Spoilers Strange New Worlds Episode 7 - Those Old Scientists

Just a thought did Boimler put that console back the way it was or has he inadvertently upgraded Enterprise?

 

Let's go with the latter and nobody ever finds out a time traveler did it.

 

Maybe that's why Spock's scanner is so OP?

 

in the Ready Room interview it was mentioned that the Mariner actress grew up a Uhura/Nichelle fanboy and loved having her character meet Uhura.

 

That the LD voice actors resemble their animated counterparts is a gift from the TV gods.

 

I assume it's the equivalent of Boimler having a Rosie the Riveter poster or snub nose art. A little weird but not as weird as it sounds.

 

Plus, it's 350 years from now. Who says that in the real 24th century there won't be recruitment posters using famous people from more than a century before?

 

An easy 10/10. The cast, the writing, and Mr. Frakes' directing had this episode firing on on cylinders. It seems so effortless how this show is able to keep progressing character arcs forward, even while executing on outlandish concepts like this one (and others). In less than twenty episodes, SNW has become the most well-rounded, expertly crafted Trek series of them all. Well done.

Riker!

 

I mean, Geordie flat out broke the Temporal Prime Directive with Cochran repeatedly.

"Hey, did you know we have a statue and a park for you RIGHT HERE?"

 

I'm shocked that by the end of the film they weren't giving Cochrane schematics for the Enterprise-E and telling him to knock himself out and surprise them.

 

People who are involved in social justice, for example, often use iconoclasts from history to recruit others. I'm a fan of Eugene Debs, and he died almost 100 years ago. He still shows up on posters for socialists, as well as other luminaries. It may not matter to people outside a certain mindset, but for those of us who genuinely care about certain goals in our lives, we notice these things, and they do encourage us to take bigger, bolder steps.

 

I knew O'Connell and Romijn were married, but that flew right over my head at the time. Thanks!

Also, a shout out to Anson Mount. He excels in these comedy-focused episodes.

 

Lately, I've been severely tempted to name a starship after Clara Lemlich. Really.

And all the movie posters in my office are from vintage films made before I was born.

 

Hell yes, I love that idea!

Same. All of my posters are from films that came out before I was born.

Hell, all of my favorite science fiction books (outside of Star Trek) are from decades before I was born, with "War of the Worlds," and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" topping them all.

There are writers who become poets because of William Shakespeare. Put his face on a school poster or in a brochure and people will enroll because of him.

 

I loved The recruiting poster story line.

Una thought that Boimler was avoiding her because she must have had a bad future, and was flabbergasted that the reason was that she was on the future recruiting poster.

A few months ago she thought she will be kicked out of starfleet, now she finds out she will become the starfleet recruiting poster girl. They will even use the ENT starfleet motto (Ad Astra per aspera) that she used at her trial.

And the episode ends with her real life husband high fiving Boimler about Una's hotness.

 

I have no connection with Lower Decks. I watched the first 5 minutes of the premiere and realized I wasn't the audience and never looked back.

I dreaded this episode.

The cold open showed me I am missing nothing. Then the series credits were animated and I was disappointed they didn't use Ray Ellis' TAS theme. Just woulda been the perfect time.

Anyway...

It was fun. I didn't hate it. I enjoyed Boimler meeting his heroes. I was less happy with Mariner's personality, but okay. I found the actors themselves were great and the difference between voice acting for animation and live action acting sound totally different. That was an interesting comparison.

I feel like we're in that portion of the second season TOS was in: wacko high concepts and comedy until Roddenberry came back from wherever and Gene Coon had enough. Those episodes tended to be very popular among fans but not so much with me (I almost never revisit either I, Mudd or A Piece of the Action). Being more episodic like TOS, SNW has the freedom to juggle tones. But I am ready to get back to more serious stories. Alas, I have a musical to endure. That is one frontier Kirk's Enterprise didn't explore. Thank Zod only Nichelle had a singing voice. Can you imagine an entire episode of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?" Talk about bitter dregs.

I feel though like Spock is becoming more like Data exploring his humanity. The difference is Data has no personal frame of reference, he can only emulate. Spock is half human. All he needs to do it tap that. His forced smiles and laughs were amusing enough, but I just feel like he should know how to do it. It should just seem weird to everyone.

Anyway, fun episode and, for me anyway, instantly forgettable.

 

now whenever I watch TNG and Riker does that I’m gonna picture him yelling “RIKER” in his own head.

 

Wesley does it sometimes as well, because Wil thought Frakes looked cool doing it.

 

Wesley doing it and yelling “WES” is even funnier.

 

Pike talking about his father, and him being older than him now, reminded me of Kirk talking about the same at the start of Beyond.