Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[cooleddie74]

#LeggyGotAround

 

[Mudd]

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 Review: The Enterprise Crew Is Back and Bolder Than Ever

Star Trek has a long and storied history of boldly going to new and glorious heights in the sci-fi genre, and Strange New Worlds Season 2 is set to do just that with the show's return. The prequel series debuted last year with a spectacular first season following Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise, roughly a decade before the events of The Original Series, and the first six episodes of Season 2 are even bigger and better than that strong start.

Wesley's Kirk is a near-perfect hybrid of the Kirks that came before him, blending inspiration from William Shatner and Chris Pine while putting his own twist on the character in a way that proves he's the right pick for this role.

 

[Midquest]

Also--

The 5-year mission continues in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS season 2

Suffice to say that fans of Strange New Worlds season 1 will be more than satisfied with a continuation that maintains the high level of quality. If anything, Strange New Worlds season 2 could be considered the second part of a 20-episode first season. This makes sense, as it was already in production when season 1 began to stream, and it isn’t meant as any sort of slight. The show continues to be good enough that you’ll be left longing for more episodes, like those longer seasons offered by twentieth-century Trek.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Part 1 Review – Throwback Trek

Nothing here should make hardcore devotees tear up quite like the Enterprise-D’s appearance in Picard Season 3, and that’s okay too. Trek was always meant to entertain, with a side dish of idealism, and Strange New Worlds complies with this Prime Directive. For the second season, it feels like the mandate was more fun, fewer larger arcs, no big twists. Ethan Peck’s Spock — and the rest of us — might just consider that both logical and heartwarming.

 

[Mudd]

Strange New Worlds Season 2 Is the Paradigm of Star Trek’s New Golden Age

When a pop culture phenomenon gets as massively influential and chronologically as complex as the Star Trek franchise, the danger, naturally, is that any new versions will feel inaccessible. In 2022, Strange New Worlds shrugged off that burden casually. Against all odds, a show that is simultaneously a prequel to The Original Series and a spinoff of Discovery felt fresh, and free from the shackles of the past. The formula that made this work was mostly the fact that, unlike virtually every other sci-fi show on the planet, Strange New Worlds presented episodes that were mostly self-contained. The barrier to entry felt less demanding than other more recent Treks, and so Strange New Worlds cast the illusion that it wasn’t a spinoff of a prequel, but just an old-fashioned Star Trek show.

 

[Markonian]

I wonder if the show might visit the cast tom "The Cage" in season 2? Like the Humans J. Mia Colt and José Tyler. It would be an opportunity to portray the senior staff of a USS Enterprise accepting promotions and moving on to other ships.

 

[cooleddie74]

I'd love to see José Tyler and/or Colt return for a cameo. In my head canon José is the cousin of Ash Tyler from DSC so even if we didn't see an appearance by Shazad Latif we could get a name drop that José's cousin Ash was in the Federation-Klingon War.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

 

[Midquest]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Review: This Is Star Trek at Its Best

While it's somewhere between a remake, prequel, and continuation (in true confusing Star Trek fashion), the most important thing is that it is irresistible television. Strange New Worlds, now in its second season, is as good as Star Trek has ever been.

The thing that most excites me — a guy who has gone to Star Trek conventions of his own free will — about the series is this: Whoever is the "main character" of a particular episode is my favorite on the show. Everyone is tied for first place. There is no weak link. These are extraordinary performances by great actors sinking their teeth into rich and lovable personalities. It's so gratifying.

 

[HotRod]

So where are all these "mixed" reviews I've heard mentioned?

 

[Mudd]

This is the best , most likeable cast in Star Trek history. It's not even a close race.

 

[fireproof78]

So where are all these "mixed" reviews I've heard mentioned?

Top men are reviewing them.

 

[137th Gebirg]

 

[HotRod]

Top men are reviewing them.

I'm just waiting for "those reviews." I can already hear them.

"Uh, NuTrek: Strange New Worlds shows the Sickbay of The Enterprise being on deck 7. How dare they! Every REAL fan knows that Sickbay is on deck 5! Fire Kurtzman! Terry Matalas would have never made such an idiot mistake. RESPECT THE CANNON."

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Does anybody else get the impression, from the debut episode, that the producers, cast, and entire writing staff have all read MWB's Burning Dreams? (Or is it just me?)

Because while I can't point to any specific incidents from the novel that have been elevated to canon status (as opposed to the rather obvious matter of Number One being Illyrian, straight out of DCF's Vulcan's Glory), there are still certain elements of the series in general, and the first episode in particular, that show signs of influence.

Uh, NuTrek: Strange New Worlds shows the Sickbay of The Enterprise being on deck 7.

Uh, so does FJS's Booklet of General Plans (AKA Star Trek Blueprints). Very clearly on Deck 7. Kirk's Quarters, on the other hand, are canonically established (and shown by FJS) on Deck 5.

 

[Mudd]

Does anybody else get the impression, from the debut episode, that the producers, cast, and entire writing staff have all read MWB's Burning Dreams? (Or is it just me?)

I don't know what that is.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don't know what that is.

Book by Margaret Wander Bonanno aka Garamet in these parts.
Sadly she has passed

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I don't know what that is.

More specifically, a novel that explores Pike's backstory in general, and his childhood in particular, from a frame of Pike and Vina actually getting to know each other, which is itself within a frame of Ambassador Spock getting called to Talos IV for reasons that (and I don't remember anything from reading it the first time) are likely not revealed until the end.

https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Burning_Dreams

BTW: nice avatar, "Serveaux."

 

[HotRod]

Uh, so does FJS's Booklet of General Plans (AKA Star Trek Blueprints). Very clearly on Deck 7. Kirk's Quarters, on the other hand, are canonically established (and shown by FJS) on Deck 5.

Meh. I picked 2 numbers outta my head.

 

[tomalak301]

Nice to see positive reviews on SNW season 2. With all the excitement about Picard, I feel like this season kinda sneaked up on us. After this season ends it's Lower Decks, so I have a few months of Trek to get excited about. I just hope they start Lower Decks after the Trek convention.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Nice to see positive reviews on SNW season 2. With all the excitement about Picard, I feel like this season kinda sneaked up on us. After this season ends it's Lower Decks, so I have a few months of Trek to get excited about. I just hope they start Lower Decks after the Trek convention.

Couldn’t come soon enough for me.