Pali Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Anyone else been watching the first new Star Trek show in over a decade? I'm enjoying it quite a bit thus far, particularly the latest episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 I have a couple of issues with the show that made me stop watching. Like "why in the hell can a human Vulcan Nerve Pinch?!" and "why in the hell is warp navigation now handled by a space wizard waterbear that very blatanty tries to rip off Dune?!" I feel like the tardigrade idea went something like this: Writing assistant fresh out of school got REALLY high and remembered that their professor loved Dune. Maybe Dune fans will like this and relate! No...Dune fans hate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Spock was half human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kyzarius said: Spock was half human. That is correct, yet he still had Vulcan physiology. This one is all human. I believe it was explained previously (book or movie I forget) that humans physically cannot do it, which is why it was not taught in Starfleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 We've actually seen humans use the Vulcan nerve pinch before (Picard, Seven of Nine and Archer), as well as Odo, the EMH, and Data for non-Vulcan non-humans, so that wasn't new to DSC. edit: Fun fact: Picard used the nerve pinch on a character played by Tim Russ, who later played the Vulcan Tuvok on Voyager. I agree that the spore drive is a bit silly conceptually, but is it really all that out there as far as Trek tech goes? I suspect what the writers wanted was to introduce a new piece of game-changing tech that had serious ethical issues with its use, and examine them. Overall, I think they've handled that aspect pretty well, particularly in the latest episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Pali said: Fun fact: Picard used the nerve pinch on a character played by Tim Russ, who later played the Vulcan Tuvok on Voyager. Thanks for reminding me! I should probably rewatch Voyager. I don't think younger me appreciated it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 If you decide to do so, expect going in that the first two seasons will be pretty weak compared to what's to follow - this is the case with all Trek outside of TOS (hopefully DSC will buck the trend, too early to say). I don't think VOY ever really reaches the heights of TNG or DS9, but there are plenty of great episodes to find in there regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 And because it's fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 No but I've been watching the Orville and loving it. Basically the same thing but Orville does it better. Than and aside from the new star trek movies that I love, I hate star trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal Zoichan Posted October 17, 2017 Immortal Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Agree with @Dale. Orville is one of the best Star Trek's I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantangel Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 If you have Netflix, I believe all star trek series are on there. I haven't seen Discovery and I just barely heard of it a few weeks ago, so I'll probably not see it for a few years. I finished TNG about two months ago, DS9 a month ago, and I'm almost finished with Voyager all for the second time on Netflix. I find Voyager more interesting than the TNG series, but because of key episodes and the movies they push the entirety of the series as being much better than the rest. I hate the original series though. I tried when I was a kid to like it and couldn't. I tried as a teenager and I couldn't. I'm trying now and I still dislike it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidon Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 8 hours ago, MasterOfPie said: I have a couple of issues with the show that made me stop watching. Like "why in the hell can a human Vulcan Nerve Pinch?!" and "why in the hell is warp navigation now handled by a space wizard waterbear that very blatanty tries to rip off Dune?!" I feel like the tardigrade idea went something like this: Writing assistant fresh out of school got REALLY high and remembered that their professor loved Dune. Maybe Dune fans will like this and relate! No...Dune fans hate you. If there's no water bear restring in savant trying to master space travel by the end of 2017 I'm rolling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 If you download showbox it's on there and gets all the new episodes but I just haven't been able to bring myself into watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted November 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Fall run just ended with one hell of a bang - tonight's episode was fantastic. Overall I'm very happy with the show so far. If they keep this level of quality up after the holidays, DSC will end up having the strongest first season of any Trek post-TOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Anyone else keeping up with the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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