Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x04 - "A Space Adventure Hour"
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No... no, you absolutely do NOT have to love the Shatner impersonation.
And the "flanderization" of Star Trek goes on....
And the "flanderization" of Star Trek goes on....
This was a bit meh, like all the episodes of season 3 so far, if I'm really honest. Bit disappointed by the quality of the writing or lack thereof.
Evolution of the holodeck...
At least the level of sophistication still makes sense: Disco has only small rooms and simple scenarios, SNW has indoors of one building, TAS has larger landscapes, then TNG has wide walkable scenery (entire city blocks).
Why would the transporter buffers have all of their patterns stored permanently? That was an issue in DS9, though that could have been a Cardassian tech problem.
Nice Riker maneuver, and good dancing!
But the Last Frontier scenes seemed too much like parody
At least the level of sophistication still makes sense: Disco has only small rooms and simple scenarios, SNW has indoors of one building, TAS has larger landscapes, then TNG has wide walkable scenery (entire city blocks).
Why would the transporter buffers have all of their patterns stored permanently? That was an issue in DS9, though that could have been a Cardassian tech problem.
Nice Riker maneuver, and good dancing!
But the Last Frontier scenes seemed too much like parody
So basically, La’an asked for an opponent that could beat her. And the computer was like: “Fine. I’ll do it myself!”
I looked up what Janeway said about Flotter:
Did I ever tell you about the time I flooded this entire forest? I was six years old. Flotter claimed we were in for a dry spell so I came up with the obvious solution. Why not just divert the river? This entire forest was a swamp by the time we were done.
It could've been a 2D point and click adventure game, or even a choose-your-adventure book
Did I ever tell you about the time I flooded this entire forest? I was six years old. Flotter claimed we were in for a dry spell so I came up with the obvious solution. Why not just divert the river? This entire forest was a swamp by the time we were done.
It could've been a 2D point and click adventure game, or even a choose-your-adventure book
I think they came up with as good as any explanation why the holodeck protoype didn't end up in wider use for a while and (sort of) explaining one of the "stupidest" plot points on Voyager.
The ship's energy grid and main competer couldn't handle the holodeck and existing ships couldn't easily be retrofitted with a seperate grid.
The ship's energy grid and main competer couldn't handle the holodeck and existing ships couldn't easily be retrofitted with a seperate grid.
Well, I’ll give it a rewatch later this week, but unfortunately, my first impression is that this was the weakest episode of Strange New Worlds to date. And a frustrating one to botch, given how much fun it might have been.
Ah well. Three winners and one loser thus far. Still a good season.
Ah well. Three winners and one loser thus far. Still a good season.
People didn't like it then either, so....
So create new "popular stuff" and have at it. Space is big. Lots bigger than most TV shows like to address. Create new species that Kirk's crew just didn't happen to run into out there. I mean, fans are gonna fan. I also fan at times, so there you go...
I want to note, because the prevailing narrative among some is destined to be that people who don’t like “A Space Adventure Hour” don’t like ‘fun’. And yeah, that’s gonna be the case with some. Those who devote their minds to concepts of rigorous canon, etc.
In my case, “The Elysian Kingdom” is good, “Charades” is fantastic, “Subspace Rhapsody” is decent, and “Wedding Bell Blues” is also decent. I’m not wild about “Those Old Scientists”, but it’s hardly bad.
This is the first time I’ve stepped away from a Strange New Worlds comedy ep fairly disappointed. IMO, the sauce just wasn’t there.
In my case, “The Elysian Kingdom” is good, “Charades” is fantastic, “Subspace Rhapsody” is decent, and “Wedding Bell Blues” is also decent. I’m not wild about “Those Old Scientists”, but it’s hardly bad.
This is the first time I’ve stepped away from a Strange New Worlds comedy ep fairly disappointed. IMO, the sauce just wasn’t there.
Good gravy, what a tedious fucking episode.
With the awful holo story and the paper thin ship-in-danger plot, it felt like watching one of Voyager's worst holodeck malfunction episodes.
