I type everything here via my phone and I am constantly fighting Apple autocorrect! Sometimes it changes words which I don’t notice until it is too late and this changes the whole context of what I have written! It is a constant battle for me!
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x10 - "A Quality of Mercy"
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I'm always fighting Autocorrect. It'll constantly change a word on me, sometimes even if I go and put it back, but it won't catch it/fix it when I miss the spacebar and put a "C" or "V" between two words
Then there are times I'll catch my own mistakes, go back and fix it, then it'll put it back to the thing that wasn't a word! I miss having a physical keyboard on my phone. That's what messed me up most, tiny keys, fat fingers, and no physical "center" on the keys to aim for and strike.
Then there are times I'll catch my own mistakes, go back and fix it, then it'll put it back to the thing that wasn't a word! I miss having a physical keyboard on my phone. That's what messed me up most, tiny keys, fat fingers, and no physical "center" on the keys to aim for and strike.
Also, when auto correct changes words to other words, sometimes the sentence still kind of makes sense and as there is no obvious spelling mistake it is easy to ‘miss’ words that have been auto corrected. This in particular is a problem for people like me who like to post ‘walls of text’ which are difficult to read through again on a small phone screen whilst ‘on the go’. 
not to mention that that explosion effect with the guy rotating was ludicrously bad.
By the way, in this altered timeline Sam Kirk isn’t on Deneva for some reason.
Yeah the explosion effect with the flipping guy was silly and more of the silly twisting camera moves
The Praetor said this was a test of the Federation. All those ships may have been there the whole time cloaked.
It wasn't a "mission". It was training exercise
Kirk got the Enterprise BEFORE Pike was injured, not because.
Changing the actor or updating the sets or props isn’t a retcon. It’s a surface level change. It’s like claiming you have a new house because you repainted it.
I do love that we got 5/8ths of the original TOS cast in this episode. (Just missing McCoy, Sulu and Chekov) as we got Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Chapel and Scotty.
And you still got it wrong, it's March 23rd, not 24th.
This episode showed what happens if Pike does NOT accept the Fleet Captain promotion. He's never there (and in fact someone says there was no explosion in this time line). He keeps the Enterprise, so that when Kirk is up for a Captaincy, the Enterprise in not available, it has a captain. Kirk gets (or keeps) the Farragut. In the real timeline, Pike accepts the promotion, Kirk gets the Enterprise and some time after, Pike is in the injured in the explosion.
That jumped out at me immediately. Kirk met Pike when Pike was promoted to fleet Captain (and presumably when Kirk accepted command at the same time?).
Season summary for me: Overall, I'm disappointed in how the new characters have been handled. I know more about Kirk, Uhura, M'Benga, Chapel and Spock than I ever did before. The problem is that I didn't tune into this show for them. I already had a fantastic show about them. I wanted to learn more about...
Pike: okay they did a great job fleshing him out. Solid win. I just feel he was stuck with a chilling plot device from Discovery that the character didn't need in the long term (seeing his fate).
Number One: I wasn't pleased with that they gave me, especially since I'm not sure it was part of the original plan. And I hated the change in her eyebrows to make her "alien."
La'an: other than "the Gorn slaughtered your family" we know almost nothing, and so far there's zero relevance to her being a descendant of Khan's family. Other than pushing the "Khan button" as this franchise likes to do, at present she could be La'an Magillacuddy for all it matters.
Ortegas: man what a waste of a charismatic actress. She's great to watch (she's so f'n cute and fun) but so far she's the wiseass comedy relief or the buddy to prop up Uhura.
Hemmer: best new character in the series. Alas...
I also wanted to learn about Jose Tyler, Phillip Boyce and Yeoman Colt. Again, alas...
However, that's fine, crew come and go. What I felt was more important was a chance for more original stories and new species. They started off strong, but then it went south. I didn't need reconfigured Gorn into Xenomorphs, rewrites of far superior classic episodes, the doctor's daughters storybook fantasy, and endless episodes of The Spock Family bickering. The fan service is strong and maybe a lot of people want to see that (everyone loves callbacks, amirite?). I get that even classic Trek adapted prior stories, movies and stuff or based aliens on Earth societies to make a point, but I have a problem when Trek goes back and rips itself off or reimagines an iconic (if cheesy) species into another species easily recognizable from another (hopefully) ongoing sci-fi franchise and calls it an homage. It shows lack of creative originality. And just because "that show did it" doesn't make it amazing. It's lazy. It's "wouldn't it be cool if..." Fine, the original series did "The Enemy Below" and "Moby Dick" but those were one-off adventures, not making Klingons like "War of the Worlds" Martians or Romulans like Dr. Zaius. The Gorn will be an ongoing threat that will now always be an an Alien/Predator hybrid ripoff. And yet, the excuses for it come like a tide... Have at it, but I find it annoying.
I may come back for season 2. Maybe they'll embrace more originality. Maybe they will do something about Ethan Peck to make him less robotic (anyone thinking he "nails" Spock must be seeing Spock for the first time because he's way off). Maybe Pike will be a little less "hot fun dad." One great thing about the finale was the "stand down!" moment. Finally, the familiarity bit him on the ass.
