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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x03 - "Ghosts of Illyria"

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I meant to say 23:02. I was looking at the wrong time index.

Thank you, NCC-73515.

I am wondering if that is a yet unknown Enterprise.
 
Did La'an decide to drop Singh from her name? In the recap, when they showed the clip of her introducing herself to Pike, I noticed that the audio cut off so that she just says La'an Noonien instead of La'an Noonien-Singh, plus later in the episode, Chapel refers to her as just Lt. Noonien.
 
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Started good, then became better as it went along. I like how Pike dealt with Number One being Illyrian. La'an's reaction struck true as well. But the thing that really drives the episode home is Number One's pointed question to herself: how would she be regarded if she wasn't thought of as "one of the good ones?"

I never really thought too much about it before when all we had of Pike's crew was "The Cage" but ever since SNW has become a thing, I've wondered "Why didn't Number One become Captain of the Enterprise after Pike instead of Kirk?" Sadly with Starfleet Command being the way it is, clutching their pearls in public to maintain an image, I think she doesn't become Captain because of their intolerance. That makes the Starfleet Admirals who decide these things hypocrites since the Federation claims to be tolerant, but all it is is a claim. They're tolerant up to a point, then very intolerant after that.

The characterization remains spectular, the planet-of-the-week crisis looks routine at first, but then the plot becomes more and more character-driven to the point where it overpowers any routine.

The Illyrians on this world tried to bend over backwards to get into the good graces of the Federation by not doing what was necessary to save themselves and it ended up costing their lives. This is why you don't bend over for society so completely. That society doesn't have your best interests at heart.

Not powerful enough to be a 10, but deserves more than an "I really liked it!" 8 because there was so much to take away from it... so I'm going to give this episode a 9.
Well Put!
 
I meant to say 23:02. I was looking at the wrong time index.

Thank you, NCC-73515.

I am wondering if that is a yet unknown Enterprise.

So would that make each Enterprise off by one so this NCC-1701 (2245-2285) would be the NCC-1701-A
  • NCC-1701-A (2286-2293) would be the B
  • NCC-1701-B (2293-23??) would be the C
  • NCC-1701-C (23??-2344) would be the D
  • NCC-1701-D (2363-2371) would be the E
  • NCC-1701-E (2372-????) would be the F
 
Liked it. 8.5. Script a tad flabby, but serviceable.

Theory time: what if the reveal about Una is what forces Pike to get promoted, as a way to protect her, thus setting up the events that would later befall Pike? Hmmmm...

Looking forward to more SNW!
 
Genetic modification is banned? You literally did it in the first episode. :)
I like their away team jackets. That’s the sort of thing I would like to own. Enterprise had one similar I liked as well.


Those are "Landing party" jackets. They have finally gone back to calling the teams landing parties.
 
Did La'an decide to drop Singh from her name? In the recap, when they showed the clip of her introducing herself to Pike, I noticed that the audio cut off so that she just says La'an Noonian instead of La'an Noonian-Singh, plus later in the episode, Chapel refers to her as just Lt. Noonian.
Probably did that to not spoil the reveal in the episode.
I wish they would just get rid of the bloody recaps. They don’t add anything. Especially when SNW is episodic.
 
And Scotty also wasn't the first...
Scotty wasn’t being constantly reintegrated and put back in, instead he put himself in a diagnostic loop. So it’s still different
I would like an opinion on something. In the entrance to the ready room, there are two illustrations of ships. It can be seen at 45:46. Is one of those ships a Daedalus-class? I think the other is a NX class starship.
NX yes, but Daedalus no.

Yes, the left one is a Daedalus
One of the artists on the show said it isn’t a Daedalus, I asked him if it was a Jefferies design, he didn’t respond but did like my tweet.
https://twitter.com/timothypeel1/status/1525554955532349440?s=21&t=A17M2yVLoGS1uKQqzi88ug
So it could be one of the Jefferies concepts that inspired the Daedalus but not the Daedalus itself.
:thumbdown: they really should have left that abomination where it belongs.. in the trash it's so damn ugly
It’s not a Daedalus.

But also the Daedalus was already in Deep Space Nine, there was a model of one in Sisko’s office.
 
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I can't seem to be able to vote on this one. No buttons.

I think it's the weakest so far, but I really enjoyed the last few scenes. So it started rather meh and ended up pretty good.

They seem to be going for the idea that each of the main characters is going to have a "story" of some sort. Not sure how I feel about that.
 
So a lot of people were right about the title. Adopting the name of Number One’s homeworld from the novels.

I can't seem to be able to vote on this one. No buttons.
It says the poll was closed on Monday. Maybe a mod locked it to prevent pre-airing voting.
 
So Mbenga is an incompetent and selfish prick?

I really felt this episode grinding to a halt. The attempts to give several character darker sides were clumsy, perhaps because it was three characters at once. I found myself comparing this episode to Dr. Bashir, I presume, Daedelus, and at the end, Pale Moonlight, all to the detriment of this episode. I never felt that the motivations of the characters were given their due: excuses were tossed out without being explored.

I will give credit to Romijn. I don't think that her acting is strong, but I find her characterization to be well thoughtout.
 
Did La'an decide to drop Singh from her name? In the recap, when they showed the clip of her introducing herself to Pike, I noticed that the audio cut off so that she just says La'an Noonian instead of La'an Noonian-Singh, plus later in the episode, Chapel refers to her as just Lt. Noonian.
No, she said Noonien Singh in the opening episode. I just checked.

So would that make each Enterprise off by one so this NCC-1701 (2245-2285) would be the NCC-1701-A
  • NCC-1701-A (2286-2293) would be the B
  • NCC-1701-B (2293-23??) would be the C
  • NCC-1701-C (23??-2344) would be the D
  • NCC-1701-D (2363-2371) would be the E
  • NCC-1701-E (2372-????) would be the F
No, the 1701 is the first to bear that number. There could be a number of Enterprises before that with different numbers. The A began the tradition at that point (though other Federation ships might also have such a legacy).

It’s not a Daedalus.
Of course it is. Look at it. I don't care what someone says on Twitter. The image doesn't lie.
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Of course it is. Look at it. I don't care what someone says on Twitter.
Considering they created the image I think they’d know better than you.

I’m guessing it’s not a Daedalus, but one of the Jefferies designs that inspired the Daedalus.
 
Considering they created the image I think they’d know better than you.
It looks exactly like a Deadalus class. Between what someone says, and what I can see, I'll pick the latter, until we see a better image.
 
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