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Henadic Theologian
Hero
Is it piracy when its they are giving it way for free?
I suspect the areas YouTube viewing of this is blocked are ones paramount+ is not itself carrying the show (either because they don't themselves service the area or have otherwise contracted the show out). it's on some other streaming platform.
So it's that platform providing the service.
So yes, at that point it's piracy.
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But, yes, it is still piracy.
Having the copyright is having the right to choose when, where, and for how much, a work is reproduced. The rights owner gets to make those deals, not you. That they are making it free of charge in one place, at one time, does not mean it is okay for you to have it for free somewhere else. You do not hold those rights. So, it is piracy.
MGibster
Legend
Okay, okay. I'm four episodes in, and I'm starting to wonder how many mysterious secret/tragic backstories do we really need? Warning: Spoiler for the first 4 episodes.
I don't really object to any single one, but man, when everyone has one it kind of lessens the impact. It's like a soap opera. So far that's my biggest fault with the show, which means I'm just nitpicking at this point.
- Pike - Okay, I get it. It's kind of cool having a character know his fate.
- Uhura - Do we really need a tragic backstory here? Isn't a young person trying to figure out what she wants to do compelling enough?
- Noonian-Singh - Is there some reason the family didn't change their name? Even the Hitlers decided to be somethign else. Plus we've got a Godzilla survivor. She's got two tragic backstories in one!
- M'Benga - Crouching Doctor Hidden Kid?
- Riley - Attack of the Clones
I don't really object to any single one, but man, when everyone has one it kind of lessens the impact. It's like a soap opera. So far that's my biggest fault with the show, which means I'm just nitpicking at this point.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
The soap opera-ish elements are one of the reasons TNG and Deep Space 9 are the most popular Trek series. SNW is quite deliberately trying to emulate that. It's soap opera... in space
Henadic Theologian
Hero
Una background isn't tragic, beyond her species, its barely explored.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Plus some of it was established in the Star Trek EU before SNW came along.
Ryujin
Legend
I must admit that finding out her people built Ontario Place was a bit of a revelation to me.
MGibster
Legend
Her species is exactly what I'm talking about. Oh, woe is me, I belong to this species who has cultural practices the Federation considers abhorrent and would get me kicked out of Star Fleet, result in my prosecution, and cost the trust of a crewmember I respected when she found out the truth. I think it qualfies.
Again, I'm being nitpicky. I thought they handled it just fine and I'm sure in the future and I'll expect we'll see it as a nice allegory for accepting people based on who they are rather than our own prejudice. I'm looking forward to learning Ortega is actually part Gorn or a member of the Q Continium or something.
Specifically, one of the goals is to not put the series in a large, centralized external plot arc. The show is supposed to stay largely episodic. However, they are ensuring that each character has their own personal journey that does extend across episodes. Personal journeys have significant emotional components so... soap opera.
See my note about personal journeys - journeys need starting places.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
I will point out that TNG regularly made a habit of throwing in previously unmentioned family members and ex-girlfriends. Even TOS did it occasionally (OMG they killed Sam!)
Yep. I'd have actually watched this! Probably licencing issues.
MGibster
Legend
And I finished the first season. One of the problems with a prequel series is that they can touch on issues that appeared in the original series and suddenly something doesn't make sense. The original series episode "The Arena" makes less sense given that the Federation obviously had some pretty good knowledge about who the Gorn were and what they were all about. In "Arena," we find out the Gorn attacked because they believed the Federation was moving in on their territory. i.e. They weren't just a bunch of jerks attacking for no good cause. But that does not sound like the Gorn in SNW.
I enjoyed the last episode partly because it was a retelling of "Balance of Terror" which is one of my all time favorite TOS episodes. It was kind of neat to see how Pike handled the situation differently and while he wasn't wrong or foolish it was still a less desirable outcome than Kirk's decisions. This was a solid first season without a single bad episode. And you could tell the actors had a lot of fun with "The Elysium Kingdom."
I enjoyed the last episode partly because it was a retelling of "Balance of Terror" which is one of my all time favorite TOS episodes. It was kind of neat to see how Pike handled the situation differently and while he wasn't wrong or foolish it was still a less desirable outcome than Kirk's decisions. This was a solid first season without a single bad episode. And you could tell the actors had a lot of fun with "The Elysium Kingdom."
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