Klingon Time Crystals = Kryptonite???
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x10 - "A Quality of Mercy"
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A fucking 11!!! (Although 10 is all I can choose on the poll) I would have given it a 12 had they shown Mr. Scott anfd not just had his voice via the intercom.
What a GREAT way to do a different and 21st century production take on the TOS S1 classic Balance Of Terror; and even throw in costuming nods to the TOS feature film era while their at it; and still keep everything in Prime continuity/canon.
I LOVED it front to back; and in the end, I love that they know have Pike accepting his fate for a GOOD reason, and he's just going to go with the flow and live his life to the fullest way he knows how until that day.
(And honestly if anything this episode shows the difference between Kirk and a Picard <--- And no that's not a typo because yes, Pike is actually more like a 23c Picard, and probably how Picard would have run a ship had he himself been a Captain in the 23rd century era.
LOVE that this episode shows that out and out diplomacy isn't always a good thing. Diplomacy needs to be tailored to the enemy you're negotiating with -- and that's one inherent flaw Starfleet has in that they often seem to have the idea that ALWAYS talking will solve any situation; but yeah sometimes 'talk' has to be backed up with hard resolves - and sometimes that resolve needs to be demonstrated.)
And I also LOVE they are in fact addressing the Una genetic engineering situation as well that Pike (and the audience have known since early in the Season).
This also sooooo sets up and puts a real coda on TOS S1 - The Menagerie I can picture Spock right 'now' (in 2259) setting things in motion with The Talosian Keeper to be sure everything is in place for when the time comes.
This is the way to write an EXCELLECT Star Trek series.
We better dawn well get to see 7 (or more) Seasons of Strange New Worlds - They NEED to announce the Season 3 renewal POST HASTE!(
Yes the romulans and the interior if their ships as well as their uniforms and the lower ranked crew members helmets were definitely a nice nod to BOT ep. Did you notice the original The Cage uniform cameo?
I know you could interpret that but it doesn't play like that when you watch it. It really did look like Riker was going to engage warp to collide with the Borg ship. Note that Riker never says or preps for "full impulse" to ram, only ready to go to "warp power".
DATA [OC]: All critical subcommands are protected, Captain.
SHELBY: Then it's over.
RIKER: Mister Crusher, ready a collision course with the Borg ship. You heard me. A collision course.
WESLEY: Yes, sir.
RIKER: Mister La Forge, prepare to go to warp power.
LAFORGE [OC]: Aye, sir.
Thoughts:
Didn't Pike learn anything from the Klingon War? Had they fried the Rommo's and sent them an email, "Hey, don't fuck around with us my dudes" - war averted.
Since when is being genetically altered an imprisonable crime? Couldn't they just like fire her?
Didn't Pike learn anything from the Klingon War? Had they fried the Rommo's and sent them an email, "Hey, don't fuck around with us my dudes" - war averted.
Since when is being genetically altered an imprisonable crime? Couldn't they just like fire her?
I don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but Mitchell and Ortegas swapped duties of helm and navigation. This placed Ortegas in the navigation position that Styles had in Balance of Terror, and she also had the same prejudiced view point as Styles did on Romulans and Vulcans based on physical appearance. I wonder how many family members Ortegas lost in the Earth-Romulan war.
To be honest while watching I expected Hansen's son to show up with the Romulans as a traitor working for them and giving them the advantage. Thus showing why he needed to die in the delta radiation accident. I guess I logically assumed that whatever caused the bad future would be tied to the accident more directly.
I think that Lower Decks has new episodes later this year.I did like the episode. The story utsdkf
We only have probably 10 months to wait possum. Yup just 10 little short months. Only about 300 days....7,200 hours....432,000 minutes...25,920,000 seconds. Yup heh....heh. Not a long wait at all.....yup.....uh...heh yup.....yup......uh yeah yup........uh
I wish Paramount would release a Murf squish pillow.
Being Ilyrian (or genetically altered) is not the crime here- it's that she lied and falsified her records in order to pursue a career in Starfleet.
Although to me, the whole thing is a bit of a plothole, since it seems like the cat would be out of the bag the first time a serious medical scan was run on her.
This was the one thing about the episode that bugged me. Ortegas was in a crap mood the whole time, and her vitriol towards Spock seemed out of place. I understand she's supposed to be the stand in for Styles attitude, and it's 7 years in the future from where we know her at, so I'm not expecting the exact same character, but I don't recall hearing any kind of explanation for her change in behavior.
They probably have future run in with Sybok that soured things between Spock and Ortegas
Why is no one talking about this?
Maybe she's jealous of Spock over Chapel.
Also, while admittedly a lot can happen in twenty years, but Burnham completely failed to do anything of consequence and got the whole Klingon War blamed on her, while Pike actually screwed the pooch on his mission and ended up making Admiral and having enough pull to consult with the Klingons on whether or not betraying his pact with their magic time-crystals might've backfired on him.
Assuming some variation of the first 7 TOS episodes happened in the bad future, then Ortegas, uh, blames Spock for Gary Mitchell's or Dehner's deaths, is horrified by Spock's cruel attitude to the attack on Janice Rand by an evil transporter duplicate, and thought she trusted Una who was a criminal so now she can't trust anyone.
not just later this year. I would expect Lower Decks S3 to come out sometime next month.
No, Future Pike was from the movie era (ST2-6). Reunification would be TNG error. Spock had his hand in a lot of "saving the universe" work up to ST6.
According to Christy Chong, they finished filming last Friday (7/1/22). Now to post-production.
I had no problem with the casting choice, or the performance, so there's not much to talk about IMO
The earliest the red uniforms were used was 2278 in the prime timeline (USS Bozeman for example). I'm assuming that's when future Pike is from.
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