Spoilers Strange New Worlds 1x02 - "Children of The Comet"

[IMC Headquarters]

I wonder why they gave the Enterprise red beams in this though when she had blue beams in DSC Season 2.

In this story the phasers' harmonics were adjusted.

 

[Saul]

What other "Fore Knowledge" did he gain thanks to the Time Crystal on Boreth?

He has shown that he gains the (When? Where? Whom? How?) of his Critical Juncture in time.

What else did he gain from his future self? Memories of the 10 years prior?

Those are questions well worth exploring. How much does he know? He seemed very unworried but also partly living in the moment. Does he remember things the way we remember events from 10 years ago in the past? Not completely remembered but he has a general sense of how things went? And then closer to his eventual accident he experienced in the time crystal vision the memories are clearer so he can remember things like the names of crew members?

 

[Noname Given]

How is that catering to the video game crowd? They've done shield percentages in Star Trek since the 80s.

And they did it once in 79 episodes of the original Star Trek, which I mentioned in my post. I'm well aware what they started doing in the 80s and as I said I don't care for it.

 

[mattman8907]

I got The Corbomite Manuever vibes watching the showdown between the Shepherd captain and Pike.

 

[thribs]

37 languages, but not Klingon.

 

[BigJake]

I'd give it an 8/10.

The musical stuff was fun... if a bit rubbery. Yes, the alien comet just happening to use a musical system for communication that perfectly accords with Western tuning systems is not unlike those old-timey TOS planets that just happened to develop parallel cultures to ancient Rome or the Native Americans. But, rolling with it, it provided a cool form of problem-solving and some genuinely beautiful moments in the episode. Felt like a bit of a callback to Close Encounters of the Third Kind in a way.

There was some good action, a nice bit of tactical cleverness from Pike and company, and an interesting opponent in the overzealous Shepherds. Enjoyed seeing some character development for Uhura (as others have pointed out, more than she ever got in the old days... which is saying something for just a single episode). The idea of the Ma'Hanit was interesting as far as it went, although perhaps the notion of ancient aliens playing galactic pinball with comets and trusting near-misses to fate does not bear thinking about too deeply. The core crew all continue to be entertaining, although it's a pity about Sam Kirk spending most of the episode unconscious.

I'm really hoping we don't spend the whole first season bookending everything with discussions of Pike's Impending Doom. That said, a fun episode overall.

 

[Amaris]

By the gods.

This episode was better than the pilot.

THIS is my Trek.

Yeah, I loved the pilot, but this was even better. I was fully invested from start to finish, and it felt almost like I was watching a movie. The production values for this show are terrific. I love the focus on characters, their individual personalities, and Pike's command style is already different from Kirk's, but still reminiscent of the type of command leadership associated with classic Trek. This is, currently, my favorite modern Star Trek by far, leaping over Discovery and Picard (despite my enjoyment of both). This just scratches an itch I didn't even know I had, and it's wonderful. I can't wait to see it continue.

I'd give it an 8/10.

The musical stuff was fun... if a bit rubbery. Yes, the alien comet just happening to use a musical system for communication that perfectly accords with Western tuning systems is not unlike those old-timey TOS planets that just happened to develop parallel cultures to ancient Rome or the Native Americans. But, rolling with it, it provided a cool form of problem-solving and some genuinely beautiful moments in the episode. Felt like a bit of a callback to Close Encounters of the Third Kind in a way.

There was some good action, a nice bit of tactical cleverness from Pike and company, and an interesting opponent in the overzealous Shepherds. Enjoyed seeing some character development for Uhura (as others have pointed out, more than she ever got in the old days... which is saying something for just a single episode). The idea of the Ma'Hanit was interesting as far as it went, although perhaps the notion of ancient aliens playing galactic pinball with comets and trusting near-misses to fate does not bear thinking about too deeply. The core crew all continue to be entertaining, although it's a pity about Sam Kirk spending most of the episode unconscious.

I'm really hoping we don't spend the whole first season bookending everything with discussions of Pike's Impending Doom. That said, a fun episode overall.

The music is mathematical. The actors were just using terms that western audiences would be familiar with. Spock himself states that it's the mathematical properties of music that make it pleasing to our ears, and that's coming from a Vulcan.

 

[Mr Awe]

They did up the size of the USS Enterprise compared to TOS.

