Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[fireproof78]

Well, I have a pretty large phone, but as a weapon, not so much The app I have is called Rotary Dialer.

Even the phones from the 70's had some pretty serious handsets tho.

I have an old Navy base phone given to me by my aunt. It is weighty and could easily be a weapon.

 

[JD]

The horse looks TOS accurate.

Well, if that horse is meant to be Tango than it's actually not, I double checked on Memory Alpha, and Tango was a lighter brown with a white blaze, while this one is solid dark brown or black.

Is it even possible to enjoy a purely episodic show these days? Simple stories that wrap themselves up fully in 45-60 minutes... not really a concept considered "good" any more...

Sure, there are still plenty of procedurals that use a case of the week format that are still pretty popular. And I don't think this is going to be "purely episodic", they've already said there will be some arcs with the characters that will carry through the season.
Teaser didn't show a lot, but I liked what I saw.
Obviously anybody who knows me here, know I had to like the opening with Pike on the horse. And shuttle flyby was pretty cool, I always get a kick out of seeing old fashioned stuff mixed with the futuristic.
And the different planets we saw all looked pretty cool. I can't wait to see what kind of stuff they're going to come with for all of the show's strange new worlds. We've gotten a few on Disco and Picard, but since they're so focused on their arcs, we haven't gotten as much as we should on this.

 

[cooleddie74]

#FakeNeighs

 

[Nerys Myk]

Is it even possible to enjoy a purely episodic show these days? Simple stories that wrap themselves up fully in 45-60 minutes... not really a concept considered "good" any more...

8-10 hours of great TV or 1 hour of great TV, as long as it's great I don't care.

 

[F. King Daniel]

They missed a trick not updating Tango like they did the U.S.S. Enterprise

 

[cooleddie74]

A metallic, shiny coat and lights on every limb.

 

[Nerys Myk]

They missed a trick not updating Tango like they did the U.S.S. Enterprise

He has a rollercoaster inside him.

 

[mswood]

I checked, it does snow in the Mojave region, because of the high elevation.

Oh, I know I've been in it. I just expected them to portray the typical summer look of a desert and not pay much attention to the winter months. Plus I have been seriously disappointed by the lack (minus one episode) of Trek making use of Toronto's winter weather. Since Trek hasn't used (or even tried to replicate on stage) winter weather much at all over its 800 plus episodes. Though in fairness, I actually never pay much attention to when they film, at that's something rather important to having access to snow. But its something that can seriously help make a setting Pop.

 

[mswood]

He has a rollercoaster inside him.

Speaking of that crap, can I just hope that we never see 100 or so one man fighters ever coming out of the Enterprise for the rest of my life. Is that really to much to hope for...

And can we ever, ever see the Akira class being used like an Air craft carrier like it was designer for.

 

[tomalak301]

Good teaser. Glad it finally came out. I would have liked to see the Enterprise Bridge though, but it did it's job.

 

[cooleddie74]

He has a rollercoaster inside him.

See, this is why the Trojan Horse worked. It was a TARDIS on the inside.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Speaking of that crap, can I just hope that we never see 100 or so one man fighters ever coming out of the Enterprise for the rest of my life. Is that really to much to hope for...

One of the clips posted/yanked/restored earlier had a shot of what I think is the shuttlebay. It's based on the Kelvinverse version, with stacks of shuttles along the walls.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

I hope to God we never find out Pike's horses have been created to replace the originals by Lasso Soong.

 

[JD]

He has a rollercoaster inside him.

Going in might not be so bad, but I'm not so sure I'd want to ride all the way until it came out.

 

[fireproof78]

Oh, I know I've been in it. I just expected them to portray the typical summer look of a desert and not pay much attention to the winter months. Plus I have been seriously disappointed by the lack (minus one episode) of Trek making use of Toronto's winter weather. Since Trek hasn't used (or even tried to replicate on stage) winter weather much at all over its 800 plus episodes. Though in fairness, I actually never pay much attention to when they film, at that's something rather important to having access to snow. But its something that can seriously help make a setting Pop.

It also is miserable to work in. I would add more but no, winter is just miserable. I hate working outside in it.

 

[GNDN18]

The horse looks TOS accurate.

It’s just the lighting and the film stock. It’s actually avocado.

 

[mswood]

It depends what do you consider winter. Raised in Kenai Alaska and winter ranged between 35 degrees and minus 10 no wind chill (they never reported what that made the temperature). And it had snow, and wind as it is on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. But I also lived in Fairbanks where winters were typically (this was decades ago its warmed up some, hi global warming) 10 degrees to minus 50 (been in 60 below one winter) and again wind chill was never ever reported. But less snow thanks to the extreme cold. That was difficult, as bundling up as much as needed made physical action much harder. But also worked in California in 115 degree heat, where you have to wear clothes to skin damage and to help hold your temperature in, and I hated, hated that. I always felt like I was going to literally keel over with heat stroke and die.

 

[fireproof78]

It depends what do you consider winter. Raised in Kenai Alaska and winter ranged between 35 degrees and minus 10 no wind chill (they never reported what that made the temperature). And it had snow, and wind as it is on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. But I also lived in Fairbanks where winters were typically (this was decades ago its warmed up some, hi global warming) 10 degrees to minus 50 (been in 60 below one winter) and again wind chill was never ever reported. But less snow thanks to the extreme cold. That was difficult, as bundling up as much as needed made physical action much harder. But also worked in California in 115 degree heat, where you have to wear clothes to skin damage and to help hold your temperature in, and I hated, hated that. I always felt like I was going to literally keel over with heat stroke and die.

When it's below 20 it's winter. There's no need for qualifying.

 

[DaveyNY]

When it's below 20 it's winter. There's no need for qualifying.

My mother lived in Florida, she said anything below 62*F was Winter to her.
She kept her thermostat at 82* year round.
Was like a sauna in her condo when I visited.

 

[mswood]

Yeah in California people would be bitching about winter at 40 degrees so that’s why I gave specifics. It doesn’t mean the same for everyone