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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x09 - "Terrarium"
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Yeah, Mirror Worf wasn't evil in DS9, he was a generic Klingon.
Mirror Garek felt like any other cardassian solider, there wasn't anything Garek about him.
Exclusive: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Explain How They Just Rewrote Star Trek History
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked about how "Terrarium" changed everything for the Gorn.
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Dig it.Exclusive: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Explain How They Just Rewrote Star Trek History
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked about how "Terrarium" changed everything for the Gorn.
It looks like I gave Goldsman and Meyers too much credit in thinking that the idea behind "altering perceptions of the Gorn" in a future encounter was more metaphorical and less pedestrianly literal and unimaginative.Exclusive: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Explain How They Just Rewrote Star Trek History
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked about how "Terrarium" changed everything for the Gorn.
Well, when you're trying to please fans you will do that.
At least it does something interesting with a relatively midline TOS episode.
Oh, for f...Exclusive: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Explain How They Just Rewrote Star Trek History
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked about how "Terrarium" changed everything for the Gorn.
(Picard double face palm)
I wish we could change our votes, because the interview just knocked this episode down from a 6.5 to a 5.5. (Since there are no decimals in these votes, my 7 is now a 6.)
they could have just used the simplest explanation that there are different species of Gorn. It’s so simple.
Sure, but where's the fun in that?
Can you point out to the dialogue that says something so monumental did?
LOL no.
I am an ENT apologist too, but there are things ENT did that rewrote a whole lot of the future history of Trek.
I came here to post this link in response to your post, but you've already posted it yourself! The efficiency of the TrekBBS.Exclusive: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Explain How They Just Rewrote Star Trek History
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked about how "Terrarium" changed everything for the Gorn.
It is an embarrassingly awful idea.
I don't have to, as you're the one making the claim that ENT somehow broke "canon" and contradicted the line from "First Contact."
No, it "rewrote" your head canon.
An idea awful enough that my episode score is lowered.I came here to post this link in response to your post, but you've already posted it yourself! The efficiency of the TrekBBS.
It is an embarrassingly awful idea.
Really, sometimes the writers should just be quiet.
It's an "idea" that just remains something theoretical until it actually "happens." I maintain that they Metron was foreshadowing "Arena" rather than stating actual forced change through god-like powers or technology.
If an episode of the future confirms the physical interaction I will change my views.
If an episode of the future confirms the physical interaction I will change my views.
Watched this episode last night, and thought it was generally fine until that last scene with the Metron.
Completely unnecessary, and I feared it was setting up a big reset button. I found it really quite embarrassing, and writers shouldn't feel forced to shoehorn in this kind of stuff which undermines their own stories.
Which kind of goes to show that they are their own worst enemies. They could quite easily have done exactly the same stories with absolutely no issues at all, had they simply not called this particular species "Gorn". Call them the Nrog, and they've added a new species to the rich tapestry of Star Trek with no need for convoluted explanations. Everyone's happy.
Completely unnecessary, and I feared it was setting up a big reset button. I found it really quite embarrassing, and writers shouldn't feel forced to shoehorn in this kind of stuff which undermines their own stories.
Which kind of goes to show that they are their own worst enemies. They could quite easily have done exactly the same stories with absolutely no issues at all, had they simply not called this particular species "Gorn". Call them the Nrog, and they've added a new species to the rich tapestry of Star Trek with no need for convoluted explanations. Everyone's happy.
Ent straight up rewrote Star Trek continuity from the word go. It's not connected to TOS at all. New timeline and all that razzle dazzle.
Oh, that much is painfully apparent.
I watched it a second time with my wife last night. Although I didn't tell her anything about the episode ahead of time, as soon as it ended she said, "I feel like I've seen that story before."
I was surprised how much I enjoyed the episode despite knowing how it would end. I think that's a testimony to the overall strength of the writing, direction, and acting, in spite of the derivative plot elements.
The appearance of the Metrons just ruins it all, though, IMO. Whether you see this as a "remake" of "Arena" or some sort of "reimagining," it's just too close to the original for me. The one thing I absolutely do not want from modern Star Trek is any kind of retelling of stories from the earlier periods of Star Trek, either 1960s or 1980s-2000s Trek.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed the episode despite knowing how it would end. I think that's a testimony to the overall strength of the writing, direction, and acting, in spite of the derivative plot elements.
The appearance of the Metrons just ruins it all, though, IMO. Whether you see this as a "remake" of "Arena" or some sort of "reimagining," it's just too close to the original for me. The one thing I absolutely do not want from modern Star Trek is any kind of retelling of stories from the earlier periods of Star Trek, either 1960s or 1980s-2000s Trek.
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