Yeah, 10 episodes is too damn short for this.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x09 - "Subspace Rhapsody"
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*starts looking at reruns.*
10 episodes is at least something I can keep up on.
10 episodes is at least something I can keep up on.
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I mean, yeah, I'll be rewatching the seasons again. I've already done a S1 rewatch twice, so S2 will definitely be happening. I've watched Subspace Rhapsody 7 times just by itself, listened to the soundtrack about 10 times now all the way through, and the Klingon K-Pop scene is up to 290 watches.
It does get depressing knowing we're two years away from whatever happens in the next episode. Capitalism sucks.
It does get depressing knowing we're two years away from whatever happens in the next episode. Capitalism sucks.
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Oh, I couldn't wait.
After it finished, I did a rewatch, and then waited before season 2 and did another one. It's honestly my favorite new Star Trek.
I mean, yeah, I'll be rewatching the seasons again. I've already done a S1 rewatch twice, so S2 will definitely be happening. I've watched Subspace Rhapsody 7 times just by itself, listened to the soundtrack about 10 times now all the way through, and the Klingon K-Pop scene is up to 290 watches.
It does get depressing knowing we're two years away from whatever happens in the next episode. Capitalism sucks.
Is this the first time we have finished a season of live action without the next season being in the can, in progress or knowing when the next season would even start filming? (UK timescale question).
He actually sings as Kirk. Not as Shat, but as Kirk.
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I'm honestly not certain. Lower Decks S3 was approved while season 2 was still airing. Discovery has been pre-approved well before its end of season date. I think this may be the first time, outside of pandemic issues, that a Star Trek series season is finishing without already filming for the next season approved or underway.
No. It happened with PICARD S1 during COVID-19 lockdown. Its S1 finished, but S2 production was not even started.
Uhm, Enterprise season 4? TOS season 3?
For whatever it's worth, I found I liked the songs a lot more when I gave the soundtrack a listen. For whatever reason the music connected with me more then.
I don't agree, actually. There are at least three major character arcs that have been fundamentally changed by "Subspace Rhapsody." The first, of course, being Christine dumping Spock, in front of everyone, in a song. That ain't going away any time soon. The second being Spock's decision to recommit more strongly to Vulcan stoicism -- a decision that carries him all the way through to his encounter with V'Ger in The Motion Picture, presumably. And the third is La'an's decision to stop trying to emotionally isolate herself and take the risk of forging meaningful relationships for what appears to be the first time in her adult life.
Not only did it use many of the same plot points as Aliens, but it was also clearly a Star Trek version of a zombie movie.
I agree.
Capitalism is the reason all these things we love were created. Roddenberry was looking to make money. All the people working on these shows are doing it to make money.It does get depressing knowing we're two years away from whatever happens in the next episode. Capitalism sucks.
Communist/socialist countries didn’t produce any awesome shows/movies/musical theater enjoyed for decades. Capitalism produced the prosperity that gave us the leisure time and money to spur demand for a thriving entertainment industry.
Just sayin’. Done now. Not looking for an argument but I can’t resist low hanging fruit like “Capitalism sucks”. I’m weak like that, which is why I stay off political sites.
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Artists make art. Workers create the prosperity you experience. Capitalists take that art and labor, and they commodify it, extracting all the "value" they can before tossing it aside and moving on. It's like saying landlords create housing, when that is not only blatantly false, but lacking entirely in understanding the underlying systemic inequality and exploitation that got us into the situation we're now in. At the end of the day, you've mistaken commerce for capitalism.
Capitalism is the reason all these things we love were created. Roddenberry was looking to make money. All the people working on these shows are doing it to make money.
Communist/socialist countries didn’t produce any awesome shows/movies/musical theater enjoyed for decades. Capitalism produced the prosperity that gave us the leisure time and money to spur demand for a thriving entertainment industry.
Just sayin’. Done now. Not looking for an argument but I can’t resist low hanging fruit like “Capitalism sucks”. I’m weak like that, which is why I stay off political sites.
Yeah, I agree, though, that it's best for another thread.
You mean the strike, specifically? I don’t know enough about the particulars to discuss it, anyway. I always presumed all these people get handsomely compensated, considering how much money gets thrown around in production.
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No.
Capitalism is the reason why people are striking.
Most of the money goes into the pockets of the executives.
The nature of the market. Balance of forces.
The strikes are happening for a righteous cause. So while having an extended break sucks, I’ll live.
But the potential for a 2+ year break certainly make me think season 3 will be this shows last.
yeah, far too few. Feels like somewhere between 15-18 eps per season is the sweet spot. Not as short as it is now but not as long as “classic” Trek’s 26 per year.
But the potential for a 2+ year break certainly make me think season 3 will be this shows last.
yeah, far too few. Feels like somewhere between 15-18 eps per season is the sweet spot. Not as short as it is now but not as long as “classic” Trek’s 26 per year.