STAR TREK

[Syt]

A simple (well known) premise, but great execution. Loved the visuals and animatronics, though the final reveal was a bit unnecessary IMO.

[HVC]

I didn't exactly get Doug in that they played him for laughs but she was also genuinely attracted.

Maybe he's packing?

[HVC]

A simple (well known) premise, but great execution. Loved the visuals and animatronics, though the final reveal was a bit unnecessary IMO.

Yeah, episode would have been a lot better without Sparkles. Weirdly shoehorned in.

[garbon]

A simple (well known) premise, but great execution. Loved the visuals and animatronics, though the final reveal was a bit unnecessary IMO.

Yeah, episode would have been a lot better without Sparkles. Weirdly shoehorned in.

True. I did also find it enjoyed the episode while premise had left me trepidatious.

[Syt]

Yeah, I was a bit worried, because the premise has been done a bunch of times in Trek (Darmok, The Enemy, etc., and of course there's Enemy Mine), but I thought it was very well executed and had its own spin on some things.

[Josquius]

The Scavengers episode.... It sits uneasy.
This super powered planet destroying ship... Is beaten in seconds when shot in the mouth. And they never thought to shoot it in the mouth first?
The "humans all along!" reveal was obviously coming and makes no sense given the way they were first presented as some mythical big bad.

I hope there's a follow up where it's made to make a bir more sense.
There is a definite primitive borg vibe to these guys - though the time line is very wrong. Timey wimey stuff at work?

SNW seems to have this problem in a few episodes. Sets up plot threads to be resolved later it probably never will.

[Syt]

Well, this was an episode.

I ... don't know what to make of it. Maybe a bit much, overall?

[HVC]

I liked the dr who call out... and that's pretty much all I liked.

[garbon]

Well, this was an episode.

I ... don't know what to make of it. Maybe a bit much, overall?

I finally watched this after having been put off by your comment.

I think they tried to be too ambitious for an episode. Like trying to set up and resolve a battle between good and evil while also getting rid of a character that I don't think was endearing to the audience.  Ended up schmaltzy
as it didn't really earn any of the emotional catharsis.

[Syt]

I'm sorry!

It was mostly just too much crammed into one episode IMO and wrapping up all the things while still adding an "Inner Light" segment. I thought Pike and Batel had decent rapport - however, in a season full of relationship drama, I thought this one could have stood to get fleshed out a bit more.

[Josquius]

So. 4 1/2 vulcans.
I usually like the comedic episodes.
But this one is just so bloody stupid.
So changing species is just that easy.... And this is never done again?
And vulcan behaviours being genetic rather than something learned?... That flies against canon.
Why did La'an go Romulan though. All this time are Romulans not just ancient vulcans but actually vulcan augments?

[HVC]

Not a fan of Oswalt, huh?

Tried watching prodigy last weekend. Got through episode 4. Not my bag. Feels like someone tried to sell a Star Wars show to Lucas films, got turned down, and went for the next best thing by pitching it as trek show.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Not a fan of Oswalt, huh?

Tried watching prodigy last weekend. Got through episode 4. Not my bag. Feels like someone tried to sell a Star Wars show to Lucas films, got turned down, and went for the next best thing by pitching it as trek show.

prodigy got better once the purple guy stopped acting like a buffoon all the time and just some of the time (they're kids after all). 't Has an impressive collection of ships shooting at each other at the end too. But to each his own.

[Syt]

Not a fan of Oswalt, huh?

Tried watching prodigy last weekend. Got through episode 4. Not my bag. Feels like someone tried to sell a Star Wars show to Lucas films, got turned down, and went for the next best thing by pitching it as trek show.

Try to get to episode 8. IMHO it gets better from there, and season 2 is MUCH better.

[HVC]

OK, I'll trust you guys and power through a bit more.