Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x07 - "What Is Starfleet?"

[Tallguy]

I agree completely. And there doesn't seem to be anything we as Americans can do to stop our government from supporting this kind of behavior. What's going on in Gaza is straight up genocide.

Is this what we're going to talk about?

 

[Tuskin38]

Erica has a model of an NX-Class (presumably the Enterprise) in her quarters

Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social)

The model of the Enterprise NX-01 in Erica Ortegas' quarters, barely seen in #StarTrekSNW season 2's "Among the Lotus Eaters"⬇️, can be recognized much better in season 3's "What is Starfleet"⬆️.

bsky.app

 

[DaveyNY]

Wow, did this one ever collapse on rewatch.

First time I liked it with reservations, second time, it's a total failure. The only truly bad episode so far this season. I wish I could change my score!

The moral dilemma of the Jikaru doesn't take off, because unfurling it as a mystery in a documentary format witholds too much context from us. We just don't have enough information about the conflict between the aliens to judge what's going on here.

And it was so ineffective as a documentary. They didn't crack how to make that device work for them. The way the character arc for Beto was structured made no sense within this documentary format.

I do still think the director did exceptional work. The script failed, but I don't see any better way to have executed it.

That's what happens when one over analyzes things, you destroy the enjoyment of it.

As an example, SPOCK's BRAIN is stupid as Hell, but I still enjoy watching it for the umpteenth time after almost 60 years.

More than a few TNG episodes leave a lot to be desired in their production and writing process, but I don't rewatch any of the Star Trek episodes for their technical prowess, I watch them because I enjoy the character interactions and the starships.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Erica has a model of an NX-Class (presumably the Enterprise) in her quarters

Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social)

The model of the Enterprise NX-01 in Erica Ortegas' quarters, barely seen in #StarTrekSNW season 2's "Among the Lotus Eaters"⬇️, can be recognized much better in season 3's "What is Starfleet"⬆️.

bsky.app

And thankfully not the "refit".

 

[Dukhat]

I wish I could get the job of building models for SNW set dressing. It would be kitbash galore.

 

[Farscape One]

That's what happens when one over analyzes things, you destroy the enjoyment of it.

As an example, SPOCK's BRAIN is stupid as Hell, but I still enjoy watching it for the umpteenth time after almost 60 years.

More than a few TNG episodes leave a lot to be desired in their production and writing process, but I don't rewatch any of the Star Trek episodes for their technical prowess, I watch them because I enjoy the character interactions and the starships.

I agree with you, for the most part.

But there are times when an episode, particularly on a rewatch, actually loses something when you think about it a bit more. (Not that I think this episode is such a case. For me, anyway.)

 

[Mr Awe]

Without the novel format the story was a thrice-told Trek tale.

I'd agree with that. However, I still don't think the "novel" format added to it.

IMO the way it was implemented in this story was actually somewhat detrimental. That's not because the documentary style itself is inherently problematic but rather the specific way it was executed in this story. I've seen other shows use this approach more effectively.

In the end, it was a solid Star Trek style story. I thought it was pretty good but not great.