Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x04 - "Memento Mori"

[tomalak301]

I really like snarky buzz-cut girl.

Ortegas? Yeah I want to see an episode featuring her sometime soon.

 

[Belz...]

I really like snarky buzz-cut girl.

It's something that really elevates this series: all the characters are fun and well-cast.

 

[Trekker4747]

Ortegas? Yeah I want to see an episode featuring her sometime soon.

Yeah, Ortegas. (Not good with names.)

 

[Charles Phipps]

I have no idea why they cast an actor that much older than the character unless they're seriously considering going into the TOS movie timeframe (and to be fair there's a lot of room after TMP to explore)

Probably because he's a well-liked genre and character actor.

Sometimes we Trekkies can overthink things.

 

[Belz...]

Yeah, Ortegas. (Not good with names.)

For some reason I suck with real names and have generally an easy time with fictional ones.

Brain is weird.

Sometimes we Trekkies can overthink things.

Sometimes?

 

[Amasov]

I suspect they want to get to Kirk as soon as possible. It's easier to get better ratings with such a established character. The actor playing Kirk is already in his late 30s he can't wait too long. Maybe Pike will do 3 seasons. These producers are pretty eager to replace the original show out of canon so it all fits better. I bet we even get remakes of old TOS eps

Did I miss something? Was that specifically stated anywhere?

 

[Belz...]

Did I miss something? Was that specifically stated anywhere?

Nope. Pure fanwank.

 

[Verteron]

I think Steve Shives put it best: That may have been the best episode of Star Trek in 20 years.

I agree. I am totally blown away by how good this episode was. Wow, just wow.

 

[Belz...]

It did have a few missteps for me:
- Reference to debunked pseudoscience as I mentioned earlier
- Sloppy handling of translation of Gorn language by La'an's bro
- Sparks on the bridge again and shield percentages
- Gorn ship design is not very interesting
- Etc.

But nothing that really detracts from the enjoyment.

 

[Trekker4747]

I could give missteps too. I still don't like the "warp effect" they use and wish they had stuck with the TNG-era look but even the episode opened with a nice one remeniscent of TOS with La'an giving her log entry over an exterior shot of the ship and just quickly moving stars. (But not "streaking.")

But, in the end, the goodness of the episode overcomes the nits I could give it.

 

[EnsignRedshirt]

I hadn’t given a 10/10 this season yet, but this episode absolutely hit it out of the park. 10/10 with no reservations from me.

 

[cooleddie74]

I noticed the warp effect with fast-moving stars, too. I loved it. It was right out of TOS Remastered.

 

[Belz...]

I still don't like the "warp effect" they use and wish they had stuck with the TNG-era look

As a TMP fan I still hate it when they warp out and the impulse engines aren't shut off. :P

 

[Trekker4747]

I noticed the warp effect with fast-moving stars, too. I loved it. It was right out of TOS Remastered.

Yeah, but at the end we see the bluish-white swirly/streaking/complete void-filling lights out the cargo bay... "door."

 

[Amaris]

Nope. Pure fanwank.

The most persistent of wanks.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Also Starfleet: If this air purifier breaks it becomes a nuke lol

That's when StarFleet Engineering Corps knew that it had to change the raw material's it uses in it's Air Purification system.

Was the “Gorn communicate with light” new to this episode? That doesn’t seem terribly practical, does it?

Li-Fi is becoming an official standard as part of 802.11.

Theoretically, you can get some incredible bandwidth between two devices:
LiFi internet breakthrough: 224Gbps connection broadcast with an LED bulb
224 Gbps Full Duplex via LED light bulb isn't half bad.
That's based on visible spectrum light.
"The link operates over ~3 m range" according to the article

The trap that the Gorn laid was creative. Although, they should've been able to turn the shields on even while connected. It might snap the tunnel but who cares. Or there'd be a tunnel emergency release.

I concur

But these are ships that travel faster than light — far, far faster. How does that work?

Li-Fi is a "Backup" form of communication when Subspace Radio & regular Radio spectrums are jammed due to natural phenomena.
The only downside is you have to be fairly close to the person sending / receiving.

IRL, ~3 meters is REALLY CLOSE, I'm sure with time, you can improve that to some degree.

But Single to Double Digit meters is REALLY close in space.

 

[cooleddie74]

Yeah, that streaky warp effect isn't great. But at least now we know for sure what's under the main hangar deck.

 

[thribs]

I could give missteps too. I still don't like the "warp effect" they use and wish they had stuck with the TNG-era look but even the episode opened with a nice one remeniscent of TOS with La'an giving her log entry over an exterior shot of the ship and just quickly moving stars. (But not "streaking.")

But, in the end, the goodness of the episode overcomes the nits I could give it.

Yeah, it looks like they’re in hyperspace.

 

[Trekker4747]

Yeah, that streaky warp effect isn't great. But at least now we know for sure what's under the main hangar deck.

I always thought it was the bowling alley.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Definitely felt a bit like a remix of previous Trek episodes like Balance of Terror and Disaster...but I'm completely fine with that when it's done this well. Last week's felt a bit patchy to me so I was very pleased this was back to high quality. All the characters got something to do and all feel like dinstinct well-defined personalties and, most importantly, I want to want to watch them do stuff because they're all fun.

That one redshirt on the Bridge was hilarious though. The one celebrating at the end. I hope he returns to celebrated hilariously in future installments.