Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers)

[Ryujin]

Yeah, just think about Kirk's experience with this episode while watching "The Enterprise Incident".

That's why Kirk only got a little mild plastic surgery, in that episode of TOS. He knew how bad it could go.

 

[MarkB]

Well, looks like character development is back on the menu for Ortegas, and in a classic Enemy Mine story. Not convinced it needed the tie-in to the original series, and the excuse they've finally come up with for "why do our Gorn look different?" is about as lame as it could be. That aside, pretty good episode.

I like how Starfleet's survival paradigm is Water, Food, Shelter, because they know the chances of anyone being marooned somewhere without a breathable atmosphere in this setting are vanishingly remote - not even if it's a barren rock whose orbit drags it through a gas giant's atmosphere every rotation.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, looks like character development is back on the menu for Ortegas, and in a classic Enemy Mine story. Not convinced it needed the tie-in to the original series, and the excuse they've finally come up with for "why do our Gorn look different?" is about as lame as it could be. That aside, pretty good episode.

I like how Starfleet's survival paradigm is Water, Food, Shelter, because they know the chances of anyone being marooned somewhere without a breathable atmosphere in this setting are vanishingly remote - not even if it's a barren rock whose orbit drags it through a gas giant's atmosphere every rotation.

If you're marooned somewhere without breathable atmosphere, it's pretty much known as 'death.' Space ain't kind.

 

[Stalker0]

I think the other problem with the whole "we have to be vulcan to go down to the planet".

Ok, I get the prime directive but there clearly has to be a grandfather clause in there. We have a pre-warp society but they know advanced aliens exist, and they already have advanced technology. The damage is done. Them finding out there are other aliens out there changes absolutely nothing.

Now maybe you go with some kind of security field that only allows vulcans in....that's a bit more believable, though of course a federation ship hundreds of years more advanced than the facility down there should be easily able to disable any such security.

Its just another example of the rushed pacing of this season. We want to have a cool thing X....ok um really flaky reason why... now do it!

 

[Micah Sweet]

I think the other problem with the whole "we have to be vulcan to go down to the planet".

Ok, I get the prime directive but there clearly has to be a grandfather clause in there. We have a pre-warp society but they know advanced aliens exist, and they already have advanced technology. The damage is done. Them finding out there are other aliens out there changes absolutely nothing.

Now maybe you go with some kind of security field that only allows vulcans in....that's a bit more believable, though of course a federation ship hundreds of years more advanced than the facility down there should be easily able to disable any such security.

Its just another example of the rushed pacing of this season. We want to have a cool thing X....ok um really flaky reason why... now do it!

Effect preceding cause. Not ideal.

 

[Mort]

Current episode:

Anyone else see exactly what was going to happen the moment Pike ordered La'an to be the one leading the landing party?

 

[MarkB]

Current episode:

Anyone else see exactly what was going to happen the moment Pike ordered La'an to be the one leading the landing party?

Anyone who's familiar with the original Enemy Mine story or its numerous televisual and film adaptations would have been anticipating what would likely happen, but yes, as soon as La'an was assigned I gave up any hope that they weren't going to play it straight.

 

[Mort]

Anyone who's familiar with the original Enemy Mine story or its numerous televisual and film adaptations would have been anticipating what would likely happen, but yes, as soon as La'an was assigned I gave up any hope that they weren't going to play it straight.

I also wish they hadn't bothered with the Metron angle. I thought it didn't add anything and actually made the ending hit less than it would.

 

[Micah Sweet]

So, not a lot of rave reviews this season huh?

 

[Ryujin]

So, not a lot of rave reviews this season huh?

I don't know about that. I'm loving it.