They REALLY upsized the Captain's Quarters that it's ridiculous.
It's nicer & larger than what JLP had.

I have no idea where those numbers are from. Is the SNW number in particular official in any sense?

 

[Mr Awe]

Yes, but as you might have noticed I wasn't talking about a little bit of water. I was talking about a huge chunk of it.

Real comets tend to be fairly small. An entire comet won't make a difference in a planet's water. When they first observed what appeared to be a natural comet, the Enterprise crew didn't note that it was unusually massive for a comment. Therefore, it appeared like a typical comet, until they investigated further.

I suppose you could say it was a huge comet capable of a huge chunk and that the crew just never mentioned it. That would be odd . . .

I'm willing to hand wave it way as alien tech though.

 

[thribs]

Pike knowing all that future stuff makes me think he was in the mind of Future Pike at the time. That could mean he might know Kirk will take over from him as captain.

 

[Belz...]

I wonder why they gave the Enterprise red beams in this though when she had blue beams in DSC Season 2.

I don't know, but in Trek history phasers were mostly reddish. Mostly.

Pikes quarters are also way too big, even allowing for a doubling of the crew size in the next few years. Pike's quarters just seem way too large for this size of ship and, really, for the lifestyle supposedly Starfleet officers are supposed to be living in. Even Picard's quarters were kind of modest. But Like has huge quarters with a fireplace and a functioning kitchen?

Clearly Pike managed to snatch one of the diplomatic suites.

The onscreen graphics say 289 meters long. CBS says 442 meters. I go with the former but then nobody is depending on me to be the official decision maker so to each their own.

Just eyeballing it, using the taller saucer windows, it does seem much smaller than 440 meters.

Also, I like this interpretation of the prime directive, but I’m not necessarily sure that what happened “brought life”: a climate change like that is bound to have serious repercussions on the planetary ecosystem, leading to extinction events and disruption.

Do NOT question Ma'Hanit!

Real comets tend to be fairly small.

Real solar system comets. But how would you call a larger, icy world like Pluto if it started having a coma while roaming near a star?

 

[MarsWeeps]

8/10.
Some random comments:
* Uhura has more to do in this single episode than in all of TOS. Good to see.
* La'an reminds me of the Belter chick on The Expanse. I like her.
* Glad to see the episode clock in at 52 minutes. I hope it continues.
* Chapel sure is different than the original. In a good way.
* Pike is also different than the original "Is your blood red like ours? I'm gonna find out!" Nice to see he has a sense of humor, I hope they don't over do it.
* Sam Kirk is a dumbass. Probably why he left Starfleet and moved to a planet with flying killer pizzas.
* I don't like Ortegas at all. Maybe it's the haircut. Spock should lend her some of his sideburns, he can afford to.
* Enterprise- don't care for the Aztec-ing. They should tone it down.
* Una - love her character but it seems she has aged since Discovery days.

Can't wait for the next episode!

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Ortegas' portrayer Melissa Navia strongly reminds me of Nana Visitor.

 

[Charles Phipps]

37 languages, but not Klingon.

I choose to believe that they were speaking a dialect of Klingon she was unfamiliar with.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Ortegas' portrayer Melissa Navia strongly reminds me of Nana Visitor.

I didn't see it until you said it and now I can't unsee it.

 

[Amaris]

Ortegas' portrayer Melissa Navia strongly reminds me of Nana Visitor.

Yeah, I took a strong liking to Ortegas immediately, just like I did Kira back in the DS9 days.

 

[Belz...]

I choose to believe that they were speaking a dialect of Klingon she was unfamiliar with.

It's her fault for instead learning all three Romulan dialects. A bit useless if they hadn't had contact for a hundred years, if you ask me.

 

[cooleddie74]

Ortegas' portrayer Melissa Navia strongly reminds me of Nana Visitor.

Plus, the Klingons were in isolation for most of the 2154 to 2256 period with just occasional border raids and attacks on the Federation. It's possible Uhura knew very little Klingon at all and just never learned it.

 

[Yistaan]

It's her fault for instead learning all three Romulan dialects. A bit useless if they hadn't had contact for a hundred years, if you ask me.

Except Discovery indicated the Fed hadn't talked to the Klingons in a hundred years either officially until the sudden Klingon war.

 

[captainmkb]

"hey let's show this is Sam Kirk by rolling his unconscious body over the exact same way they rolled his body over in TOS"