Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

[Morrus]

Or. like time passed and nothing interesting happened in it, so they didn't focus on it.

It's not that they didn't focus on it. I'd prefer they'd just mentioned it, since they took the time to make it clear they were 2 days out from even a message getting back.

I guess some things bother some folks more than others, but insta-travel (or the appearance of it) does break my immersion. I can't speak for anybody else.

 

[Ryujin]

They don't film the episodes one at a time though. They do it in blocks -- so he'd spend a day doing all his engineering scenes for the first half of the season, for example. And there would be a week just filming bridge scenes.

More like days, depending upon how many pages they shoot per day, but basically yes. And Star Trek franchises have typically done marathon session shoots.

 

[Umbran]

They don't film the episodes one at a time though. They do it in blocks -- so he'd spend a day doing all his engineering scenes for the first half of the season, for example. And there would be a week just filming bridge scenes.

You still need to prioritize the time.

I mean, you're suggesting they use valuable shooting time including people in shots for the sake of showing them on screen, even if they have no actual involvement in the scenes in question. Seems like just about the lowest priority available, to me.

 

[Morrus]

You still need to prioritize the time.

I mean, you're suggesting they use valuable shooting time including people in shots for the sake of showing them on screen, even if they have no actual involvement in the scenes in question. Seems like just about the lowest priority available, to me.

No I'm not. Those are your words, not mine.

I was indicating a preference that the character should be written into the show more. Whether there are logistical reasons why he's not, as some people have suggested, or there other reasons, is beyond our ability to know, although I noted that shooting in blocks alleviates the one of the hypothesized obstacles brought up in the thread.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Finally got around to watching Episode 7. It was a solid 7/10 to me, nothing groundbreaking like the earlier few episodes, but a fun romp with a villain who's just going HAM. I should catch up on the TOS lore on Sybok, but I'm kinda worried with the focus they're putting on the T'Pring-Spock relationship so far. Since this is a prequel, we know how things will ultimately end with Amok Time. So how much tension can they put in this story?

There is no TOS lore on Sybok. Sybok was created for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and has until now never featured anywhere else. Gene Roddenberry, who had no say in that production, called out that movie as having certain elements that were "apocryphal" to his series. Many people assumed one of the things he was referencing was this Spock brother they had never heard of before. Whether or not that's true, the point is that Sybok was most definitely not present in TOS.

I'm glad, in principle, however, that they brought him back. Given how much time Discovery effectively spent on Spock's family life without addressing the Sybok (not) in the room a little explanation is in order, and as much as I want to forget Star Trek V, it did happen and it might as well be integrated into the franchise better. And I think the character has a lot of recurring villain potential when not shackled to such a crumby movie.

As for this episode it was overall my least favorite so far. I think my main issue was that Angel got a lot of screen time without really being compelling as a character until their turn to over-the-top cackling villain. After that the episode was a lot of fun.

I felt like it could have been an amazing 'Die Hard on a Spaceship' and it kinda wasn't.

I mean I feel like the Next Gen episode "Starship Mine" was already "Die Hard on a Spaceship", but I suppose they can afford to do the premise again every 30 years or so.

 

[Morrus]

I mean I feel like the Next Gen episode "Starship Mine" was already "Die Hard on a Spaceship", but I suppose they can afford to do the premise again every 30 years or so.

This show is awesome, but if you think it’s original, I don’t know how to have this conversation with you!

 

[Benjamin Olson]

This show is awesome, but if you think it’s original, I don’t know how to have this conversation with you!

I've never accused it of being original. I'm just saying if you want a "Die Hard on a Spaceship" scenario there's already plenty of readily available existing Star Trek episodes that do that to varying degrees, with "Starship Mine" where the protagonist is alone and the villains are actually terrorists being probably the closest parallel. I think it's a plot scenario that's better to save for late in a series when the locations being presented in a new tactical-action light are all very familiar in their normal functions.

 

[Knightfall]

I'm loving this show!

 

[Morrus]

I've never accused it of being original. I'm just saying if you want a "Die Hard on a Spaceship" scenario there's already plenty of readily available existing Star Trek episodes that do that to varying degrees, with "Starship Mine" where the protagonist is alone and the villains are actually terrorists being probably the closest parallel. I think it's a plot scenario that's better to save for late in a series when the locations being presented in a new tactical-action light are all very familiar in their normal functions.

Sure. I even wrote a Die Hard on a Spaceship adventure. I’m not sure how “they did this in TNG” means I can’t think it would have been awesome here. Also what didn’t they do in TNG?

 

[Ryujin]

Sure. I even wrote a Die Hard on a Spaceship adventure. I’m not sure how “they did this in TNG” means I can’t think it would have been awesome here. Also what didn’t they do in TNG?

That's probably the only concept that this GIF doesn't cover.