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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 17, 2017 15:49:24 GMT
Robert AprilA captain who was previously just part of the animated series (therefore not considered canon by some). That now is apparently no longer the case. Thanks. I've never watched the animated series. Since Discovery has put the canon through a shredder, fed the remains to goats and then threw the goats into a live volcano, any discussion about what is canon and what isn't is now moot.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 22:36:54 GMT
Lethe
An episode that I feel like I've seen before in many sci-fi shows (all the stuff in his mind that hides a secret which turns out to be a rather uninteresting secret, blah blah blah). But this episode did once again reiterate that captain Lorca is a bit of a mental case which I kinda love. Sleeps with a phaser and clearly very manipulative and twisted. I even thought towards the end that he might even kill admiral Cornwall (maybe her ship explodes or something) such is his obsessive nature.
Stamets creepily chirpy in this episode. Almost a different person you might say.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 0:02:05 GMT
Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad
Good, fun time loop episode though with a number of holes if you ask me but we'll let that slide. I also don't like how they're screwing with Harry Mudd as a character and making him a dick but then redeeming him rather conveniently at the end. But it felt more trekkie.
Also, it's been bugging me for weeks where I've seen Ash Tyler before.
Dear God... It's Clem Fandango!! How did I not know?!
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Post by azzajones on Oct 31, 2017 5:40:58 GMT
I was somewhat disappointed that for 6th ep they've done a time-loop ep - recycling an old idea after 5 eps ain't a good sign of originality going forward.
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Post by reelreviews2 on Oct 31, 2017 6:57:56 GMT
I was somewhat disappointed that for 6th ep they've done a time-loop ep - recycling an old idea after 5 eps ain't a good sign of originality going forward. What's really interesting is that before the show premiered, the producers and writers swore up and down they wouldn't be doing time travel on STD because it had become a "crutch" for Star Trek. I said at the time that I doubt they would stick by that "pledge".
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Post by azzajones on Oct 31, 2017 22:53:20 GMT
To be clear I don't have anything against time-travel, I'd be down for some time-travel eps - I just hope they're a bit more original, or at least fresh.
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Post by fatpaul on Nov 5, 2017 5:06:26 GMT
I do like Discovery even if the klingons look like they're in a glam rock band. They could swap their bat'leths for flying v guitars and you would not notice. And whats with their voices, haven't they invented spittoons in their world?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 23:30:20 GMT
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
I didn't mind the episode (glad they finally visited a planet) but it wasn't anything spectacular. There was an interesting idea in there about a planet that is conscious and peaceful and it'll be nice to see where it goes but I generally hate two-parters.
I am finding myself craving some exploration. Yes, they're in a war but can't we have some exploration? You can jump anywhere so you know... do it already.
Seems like the really interesting thing in the show is happening with Stamets but they don't want to follow it too soon. I'm ready to go there.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 7, 2017 20:03:25 GMT
Yes, they're in a war but can't we have some exploration? To be fair isn't that exactly what we got in this episode?
