

As long as he loves Stamets, I can live with that.


Thanks for reminding me, I'd forgotten about Lorca's accent! I started rolling when he did that.

Agreed. Their relationship dynamic is one of the show's high points. All previous Trek relationships were like high schoolers dating.

 

[shivkala]

Anyone know where I can see the preview of next week's episode?

I use a Chromecast to watch it on TV and it rebooted during the break before the preview. I'm watching After Trek for a sneak peak.

 

[Vger23]

Spoiler

According to an interview with Cruz, he said he’d be back

The show runners confirmed on After Trek that he would be back

 

[Tuskin38]

Some of the medals seen on the left side of some of the the Terran officer’s uniforms were from Enterprise.

Didn’t anyone notice rank insignia?

 

[Vger23]

Why?

Not at the time it was made. It was as serious and grounded as any other drama. It wasn't Batman.

Agree. Mary Wiseman is absolutely perfect just the way she is.

 

[Long Syntax]

In universe - there exists the ability to medically transform a Klingon to a human, yet they seem to have lost the formula to compound w wart remover.

Out of universe - they keep on covering whatever it is with a crap-ton of makeup - so much so that every scene she's in its like a billboard saying "yep, still here"

 

[Tuskin38]

In universe - there exists the ability to medically transform a Klingon to a human, yet they seem to have lost the formula to compound w wart remover.

Out of universe - they keep on covering whatever it is with a crap-ton of makeup - so much so that every scene she's in its like a billboard saying "yep, still here"

The Federation doesn’t have your high standard of beauty.

 

[cooleddie74]

It's a wart.

A wart.

 

[Nerys Myk]

n universe - there exists the ability to medically transform a Klingon to a human, yet they seem to have lost the formula to compound w wart remover.

Pretty sure it's a mole. It's not actually the future. They don't bother to "fix" other actors real life "imperfections".

 

[Tuskin38]

Them Terran emblem does have a mirrored earth on it.
That’s dumb.

 

[Uhura's Song]

Such a good episode. I went 9 but was probably too stingey. Boom goes the dynamite.

Loved Captain Killy. Loved Lorca's Scotty. Loved that the MU felt really dangerous & that the effects of going there will have reprecussions. DS9 had some of that with Jake/Ben meeting Jennifer. But the danger stuff was campy. This wasn't.

Was NOT ready for Culber to go. Hope he is back somehow. Stamets will likely get blamed for the death.

I really hope Georgiou is the Empress. I love Michelle Yeoh.

Also love that Tyler/Voq is out in the open. Now Burnham & L'Rell can fight a proxy war for his soul.

Somewhere Ron Moore is smiling.

 

[shivkala]

The Federation doesn’t have your high standard of beauty.

Exactly. The whole "They can do x, but they can't fix what the 21st Century views as a flaw," argument is, well flawed. Might as well argue that they could give Geordi sight, but they couldn't fix Picard's baldness.

 

[Tuskin38]

The sword/knife however is the same design from TOS/ENT. And it dies go clear through the earth.

 

[David cgc]

I wonder if we'll get moving antennae as well as part of a hybrid of both the ENT and TOS design aesthetics.

We better, the moving antenna were wonderful, and gave us one of the best visual gags in Trek (looking at Archer's back as Shran appears on the viewscreen, so it looks like Archer just sprouted antennae).

The Federation doesn’t have your high standard of beauty.

We had this discussion back in the '80s. While the far future technology of the Federation could regrow Picard's hair, he wouldn't be superficial enough to want to.

 

[shivkala]

Agree. Mary Wiseman is absolutely perfect just the way she is.

I had thought so, previously. However, after tonight, I'd say a caveat to that is her blonde Mirror Universe hair.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

Pretty sure it's a mole. It's not actually the future. They don't bother to "fix" other actors real life "imperfections".

Exactly. It's just a mole and it's fine and nobody should get hung up about this. She's awesome.

 

[Long Syntax]

It's a wart.

A wart.

To be clear - that wasn't intended to crap on Mary Weisman - quite the contrary, as I'd probably have a blast partying with her. My thoughts were really motivated by my dislike of the Tilly character.