Spoilers Strange New Worlds Episode 7 - Those Old Scientists

[fireproof78]

Plus, he's an Archer fanboy and thinks they don't make ships like the NX-01 anymore. I mean...come on.

Next week we see him building an NX-01 in a bottle.

 

[Tallguy]

Next week we see him building an NX-01 in a bottle.

Only if it's 25% different.

 

[Mudd]

The entire point of "Lotus Eaters" was that Pike was being Pike. That was our Pike, because he can't be anything else.

 

[fireproof78]

Only if it's 25% different.

Sorry, budget cuts.

It's an Eagle Moss with a weird paint job.

 

[Oddish]

Did anyone else catch the Koala at the end of the opening credits?

Totally. First time, I hit Skip, which took me to the last 3s or so of the credits, so I was confused. Then, second time, I watched it (bug-eyed nacelle monster and all) and it was "NOW I get it!"

 

[Paul755]

Next week we see him building an NX-01 in a bottle.

original or refit?

 

[fireproof78]

original or refit?

Original.

Pike is that kind of man.

 

[Paul755]

Original.

Pike is that kind of man.

Yeah, I could see him being a classic type guy. Picard obviously not since he built the refit.

 

[cooleddie74]

Riker: "I don't care which. I'm going to ruin either one."

 

[Mudd]

Boimler and Mariner are us when we first learned that a Captain Pike spinoff was happening: we had the future of these heroes enshrined in our past, we had the idealized versions of them locked into our heads from generations of fandom. We knew the Spock and Uhura our Lower Deckers geeked out over, but now, a season and a half into Strange New Worlds, we’ve also very much been hit with the reality that the versions of the characters we’re seeing on screen right now aren’t those images.

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[Michael]

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This reviewer is spot-on. I also wholeheartedly agree with this last bit, pointing out how great it is that they managed to actually make this more meaningful than just a funny crossover:

“Those Old Scientists” does that too, but it also crucially and smartly uses the opportunity of beaming back into the past to interrogate the paths our heroes are all placed on by fate and destiny—giving us an episode that is indeed very fun and cute, but one that will hopefully sit in our minds for a while longer after the charm of that crossover fun has worn off.

 

[Discovery McDiscoveryFace]

Sean got a bit excited

Loved it. About to watch it again. That was just great. Sean at TrekCulture is going to have a CVS receipt worth of Cetacean Observations for this one.

He's just posted, 80 ups and 0 downs. I love how he just though "fuck it, I'll up every line".

 

[Nerys Myk]

original or refit?

The refit is a monstrosity.

 

[danellis]

Marnier not knowing what a “pin up girl” is doesn’t seem like her

I took it as a nice little bit on the way words and phrases change over time.

dJE

 

[El Maestro]

One other thing...I usually skip the credits but watching them reminded me that I really appreciate and love the SNW re-arrangement of the TOS theme. Waaaaaayyy better than bossanova and the visuals are great in both "live" action and animation.

 

[danellis]

Plus, he's an Archer fanboy and thinks they don't make ships like the NX-01 anymore. I mean...come on.

Harks back to the "meet Captain Kirk's childhood hero" advertising line they used for Enterprise.

dJE

 

[matthunter]

That scene pulled at my heart strings too. Who knew Boimler could be so sentimental, but he was right. Enjoy the moments with people you care about, because you never know when it will be the last.

It's even sadder if the speculation of when this ep occurs from the LDS side is right - it would put the story between eps 5 and 6 of S3 which means:

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Boimler hasn't had the experience of "losing" his transporter duplicate William yet, which caused a major existential crisis point for him.[/quote]

 

[Mudd]

I took it as a nice little bit on the way words and phrases change over time.

dJE

I took it as Mariner being a little evasive - she's not sure what the "safe" answer is.
"I can't say it's not a pin-up, but I don't want to say that it's a pin-up."

 

[Racefuel]

The refit is a monstrosity.

I can understand why people think that..but I really like it since it shows a design progression, you can really see with the refit how things would progress on to the Constitutions of 2245+

 

[Nerys Myk]

I can understand why people think that..but I really like it since it shows a design progression, you can really see with the refit how things would progress on to the Constitutions of 2245+

Feels unnatural to me.