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

Well, in the Discovery trailer Spock has a beard, though he could be ACTUALLY FROM THE MIRROR UNIVERSE WHAT A TWIST AGAIN

 

Sybok had a beard, even if he wasn't your average Vulcan.

 

Yah I know Year of Hell was a splinter timeline but, hey, it was still alt timeline so it was bugging me. Sybok, okay, cool. Pure Vulcan, that one was! But Star Trek really sticks to Mirror/evil for Vulcan facial hair don't they?

 

Tuvok's mentor also had a beard, during a flashback in a Voyager episode iirc.

 

It literally takes the same amount of time to say Emmett Till as it does Enterprise.

 

Way to repurpose titles, jerks.

RIP Ensign Jaxa...

 

oooh it's from a writer who works on Rick and Morty and he published a book based upon a parody TNG Season 8 twitter account and he wrote the Mudd-centric Short Trek episode. So hey a comedy / adventure "clean up the mess" crew or something could be interesting. And if he wrote a TNG parody account I would completely guess it'll be TNG era.

“As a life-long Trekkie, it’s a surreal and wonderful dream come true to be a part of this new era of ‘Star Trek,’” said executive producer Mike McMahan. “While Star Trek: Lower Decks is a half-hour, animated show at its core, it’s undeniably ‘Trek’ – and I promise not to add an episode at the very end that reveals the whole thing took place in a training program.”

“Mike won our hearts with his first sentence: ‘I want to do a show about the people who put the yellow cartridge in the food replicator so a banana can come out the other end.’ His cat’s name is Riker. His son’s name is Sagan. The man is committed,” said executive producer Alex Kurtzman. “He’s brilliantly funny and knows every inch of every ‘Trek’ episode, and that’s his secret sauce: he writes with the pure, joyful heart of a true fan. As we broaden the world of ‘Trek’ to fans of all ages, we’re so excited to include Mike’s extraordinary voice.”

 

The Naked Now is tipping it’s hat.

 

I would like to see the USS Emmett Till in a new Star Trek tv show like the upcoming Picard one.

 

I just had a thought about Voyager, the Borg, and The Next Generation.

In "I, Borg," Picard initially plans on introducing a virus to infect and destroy the Borg, using Hugh, before eventually settling on the individuality. Later, in Descent Part I, the admiral chastises him for not going along with the original plan.

But, as we saw in Voyager, would the plan have been effective? Icheb's people tried that tactic, and the Collective only cut off that one ship. Even Hugh's new ship was the only group of drones affected by his individuality.

Granted, the admiral couldn't have possibly known that, but that answers some questions about why the Collective was still strong, when even a large group of drones became individuals by the time of Descent Part 1 and 2 in The Next Generation.

 

@The2ndQuest, I agree. I really like that design. I’ve never seen a Federation starship without a deflector dish. Very intersting.

 

Reliant didn't have one either. At least, nothing obvious.

 

Philippa Georgiou, the Series! Maybe!

With lots of flashbacks to her Mirror-verse feud with Lorca, yes please. Unless they're doing it about the dead one. Or hell, they could straight up do both!

Oh and the new Short Trek came out yesterday. Very creepy yet kind of heartwarming. Good Star Trek (written by the fella who is working on The Picard show). Also, really important, it gave Trekkies the furthest look into the future of Trek, the year 3200-ish! Humans are still around, we didn't get eaten by the Borg, yay! The DISCO is abandoned, survives for 1000 years - waiting on it's last order - and gains intelligence! Really!



So maybe some Discovery Series Finale spoilers (or they lose the Disco and then Season 3 is set on the NCC-1031-A). Or we can intercut with 1000 year DISCO in Season 2 and the Picard show? Or a spinoff of itself just being an intelligent 1000 year old ship?

 

hey i have a star trek question. in that next generation episode where they accidentally do a warp 5000 out to the middle of nowhere, is that supposed to be outside of the quadrants or whatever it's called that they always refer to?

 

Was that a season 1 episode where Wes saves the day, yet again? I've managed to repress most of the details of that one from my memory.

 

Well just another day as a kid trying to get by in the Mirror-Universe. Let's turn on the TV!