Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[137th Gebirg]

Yep… You’re also 100% correct about everything you said.

 

[fireproof78]

Ditching camouflage is one thing, but having color coded tactical uniforms is quite another. In today's military, rank insignia is intentionally small and located in the same spot for everyone of every rank exactly to obscure who the higher ranking people are so the enemy won't know who to treat as a priority target, Likewise, saluting and standing at attention in the presence of a superior are suspended while in the field for the same reason.

Having color coded tactical gear seems to negate the purpose of having tactical gear. All the enemy has to do is take note of which one is wearing a gold vest and declare them a priority target. Or anyone with a red vest as they're likely the ones with more combat experience.

On Disco, everyone wore a blue field uniform with no distinctive features for department with a black vest. Even medical officers wore the blue field uniform despite usually wearing a white duty uniform. That's a tactical uniform which made sense.

Yes, I know I'm getting too worked up over this.

Shh...you're not supposed to say Discovery did something that made sense.

Also, this is sounding dangerously close like saying Starfleet is a military

 

[The Wormhole]

Shh...you're not supposed to say Discovery did something that made sense.

Also, this is sounding dangerously close like saying Starfleet is a military

I know, I know. May Gene have mercy on my soul.

 

[thribs]

Looks like next episode is a Librarians reunion.

 

[cooleddie74]

This is the best Trek of any kind since the first few years of this century.

 

[WarMaster1701]

It really is.

 

[wayoung]

Wellz the trek in the first few years of this century really, reaaaallllllyyy sucked and practically killed the franchise for quite awhile so that's kinda faint praise

 

[Charles Phipps]

I like Strange New Worlds but I honestly kind of like it less every time someone says it's so much better than the other Treks because I like them too and if I have to choose, I would choose Picard, DISCO, and Lower Decks over SNW.

These comparisons are partially why I came to hate The Orville.

 

[fireproof78]

I like Strange New Worlds but I honestly kind of like it less every time someone says it's so much better than the other Treks because I like them too and if I have to choose, I would choose Picard, DISCO, and Lower Decks over SNW.

These comparisons are partially why I came to hate The Orville.

There's a reason why I strongly believe that comparison is the thief of joy.

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

S01E06 is called Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach.

 

[DesolationGod]

if i have one criticism of this show its the opening "previously on" sequence. Do we really need recaps.. at least give us the option to skip it

 

[Charles Phipps]

Netflix didn’t cancel the deal, it was the other way around. CBS/Paramount paid Netflix to end their deal.

To give another way of phrasing the same point: "Paramount has succeeded dramatically with Paramount Plus. In addition to Star Trek it now has TWO shows other people watch with Halo and Yellowstone 1800s. Otherwise, though, their streaming platform is dependent on Trek and rewatches of Big Brother."

 

[cooleddie74]

S01E06 is called Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach.

It's like they know us personally.

 

[wayoung]

S01E06 is called Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach.

Hey @Richard S. Ta it's your fav type of title, pretentious, but in English

 

[Noname Given]

S01E06 is called Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach.

So...Orbital Elevator goes bad type of story then?

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Hey @Richard S. Ta it's your fav type of title, pretentious, but in English

Nah. It's too literal. The more abstract the better.

 

[Yistaan]

Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach.

Pike: Spock your new Fedbook page status is overly dramatic and, if I may say so, emotional. Don't overthink T'Pring's new Fedbook photos with that Stonn fellow. If she told you that he's just a friend, then he's just a friend.

 

[arch101]

I hope this show is on forever. I haven’t loved Trek this much since DS9.

 

[Belz...]

I hope this show is on forever. I haven’t loved Trek this much since DS9.

I do hope it lasts for a good while. I did find the 3rd episode to be a bit of a disappointment, but for a first season it's pretty solid so far. Certainly more so than any Trek series since TOS, which had a phenomenal first season.

 

[Paul755]

So far it’s the best first season of any Trek since…Lower Decks. But that was the best first season of any Trek since 1966, so rarefied air to be sure.

Can’t wait to see how the second half plays out.