Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

absolutely psyched - still can’t believe they worked out how to make a good star trek - esp from this least vibey of premises - all praise to Nu-Pike for being charismatic enough to hang a TV show around

Pretty stoked for this - I really tried and like 1/2 of Disco, but Strange New Worlds first season was some fun sci fi/ Star Trek canon.

Hijinks! Lower Decks! Etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69mzZqcM0qw

Also, unexpectedly, second season Picard.

Two days to go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abwGu1vpn4E

I'm not saying it's not true, but I do love an actor saying "what I'm hearing from the fans is they want more of my character!"

Ha yeah that was great - and then the next shot is just “Ortegas does tricky manoeuvre” which feels like the most stock and one-dimensional thing to see that character doing - but maybe we all just wanna see her doing it more! Like, just a bigger section of the SNW pie-chart is that! I don’t care I love this show and am psyched to have it BACK

I'm most looking forward to the Lower Decks crossover.

I think of this as the Pike N Spock show but that video reminded me how great the rest of the cast is. Hope they bring back the space pirate, and maybe Bruce Horak in another role!

I remain surprised that they resolved the issue with the Doctor’s daughter so quickly though! Seemed like they could’ve done more with that.

Okay we are off and running! Good start there.

good lord, you start early!

This is actually later in the day than last time now that I'm doing the middle of the day at work! Last year I watched episodes at lunch at home.

hah, I was also a regular Star Trek viewer over lunch the last couple years. imo any time after the episode drops is fair game, buyer beware when clicking on threads

I apparently switched how I subscribed to Paramount between last season and this one and made it fifteen minutes into s01e01 before thinking “oh, I know why this seems familiar”

it’s been a long week

great, now there's two characters I need subtitles to understand

enjoyed this a lot, very exciting!

more hungover spock plz

xpost Roffle. (I did have to fire those up a couple of times.)

re: subtitles
for some reason the German dub hit the free streaming sites first, and those German synchers really enunciate everything -- too bad I don't know German...

Bold move to have an almost Pike-free season premiere

interesting that we’re back to the earlier klingon look

i have a dumb question

i didn’t really get the exchange btw Chapel & the Doctor before they take the serum - she kept being like, are you sure you want to do this you don’t have to do this etc etc

what did i miss/not remember about doctor’s backstory? i know he said he READ a lot about wars and stuff but i think i missed a key thing somewhere in s1 maybe

I assumed it was a secret past we’ll find out more about this season. He was Starfleet John Wick and retired to save lives instead or something.

he mentioned being on a certain moon during the klingon war, where he was seemingly the only person (or at least human) to survive

if you were there you'd be DEAD

ahhh ok good

thank u

the klingon that la'an bluffs is one of the senior hockey players from letterkenny because, of course, canada

that's to say nothing of pike's lady friend, mrs. mcmurray

Damned hosers

This was great! Wonderful little character moments, and even though you knew that no one was going to die, the episode still delivered. Seconding drunk Spock.

I kept wondering what the green juice was. Kale smoothie? Vulcan blood?

with the fullness of time i’m now somewhat miffed that i was denied a full episode of Captain Pike but i agree it was a fun episode nonetheless

glad to report that i laughed with happiness about six times during this episode, which is my regular experience of watching this show, just sheer pleasure at them doing it so right

annoyingly lower decks is only available thru amazon prime in Australia - is it worth holding my nose and throwing bezos some coin in order to prep for the crossover ep?

if you have the $ to spare , i say do it
i love lower decks so much, it’s soooo nerdy

thx! turns out i have a two week free trial so i am gonna dip a toe in and if it works i will smash through it

thx! turns out i have a two week free trial so i am gonna dip a toe in and if it works i will smash through it

go boldly!

And live a long time!

most of lower decks has been on piratebay, may still be there. Is piracy more ethical than supporting dodgy tycoons?

yep

whatever floats yr spaceship

i get a nasty but not legally threatening email whenever i download star trek in canada.

what’s canada got against so star trek

canada has legally enforced media monopolies, including bell which owns distribution of star trek.

Geez I havent seen anyone actively sending takedown notices to ISP customers in years. Maybe I just dont work in the right teams anymore (I used to see more Abuse email than I do these days).

You should of course use a VPN when sailing the seas. Have to in AU anyway - PyRat Bae doesnt work without one.

captain pike’s quiff failing to match the johnnybravian heights of s1 in this first episode of s2, smdh

I haven't been this anxious for the next episode to drop since the last season of DS9.

random insertion of lore superserum feels very akiva goldsman. want an action scene? give the characters super strength for a few minutes.

https://morbotron.com/img/S05E06/507456.jpg

re: sketchiness of torrents, there are a wide variety of sites that post links to video hosts that just stream whole seasons directly, provided you have a browser with a sturdy ad popup blocker.
and speaking of sketchy video hosts, youtube, amazon prime, etc... seem to be officially streaming all of season 1 for free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-PF7aPc7TQ

I liked S2E2 more than the premiere. Not as good as "Measure of a Man" but what is.