Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[Finn]

No. If Jeffrey Hunter came back to play Pike...he might have been lucky enough by end of season three.

 

[The Wormhole]

TV Line has done their regular Q&A about current TV shows, and this time one of them is SNW related. I'll spoiler code the rest (including the link) since it does reveal plot information not previously known, in particular about the 1970s episode from the trailers as well as details concerning La'an's character arc for the season:

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Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Matlock, Strange New Worlds, NCIS: TIVA, Twisted Metal, Countdown and More!

Matt Mitovich answers YOUR questions about Matlock's Meerkat, Twisted Metal Season 2, Strange New Worlds' Kirk, NCIS: Tony & Ziva and other TV shows!

tvline.com

Will we be seeing Kirk during this season of Strange New Worlds? Also, will we find out if La’an really has no feelings for him anymore? — Barbie
I can tell you that when Paul Wesley makes his Season 3 debut in Episode 4 (airing July 31), he’s not exactly playing James T. Kirk. Instead, he’s in an alternate reality as a frustrated actor on a 1960s sci-fi TV show… who bears a striking resemblance to a certain Star Trek icon. (Wesley will actually appear as Kirk in three more episodes later this season.) As for La’an, she may have had a crush on Kirk last season, but based on Episode 2’s steamy dance lesson, it seems her interests may have turned to Spock — and we’ll see those interests develop more in the weeks to come.

 

[Tuskin38]

TV Line has done their regular Q&A about current TV shows, and this time one of them is SNW related. I'll spoiler code the rest (including the link) since it does reveal plot information not previously known, in particular about the 1970s episode from the trailers as well as details concerning La'an's character arc for the season:

Spoiler

Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Matlock, Strange New Worlds, NCIS: TIVA, Twisted Metal, Countdown and More!

Matt Mitovich answers YOUR questions about Matlock's Meerkat, Twisted Metal Season 2, Strange New Worlds' Kirk, NCIS: Tony & Ziva and other TV shows!

tvline.com

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he’s not exactly playing James T. Kirk. Instead, he’s in an alternate reality as a frustrated actor on a 1960s sci-fi TV show

Fascinating
Is that just weird wording? I was assuming it was the same episode with the Holodeck. Or is Paul only playing a holographic character?

 

[Finn]

Reminds me of a Sliders fan fic I once read, where the original sliders ended up on our world (or least one like it), where they had to pass themselves as the actors....

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Reminds me of a Sliders fan fic I once read, where the original sliders ended up on our world (or least one like it), where they had to pass themselves as the actors....

That reminds me of the SuperNatural episode where Sam & Dean enter our world, where they have to pretend they're Jared Padelecki & Jensen Ackles; the CW Stars of the hit TV show "SuperNatural".
It was so many layers of Meta, that I LOVED it.

Their Characters, pretending to be the Actors (Or a version of it) that they really are that are pretending to act as "Sam & Dean".

 

[Noname Given]

That’s what happens when you let the actors have creative control over the production.

Yep. The worst scene in Nemesis wad the brainchild of Brent Spiner.

 

[cooleddie74]

and Cash?

If Roddenberry had anything to say about it, yes.

 

[Cyrus]

I would love for the Borg to appear in SNW just to watch the absolute meltdown from the continuityphiles.

Or the Ferengi.

 

[Dar70]

That reminds me of the SuperNatural episode where Sam & Dean enter our world, where they have to pretend they're Jared Padelecki & Jensen Ackles; the CW Stars of the hit TV show "SuperNatural".
It was so many layers of Meta, that I LOVED it.

Their Characters, pretending to be the Actors (Or a version of it) that they really are that are pretending to act as "Sam & Dean".

Uhhhggg. I hated that episode and will probably hate the SNW version as well.

 

[Campe]

Uhhhggg. I hated that episode and will probably hate the SNW version as well.

Here’s a novel idea: If you don’t think you’re going to like it, don’t watch it!

 

[HotRod]

They just recasted the horse.

They visually updated the horse.

 

[Dukhat]

They visually updated the horse.

is it 25% different from the original horse?

 

[Dar70]

Here’s a novel idea: If you don’t think you’re going to like it, don’t watch it!

Nope I'm gonna watch it and complain about it.......hard to look away from a train wreck....

So now they will have done....
-Cartoon episode
-musical episode
- and now a "real" world episode.

I wonder if there are anymore "modern" tv trends they are gonna stuff into this short lived series...??? Guessing we may get a fourth wall breaking episode soon as well.

 

[HotRod]

is it 25% different from the original horse?

Also looks to be a bigger horse. Great, it solves the issue if the horse being too small back in the 60s.

 

[Finn]

Bigger horses can tolerate Montana winters better than a small horse used to Mojave, I guess

 

[Phoenix219]

Huh? La'an was visited by a DTI agent from the 29th century. How does that contradict the fact that DTI didn't exist during TOS? Indeed, this was even acknowledged in that very scene when after the agent introduced herself, La'an said she had no idea what a Department of Temporal Investigations was, to which the agent said "it doesn't exist yet."

then why wasn't Kirk and company ever visited? we are layer and layers into rewritten timelines at this point.

 

[Phoenix219]

The effects seemed to resemble the rush from heroin or some fast-acting amphetamine.

Even with that rush, I just don't buy that M'Benga and Chapel have that skillset.

 

[Firebird]

TV Line has done their regular Q&A about current TV shows, and this time one of them is SNW related. I'll spoiler code the rest (including the link) since it does reveal plot information not previously known, in particular about the 1970s episode from the trailers as well as details concerning La'an's character arc for the season:

Spoiler

Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Matlock, Strange New Worlds, NCIS: TIVA, Twisted Metal, Countdown and More!

Matt Mitovich answers YOUR questions about Matlock's Meerkat, Twisted Metal Season 2, Strange New Worlds' Kirk, NCIS: Tony & Ziva and other TV shows!

tvline.com

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Kirk's appearing three more times this season after the 70's episode?

 

[Nerys Myk]

then why wasn't Kirk and company ever visited? we are layer and layers into rewritten timelines at this point.

Who's to say they weren't?

 

[fireproof78]

then why wasn't Kirk and company ever visited? we are layer and layers into rewritten timelines at this point.

Because they got tired of the paperwork.

Even with that rush, I just don't buy that M'Benga and Chapel have that skillset.

Because medical personnel can't have combat training?