Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

[Mezuka]

Trek: here’s some new stuff!

Fans: no! It’s too different! Show us old stuff!

Trek: ok here’s some old stuff that’s not different

Fans: no! that’s too much the same

Trek: oh FFS

LOL! Fans, you know this, are not a monolith group.

Actually, Trek is very clever. They've successfully relaunched the tv franchise with Discovery creating a new generation of fans, are catering to the TNG fans with Picard and are now serving the TOS fans with Strange New Worlds. They even have two animated series for fans of anime.

I've drifted away from Star Trek since B5. I didn't find anything to my taste in the new Star Trek shows.

 

[Hades#2]

I am enjoying Strange New Worlds so far. Once I got past the notion that it is not TOS timelime then I can ignore most of the things that didn't make sense. I have not watched Discovery mainly because everything I have read about it makes me feel like I would not enjoy it. Hopefully Paramount+ will continue to have good stories with the show.

 

[Morrus]

LOL! Fans, you know this, are not a monolith group.

Actually, Trek is very clever. They've successfully relaunched the tv franchise with Discovery creating a new generation of fans, are catering to the TNG fans with Picard and are now serving the TOS fans with Strange New Worlds. They even have two animated series for fans of anime.

I've drifted away from Star Trek since B5. I didn't find anything to my taste in the new Star Trek shows.

If you drifted away 30 years ago, you’re probably not the target audience.

 

[Mezuka]

If you drifted away 30 years ago, you’re probably not the target audience.

Confirmed Captain! Still I owed it to my younger self to give it a try.

 

[bloodtide]

S1E4

So...not to be too meta, by Laan whines she is not a "broken character" like all the other characters on the show....lol

So where did the colony get the non Federation radiation hulling cargo ship?

It sure was SUPER convenient that ALL the colony people...er...could remember NOTHING. Makes for super cheap suspense from a super lazy writer...

It sure was SUPER convenient Laan just happens to bump into the ONE littler girl who heard some 'clicks'

It sure was SUPER convenient that the Enterprise could not beam over the people on the ship so that they could not raise the shields when attacked......

Is there a reason they DON"T eject the cargo ship and raise shields?

So....why do the gorn destroy the ship to ship link? Did they not know that was keeping the ships shields down?

So......during the Opening Credits the Enterprise gets hit like 100 times and the gorn know exactly where to shoot disable the ship. As soon as we get done watching the way too many 'producers', everyone is like "everything is off line!"

Also....why does the Enterprise not even TRY to shoot back?

So the gorn shoot out all the Enterprises phaser banks in seconds? Ok

And the gorn shoot out the photon torpedo room? And get all but one torpedo?

And the gorn shoot the high profile targets of the cargo bay and sick bay? Maybe go for the impulse engines next time?

And the main cargo bay only has one door? Not even on emergency door? Or one Jeffreis Tube?

Pike sends "people to get into the cargo bay".....but we never hear from them. Maybe they could have phasered a way in?

I sure HOPE while people were being injured and killed ALL over the ship, none needed a quick beem to sick bay........because remember THAT transporter is off line so Doc can selfishly store his daughter there. You know what would have made some SERIOUS drama....have broken Doc have to MURDER his daughter to save Ensign Jones life....

So at the start of the show Laan was a gorn expert....but then Pike asks what she knows and she is like "oh I forgot everything so the plot can happen"...

So superwoman Una does not have fast healing?

Yea....Star Trek has done this bad joke to death...that the Fancy Pants Future Doctors just "push buttons on a computer" and don't know any real medicine. But...really....Starfleet would have a Classic First Aid course that taught the Ye Old Dark Ages 20th century medicine...FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT COMES UP IN THIS EPISODE.

So...it's just bad three dimensional writing...but the "lower decks"(haha) are the first to be crushed....because..er....the Enterprise is um...floating downward "right side up on out screen"

They sure set up a lot of bad false drama about "running out of plasma" in sick bay. I mean, I'm no doctor, but I know the ship has like a hundred "bags" walking around: The crew.

So the brown dwarf that is crushing the Enterprise has no effect whatsoever on the tiny shuttle?

Is there some reason the gorn don't detect the shuttle? They just sit there for a long time while the two crew are in the mind meld.....

Then the shuttle moves over right next to the gorn ships....and the gorn still don't notice?

And....er...Laan becomes an expert on gron light language in like one second from her memory?

So the shuttle light messages "humans on the other ship", so the main ship blows it up?
Gee why not tell the last ship there are humans on that ship so they will blow themselves up?

So...sigh....they have to do the Cool Kidz Space Pew Pew thing where they "blast" the air out of the cargo bay. Instead of a normal venting.

And sure Hemmer and Uhura have to "surf" the explosion

And...to vent the cargo bay....poor Spock has to strain against the "gravity" to hit the button...lol

And...hey, why does Spock have 1950's push buttons.....but the helm is a fancy touch screen?

