I actually love how the Discovery looks (I thought it was a cool design when it was proposed for Planet of the Titans) and would really like to see her continue on through however long the series runs.
Things you HATED about this show. As much as there are positives about STD there is much CRINGE!
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Yeah, so far it kind of feels like both a space station and a ship. We haven't seen any of the typical bridge activity yet. And it looks imposing.
I hate the breath security thing. Huh? That's your security? There are better and more secure methods.
I didn't like the fact that Michael seemed to already know the full layout of the Glen and was able to maneuver so easily through the Jeffrey tubes.
Nit picks overall. I really enjoyed this episode.
I didn't like the fact that Michael seemed to already know the full layout of the Glen and was able to maneuver so easily through the Jeffrey tubes.
Nit picks overall. I really enjoyed this episode.
Starfleet security has sucked for a long time.
The phasers and phaser rifles look fantastic. The best Starfleet hand weapons since the EM-33 pistol or even the DS9- and Voyager-era hand phasers. The Type 2 phaser even fires cobalt blue like the classic TOS phaser did in most episodes. I just wish it fired a beam instead of Kelvin timeline-like bolts.
Bolts work with the EM-33 of the 22nd century, not so much Federation hand phasers of 100 or 200 years later.
Bolts work with the EM-33 of the 22nd century, not so much Federation hand phasers of 100 or 200 years later.
Again, citing precedent in another fictional show means pretty much nothing to me. They had holodeck fireplaces didn't they?
TNG: The Sherlock Holmes stories, Worf's birthday pain stick festival, Data's dreams and psychoanalysis hooha, a few Shakespeare vignettes
VOY: At least 300 of Janeway's Jane Austen holofantasies, Paris' pub, B'elanna's Klingon denial indulgences, the doctor playing Beowulf
Plenty of fire on that there holodeck.
I didn't notice it. Is it online anywhere?
Also, was the Discovery transporter effect different from the Shenzhou's?
After she broke into the shroom shop, she went to sickbay and read through all the ships technical manuals.
And don't forget, if there are Vulcans on board, they are likely to have 368 candles burning in their quarters each night.
There's a youtube video maker who claims the allusion of the new Klingons as being "Trump Supporters" (tm) was deliberate since the get-go, but no sources were cited to confirm the claim.
Melodrama, yes, but he's seemingly a new take on Counselor Troi. Not sure where the dramatic potential can really be borne out, though... I mean, week after week of the guy lighting up like an Xmas tree because he's sensing death-- might best to keep him away from the hot dog manufacturing factories since he'll be screaming "Rats! Squirrel! Squirrel!" all the time but he doesn't have ADHD like how I do...
The thing I dislike the most is the total lack of comic relief. It's all serious all the time, everybody has an ass full of bugs, everybody is a jerk to each other, and nobody but Michael has even made me care whether they die.
The Klingons don't strike me as Trump supporters (Besides the level of aggression). They strike me more as anti-globalist terrorists, seeing the Federation as an economic expansionist state out to force cultural conformity on them. The way the Klingons view 'We come in peace' makes me think of the way a lot of people in poorer countries view the US.
I just realized that the scenes on Discovery don't feel like they're even on a starship. With every other Trek, with the exception of DS9, there was a distinct contrast between the ship and the beyond, as well as a sense of movement created by various bridge scenes of them going somewhere. On Discovery I get a feeling of a dystopian society that exists in a bunker, not a ship. Maybe it's the lights, maybe the mood, or lack of any traditional bridge scenes, or these and other factors put together, but there's no sense of any of this happening on a space ship.
Well to be fair, the Federation is engaged in a war for its very survival that we've never seen anyone reference in the future, ever.
Sorry, that little bit of continuity violation bugs me.