Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[Admiral Archer]

This has officially topped TNG as my favorite Star Trek show ever.

AND WE ARE ONLY 2 EPISODES IN.

I mean, granted, my love for TOS and TNG was largely retroactive. I was born decades after TOS, and TNG ended before I could become a regular viewer (I was only 5 when it went off the air). DS9 and Voyager both failed to entertain me, Enterprise showed some promise but also largely failed. Discovery Season 1 and 2, Picard Season 1, and Lower Decks are the closest to viewing a new Star Trek show each week and actually enjoying it I ever got to. Prodigy was ok but I'm not the target audience. So far I haven't felt like there is a Star Trek show that checked off every box of what I want in a weekly series.

Until now.

Honestly, I just really have a hard time waiting for new episodes. I tear up every time I see the intro or hear the end credits theme. This show is perfect for me: it is relevant, it is fun, it is optimistic, funny, dramatic, lighthearted, awesome. It's literally the most perfect Star Trek show I've ever seen. It tops every other iteration of Star Trek in every way possible. This is just plain MY Star Trek.

 

[Quinton]

The Star Trek Strange New Worlds series premiere in Canada had less than 782k viewers.
This is the lowest confirmed viewership in Canada for any live-action NuTrek series premiere.

For comparison:

Star Trek Picard S01E01
1,851k

Star Trek Discovery S01E01
2,274k

The Star Trek Picard season 2 final "Farewell" aired on the same day. It also had less than 782k viewers. The Picard season 1 final "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2" S01E10 had 1,382k viewers.

LMFAO

 

[mattman8907]

So if they started a Pike series from the very beginning (when he took command from April) would SNW Season 1 be considered Season 9 or Season 10?

 

[The Habs Fan]

Level of care of any of @Char Kais posts: zero.

I’d create a chart but… meh.

He only posts numbers that he can spin in a negative way, and even then it’s iffy.

 

[Tuskin38]

SNW is number 2 in the US after some HBO show I’m blanking on.

 

[Mudd]

So if they started a Pike series from the very beginning (when he took command from April) would SNW Season 1 be considered Season 9 or Season 10?

Dunno, but I'm so glad they didn't...

 

[Charles Phipps]

Dunno, but I'm so glad they didn't...

I can't believe they replaced Pike with this "Kirk" guy. It ruined the show.

What's next, replacing Sinclair on B5?

 

[Lord Garth]

BUT HE HAS SO MANY OF THE OPINIONS. SO MANY.

My opinion of SNW is that I'm sold on it. For me, "Ghosts of Illyria" did for SNW what "Context Is for Kings" did for DSC. I'm finally passed the "we'll see... " stage.

 

[cooleddie74]

I just sit back and watch the comedy unfold.

 

[1987SpaceGuy]

3 for 3 - I REALLY like SNW a lot so far!
What a fun combo of: "sci-fi story of the week" interwoven with a "message of the week" and character spotlights and arcs.
Can't wait for more, especially love all the "NEW" characters and I'm including (Una, M'Benga, Chapell) and not just Laan; Ortegas, Hemmer in them. Even the lecagy Pike/Spock/Uhura ones are interesting for a change.

 

[shapeshifter]

<anti-sidious> Goooooood! I can feel the happiness!

 

[Yistaan]

<anti-sidious> Goooooood! I can feel the happiness!

You won't be feeling it anymore if Trek bulldozes your new Star Wars show in viewership next week Lord Sidious.

 

[Tuskin38]

You won't be feeling it anymore if Trek bulldozes your new Star Wars show in viewership next week Lord Sidious.

It's a streaming series, people can watch it at any time.

 

[Noname Given]

You won't be feeling it anymore if Trek bulldozes your new Star Wars show in viewership next week Lord Sidious.

You do realize people can watch and like (and be fans of) both, right?

 

[Campe]

God forbid we can have more than one fandom!

 

[137th Gebirg]

Wait... you mean... the fandom is NOT a monolith? Huh...

Mind. Blown.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

My opinion of SNW is that I'm sold on it. For me, "Ghosts of Illyria" did for SNW what "Context Is for Kings" did for DSC. I'm finally passed the "we'll see... " stage.

Meant genuinely, but that is a ringing endorsement for me. I suppose I'd better watch it, because so far I've been on the same page as you in terms of SNW.

 

[DaveyNY]

Edited to add:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheWrap/status/1526982236360396801

I like that after only three episodes, I can name all the characters shown in that Tweet pic without a second thought.


(I'm still struggling occasionally with all the DISCOVERY characters)

Instead of "Char," can we call you "Charts"?

There's a very special place where that kind of data can be stored ...

But I'm not sure he'd be able to let it pass if I shoved it in there.

 

[Jack Wolfe]

I like that after only three episodes, I can name all the characters shown in that Tweet pic without a second thought.


(I'm still struggling occasionally with all the DISCOVERY characters)

Same here. It speaks to the level of personal investment we've been allowed to develop by the storytelling. Much of Discovery's bridge crew are virtually indistinguishable from the rest of their bridge stations.

 

[Lord Garth]

I wish I knew what Charts' endgame was.

He shows us enough charts and we say, "Yeah, you're right! We shouldn't like DSC, PIC, or SNW! Screw New Trek!"? Well, no, it doesn't work like that. Other people don't decide what I like, I decide what I like.

Now, I happen to like SNW and look forward to it every week. But, if I didn't, it sure as Hell wouldn't have had anything to do with whatever Charts posted. And if it were just charts that would be one thing. But "#2 is bad!" and the like is pure spin.

The only thing I've learned from all the charts is that now I know that if I'd been old enough to vote in 1992 (or 1996 for that matter), I definitely wouldn't have voted for Ross Perot. I'd be like, "Enough with the damn charts already!"