New Star Trek series - 2017

Kainz · 27 Jan 2019 at 19:17

Episode 2 was much better. Apart from the face-palm inducing 'yay we succeeded' cheering on bridge, it was a very enjoyable episode that wasn't focused entirely on Burnham. Stamets is as ever, a joy to watch with is reactions to events unfolding and it was great to see that other bridge crew lady being put to use.

nicktay2605 · 27 Jan 2019 at 20:04

Excellent second episode. Pike is fantastic, he's the best addition to the second season, plus the show feels more Trekkie this time round.

Tombstone · 27 Jan 2019 at 22:56

Did anyone notice in episode 2, when they were taking them to the church near the end, that the church doors were plain white wood when they walked up to them and opened them, but then when they closed them they were stainedglass doors?

Edit: wait no, it was an external and internal set of doors.

Overall so far, its been better than season 1, though I do think that Pike is stealing the show in the same way that Lorca stole the show in the first season.

VincentHanna · 27 Jan 2019 at 23:50

It's starting to feel more like an ensemble and less like the Michael Burnham show.

You could argue that the captain tends to be the main focus in star trek shows of the past, but they've always been an ensemble, focusing on different characters every episode.

Discovery didn't really do that last year, but other characters are starting to get a bit more screen time.

Steampunk · 28 Jan 2019 at 00:25

VincentHanna said:
It's starting to feel more like an ensemble and less like the Michael Burnham show.

You could argue that the captain tends to be the main focus in star trek shows of the past, but they've always been an ensemble, focusing on different characters every episode.

Discovery didn't really do that last year, but other characters are starting to get a bit more screen time.

AFAICT, the bridge crew had more lines in that one episode than the whole of series 1. Too much Tilly/Wesley though, and the "I see dead people" was totally obvious right from the first moment.

Hades · 28 Jan 2019 at 00:36

A better episode. Pike is great. Tilly is annoying though.

VincentHanna · 28 Jan 2019 at 14:21

Thread doesn't seem as popular as last year.

I think anyone who gave up on it should give it another go with an open mind.

doodah · 28 Jan 2019 at 14:59

Hopefully because we don't have X number of pages losing our rag because the ship design doesn't conform

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MarkA · 28 Jan 2019 at 15:03

People should definitely give S02 a watch. I for one, wasn't excited about STD as the first season was going through the final few eps...
Now on the other hand, I can't wait for the next episode!

ps. The ship with the spore drive, makes me angry every time I see it. Less spore drive please, lots less.

VincentHanna · 28 Jan 2019 at 15:29

That would be Discovery...

Gerard · 28 Jan 2019 at 15:45

MarkA said:
ps. The ship with the spore drive, makes me angry every time I see it. Less spore drive please, lots less.

MarkA · 28 Jan 2019 at 16:41

Hahaha, perhaps I worded that incorrectly.

It should read: 'The ship has a spore drive"

robfosters · 29 Jan 2019 at 01:21

Excellent episode. As others have said, felt like a proper trek episode that one.

Im intrigued to find out exactly what that angel thingie is

Mark1989 · 29 Jan 2019 at 08:22

Really enjoyed episode 2, I didn't mind the first season tbf but this has started better for me.

Such a shame we have to wait a week I wish it was like other shows we're Netflix put up the entire season so I could binge watch it

MarkA · 29 Jan 2019 at 10:51

Mark1989 said:
Such a shame we have to wait a week I wish it was like other shows we're Netflix put up the entire season so I could binge watch it

This way, I get to have interesting theory conversations with my office colleagues who watch it, that alone is intriguing!

Mark1989 · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:02

MarkA said:
This way, I get to have interesting theory conversations with my office colleagues who watch it, that alone is intriguing!

That works if you have interesting colleagues and for the most part I don't lol

glenimp617 · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:11

Can the spore drive go anywhere in the universe? Delta quadrant for example? I didn't think starfleet knew much about anything outside the alpha quadrant in TNG?

Unless they can't be bothered filing reports

MarkA · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:32

I think they knew a lot about both Alpha and Beta quadrant, just not the delta or gamma quadrant IIRC.
But yeah, spore drive can go anywhere along the mycelial network. Which is a *new* discovered network, unsure of how large it is or whether it goes to other Galaxies. That's a bit meh to me, hopefully they kill off the mycelial network at some point, or the methods become unethical, or staments disappears into it and no one can use the network again.

Steampunk · 29 Jan 2019 at 12:52

MarkA said:
I think they knew a lot about both Alpha and Beta quadrant, just not the delta or gamma quadrant IIRC.
But yeah, spore drive can go anywhere along the mycelial network. Which is a *new* discovered network, unsure of how large it is or whether it goes to other Galaxies. That's a bit meh to me, hopefully they kill off the mycelial network at some point, or the methods become unethical, or staments disappears into it and no one can use the network again.

They used it to travel to the Mirror Universe, so if it can jump to alternate realities, it can probably hop around to another galaxy.

Spit · 29 Jan 2019 at 17:03

I really hate the spore drive. Warp drive has always been enough.