Star Trek : Strange New Worlds

Didn't enjoy this weeks, I also can hardly understand a word Mbenga says.

Had a bit of a crap day at work and was looking forward to some Trek. What we got was dark flashbacks and the struggles of PTSD sufferers - finished the episode feeling worse than when I started it.
 
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The cross over episode with lower decks was better than I thought it would be, does go to show the difference in tone and even how they brought up that everyone talks so 'slow' compared to them in the future.
 
Yeah this weeks (apart from the ld crossover special) was ok but yeah unfortunately he is too realistic that dr, as our drs here i cant understand either the ones i get stuck with sometimes, i wouldn't mind if i could understand their accents and my hearing wasnt bad. But..
 
This week's was the best ST I've seen since DS9, that was a brilliant episode, the Dr is a great actor.. Sadly I absolutely know next week's will be the worst, since Beverly Crusher met a ghost.
 
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Was starting to accept SNW was going to be light hearted not too serious fun trek (as per every type of crossover going, time, species, series and an upcoming musical) then they hit it out of the park with that episode. I thought the courtroom drama was going to be the most serious episode but that was some great storytelling. Didn't hold much hope for this series with Spock stealing the enterprise in ep1 but they've done a great job of covering all the bases this series. Just need the chief engineer to stop being a Neelix.
 
Dr. M'Benga's morality seems basically ruined in the latest episode (perhaps understandably), it's quite intense. What's interesting is that he's still a member of the crew in TOS, serving under McCoy /Bones.

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Reading comments on Reddit, it seems as though lots of people relate to his version of justice. There's lots of fairly unsubtle hints that he murderers the Klingon diplomat/ex general, firstly the way he decides to open the box containing the murder weapon just before the incident, and his attitude towards justice that he explains to the captain, which is basically that he deserved to die because he was a lying war criminal. He also tells Dak'Rah to stay away from him, presumably because he believes that if he comes any closer, he may lose control and try to kill him. The weapon is conveniently ready for M'Benga to use against Dak'Rah, so I'd say it doesn't look good. The Dr. and Christine also try to make it look as though it is Dak'Rah's weapon, by making it appear as though the weapon belongs to the 'Butcher of J'Gal' - Their effort to cover up the truth is suspicious.

I guess we'll find out if he murdered him at some point, I find it interesting that lots watched this and thought that he probably didn't intend to murder him, but acted in self defence.

Another moment that is a little shocking is how quickly he decides to clear the transport buffers which contain a critically wounded soldier, to make room for some more - They are showing how damaged he has become by the war.
 
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Another moment that is a little shocking is how quickly he decides to clear the transport buffers which contain a critically wounded soldier, to make room for some more - They are showing how damaged he has become by the war.
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I just thought as he was on the battlefield, he had to make a tough, but quick decision. Killing one, but saving many ie the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

I don't think he intended to kill the Klingon as he warned him to stay away, but having the knife close to hand does not bode well for him.
 
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I just thought as he was on the battlefield, he had to make a tough, but quick decision. Killing one, but saving many ie the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

I don't think he intended to kill the Klingon as he warned him to stay away, but having the knife close to hand does not bode well for him.
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M'Benga's morality is in stark in contrast to Bones, which was interesting to see - Perhaps by Kirk's time as captain of the Enterprise, there are higher moral standards required for Starfleet Doctors? Bones would have argued that it was wrong to simply delete him from the buffers with barely a second's thought, it would have been an agonising decision. In some ways, M'Benga comes across as a more moral figure in earlier episodes, someone to be respected, so it's a bit jarring - but that's a nit pick. Another thing I didn't particularly like was how powerful a combatant they made M'Benga (e.g. like an action hero), who is somehow able to fight like a demon, rather than a human with medical training...

There's no real sign that the ambassador would try to attack him without provocation, so it comes across as a decision that M'Benga makes in advance - He says to him that he has not paid for what he has done. Lots of people seem to think Dak'Rah has it coming because of his inability to leave the crew members alone (those who refuse to forgive him for his actions in the war), but I think this is a pretty weak justification for murder...

It appears that Dak'Rah's ability to gauge other people is maybe not the best. He seems to think that by sparring / fighting with M'Benga, that somehow M'Benga can 'work though' his anger, and become at peace again. It's quite a Klingon /warrior mentality I suppose.

It's possible that M'Benga just held the knife out to ward off Dak'Rah, who may've felt threatened and tried to take the knife off him, as we hear him say 'don't be stupid'. Or another possibility, is a trope - That M'Benga is feeling suicidal and tries to stab himself with the knife, but is stopped by Dak'Rah - Not sure that explanation makes sense though, but might explain why he keeps looking at the knife.
 
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Just watching the latest episode - Subspace Rapsody, it's very different. The actress who plays La'an has a good voice imo. The songs themselves remind me of Disney musicals lol, which fortunately I don't have to endure.
 
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