Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[Yistaan]

Sci-fi interiors in general are much larger than the exteriors created for them because no one during production of a sci-fi film/show has the time to really think this sort of thing through until long after the fact. I don't believe the interior of the Millennium Falcon fits with its established exterior dimensions either--I doubt you could fit the Galaxy's Edge Falcon interior rooms inside the actual exterior model shown at Disneyland/World easily.

The 442 meter thing probably makes more sense even from what we saw in TOS than the 289 meters. Who decided on 289 meters back in the day for the reference guide they were writing and why?

 

[Noname Given]

DS9's ratings continued to worsen even as the series got better and more engaging. Same with ENT. Both shows saw improved storylines and fan reactions but the Nielsens for both were in steady decline for much of their respective runs.

Post pilot and overall for the entirety of their syndicated runs. The only Berman era series that saw an increase overall, was TNG.

 

[Yistaan]

They straight up forgot Leila Kalomi didn't they? I know that Kalomi's line of "I've never seen a starship before" limits things but that line was nonsensical even at the time (how did she get to Omicron Seti 3 from Earth if not by starship? She must've meant Starfleet ship)

 

[MakeshiftPython]

They straight up forgot Leila Kalomi didn't they? I know that Kalomi's line of "I've never seen a starship before" limits things but that line was nonsensical even at the time (how did she get to Omicron Seti 3 from Earth if not by starship? She must've meant Starfleet ship)

Yeah “starship” was supposed to be a special class separate from freighters and such, rather than just a general description of interstellar ships. I think her saying she’s never seen a starship is just one of those weird thing we just need to hand wave like Lester’s claim of Starfleet not letting women captain ships.

I’ll be surprised if they don’t get to Leila Kalomi. Then again, I was surprised they went straight to La’an, when the more logical step would have been to have Spock meet Leila when he’s trying to do more to suppress his emotions after Chapel.

 

[Nerys Myk]

They have two more seasons. They can get to Leila if they choose to. Not every preTOS data point needs to be addressed.

 

[cooleddie74]

Hell, it took until Season 4 before we even knew what Jack Crusher looked like and Season 7 before we knew that Deanna even had a sibling. Even without touching on other series' continuity Trek shows frequently take inordinate amounts of time to expand upon their own character's backstory if they don't start doing so right out of the gate.

Also: Sybok. I mean. Spock has a religious fanatic, emotional brother who's a full Vulcan? The franchise didn't even bother to give us that nugget of backstory until 20 years after TOS was cancelled.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Hell, it took until Season 4 before we even knew what Jack Crusher looked like and Season 7 before we knew that Deanna even had a sibling. Even without touching on other series' continuity Trek shows frequently take inordinate amounts of time to expand upon their own character's backstory if they don't start doing so right out of the gate.

Also: Sybok. I mean. Spock has a religious fanatic, emotional brother who's a full Vulcan? The franchise didn't even bother to give us that nugget of backstory until 20 years after TOS was cancelled.

I hear Kirk has a son.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Also: Sybok. I mean. Spock has a religious fanatic, emotional brother who's a full Vulcan? The franchise didn't even bother to give us that nugget of backstory until 20 years after TOS was cancelled.

Also: Michael Burnham. Spock has a adopted Human Big Sister that was instrumental in the early Federation-Klingon War.

 

[cooleddie74]

I hear Kirk has a son.

Wait until you find out there was a Starfleet ship called Enterprise before Pike was even born.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Wait until you find out there was a Starfleet ship called Enterprise before Pike was even born.

As long as it doesn't break canon and feature a Vulcan crew member it will be fine.

 

[cooleddie74]

Also: Michael Burnham. Spock has a adopted Human Big Sister that was instrumental in the early Federation-Klingon War.

Yep. When you have a franchise that lasts almost 60 years and has about 1,000 episodes and films you're gonna have "WAIT, THEY NEVER SAID THAT IN THE EARLIER SHOW OR MOVIE" moments. Lots of them.

 

[cooleddie74]

As long as it doesn't break canon and feature a Vulcan crew member it will be fine.

If one has sufficient faith of the cardiac organ, anything is canon.

 

[Yistaan]

Yeah “starship” was supposed to be a special class separate from freighters and such, rather than just a general description of interstellar ships. I think her saying she’s never seen a starship is just one of those weird thing we just need to hand wave like Lester’s claim of Starfleet not letting women captain ships.

I’ll be surprised if they don’t get to Leila Kalomi. Then again, I was surprised they went straight to La’an, when the more logical step would have been to have Spock meet Leila when he’s trying to do more to suppress his emotions after Chapel.

The 3 month time jump between Hegemony and Wedding Bell Blues will probably be where we have to shove Leila if she doesn't show up. Meaning that Spock rejected her because he was still waiting on Chapel, something that was not at all implied in This Side of Paradise but whatever.

 

[fireproof78]

The 3 month time jump between Hegemony and Wedding Bell Blues will probably be where we have to shove Leila if she doesn't show up. Meaning that Spock rejected her because he was still waiting on Chapel, something that was not at all implied in This Side of Paradise but whatever.

Or he was starting to become more reserved as people can do.

 

[Jayson1]

Then don't use Tarantino.

Tarantino is a special case. If you can get Tarantino to do a movie for you, then you jump at the chance.

 

[Jayson1]

Hell, it took until Season 4 before we even knew what Jack Crusher looked like and Season 7 before we knew that Deanna even had a sibling. Even without touching on other series' continuity Trek shows frequently take inordinate amounts of time to expand upon their own character's backstory if they don't start doing so right out of the gate.

Also: Sybok. I mean. Spock has a religious fanatic, emotional brother who's a full Vulcan? The franchise didn't even bother to give us that nugget of backstory until 20 years after TOS was cancelled.

I feel like those changes will always feel more accepted because they still involved the OG actors. We didn't know Spock had a brother until the movies but when we found out it was the brother interacting with Nimoy and not someone who has been recasted, yet is still suppose to be the same person that Nimoy was playing. One of the reasons I think Pike's change is so embraced is because for the most part we only knew PIke from "The Cage" and of course being in a wheelchair and not even being able to talk.

When you take characters who are already pretty well developed and then recast them and add extra layers to them they tend to feel like new versions of the old character instead of just the old character at a different point in his or her life. As much as I like Peck as Spock I do have a hard time in my mind seeing him morphing into Nimoy which is what we are suppose to assume will happen since they want to keep saying this is all in the same continuity.

If it was in another timeline it was just be easier to embrace that the Spock in that universe might have some things in common with prime Spock but he is also still a different person who is going to live a different life. Maybe this Spock will choose someday to embrace his human side even into the future. Maybe he becomes the Captain of the Enterprise after KIrk dies. Anything is possible.