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

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(I will say I was sad it took Pike to ask the question before they both thought - "Oh yeah, if we're wearing space suits, we can survive a decompression of the main cargo bay...")

Really happy that as far as I'm concerned SNW is 4 for 4 out of the gate. Aside from some minor nit picks here and there, all 4 to date have been GREAT Star Trek and very entertaining.
Your first point...well, it's Star Trek. What do you expect, common sense? :brickwall:

That hole business (sorry) about the black hole and brown dwarf really bugged me. I know it's TV and everything but we know a heckuva lot more about black holes since Jack and Daniel jumped the Supergate. It's not really relevant to the story but it's a big enough nitpick for me to knock it down to 9/10 :D
All that said, I honestly loved it. Celia and Christina just knocked it out of the park, Peck and Horak were great as more experienced senior officers, and bonus points to La'an for her "Do you ever speak plain english?" quip to Spock.

For those who may not be aware, a Brown Dwarf is a supermassive Jupiter that may or may not be a star
 
Watching TOS now it is very dated (and in universe stupid) having most of the stories and landing party focus solely around Kirk, McCoy and Spock. An ensemble setting works much better. Pike, Spock and Una not always being a part of the landing party or focus does not make the episodes less entertaining.
Who knows. An updated TOS almost seems like a logical follow up series for SNW whenever it ends.
 
It really was. I'm not a stickler for that, but that was clearly the intention of the dialog.

However, I'm fine with Kirk appearing. Although, if he becomes a member of the Enterprise crew in the 2nd season, that's a bridge too far!

Yeah if they pull that it will be ridiculous. They really shouldn't have Kirk I this at all. Its pikes time to shine.
 
I also need to say how refreshing it is to have a modern Trek show where everyone acts...like professionals. Too much of DIS and PIC (particularly in the season that just ended) involves grown adults with high-stakes jobs acting like adolescents in the middle of a major crisis, focusing on their own emotional turmoil rather than their freaking jobs.
Amen! And I'm not even religious. But, yes, these people are highly trained professionals who specifically signed up for exploration and these types of situations.
 
The Gorn were also being the aggressor. Being completely unreasonable
Seems like you missed the whole point of Arena! Both the Enterprise and the Gorn were ready to destroy the other without finding out why. It wasn't until the Metrons intervened and Kirk found the reason that communication started.
 
Yeah if they pull that it will be ridiculous. They really shouldn't have Kirk I this at all. Its pikes time to shine.
I agree to some extent. But, it would be next to impossible to not show Kirk. I'm ok with it. But hoping he's not posted to the Enterprise.

One thing I'd love is if they show the transition from Pike's Enterprise to Kirk's ship over the years. Get some more familiar characters etc and then lead into a new TOS!

But, I'm getting ahead of myself!
 
Even experienced military commanders can be fooled by simple tactics, sometimes.
Or make piss poor decisions. Just ask General Lee, a tactical genius, about Pickett's charge. Let's charge across a long open field in broad daylight against a fortified position!
 
Actually, I'm wondering if the Gorn has some kind of crisis that would make them risk an close encounter with a black hole for a few hundred folks, when they probably could find an undefended world with millions or billions of inhabitants. Hell, they could just find a M-Class planet with no humanoids, and great megafauna roaming across the landmasses, and in the seas.

I know...plot
It's a good question though. Why would such an advance race with warp capable ships need to catch prey for food? That's not a very cost effect proposition. I suppose it could be tradition. But perhaps there's an underlying problem?
 
Wow, this was fantastic, felt like a movie, possibly one of the best episodes of Star Trek ever. A totally deserved 9 and a bit more.

Loved the “submarine movie” feel, reminiscent of TWoK and a couple of the best TOS episodes. Characters are being developed nicely and so are the situations. Very well done.
 
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