This series has a LOT of potential. They have an amazing cast, fine directors and some talented writers. But I never felt Alex Kurtzman or Akiva Goldsman were particularly good at creating solid genre entertainment on their own. I still think this is the best of the Kurtzman Era Treks but that is truly damning with faint praise.
(NOTE: I expect very few people here to agree with any of the above).
doesn’t lower deck season 3 come out in a month or so and The second half of prodigy season 1 sometime before the end of the year?
And there is still the Orville tin the meantime!
the "Kirk didn't become captain because of Pike's accident" is easy enough. So Pike stayed on the Enterprise as a way to avoid his fate. Or maybe he was so overjoyed at avoiding his fate, he decided to stay.
Maybe, just maybe, other people don't view it as "stripping old Star Trek for parts." Other people enjoy the current direction of Trek. If you don't ... that doesn't mean they're ~stripping old Star Trek for parts.~
There are five different Trek shows on right now. If you can't enjoy any of them, whatever old has-been Trek that you do enjoy is available. But if you can't enjoy anything out of five shows, the problem isn't with the showrunners.
I liked this episode far better than the previous two episodes. My memory of the TOS episode is vague. Some people wonder what Trek newbies who don't know the backstory would make of it, and I think they'll be fine.
My nitpicks are:
- the Kirk actor didn't work for me, at all. In any other role, he'd be fine, and the writing was good, but... just no.
- I hated how they made Ortegas so ooc (and also kinda dumb)
- I'm tired of the chosen one/ unescapable fate tropes. Yes, I know it's been widely used in Trek. No, that ndoesn't make me like it any better
Alll in all a good episode, 8/ 10.
Contrary to almost everyone else, my enthusiasm for SNW is waning a bit, and I'm not exactly sure why. I can point to a few things:
While I can't say that are I can't say they're badly written or acted, the emotional beats often don't hit me as they should. Like Hemmer's death, for example. Even though I didn't want to lose him, it somehow left me cold. I recently watched a review of episode 9, and some of those dudes has a similar reaction. He doesn't quite know why, either.
That said, it's not always the case. This time, the Pike/ Spock exchange (You're important to me, too) definitely got me.Very nicely done.
I also find that I'd like to see the new characters explored more. (I'd include those original TOS characters that we know little about ffrom the previous shows and films: Pike, Una, Uhura, M'Bengue). Instead, the focus seems to shift more and more to Pike/ Spock (+maybe Kirk). The latter being the most explored character(s) of Trek already. Also, I get that a male duo/ trio as the center of the show is very canon/ TOS, but that doesn't mean I'm interested in seeing it... again. I don't like if the rest of the cast is reduced to almost guest characters (not in the credits obviously) and, if female, mostly featured as current/ potential love interests (one-sided or not).
Some of all this may be the curse of the prequel, of course. Still.
It's sad because I agree it's the best written live action Trek show. I'll see how I like the first episodes of season 2, I guess.
My nitpicks are:
- the Kirk actor didn't work for me, at all. In any other role, he'd be fine, and the writing was good, but... just no.
- I hated how they made Ortegas so ooc (and also kinda dumb)
- I'm tired of the chosen one/ unescapable fate tropes. Yes, I know it's been widely used in Trek. No, that ndoesn't make me like it any better
Alll in all a good episode, 8/ 10.
Contrary to almost everyone else, my enthusiasm for SNW is waning a bit, and I'm not exactly sure why. I can point to a few things:
While I can't say that are I can't say they're badly written or acted, the emotional beats often don't hit me as they should. Like Hemmer's death, for example. Even though I didn't want to lose him, it somehow left me cold. I recently watched a review of episode 9, and some of those dudes has a similar reaction. He doesn't quite know why, either.
That said, it's not always the case. This time, the Pike/ Spock exchange (You're important to me, too) definitely got me.Very nicely done.
I also find that I'd like to see the new characters explored more. (I'd include those original TOS characters that we know little about ffrom the previous shows and films: Pike, Una, Uhura, M'Bengue). Instead, the focus seems to shift more and more to Pike/ Spock (+maybe Kirk). The latter being the most explored character(s) of Trek already. Also, I get that a male duo/ trio as the center of the show is very canon/ TOS, but that doesn't mean I'm interested in seeing it... again. I don't like if the rest of the cast is reduced to almost guest characters (not in the credits obviously) and, if female, mostly featured as current/ potential love interests (one-sided or not).
Some of all this may be the curse of the prequel, of course. Still.
It's sad because I agree it's the best written live action Trek show. I'll see how I like the first episodes of season 2, I guess.
Heh ... Try again ....And you still got it wrong, it's March 23rd, not 24th.
March 22nd, 2233.
Thank you for playing, but you DON'T get the (Enter) prize.
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Probably a sweet assignment until the 80s
Do we know why no one gets to see her? Could be Una herself refuses visitors.
If Pike is never promoted or never accepts the promotion, why would he meet Kirk in 2264 or when ever the transfer of command took place?
Well, I'm in the same boat Season 1 was just OK, but I have no motivation for Season 2.
I'd presume it's a "special treatment" they give "Augments." But even how Burnham's prison experience looked in Ep2 of DSC looked out of place/tone for this future Earth/The Federation. You'd think for even theist severe cases even in the case of crimes in Starfleet imprisonment would be very sociable, livable and not something with aspects of cruelty.
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