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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x08 - "All In"

Rate the episode...

  • 10 - Excellent!

    Votes: 10 7.4%
  • 9

    Votes: 11 8.1%
  • 8

    Votes: 44 32.6%
  • 7

    Votes: 31 23.0%
  • 6

    Votes: 18 13.3%
  • 5

    Votes: 14 10.4%
  • 4

    Votes: 2 1.5%
  • 3

    Votes: 1 0.7%
  • 2

    Votes: 2 1.5%
  • 1 - Terrible.

    Votes: 2 1.5%

  • Total voters
    135
Ok, I don't see what the broker has to gain from letting Book and Tarka even have a shot at the mcguffin. They are two wanted criminals, and the Federation has a huge bounty and probably a reward for them. Whatever money the broker could get catching the changeling cheater and whatever latinum Book and Tarka could scrounge up is nothing compared to what an interstellar government could offer as a reward.
Probably not a good idea in his line of work to be seen as cooperating with the authorities?

It was ok. They added drama to the card game but I just didn’t really feel it that much. I did like Owo getting a lot more to do though but overall a bit of a step down from the previous 2 episodes. I much rather have more Zora development and what is happening with Hugh at this point than the DMA.

This one probably gets a 6 from me.
As soon as the stakes were set it was obvious that Book would get the isolynium. They tried to spice it up in the edit but I thought that poker scene was probably the weakest part of the episode. And I almost forget about that Hugh scene, they've temporarily taken 3 characters off the show and they're still juggling too much.

Not the worst episode ever, but felt like tablesetting for the rest of the season more than anything. The 10-C strip mining the milky way was definitely unexpected.
 
Ok, I don't see what the broker has to gain from letting Book and Tarka even have a shot at the mcguffin. They are two wanted criminals, and the Federation has a huge bounty and probably a reward for them. Whatever money the broker could get catching the changeling cheater and whatever latinum Book and Tarka could scrounge up is nothing compared to what an interstellar government could offer as a reward. The broker admitted he knew what was going on all along from watching the news. Why didn't he just capture Book and Tarka on the spot, and demand the Federation give him a hefty reward? If he didn't demand anything overly outrageous the Fed would have just given it to him.

Even better, he could then give the mcguffin to the Emerald Chain to be on the good graces of both the Fed and the Chain.
Actually, the smart play is to offer for a price that the fugitives were there, and give that as a starting point to any Bounty Hunter. THey wouldn't know he has as spore drive and thus would be limited to speeds and travel of standard warp. Thus still a way to add to the profit and a way to still be working with rouge elements instead of official governments. I honestly can't remember what has happened with the Emerald Chain.....
 
I'm genuinely curious if anyone got the implications regarding the information revealed at the end of the episode.

So they reveal the DMA is mining Boromite to synthesize a power source for their system-wide field. As soon as those two were mentioned, the horrifying conclusion I reached could be that the power source is Omega Particles. If Book and Tarka succeed in their weapon...
 
Weren't they always honey-like golden goo?
The look for the visual FX changed, at least once, possible twice. It was always a gooish form, but the color and green of it changed. I would assume the change was done after Rob Legato left as the head of the department for DS9 and Dan Curry took over the full oversight of all of Trek. His work is later and less sharp visually.

In the same way I could always tell (on an episode with new ship shots) just on look if Legato or Curry was overseeing specific episodes of TNG. I always found the difference quite striking.

I wasn't surprised at all by the visual look of the TNG season 2 remaster as Curry was heavily involved in that, and it matched his style.
 
Looks very similar to me

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I'm genuinely curious if anyone got the implications regarding the information revealed at the end of the episode.

So they reveal the DMA is mining Boromite to synthesize a power source for their system-wide field. As soon as those two were mentioned, the horrifying conclusion I reached could be that the power source is Omega Particles. If Book and Tarka succeed in their weapon...
Seems like the obvious in Trek answer......
 
Looks very similar to me

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Never said it isn't similar, but it is different. Fluid pattern after season one is wider and broader, color palette is more muted, less fine detail to the FX.

Now it could be change in the software, could be rendering difference, could be a cost saver, but since it occurs when Curry starts handling DS9 VFX, I just assume its his preference which does seem to match how he handles the look of all VFX for the pre full CGI era of Trek.
 
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