All that plus we're already doing a new romantic pairing?
Exec #1 "Hey, do you wanna do a bog-standard holodeck story? Don't worry, we'll make a bunch of pat excuses to cover the hows and whys. Like the Ferengi ep on ENT, people will love it!!"
Exec #2 "Uh, OF COURSE I DO!"
Edit: And just for the record, "doing the holodeck early" is my rock-bottom least complaint about this episode. If it were good, I wouldn't care. And my complaint is also not that the episode is "fun".
With the awful holo story and the paper thin ship-in-danger plot, it felt like watching one of Voyager's worst holodeck malfunction episodes.
All that plus we're already doing a new romantic pairing?
Exec #1 "Hey, do you wanna do a bog-standard holodeck story? Don't worry, we'll make a bunch of pat excuses to cover the hows and whys. Like the Ferengi ep on ENT, people will love it!!"
Exec #2 "Uh, OF COURSE I DO!"
Edit: And just for the record, "doing the holodeck early" is my rock-bottom least complaint about this episode. If it were good, I wouldn't care. And my complaint is also not that the episode is "fun".
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Again, everyone looked sensational. And Babs. Oh. My. God.
I like the tummy on Bellows. And I love it when Anson Mount overacts. Bellows might have well been talking to Jessica Fletcher!
Maxwell Saint was channeling Maxwell Smart more than William Shatner...
This story is basically a demo reel for all the actors involved. Branching out, they must have had a blast making it.
The Last Frontier looks dreadful. It's an AI version of "Show me Star Trek as produced by Republic Serials."
I love these early days of Scotty and Uhura.
Moral of the story: holodecks are murder. Also, it takes two to tango. And no engineer is an island. Oh. And we all lose brain cells to the Agonyans...
I like the tummy on Bellows. And I love it when Anson Mount overacts. Bellows might have well been talking to Jessica Fletcher!
Maxwell Saint was channeling Maxwell Smart more than William Shatner...
This story is basically a demo reel for all the actors involved. Branching out, they must have had a blast making it.
The Last Frontier looks dreadful. It's an AI version of "Show me Star Trek as produced by Republic Serials."
I love these early days of Scotty and Uhura.
Moral of the story: holodecks are murder. Also, it takes two to tango. And no engineer is an island. Oh. And we all lose brain cells to the Agonyans...
Didn't she say it was something Scotty put there to monitor her brainwaves in order to make the holodeck realistic or something like that?
Thing is, by the time TUC came out we had already had TNG episodes which established Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character and referenced Arthur Conan Doyle by name, so Spock's line in that movie could only be seen as a reference to Conan Doyle.
This was a lot of fun. There is so much that is contrary to the original series that I continue to think it’s an alternate timeline, but it’s entertaining. Everything La’an touches makes it an alternate reality. How could Spock have a mindmeld with Khan’s descendant, work closely with her, learn to dance from her, and still behave as he did in the original series? Assuming the final moment isn’t a simulation, both Kirk and Spock were romantically attracted to her! They’re going to have to literally erase La’an from existence to make it work. Since I don't want La’an erased (or Pike in a wheelchair), it's an alternate reality.
Chapel and M’Benga together romantically actually would make emotional sense, as would Spock and La’an.
Chapel and M’Benga together romantically actually would make emotional sense, as would Spock and La’an.
Am I crazy about this one? No.
But Anson Mount looking like Brannon Braga and everyone agreeing to either bury the holodeck somewhere and forget about it (or, as per Scotty's suggestion, just confine it to a smaller room so that the TAS recreation deck eventually happens
) plus the "blooper reel" at the end made me genuinely smile or even laugh out loud.
It's not great, but what's good about it is really fun.
But Anson Mount looking like Brannon Braga and everyone agreeing to either bury the holodeck somewhere and forget about it (or, as per Scotty's suggestion, just confine it to a smaller room so that the TAS recreation deck eventually happens
) plus the "blooper reel" at the end made me genuinely smile or even laugh out loud.It's not great, but what's good about it is really fun.
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