Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[coryjosb]

SNW is apparently #1 in demand original streaming series in the US right now.

You know what this means? More sodding musicals

Out of interest, what is your source for this?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Out of interest, what is your source for this?

Erm, a screenshot of an article on Facebook.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Out of interest, what is your source for this?

Canadian Charts. The only reliable source.

 

[cooleddie74]

The r-eh-tings that matter.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Someone needs to claim the CanadianCharts.com domain name.

 

[cooleddie74]

HoserLines.com.

 

[Captain Jollydark]

You're seeing some competition or slight where there is none.

As a character, Kirk remains opaque - like his brother. No story so far "looks over his shoulder," so to speak, or assumes his character's point of view or voice. This is an important difference between a series core character and a recurring or supporting character who's placed in the story to illuminate and motivate more important characters by their interactions.

That's what I'm seeing. He is the guest in THEIR stories. Not the other way around.

 

[Mudd]

This one says it all:

Star Trek is finally treating Spock like a human being

...from the moment he showed his pointy ears, Jewish fans, female fans, queer fans, biracial fans, neurodivergent fans, and many more besides have identified with Spock in spite of his positioning as the strange alien on a crew full of humans. But with Strange New Worlds, Star Trek has finally shown that it’s ready to remove “in spite of” from the equation.

In “Subspace Rhapsody,” Spock basically says the whole point out loud, when Uhura attempts to console him after Nurse Chapel pretty much broke up with him via an elaborate musical dance number.

“Relationships can be difficult, Spock. And you’re Vulcan —” she begins, clearly about to say “she’s human.” An implication that their relationship was destined to be even more difficult than usual.

Spock cuts her off. “But I am also human,” he says bluntly. Left unsaid: I am human, just like Chapel. And just like you.

Even in a scene as momentous as his first meeting with James Kirk, Strange New Worlds roots Spock in his own environment, among his own crew. Kirk is the odd one out on this Enterprise.

Star Trek has an old habit, only recently and finally discarded by the modern franchise, of playing light humor out of its crew’s diversity. Did you know that Betazed weddings are performed in the nude? Ho ho ho, better hit the gym, Captain. Did you know Klingons eat live worms? And Commander Riker actually likes it? Yech! Just like everything else about Star Trek’s aliens, it dates back to the original one, the franchise’s mascot. Peel the latex and lamé away from Dr. McCoy’s undying quest to catch Mr. Spock in a moment of open emotion, anathema to his way of life, and you might start wondering where Starfleet’s HR department is. That kind of thing is relatable when you’ve been the odd one out, but not from McCoy’s side.

Generation after generation, Trek fans have pointed at alien characters that were created to represent a clashing perspective with the human majority around them and said, “Their othered experience is like my human one.” The whole point of the franchise is that outsiders should be embraced, and Star Trek has finally evolved enough to stop framing them from the view of the inside. To let us see ourselves in aliens not in spite of original intention, but because of it.

 

[Mudd]

 

[Mudd]

SNW is apparently #1 in demand original streaming series in the US right now.

You know what this means? More sodding musicals

Good.

 

[gvn2fly]

Out of interest, what is your source for this?

If I'm reading the article right, I don't know if this is the same source that F. King Daniel saw, it was the top show among users on a TV tracking app. So I don't think it's accurate to say it's the most in demand original streaming right now (although it may be but not based on the article). It's more accurate to say it had the most added views among U.S. users of a TV Tracking app.

"TV Time, a Whip Media company, is a free TV and movie viewership tracking app with more than 25 million global users. The streaming originals chart rankings are determined by streaming original TV series with the greatest share of views in the given week, among a balanced panel of U.S. users of the TV Time app."

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/guard...-worlds-top-weekly-whip-u-s-streaming-charts/

 

[DaveyNY]

Well, it's got to be at least as good as the Canadian Chart Guys stuff.

 

[F. King Daniel]

If I'm reading the article right, I don't know if this is the same source that F. King Daniel saw, it was the top show among users on a TV tracking app. So I don't think it's accurate to say it's the most in demand original streaming right now (although it may be but not based on the article). It's more accurate to say it had the most added views among U.S. users of a TV Tracking app.

"TV Time, a Whip Media company, is a free TV and movie viewership tracking app with more than 25 million global users. The streaming originals chart rankings are determined by streaming original TV series with the greatest share of views in the given week, among a balanced panel of U.S. users of the TV Time app."

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/guard...-worlds-top-weekly-whip-u-s-streaming-charts/

That's the one! It was a screenshot without the context you've provided.

 

[tomalak301]

If I'm reading the article right, I don't know if this is the same source that F. King Daniel saw, it was the top show among users on a TV tracking app. So I don't think it's accurate to say it's the most in demand original streaming right now (although it may be but not based on the article). It's more accurate to say it had the most added views among U.S. users of a TV Tracking app.

"TV Time, a Whip Media company, is a free TV and movie viewership tracking app with more than 25 million global users. The streaming originals chart rankings are determined by streaming original TV series with the greatest share of views in the given week, among a balanced panel of U.S. users of the TV Time app."

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/guard...-worlds-top-weekly-whip-u-s-streaming-charts/

I have that App. I like that app. It's like Letterboxd for TV shows.

 

[mattman8907]

So once again in the season finale of SNW

Spoiler

a legacy characters makes his return to Star Trek . Even though we heard his voice in "A Quality of Mercy", this episode saw the return of Montgomery Scott when he was a wee lad aka a Lt. J.G. portrayed by Martin Quinn.

 

[cooleddie74]

Well, it's got to be at least as good as the Canadian Chart Guys stuff.

Which, according to a Toronto-based tracking firm's pie graph, is the best.

 

[137th Gebirg]

9 out of 10 Mounties agree...

 

[Okmyx]

Eh, you hosers have never been oot and aboot in Canada, eh?

 

[cooleddie74]

If the ratings charts don't find you handsome they can at least find you useful!

 

[marillion]

9 out of 10 Mounties agree...

That's all fine and good but what about lumberjacks? Do the lumberjacks agree?