thought this episode was good, love the battle scenes, doesn't seem like they often show the evasive maneuvers they call out so i thought that was interesting to see
Spoilers Strange New Worlds 1x02 - "Children of The Comet"
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You know, military personel gets reassigned quite regularily.
They're basically breaking in the new girl by teasing her.
I think we should wait for SNW itself to tell us the number. I don't necessarily trust a DSC panel.
The 442 number comes from CBS, but it was never mentioned on screen.
What about DSC dialogue? Because Burnham said 400 something out loud.
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For me, stated is better than written.
I really enjoyed it overall, but was surprised that the solution to moving the comet did not involve developing the musical theme further.
I really enjoyed that episode, and the same feeling I get watching Lower Decks and Prodigy (Good vibes) is starting to enter Strange New Worlds as well. There was a scene in this episode that really jumped out. It was the scene where they were on the comet and when Uhura starts to sing, the comet lights up and brings in a beautiful melody. That scene reminded me of the scene in Prodigy with the Crystals and just how great a job they did with the effects. This also reminded me of Fight or Flight in a way too, as what happened with Uhura was similar to what happened with Hoshi. It was the first away mission, they are nervous as all heck, but they still find a way to use their strength to succeed.
This may feel similar to the Trek of the past, but so far I'm really digging it. I also think this might be the best cast so far in a new Trek show, as I already love this cast more than Discovery or Picard. This show feels more character driven then the others, and if it can have those character arcs with the episodic format (the kind of storytelling I prefer and what DS9 and shows like Farscape were for the most part, even though they had episode by episode arcs too), this will be a great show.
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This may feel similar to the Trek of the past, but so far I'm really digging it. I also think this might be the best cast so far in a new Trek show, as I already love this cast more than Discovery or Picard. This show feels more character driven then the others, and if it can have those character arcs with the episodic format (the kind of storytelling I prefer and what DS9 and shows like Farscape were for the most part, even though they had episode by episode arcs too), this will be a great show.
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We now know that the barrel roll manoeuvre is canonised as the ‘Ortega Gamma One’ manoeuvre. Surely this will be listed as a battle command in the same league as the ‘Picard manoeuvre’ in centuries to come? The Riker manoeuvre will not be discussed here unless it is depicted in mémes, but even that would be off topic so would be deserving of a new thread in the TNG forum rather than derailing this one.
Uhura got to use her singing voice and linguistics skills/knowledge to do what she does best, communicate with an unknown species/intelligence and help save the day. It makes a change from her having to use her singing powers as a form of seduction such as during her belly dance performance in Star Trek V and that TOS Charlie episode which I forget the name of, even though her singing served it’s purpose at the time?
I would love to hear her sing with Seven of Nine and the Doctor from Voyager!
it was in the translator. they couldn't use the translator because it would be recognized
The customary 947 ft/289 m figure for the TOS Enterprise was never mentioned in dialogue onscreen to my knowledge.
In "Brother," Burnham said 203 out loud in dialogue while a screen display in the episode gave the Kirk-era 430 crew complement reading, along with the old TOS-era tech manual dimensions for the Enterprise. The readout also gave an unusual non-standard speed for warp factor 6 that put it slightly over WF 7 if using the usual c=WF-cubed formula.
It was fun. It's good to have fun Star Trek.
Plus, I suspect that length was before they added the second row of windows on the saucer and reduced the size of the bridge module, making the Enterprise actually quite a bit larger.
For example: Telling the cadet to wear their dress uniform to a casual dinner in the Captain's cabin. That's hazing.
I was thinking the same thing. Normally the captain yells evasive maneuvers and then you see the crew reactions to the ship getting hit.
This was a very well done episode. We got character growth to Uhura and Pike while telling a completely different story than the previous week. The dinner in the captain's quarters gave us a chance to learn more about the crew. I find myself enjoying this version of Nurse Chapel much more. I really was on the edge of my seat when the landing party got trapped in the comet and the ending was rather unexpected. IMO, if the quality of the show continues like these first two episodes then it will be the best season one of a Trek show since TOS.
Like I said, I've got my way to reconcile things that I prefer--alien technology. You've got your way--ginormous comet. Either works. No one is wallowing in anything. And I never said I was dissatisfied or "insatisfied."Hey, I'm giving you a way to reconcile things. If you don't want it, then fine. Wallow in your insatisfaction!.
But, it's a fact, your typical comet won't affect the planet as shown. Scientists estimate about 1 billion average comets would produce the water we see on Earth today.
An icy planetoid (or minor planet) like Pluto would also do the trick, but I would've thought the crew would have mentioned that! And not called it a comet!
And space travel will be nothing like Star Trek. Science is not kind to Trek.
Yep.
There is no sound vibrations in space so a ship getting destroyed wouldn't be heard. The genre is called science fiction for a reason so best not to dwell on such things.
How does yours work, exactly? You still need to throw a whole bunch of water down there. My solution (making the [possibly artificial] comet big enough to be called a dwarf planet) works 'naturally'.
Notice that smiley thingy I put after that sentence? What does that tell you?
Hence my suggestion.
That's actually false. If a shockwave reaches your ears you will definitely hear it. Ears don't require air. They just require some sort of medium to hit the drum.
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