More Trek
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wrote on 17 Jun 2022, 22:28 last edited by
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wrote on 23 Jun 2022, 19:04 last edited by
Annnnd E8 declines further into retread plots. Ugh.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2022, 21:23 last edited by
The set looked like a cheapass pizza joint with plastic plants and grapes..
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wrote on 1 Jul 2022, 23:43 last edited by
Well, E9 was an improvement. I did like Blue Bunny. Sorry to see him fall to Gorn gestation.
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wrote on 1 Jul 2022, 23:48 last edited by
E9 was an improvement.
Yeah, and Vesuvius was worse than Mt. St. Helens.
It wasn't good. I found it tedious and boring. It seems like they're trying to shoehorn the characters (Uhura) into the storyline so that they fit the "established canon."
"The Orville" is more imaginative, although I really hated this week's "Woke AF" episode.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2022, 00:38 last edited by
This Trek thing is supposedly on Paramount+
The Orville thing is supposedly on Hulu+
And you folks have another thread talking on AppleTV+How many streaming services do you subscribe too?
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wrote on 8 Jul 2022, 00:45 last edited by
Season Finale: 4 out of 5 stars.
The minus: I really HATE time travel/alternate history stories that try to resolve themselves so that everything sort of works out.
The plus: Great seeing Pike and Kirk together. Good backstory on the Federation/Romulan conflict (where are the Klingons, by the way???).
Nice space battle(s), but it's getting a bit too predictable, and after watching The Expanse, I HATE "swoopy" maneuvers.
Satisfying conclusion of the first year, with a minor cliff-hanger regarding #1 that opens the door for future tales.
Still, this is light years beyond "Discovery" and "Picard" (of which I've watched neither of the last seasons).
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wrote on 8 Jul 2022, 00:53 last edited by
Haven’t watched E10 yet. Watching the first episode of the new Orville as I write this.
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wrote on 8 Jul 2022, 01:19 last edited by
Orville > STSNW.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2022, 00:26 last edited by Mik 7 Sept 2022, 00:26
Ok that was my workout show. Indeed 4 stars. But Indont like the new Kirk. He looks like Jim Carrey.
Still, the Romulans were very true to form even if some of the dialogue was nakedly stolen.
The new Spock is excellent.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2022, 00:54 last edited by
@Mik....
Watching The Orville.
What, ANOTHER time-travel show? LOL.
The difference between the two is that The Orville tries to be light hearted while being serious to the story.
Star Trek; Strange New Worlds tries to be serious to the story while being light hearted, sort of.
Nevertheless, ST:SNW is parsecs beyond the other new iterations of ST. Perhaps it'll find its stride like The Orville has.
All that aside, nothing can compete with Anson Mount's hair.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2022, 01:12 last edited by
That was true in Hell on Wheels too.
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wrote on 14 Jul 2022, 10:20 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Jul 2022, 11:39 last edited by Mik
It was OK. I never warmed up to it that much. One of the characters looked like a Sugar Crisp with ears and was supposed to be comic relief, but had a hot human girlfriend.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@Mik Did you get around to watch the 3rd season of the Orville?
I was watching S3 E5 and noticed that on board the Orville, Steinway and Sons is still the concert piano of choice. :man-shrugging:
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It was OK. I never warmed up to it that much. One of the characters looked like a Sugar Crisp with ears and was supposed to be comic relief, but had a hot human girlfriend.
wrote on 25 Sept 2022, 15:00 last edited byIt was OK. I never warmed up to it that much. One of the characters looked like a Sugar Crisp with ears and was supposed to be comic relief, but had a hot human girlfriend.
It took me a while, but I did come to enjoy Voyager quite a lot. It was quite dystopian and had some interesting story arcs. Each of the characters was flawed in their own peculiar way. Janeway had a ruthlessness about her as Captain owing to the nature of the environment she operated and the mission that confronted her. Mulgrew played the part very well.
