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

[Stalker0]

Why do late 20th century motorbikes show up so much in the future?

Why do 1950s cars still pop up in movies? because they are stylish!

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Why do 1950s cars still pop up in movies? because they are stylish!

I mean, do they still appear though? It seems like it's been a very long time since I saw a 1950s car in an actual new movie. Late 1960s? Now that's a bit different. I guess there was a late '50s car in the Barbie movie but I feel like that was for a different reason lol.

I offer an alternative explanation for why 1950s cars used to appear a lot (especially in 1980s and 1990s movies/TV shows) - because the people making movies are often nostalgic for cars they thought were cool when they were kids. I feel like the same phenomenon is apply to 1980s/1990s motorcycles (particularly Japanese ones, which, admittedly are also cooler than Western ones of that era, soz BMW touring bikes, soz Harley Davidson) now, given people my age sometimes wax nostalgic about them (even people who have never driven them like my wife lol), and people my age and 10-20 years older are the primary ones running/directing/producing shows today.

But the only aged cars I regularly see appear now seem to be late 1960s/early 1970s muscle cars (which have about the performance of a modern Toyota Camry Hybrid I feel I should point out lol), and sometimes a few 1980s classics. Even old Jags seem to have dropped out of the rotation. I think I saw a 1940s (so even earlier) Ford pickup truck in something though.

 

[James Gasik]

I mean, do they still appear though? It seems like it's been a very long time since I saw a 1950s car in an actual new movie. Late 1960s? Now that's a bit different. I guess there was a late '50s car in the Barbie movie but I feel like that was for a different reason lol.

I offer an alternative explanation for why 1950s cars used to appear a lot (especially in 1980s and 1990s movies/TV shows) - because the people making movies are often nostalgic for cars they thought were cool when they were kids. I feel like the same phenomenon is apply to 1980s/1990s motorcycles (particularly Japanese ones, which, admittedly are also cooler than Western ones of that era, soz BMW touring bikes, soz Harley Davidson) now, given people my age sometimes wax nostalgic about them (even people who have never driven them like my wife lol), and people my age and 10-20 years older are the primary ones running/directing/producing shows today.

But the only aged cars I regularly see appear now seem to be late 1960s/early 1970s muscle cars (which have about the performance of a modern Toyota Camry Hybrid I feel I should point out lol), and sometimes a few 1980s classics. Even old Jags seem to have dropped out of the rotation. I think I saw a 1940s (so even earlier) Ford pickup truck in something though.

The first thing I thought of was "Lola" from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but she's a '62, so I guess your point is made!

 

[pukunui]

Four and a Half Vulcans is a bit mean toward Spock but damn is it hilarious! They even re-recorded Pike’s intro monologue in his “Vulcan” voice.

I haven’t laughed this hard for this long in a while!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I mean, do they still appear though?

If you look on the TV there was a detective with a classic car thing going on in the 80s - Bergarac, Morse. And I guess that was influenced by 70s US TV - Starsky and Hutch, Magnum.

These days, detective drives an old banger seems to be the standard trope (but Columbo did it first).

 

[MarkB]

Four and a Half Vulcans is a bit mean toward Spock but damn is it hilarious! They even re-recorded Pike’s intro monologue in his “Vulcan” voice.

I haven’t laughed this hard for this long in a while!

I'm glad someone enjoyed it, it barely raised a smile for me. Seemed like they thought they were being a lot funnier than they actually were, and some of the musical cues were just out of place, with the music over the post-credits scene being off the scale in that regard. This is Star Trek, not Looney Tunes.

Also, the whole thing felt like a derogatory racist parody, and I'm not sure the fact that it's a fictional race really excuses it.

 

[Rabulias]

I enjoyed this week's episode, but while I found it entertaining, I feel a bit shortchanged with season 3 leaning into the soap opera and comedy elements more than the solid episodic sci-fi that marked seasons 1 and 2. We are on the clock now, with only 18 episodes of the show left. And we have another musical episode coming and... a puppets episode? I prefer a low ratio of light episodes to serious episodes, but YMMV.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I enjoyed this week's episode, but while I found it entertaining, I feel a bit shortchanged with season 3 leaning into the soap opera and comedy elements more than the solid episodic sci-fi that marked seasons 1 and 2. We are on the clock now, with only 18 episodes of the show left. And we have another musical episode coming and... a puppets episode? I prefer a low ratio of light episodes to serious episodes, but YMMV.

Agreed. I feel they're leaning into the weird gimmick episodes a little too hard this season.

 

[Morrus]

I enjoyed this week's episode, but while I found it entertaining, I feel a bit shortchanged with season 3 leaning into the soap opera and comedy elements more than the solid episodic sci-fi that marked seasons 1 and 2. We are on the clock now, with only 18 episodes of the show left. And we have another musical episode coming and... a puppets episode? I prefer a low ratio of light episodes to serious episodes, but YMMV.

Oh I’d forgotten about the puppets.

With two left I had predicted an Ortega-heavy drama followed by an action cliffhanger finale.

With the puppet episode still to come though, that prediction isn’t correct. I guess that must be next week as they wouldn’t end the season on puppets.

 

[Mort]

So I thought I'd do some checking into the Puppet episode and did some googling. Google now has their AI answer at the very top. It REALLY struck me how impressively wrong it is! But it's presented in a factual manner with no indication (other being labeled an AI overview) of the likely massive mistakes. This is a problem!

The episode name is wrong (It's one that already happened, the Holodeck episode), the Director is wrong (Canning directed this week's Four-and-a-half-vulcans), the plot synopsis is obviously wrong (it's for the prior episode). Just terrible:

The puppet-themed episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is called "A Space Adventure Hour, and it is part of the show's fourth season. The episode features puppets created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop and centers around a story featuring Captain Pike as a puppet.

Here are some additional details about the episode:

• Show's First Puppet Episode: It will be the first-ever puppet-themed episode in the Star Trek franchise.
  
  
• Season Four: The episode is slated for the fourth season of Strange New Worlds.
  
  
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop: The iconic puppet creators were involved in the episode.
  
  
• Director: The episode is directed by Jordan Canning.
  
  
• Plot: The plot is described as a Hollywood murder mystery where La'an Noonien-Singh tests a prototype holiday with a fictional case, with the Enterprise's fate hanging in the balance.