And surprise....the Doc gave Una plasma so she would not die....wow, what drama!

And....then it's over! We never get to see a CGI gorn!

 

[Ondath]

S1E4

So...not to be too meta, by Laan whines she is not a "broken character" like all the other characters on the show....lol

So where did the colony get the non Federation radiation hulling cargo ship?

It sure was SUPER convenient that ALL the colony people...er...could remember NOTHING. Makes for super cheap suspense from a super lazy writer...

It sure was SUPER convenient Laan just happens to bump into the ONE littler girl who heard some 'clicks'

It sure was SUPER convenient that the Enterprise could not beam over the people on the ship so that they could not raise the shields when attacked......

Is there a reason they DON"T eject the cargo ship and raise shields?

So....why do the gorn destroy the ship to ship link? Did they not know that was keeping the ships shields down?

So......during the Opening Credits the Enterprise gets hit like 100 times and the gorn know exactly where to shoot disable the ship. As soon as we get done watching the way too many 'producers', everyone is like "everything is off line!"

Also....why does the Enterprise not even TRY to shoot back?

So the gorn shoot out all the Enterprises phaser banks in seconds? Ok

And the gorn shoot out the photon torpedo room? And get all but one torpedo?

And the gorn shoot the high profile targets of the cargo bay and sick bay? Maybe go for the impulse engines next time?

And the main cargo bay only has one door? Not even on emergency door? Or one Jeffreis Tube?

Pike sends "people to get into the cargo bay".....but we never hear from them. Maybe they could have phasered a way in?

I sure HOPE while people were being injured and killed ALL over the ship, none needed a quick beem to sick bay........because remember THAT transporter is off line so Doc can selfishly store his daughter there. You know what would have made some SERIOUS drama....have broken Doc have to MURDER his daughter to save Ensign Jones life....

So at the start of the show Laan was a gorn expert....but then Pike asks what she knows and she is like "oh I forgot everything so the plot can happen"...

So superwoman Una does not have fast healing?

Yea....Star Trek has done this bad joke to death...that the Fancy Pants Future Doctors just "push buttons on a computer" and don't know any real medicine. But...really....Starfleet would have a Classic First Aid course that taught the Ye Old Dark Ages 20th century medicine...FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT COMES UP IN THIS EPISODE.

So...it's just bad three dimensional writing...but the "lower decks"(haha) are the first to be crushed....because..er....the Enterprise is um...floating downward "right side up on out screen"

They sure set up a lot of bad false drama about "running out of plasma" in sick bay. I mean, I'm no doctor, but I know the ship has like a hundred "bags" walking around: The crew.

So the brown dwarf that is crushing the Enterprise has no effect whatsoever on the tiny shuttle?

Is there some reason the gorn don't detect the shuttle? They just sit there for a long time while the two crew are in the mind meld.....

Then the shuttle moves over right next to the gorn ships....and the gorn still don't notice?

And....er...Laan becomes an expert on gron light language in like one second from her memory?

So the shuttle light messages "humans on the other ship", so the main ship blows it up?
Gee why not tell the last ship there are humans on that ship so they will blow themselves up?

So...sigh....they have to do the Cool Kidz Space Pew Pew thing where they "blast" the air out of the cargo bay. Instead of a normal venting.

And sure Hemmer and Uhura have to "surf" the explosion

And...to vent the cargo bay....poor Spock has to strain against the "gravity" to hit the button...lol

And...hey, why does Spock have 1950's push buttons.....but the helm is a fancy touch screen?

And surprise....the Doc gave Una plasma so she would not die....wow, what drama!

And....then it's over! We never get to see a CGI gorn!

It's super subtle, but I get the feeling you didn't like the episode. Maybe it just isn't your cup of tea?

 

[Mallus]

@bloodtide may need a new hobby. Might I suggest fashioning a cross out of two-by-fours and nailing himself to it?

 

[trappedslider]

@bloodtide may need a new hobby. Might I suggest fashioning a cross out of two-by-fours and nailing himself to it?

He needs a new label instead of adventurer, he should get "hate watcher", i look forward to his hate watching on kenobi lol

 

[Mallus]

He needs a new label instead of adventurer, he should get "hate watcher", i look forward to his hate watching on kenobi lol

TV Critic of the Sith.

 

[Stalker0]

So episode 5. Holy Moly they pulled off an actual Freaky Friday....and damn it worked!

The scene that really steals the show for me is where Una and L'ann are on the saucer signing the original piece of the ship (and from a naval tradition that is absolutely a thing people would do), and this beautiful golden ship goes by. The look of absolute wonder on their faces....that's the Star Trek we wanted.

Sure I can nitpick this show just like I did Picard...but I don't want to in nearly the same way. Because at the end of the day, its hopeful and wonderous and just plain fun. These crew members feel like actual people, doing actual things....and having a hell of a great time doing it. I love this show.