Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

So, I watched Data's Day last night, and I have a theory about the Romulan posing as the Vulcan. Later on, we see Romulans brainwashing Geordi into attempting to assassinate the Klingon governor, and also a shipment of weapons that look like Federation phaser rifles. Could the "Ambassador" have been collecting that information before her return as part of the later plot? (different Romulan commanders involved: an admiral vs Commander Sela, but still...)

 

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield is pretty great, hey Frank Gorshin just being snarky is solid. While yet again the Enterprise is catapulted into an unknown region of space there's a really cool self destruct game of chicken scene. and I do like how it ends in just mass chaos and the two aliens stuck in an eternal battle and the Enterprise just basically shrugs and leaves them to it.

A few days later I flip on Space channel and even though I'm dead tired and more than a little drunk freakin' Best of Both Worlds was on, the end of Part I and then right into Part II so I kinda really had to watch all of it. Y'know one of the (many) awesome things about BoBW, at the reveal of Locutus Picard you hear the TNG theme but it's all minor-note and twisted, it's so great (2:30 in this clip)



Then, a few days later, I went with a mostly random DS9 ep spin and landed in Duet which I haven't seen in .... well either when it aired in the 90s or maybe a wee bit less but alls I remember is that it's basically the often noted sole DS9 S1 standout. And it is pretty consistently solid (Odo snooping is always good and there's a great back and forth scene with him and Dukat), although I can't never tell if the reveal that the Cardassian isn't the mass killer and just a file clerk impersonating the mass killer is a cheat or inventive. But I guess the point is the mass killings is what drove the file clerk crazy and he's trying to suicide by Bajorian justice. Which is what he gets. Still, great performances and even though Kira's turn to feel bad for the guy at the end is a wee bit random ("Why? He wasn't Dar'heel! Why?" "He's a Cardassian! That's reason enough!" "No!... It's not.") yknow what? I buy it. She was probably just sick of dredging up these old killings as much as anyone.

Anyway, found this post on FB, genius

 

Absolutely agreed. The fact that the television medium is still trying to do cliffhangers is cute and all but everyone just has to give up cuz it's basically just the end of Best of Both Worlds is the greatest cliffhanger ever.

 

And BOBW II has the worst opening cop out ever.

 

Glad I found this thread. On Netflix Japan you get all ST TV episodes. Got up to Plato’s Children and couldn’t bare to watch. I haven’t seen OST since. I need to get past this hurdle to finish and then off to NG. BOBW turned me into a NG fan.

 

I’m amazed just how good TOS is in Season 1 and Season 2. And Shatner is a the cheesy scene chewer I had remembered him not be. But Roddenberry pretty much dropped out of Season 3 because of the Kiss of Death timeslot and reduced budget and the scripts overall dropped in quality.

You’re right about NG Season 1. I was disappointed. And I missed most of the truncated Season 2, despite being happy Tasha Yar was out and liking the new doctor (2x TOS veteran) much better. Missed the Crystalline Entity and the Borg.

I watched the last BOBW 1 and was hooked, watching the S3 episodes during the summer. Begrudgingly, I had to admit NG was at least as good as TOS.

 

*Shatner isn’t...

 

Love that Photo.

 

Just found this:



Loved the first season. I hope this season they have less twists, though.

 

Awesomeness.

I keep checking Amazon for the Season One dvds; for drokk's sake, why is it taking so long for them to be released?

 

Man I'd be really torn up about that if we were talking about literally any other Star Trek.

... Actually, no; also Enterprise.

 

If that is the case, I might see if Virgin - my provider - has heard of this CBS All Access, and join it long enough to watch the series.

Between them and a Sky package to watch my F1, I'm paying more than enough already.

 

CBS All Access is U.S.-only and isn't a cable channel besides. Lucky for you Discovery is on Netflix.

 

Also Amazon's video player isn't total ass.

 

Is All Access available as an add-on in the UK? Anyway Netflix is by far the better option for a Brit.

Discovery's season 2 trailer looks like full-on Abramsverse Trek down to placing far too much emphasis on the in-universe importance of TOS characters before they ever actually do anything (SPOCK IS THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS). I'll probably go the subscribe-for-one-month-at-the-end-of-the-season route like I should have done last time.

 

Yeah, could be Netflix for me.

My take on the trailer, and by going on the more consistent critiques among Youtube commenters for the first season:

It looks like it hopes to appease the community that feels unrepresented without a straight white male on the Bridge.

The bright yellow tunic, is probably for the really vehement uniform-style critics; inch us towards the colour-coded TOS fashion.

Lastly, a sop to the finally, a skirt brigade, regarding what I assume is a security officer, that beamed aboard with Captain Pike. Although she could be Engineering, or a yeoman.

I found the "math" hand clap a bit cringeworthy; probably better when we see the moment in context.

Nice to see the helmswomen getting a bit more characterisation.

Since Saru took charge to take the ship away from Starbase One, I have comfortable with him in the Chair; initially a shame to have it taken over by Pike, though he grows on you over the course of the trailer.

 

Michael Chabon wrote one of the Short Trek's and it sounds very twlight-zone-y (which is totally a thing on Trek!) and the only one that doesn't seem to prominently feature the Discovery castmembers.

https://trekmovie.com/2018/07/23/au...ils-on-his-star-trek-discovery-short-calypso/

Aside from that one, I'm still looking forward to the Saru-centric Short Trek and apparently we're going to see Saru's home planet this season which could be a blast. I imagine a council of his people just hiding behind their desks. Saru I imagine is probably a wayward badass compared to everyone else.