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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x05 - "Through the Lens of Time"

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Kidneys are much simpler than eyes and their connections, but I think we don't know what exactly was missing in Geordi's eyes.
If you think kidneys are simple, you're sadly mistaken. Even with modern technology, it's difficult if not impossible to replicate kidney functions in a small efficient package. Their ability to balance chemicals and remove waste are unparalleled and complex.
 
Moving the eugenics war is not minor.

And the cartoons were always canon to this fan. So, it didn't alter anything. Rewatching TAS definitely made TNG slightly more palatable because many ideas are replicated in TNG from TAS.


Not exactly. Roddenberry liked to say TAS wasn't canon, but didn't have the ownership rights to say so, but fans took it and ran with it. Then CBS said it was and onward we go. For me, it was always canon because that's how it was referenced in the Star Trek Concordance and Encyclopedia.
I don't know which version of the Encyclopedia you're talking about, but I'm pretty sure the edition called Omnipedia omitted TAS and mentioned that Rodenberry didn't consider it canon.

CBS does consider it canon per the official site now, and nods like the fate of giant Spock clone. That being said, the visual appearance of Robert April according to TAS obviously isn't canon anymore.
 
That's not the type of happy ending I want to see.

I want him to have a normal life; even if he has to have a Wheel Chair, or walk with a limp, or walk with a cane, or have Cybernetic replacement limbs.

Something better then being bound to the chair and requiring Illusions to have a happy ending.
It might not be your idea of a happy ending but life's not far. Sometime shit happens and you just have to work with it. In this case, it's pretty good deal considering what happened to him. And fortunately, Pike is more resilient and adaptable than you and will make the best of it.
 
It almost feels like they are trying to connect a lot of the "godlike" races, because of course, how could they not know of each other or be related!?

We're seeing some of the most advanced, and also a variety of lesser beings, like the M'Koon who have "fallen" you might say.
I'm largely OK with that. How many powerful pan-dimensional races do we need? A recent IDW comic did have them all sitting in a pan-dimensional UN. Similarly, I have always been very irritated at Trek's inconsistent approach to ancient androids, modern androids, and home made androids.

Everyone is all, ooh aren't Soong type androids amazing while the Old Ones are spinning in their graves.
 
It's just my impression or everyone in this episode suffered from terminal stupidity?
No, you're not the only one. I commented on it in my review. The Enterprise crew didn't come off looking very professional in the early portion. Probably the first third of the story. Juvenile, Unprofessional. Swayed by emotion.

And the logical thing for Spock to do when considering whether to continue the mission was to simply go outside the structure and ask Pike! (Of course, he might have been killed but he didn't know that.) After they saw the other aliens died from being trapped, your first thought should be to get out of there and regroup.

But, I enjoyed the episode for its creepiness. Gave it a 9. But some of the first bits had me worried.
 
If you think kidneys are simple, you're sadly mistaken. Even with modern technology, it's difficult if not impossible to replicate kidney functions in a small efficient package. Their ability to balance chemicals and remove waste are unparalleled and complex.
Now compare them with retinas, to make the reply fit the original statement ;)
 
And the logical thing for Spock to do when considering whether to continue the mission was to simply go outside the structure and ask Pike! (Of course, he might have been killed but he didn't know that.) After they saw the other aliens died from being trapped, your first thought should be to get out of there and regroup.
I was genuinely confused. Spock merely suggested leaving the building for a moment to report to Pike. But everyone was reacting as if that meant they'd never be able to explore it again.

Perhaps I'd missed something? Worst case scenario, the exploration was just being delayed. Or wasn't?
 
Ahhhh. Much better.

It would be even better if Pike was the lead of his own show again. (YES I will keep beating this drum.)

And I'm pretty sure we've just been introduced to the season finale.
 
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