A lot of people didn't like the Klingon boy band. I guess they just don't care for...
*puts on sunglasses*
K-Pop.
YEOWWWWWW
*puts on sunglasses*
K-Pop.
YEOWWWWWW
Was this a genuine mistake or the result of re-cropping the scene for 16x9 television?
Sadly, I think it has been shown. I remember there being a scene where Worf gets a four-armed pianist to play some.
"Aktuh and Melota."
I have now broken the "watched 100 times" mark on the Klingon K-Pop/boy band. It's just so flawlessly executed, and I adore Bruce Horak.![]()
No, we don't want SNW to turn into a relationship soap- that would be the demise of the show, I think. Character development? Sure. Arcs? Sure. But let's get on with exploring SNW.
Have to say. Celia Rose Gooding is a great singer, but for all the hype about her going into this Christina Chong is better. She was incredible. The best of them all by far - and they were all good
Christine Chong is a terrific singer and I really enjoyed the song... but this isn't Star Trek
Feeling my age: I confess I wince whenever I see commentary about this episode citing "traditional" musicals like . . . Les Miz and Phantom of the Opera?
I mean, I know, intellectually, that those shows are close to forty years old now, but I still think of them as "modern" musicals, as opposed to Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, etc.
I think we should avoid being too reductive about what Star Trek is or isn't. As I always say, the great thing about Star Trek is that the format is broad enough to encompass lots of different kinds of stories: high-concept SF, courtroom dramas, murder mysteries, tragic love stories, topical allegories, morality plays, war stories, espionage stories, comedies, and maybe even a musical or two?
That STAR TREK is a big umbrella is a feature, not a bug. It can do light-hearted and whimsical ("Shore Leave") or dark and searing ("In the Pale Moonlight"), and everything in-between. God forbid Trek hit the same notes week after week without variation.
And let's not be too dismissive of "fun." Star Trek's supposed to be fun and entertaining, as well as high-minded and inspirational. Going all the way back to TOS.
What a weird episode. I kind of loved it. But I also kinda feel that Star Treks somehow jumped the shark.
Did I mention that it fucking sucks to be Spock? I kinda feel Christine realised wanting something forbidden was a lot more exciting than having it.
That's always been his lot.
Am I the only one who remembers the reflection of the guy chewing gum standing off stage in the green crystal in Sela's office in Unification part 2? I guess that one's not canon anymore either.
Alternate timeline!It was edited out of the Remastered version of the episode.
Alternate timeline!
Some years ago, a friend and I were lamenting that "kids these days" didn't watch classic old movies like we did when we were young. Grumble, grumble.
Then we realized we were wrong. Young people were watching vintage movies made long before they were born; it was just that nowadays those movies were THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE WRATH OF KHAN, GREASE, etc.
It was sobering to realize that STAR WARS is older today than CASABLANCA was when we were growing up.![]()
... Listened to the soundtrack again driving home frim work and, man, I just love it!
I just love the.... "Trekness" of the lyrics singing about sciency, mathematical, ship-systems stuff and fellowships. *lol* it's just great!
And rhyming "inertial dampers" with "hampered."![]()
Let's also not forget all the terrible eps in which the Transporter and its malfunctions were the main plot device.
I was under the impression that both involved rendezvous with the other ship, but it would probably have been better to use shuttlecraft so that entire starships aren't being redirected.So, was the Farragut and Patel's ships both inside transporter range or are we doing the Kelvin-verse concept of transporter ranges so vast we don't need starships?
YesWhich is canon?!?!
If only the transporters were as reliable as the inertial dampeners, which are consistently far more reliable than anything else, including life support systems.Hey, nothing wrong with a good transporter malfunction episode. "The Enemy Within" and "Mirror, Mirror" are classics!
(Says the guy who was rewatching "Return of the Fly" just a few nights ago. "Help meeeeee!")
Star Trek really doesn't feel like it has had an edge for a while. Into Darkness maybe my last edgier feel. I like Discovery but I don't think that's what is meant by fans when they ask for an edge.Admittedly I tend to like my Star Trek more serious than most, so I was bound to not like this episode.
And sure enough, I HATED it.
Being silly and self referential is all streaming Trek can do to get your attention. There's no real edge to it otherwise.
Star trek makes a story that is light hearted and optimistic.Being silly and self referential is all streaming Trek can do to get your attention. There's no real edge to it otherwise.
It's Boimler's fault. He seeded the idea that Spock being with her wasn't right for the future. She probably thinks she's helping the timeline.Did I mention that it fucking sucks to be Spock? I kinda feel Christine realised wanting something forbidden was a lot more exciting than having it.
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