Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x04 - "Among the Lotus Eaters"
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It's a TV show.
On first viewing I'd have given this a 7. The second viewing let me notice some genuine emotional moments from the characters that I'd missed while paying more attention to the plot, which offered up a number of head-scratchers. Overall, I'd give it a solid 8. Without a doubt the weakest of the 4 episodes so far, though entertaining.
He misses lots of things, including his mind, which he misses the most...
Clearly RMB doesn't realize the other Trek shows "never stopped to consider this" either. Well, fine, TOS did, and TNG did after Wesley left the show.
Ah, but clearly I'm missing the point. If this had happened in an episode of Picard S3 RMB would be absolutely jizzing his pants right now.
Even in that comic, Pike only ordered Kirk to conduct a survey mission of the planet. He did not order him to save the inhabitants from the volcano, as indeed, Pike would have no way of knowing about the volcano. That was something the Enterprise crew learned when they arrived in orbit.
So I guess in both timelines Pike goes snooping around (or orders others to) in primitive pre-warp planets just because he can? Well, at least it's consistent.
Which is how it should be. Unless it's a character from a novel, the actor should have a big say in how the character looks.
I read that Avery Brooks wanted the bald and goatee look for Sisko from the very beginning, but wasn't allowed until Behr took full reigns of the show. He was clearly more comfortable with that than the full headed and clean face look the studio had been forcing him to use.
The Federation DIDN'T KNOW it was a primative pre-warp planet UNTIL Pike went down. The radiation prevented clear scans from orbit on Pikes first visit. And we know Federation scanners have improved (from SNW S1 Strange New Worlds); and that the current 1701n sensor suite is their most modern - but 5 years previous, they couldn't scan the surface.
I heard it was because they didn't want him looking like his character Hawk from 'Spencer: For Hire' and 'A Man Called Hawk'.
I don't know how true that is.
I don't think we can credit Behr for helping Sisko get bald. A bunch of Spencer tv movies featuring Hawk aired at the same time as DS9's Sisko went bald (as the air dates of these movies confirm), and it seems to me the most realistic answer was that Avery had to shave his head to be Hawk, and thus since DS9 was filmed at the same time, realistically Sisko needed to go bald too unless one production or another was going to be putting Avery through baldcaps or wigs. That's all there is to it.
RMB should be forced to to spell out why he was wrong every time he does this.
I heard it was because they didn't want him looking like his character Hawk from 'Spencer: For Hire' and 'A Man Called Hawk'.
I don't know how true that is.
That would require reflection because just saying "You're wrong" clearly isn't effective.
What, like his infamous "Shoot to kill" Tweet?
Thanks. Sheesh
I DEMAND A SHOW THAT DIVES DEEPLY INTO THE MINUTIAE OF QUASI-MILTARY (BUT IT'S REALLY A MILITARY) DUTY ROSTERS AND PERSONNEL ROTATIONS
I get the fact that the radiation prevented surface scans, so the original landing party went in blind, but based on what we saw in TOS, that's didn't rate handing out a platoon's worth of phaser rifles. Often times, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and ENS Ricky Redshirt would beam in with nothing more than Phaser I hidden under their belts, and maybe Phaser II if it was a known hazardous situation. I can't remember a time other than the Gary Mitchell thing where we even saw a phaser rifle.
So this is one plot point I find to be weak. The Kalar would have been just as interfered with if they had hand phasers, but whatever. I still enjoyed the episode a lot, and hey, everyone loves a little phaser rifle pew-pew. At least I do.
So this is one plot point I find to be weak. The Kalar would have been just as interfered with if they had hand phasers, but whatever. I still enjoyed the episode a lot, and hey, everyone loves a little phaser rifle pew-pew. At least I do.
You expect a person who threw in with a grifter and try to claim the Star Trek IP was on the Public Domain (when they were sued for both raising money to supposedly finance a non-licensed Star Trek feature film and sell unlicensed merchandise related to that project) so he could take 7 years and $2 million that the group blew or car tires, their own salaries to still claim (after settling the lawsuit to make a two part 30 minute feature instead of the 2 hour one with restrictions now placed on all fan productions as a result) said fan film is still 'in production'; to actually ve able to give an unbiased review of new Star Trek series?
Why don't they just leave well enough alone if they can't scan the surface? Do they *really* need to be poking at every single planet? Yes, I know their mission is to explore, but I would think that this mandate would be within reason.
Also I would think the rule of thumb is assume a new planet is a pre-warp planet unless you see proof otherwise (i.e. starships taking off from said planet)
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