Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x02 - "Wedding Bell Blues"
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I do wish they had given a shout out to Jerome Bixby (author of the Its a Good Life short story which the Twilight Zone episode is based on, and also he wrote for TOS too ), and Peter David (RIP) whose novel Q Squared was about the (long speculated ) connection between Q and Trelane
Spock and La'an dancing was the bees knees.
Maybe there will be a SNW episode where a machine transfers some of Scotty's youth into Jim Kirk.
They made a cornfield reference.
Maybe there will be a SNW episode where a machine transfers some of Scotty's youth into Jim Kirk.
Lol. Yeah. Scotty is approximately 10 years as older than kirk in TOS. In this show the actors clearly are the reverse.
Meh.
It's some weird casting for sure, and just as weird that he's being played as a younger guy with plenty to learn about drinking and miracle working. Though it gives me hope that they'll be casting Walter Koenig to play a slightly-too-old Pavel Chekov.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! Rhys is just wonderful and fun. The costumes were gorgeous. I liked that they never said "Trelane" or "Q", but let's be honest, fans have been connecting them since "Encounter at Farpoint," and Peter David even wrote a novel. I took it as a wink and a nod, as I think it was intended.
I loved La'an teaching Spock to dance, and enjoyed seeing Ortegas' brother being instantly smitten by Uhura. I look forward to seeing them do something with Erica's PTSD. Pike's improvised speech at the end was hilarious. Also, Spock insulting Sam was great. It was nice to see Sam get used in both of these episodes.
I loved La'an teaching Spock to dance, and enjoyed seeing Ortegas' brother being instantly smitten by Uhura. I look forward to seeing them do something with Erica's PTSD. Pike's improvised speech at the end was hilarious. Also, Spock insulting Sam was great. It was nice to see Sam get used in both of these episodes.
Whereas, I thought it was a return to form after Subspace Rhapsody and Hegemony I & II* disappointed me.
*...I am not fond of SNW's Gorn.
By the time they do the beginning of Kirk's 5 year mission the actor that plays kirk will be too old. He's 42 now. When this show ends he'll be 44. If the do a show fir the first year's of Kirk's mission Paul Wesley will be 46. Kirk was supposed to be 29 to 31 when he took over the Enterprise. He doesn't look that young now. Too old.
I'm smitten with the new bartender. Memory Alpha confirms Kelzing's Edosian [link], but they provide no citation.
I hope the implication is correct that she is going to be aboard the Enterprise going forward.
She has a beautiful smile and a lovely voice.
Her description of what would happen if they were to drink that drink was hilarious. I took her reference to whatever they have below their esophagi as a wink to the fact that we still haven't seen her below the waist.
I suppose they have three choices (which is appropriate
). First, forever hide what's below her waist and block it with the bar and other possibly random objects. That could be really funny, actually. Second, show it, but with her just standing still. Three, go balls out, and let us see her walking, or even skipping, dancing, running. That's a high bar, and if they could pull it off, they could really wow us. Do it, TPTB, do it!!!
I hope the implication is correct that she is going to be aboard the Enterprise going forward.
She has a beautiful smile and a lovely voice.
Her description of what would happen if they were to drink that drink was hilarious. I took her reference to whatever they have below their esophagi as a wink to the fact that we still haven't seen her below the waist.
I suppose they have three choices (which is appropriate
). First, forever hide what's below her waist and block it with the bar and other possibly random objects. That could be really funny, actually. Second, show it, but with her just standing still. Three, go balls out, and let us see her walking, or even skipping, dancing, running. That's a high bar, and if they could pull it off, they could really wow us. Do it, TPTB, do it!!!
Sorry, maybe it's just my eyes, but this man...
Does not look significantly older than this man.
According to my wife, Shatner looks older than Wesley.
I gave it a 6.
I never thought the Spock/Chapel thing worked. If it told a great story, I could totally forgive the continuity problems. Just like how the Gorn story worked well enough I forgive its continuity problems. But it didn't tell a great story, it felt arbitrary, like they picked a random female character to pair up with Spock then broke them up out of story necessity. I appreciate that they tried to tell a TOS style story with Trelane, but it felt aimless and they never explained exactly what causes breaking the spell.
I kept thinking that Spock broke out of it by punching the guy because you need to do something in the fantasy you would never do in real life, which could have led to interesting hijinks tricking people into doing things they'd never do. But they didn't do anything like that, Chapel just broke out randomly and the episode ended.
I never thought the Spock/Chapel thing worked. If it told a great story, I could totally forgive the continuity problems. Just like how the Gorn story worked well enough I forgive its continuity problems. But it didn't tell a great story, it felt arbitrary, like they picked a random female character to pair up with Spock then broke them up out of story necessity. I appreciate that they tried to tell a TOS style story with Trelane, but it felt aimless and they never explained exactly what causes breaking the spell.
I kept thinking that Spock broke out of it by punching the guy because you need to do something in the fantasy you would never do in real life, which could have led to interesting hijinks tricking people into doing things they'd never do. But they didn't do anything like that, Chapel just broke out randomly and the episode ended.
I don't see much of a difference in the age.Sorry, maybe it's just my eyes, but this man...
Does not look significantly older than this man.
According to my wife, Shatner looks older than Wesley.
So, is Korby not affected by Trelane because he is already an android?
That's a soft focus picture of Wesley.
Paul Wesley is a good lookin' dude. But he sure don't look 28.Sorry, maybe it's just my eyes, but this man...
Does not look significantly older [...]
Here he is back when he was about the 'right' age.
Supposedly getting angry or overly emotional causes the break out of the spell. A common stsr trek trope all the way back to This Side of Paradise. Not a particularly original episode. SNW really leans hard into TOS on some episodes.
Paul Wesley is a good lookin' dude. But he sure don't look 28.
Here he is back when he was about the 'right' age.
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That's more age appropriate. The new series with him as kirk is probably another 3 to 5 years away. With how he looks now ots just not going to work. He'll be Patrick Stewart's age when he started as Picard. If the show lasts 3 to 5 years he'll be past The Motion Picture Shatner. They really should have picked a younger actor.
