Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x01 - "The Broken Circle"
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QED.
LOL. I mean why not just sprout extra legs.
This is a rather assholish comment (and especially insensitive to those who have difficulty conceiving). But, you know, if an actor having a family somehow inconveniences the viewers, well…how dare they?Man you're only doing ten episodes and you can't time a baby better!
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The use of performance-enhancing drugs in the UFC is a bannable offense. You're talking about a contest that's considered cheating in the sport.
Audience must come first.
Or "inner eyelids," or "redundant organ systems." That stuff doesn't happen in Star Trek.
Really, your attempt to dodge defending a weak criticism by resorting to exaggerated and inappropriate examples is silly.
No, no - everyone fits into a marked checked box. It's the only way. Expectation is God.
Stsrfleet would be an organization that WOULD use uppers and stimulants. No way would the prudishness of any one member species override the more traditionally combat-oriented and martial societies who valued peak physical efficiency in life-threatening situations.
Even the Beatles popped uppers in their Hamburg nightclub days.
Even the Beatles popped uppers in their Hamburg nightclub days.
Agreed.
I thought the fight went on too long. I thought there probably was another way to get them to where they needed to be to do the things they needed to do and still dramatically eject themselves into space so we could have an emotional denouement. I assume (no evidence) that showrunners wanted to open the season with action before getting into the more cerebral courtroom drama. That being said...
I'm watching a show where people can beam their bodies across vast distances. I come prepared to suspend disbelief. If you are incapable of doing so then why watch this kind of show?
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Depends, What are the backgrounds of my local Doctor and nurse. Are they combat veterans with a martial art background? Did they finance their educations by participating in fight clubs? Being medical professions isn’t the disqualifier you seem to think it is.
"Superior ability breeds superior ambition."
From a world-building perspective, you don't think it's a bit inconsistent that you've introduced a drug that Starfleet personnel take to have artificial superior abilities, and in the very next episode you have one of the main characters on trial by the same organization for having artificially induced superior abilities?
Beyond being a bit silly, my main objection is that this doesn't fit well with everything else. Yes, you can point to other silly things, other fictional drugs, other magic tech. But that doesn't make this good writing because other stupid shit has made it to screen, especially since it's not consistent with the Federation we've seen over the course of a half-century of episodes where it's about the ability of humanity and idealistic human values to overcome.
You seem to think it’s something approved by Starfleet and the Federation and is in common use.
The changes in this episode weren't permanent and didn't last very long.
Yep, they were clearly on a timer.
No. I think it reflects real life.
Governments are run by Hypocrites who rely on Dogma than practical logical thinking to justify their asinine rules.
The UFP doesn't get a pass with it's dumb Genetic Engineering Ban.