Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[Mudd]

Isn't there one of the Discovery Klingons in one of the crowd scenes on planet though? Pretty sure I saw one off in the background. Which is cool because, you know, lots of different physical types makes the universe an interesting place, right? Also. I liked the look of the Disco Klingons.

There are a lot of different aliens on the planet. It may have been one that looked a little like them.

 

[Sci]

Goldsman chimes in on this point and makes it clear we won’t be seeing the monster Discovery Klingons anytime soon. “Henry is very polite. I worked on Discovery and I’ll just say, it’s nice to have those Klingons in the rearview mirror.”

I'm disappointed in Goldsman. Even if he didn't like the Discovery Klingons, there's no need to be so disrespectful to his colleagues in public like that.

 

[Mudd]

There's nothing disrespectful in it at all. You could read the article.

 

[DaveyNY]

on the one hand i like the actor but on the other hand its small universe syndrome.

Ummmm .... Trek has been living quite normally with "the small universe syndrome" since The Wrath of Khan.
I don't see any fatal change in its symptoms coming in the near future.

 

[cooleddie74]

Or even TMP since Will Decker was advertised in studio promotional materials as the son of Commodore Matt Decker from TOS.

 

[DaveyNY]

Or even TMP since Will Decker was advertised in studio promotional materials as the son of Commodore Matt Decker from TOS.

There ya go, the 'disease' took two films to be diagnosed.

 

[fireproof78]

It's time to be abnormal.

 

[Markonian]

Pelia lived as alien on Earth.
Guinan lived as alien on Earth.
For the sake of entertainment/drama, they must have met.

 

[cooleddie74]

And Mestral the Vulcan lived on Earth from late 1957 until quite possibly well into the 21st century. Sure, a Vulcan with pointed ears and eyebrows, but hats can cover all that.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ummmm .... Trek has been living quite normally with "the small universe syndrome" since The Wrath of Khan.
I don't see any fatal change in its symptoms coming in the near future.

TOS. How many exes and relatives have Kirk, Spock and McCoy ran into?

 

[drt]

There is a photo online from the episode as well as a preview clip. It isn't any of them.

I thought maybe Ariel Shaw, since she was the only female attorney we ever met in TOS, but it doesn’t seem that it’s her.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Given how they've adapted to the planet's environment, they and the lawyer might be Illyrians.

 

[Sci]

There's nothing disrespectful in it at all. You could read the article.

I read the full article. Goldsman's quote is still disrespectful. It shows no consideration for different subjective tastes, it doesn't acknowledge valid creative reasons for wanting a change in makeup design, and it doesn't acknowledge how hard everyone worked to make that makeup design functional onscreen. It just disses the old design without balancing that with anything positive.

A more respectful way of framing it would have been, "I worked on Discovery, and I really appreciated how hard everyone worked to make the Klingons a frightening alien race for the war arc. But we're doing a different story now, and we're excited to bring this new design to the history of Klingon looks."

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

It's time to be abnormal.

That's ABBY Normal!

 

[valden]

any news of how many people watched the premiere?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I did. That's all I care about.

 

[fireproof78]

I did. That's all I care about.

I got around to it eventually.

 

[Mudd]

any news of how many people watched the premiere?

All of them.

 

[Jayson1]

I am getting the impression that Carol Kane's alien species is suppose to be what explains Mr Flint's long lifespan in "Requiem for Methuselah." They might even go all meta and say she once went by the name of Carol Kane on earth. Could it be she is Spock's grandma or great grandma. This would explain how she knows Spock's mom.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I am getting the impression that Carol Kane's alien species is suppose to be what explains Mr Flint's long lifespan in "Requiem for Methuselah." They might even go all meta and say she once went by the name of Carol Kane on earth. Could it be she is Spock's grandma or great grandma. This would explain how she knows Spock's mom.

Or they've never met and Flint is just a guy who lived a long time.
Why would she need to be Spock's grandmother to meet Amanda Grayson?