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?
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.
That's what happens when one over analyzes things, you destroy the enjoyment of it.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.
And thankfully not the "refit".Erica has a model of an NX-Class (presumably the Enterprise) in her quarters
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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
I agree with you, for the most part.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.
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I'd agree with that. However, I still don't think the "novel" format added to it.Without the novel format the story was a thrice-told Trek tale.
If I really think about Star Trek it all falls apart. There's no logic to it because it's from a different era in terms of space travel possibilities.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.
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Nowadays they 3D print the CGI models. Ys they still need to be assembled, but I don't think there's much 'kitbashing' going on anymore.I wish I could get the job of building models for SNW set dressing. It would be kitbash galore.
Nowadays they 3D print the CGI models. Ys they still need to be assembled, but I don't think there's much 'kitbashing' going on anymore.
My boy also commented after the intro of the Enterprise: "They put numbers on the screen. Dad's annoyed."
YES! Absolutely gorgeous! And then it was heartbreaking too. Double Plus Good!Oh. I don't know if this had been mentioned: Was the space butterfly thing possibly the best looking special effect in Star Trek?
It's a bit of the reverse experience for me, actually.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.
GR was in the Army air corps (I have his service records), but Coon was a Marine who was never deployed during wartime, IIRC.GR and Coon were both WWII Army veterans...
Oops!GR was in the Army air corps (I have his service records), but Coon was a Marine who was never deployed during wartime, IIRC.
I know I'm late to the party, but this episode is simultaneously one of my faves this year and a gigantic misfire.
I think trying to tell a Star Trek type story through the lens (pun intended) of a documentary was a good stretch, and I really looked forward to it, and I liked having the characters talk directly to the camera and us, as that's off-format.
The execution was a mess, however. The visual look was too close to the standard episode style. Lens choice and camera angles aside, it felt too slick and too polished for that kind of shoot. It needed a bit more grit and some harder light to illustrate Beto trying to shine a light into what he perceives are shadows in hopes of finding a chink in Starfleet's armor to support his presuppositions. His behavior in the latter part of the episode should have gotten him confined to quarters and game over-ed had Uhura the presence of mind to report what he was up to once he played his hand.
The touchy-feely "aww, you're just mad cuz your sister enlisted," the "you were just doing your job" and "let's eat" ending was just flat and didn't work for me at all.
TOS got there decades before CSI.. And in Court Martial.
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