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Post by azzajones on Nov 8, 2017 9:08:02 GMT
Recent ep did feel something like a Trek ep with the away mission to a planet and encountering something that affects them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 0:15:25 GMT
Si Vis Pacem, Para BellumI am finding myself craving some exploration. Yes, they're in a war but can't we have some exploration? You can jump anywhere so you know... do it already. That's the trouble with giving your ship a very specific and important mission - whenever you do any episode not related to that mission you immediately cause the audience to start asking why you're wasting time on this other thing instead of your important mission. They even highlighted it in Voyager. TORRES: "It's a sample of residue we picked up in a nebula." EMH: "A nebula? What were we doing in a nebula? No, wait, don't tell me. We were investigating. That's all we do around here. Why pretend we're going home at all? All we're going to do is investigate every cubic millimetre of this quadrant, aren't we?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 0:29:06 GMT
Si Vis Pacem, Para BellumI am finding myself craving some exploration. Yes, they're in a war but can't we have some exploration? You can jump anywhere so you know... do it already. That's the trouble with giving your ship a very specific and important mission - whenever you do any episode not related to that mission you immediately cause the audience to start asking why you're wasting time on this other thing instead of your important mission. They even highlighted it in Voyager. TORRES: "It's a sample of residue we picked up in a nebula." EMH: "A nebula? What were we doing in a nebula? No, wait, don't tell me. We were investigating. That's all we do around here. Why pretend we're going home at all? All we're going to do is investigate every cubic millimetre of this quadrant, aren't we?" The war backdrop gives them some leeway though. They have an excuse to explore for resources, technology, any advantage they might get. That was the point of this episode; to use the planet's transmitter as sonar. I don't mind the Klingon war as a backdrop just as long as every episode isn't about the war or Burnham.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 0:47:06 GMT
That's the trouble with giving your ship a very specific and important mission - whenever you do any episode not related to that mission you immediately cause the audience to start asking why you're wasting time on this other thing instead of your important mission. They even highlighted it in Voyager. TORRES: "It's a sample of residue we picked up in a nebula." EMH: "A nebula? What were we doing in a nebula? No, wait, don't tell me. We were investigating. That's all we do around here. Why pretend we're going home at all? All we're going to do is investigate every cubic millimetre of this quadrant, aren't we?" The war backdrop gives them some leeway though. They have an excuse to explore for resources, technology, any advantage they might get. That was the point of this episode; to use the planet's transmitter as sonar. I don't mind the Klingon war as a backdrop just as long as every episode isn't about the war or Burnham. I dunno... during World War II do you think the average warship spent a whole lot of time exploring or doing scientific research?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 0:55:08 GMT
The war backdrop gives them some leeway though. They have an excuse to explore for resources, technology, any advantage they might get. That was the point of this episode; to use the planet's transmitter as sonar. I don't mind the Klingon war as a backdrop just as long as every episode isn't about the war or Burnham. I dunno... during World War II do you think the average warship spent a whole lot of time exploring or doing scientific research? Sea and space aren't quite the same thing; not unless the warship can transport to any part of the planet. In which case... yes, I would expect them to both use that ability to engage in surprise attacks as well as to explore the planet to find the possible resources to win the war.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 0:58:09 GMT
I dunno... during World War II do you think the average warship spent a whole lot of time exploring or doing scientific research? Sea and space aren't quite the same thing; not unless the warship can transport to any part of the planet. In which case... yes, I would expect them to both use that ability to engage in surprise attacks as well as to explore the planet to find the possible resources to win the war. I wouldn't.
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Post by azzajones on Nov 11, 2017 7:03:03 GMT
Had a random thought: perhaps this spore drive is the basis for transwarp? Transwarp is something Starfleet was possibly researching at this time, and it's something they never got to work.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 23:57:04 GMT
Into The Forest I Go
This was a truly fantastic episode. The first great Discovery episode.
We're finally getting to the nub of what's going on with Stamets and the spore drive as well Tyler's stuff (brainwashed? A deep cover Klingon?) and some excellent action in this one. I'm glad we're finally dipping our toes in the multiverse stuff.
I fear they took far too long to get here but hopefully, we can now kick on.
Oh, and correct me if I'm wrong but is this the first time ever that we've seen a... Klingon nipple?
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Post by azzajones on Nov 14, 2017 6:45:45 GMT
During the flashback sex scene, there did appear to be glimpses of Klingon breasts - which was certainly a surprise, and something I've mixed feelings about. Fantastic ep, although after they destroyed the Ship of the Dead, there was a bit of an odd period before the cliffhanger the brought it down a bit, but the ep provided a satisfying conclusion to the Ship of the Dead and left me curious as to 'what's next?' with the cliffhanger.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 14, 2017 20:32:26 GMT
the ep provided a satisfying conclusion to the Ship of the Dead and left me curious as to 'what's next?' with the cliffhanger. Just watched it and thought it was another excellent episode - this show has just got better and better after the first couple of episodes... I wonder if that rumoured multiverse jumping will come into play and they will land up in the TOS universe with Stamets / the spore drive out of action...
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Post by azzajones on Nov 20, 2017 6:07:12 GMT
I keep thinking about this event that's the basis for this show being 10 years before TOS, thus far it appears to be the Federation Klingon war. Could be something else, and this season leads up to the event. Also the possibly that's no longer the basis of the show with the behind the scenes changes.
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