Scifi TV Discussion Thread

[The Huskar Social Union]

New Discovery trailer

[Myrensis]

Hmm, not sure if I should admire their restraint in waiting 1 whole entire season, or be amused that they only managed to last 1 season before going from "Spock will not appear in Discovery" to "LOOK! SPOCK! A THING THAT YOU REMEMBER! SUBSCRIBE PLEASE!"

Still betting Burnham will end up in bed with Kirk.

[Tarsonis]

Not that I’m getting my hopes up, but this seems a lot more in the spirit of Trek than the first season.

[Vassenor]

Hmm, not sure if I should admire their restraint in waiting 1 whole entire season, or be amused that they only managed to last 1 season before going from "Spock will not appear in Discovery" to "LOOK! SPOCK! A THING THAT YOU REMEMBER! SUBSCRIBE PLEASE!"

Still betting Burnham will end up in bed with Kirk.

Pretty sure he's still at the Academy at this point in the timeline.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Not that I’m getting my hopes up, but this seems a lot more in the spirit of Trek than the first season.

They seem to be changing the appearance of the klingons as well, saw a hologram of an old school style Klingon destroyer, im near certain i saw an old school style klingon too and your woman, fuck what was her name, the one who wore the white armour, looked like she was being changed by something at one point in the trailer.

[Tarsonis]

Not that I’m getting my hopes up, but this seems a lot more in the spirit of Trek than the first season.

They seem to be changing the appearance of the klingons as well, saw a hologram of an old school style Klingon destroyer, im near certain i saw an old school style klingon too and your woman, fuck what was her name, the one who wore the white armour, looked like she was being changed by something at one point in the trailer.

I wouldn’t call her my woman, my idea of mating is less combative

[Myrensis]

Hmm, not sure if I should admire their restraint in waiting 1 whole entire season, or be amused that they only managed to last 1 season before going from "Spock will not appear in Discovery" to "LOOK! SPOCK! A THING THAT YOU REMEMBER! SUBSCRIBE PLEASE!"

Still betting Burnham will end up in bed with Kirk.

Pretty sure he's still at the Academy at this point in the timeline.

He'll be graduating next season.

And Burnham can't be a proper awful fanfic self-insert protagonist if she doesn't somehow get shoehorned into having a connection to KIRK! ANOTHER THING YOU REMEMBER!

[The Huskar Social Union]

They seem to be changing the appearance of the klingons as well, saw a hologram of an old school style Klingon destroyer, im near certain i saw an old school style klingon too and your woman, fuck what was her name, the one who wore the white armour, looked like she was being changed by something at one point in the trailer.

I wouldn’t call her my woman, my idea of mating is less combative

sorry just an irish expression

[Ameriganastan]

Pretty sure he's still at the Academy at this point in the timeline.

He'll be graduating next season.

And Burnham can't be a proper awful fanfic self-insert protagonist if she doesn't somehow get shoehorned into having a connection to KIRK! ANOTHER THING YOU REMEMBER!

I mean, she wouldn't be the first. Dax mentioned she and McCoy got busy when she was Emony.

[Myrensis]

He'll be graduating next season.

And Burnham can't be a proper awful fanfic self-insert protagonist if she doesn't somehow get shoehorned into having a connection to KIRK! ANOTHER THING YOU REMEMBER!

I mean, she wouldn't be the first. Dax mentioned she and McCoy got busy when she was Emony.

DS9 takes place long after TOS, and Dax (the symbiote) is established to be several hundred years old, and it was just an amusing callback. That whole episode in general was just a fun one shot love letter to TOS.

Like, to compare since it was also a prequel, I never and still don't like Enterprise, but at least it was an honest prequel, meaning that even though they did it badly, they obviously genuinely made it a prequel because they wanted to tell stories from a largely undefined period of Trek 'history', and that was far enough back to be completely disconnected from any other series.

Compare to Discovery, which was so painfully obviously made a prequel for no other reason than to whore that sweet sweet TOS nostalgia for everything it's worth. SAREK! SPOCK! ENTERPRISE! COLORED SHIRTS! THINGS YOU REMEMBER!

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

I agree on the discovery bit but Enterprise was a great series apart from the ending as it was rushed I think it filled in a lot of gaps yet was still a series in its own right.

[Vassenor]

I mean, she wouldn't be the first. Dax mentioned she and McCoy got busy when she was Emony.

DS9 takes place long after TOS, and Dax (the symbiote) is established to be several hundred years old, and it was just an amusing callback. That whole episode in general was just a fun one shot love letter to TOS.

Like, to compare since it was also a prequel, I never and still don't like Enterprise, but at least it was an honest prequel, meaning that even though they did it badly, they obviously genuinely made it a prequel because they wanted to tell stories from a largely undefined period of Trek 'history', and that was far enough back to be completely disconnected from any other series.

Compare to Discovery, which was so painfully obviously made a prequel for no other reason than to whore that sweet sweet TOS nostalgia for everything it's worth. SAREK! SPOCK! ENTERPRISE! COLORED SHIRTS! THINGS YOU REMEMBER!

Apart from Sarek all of those things were conspicuously absent from Season 1 though.

[Vassenor]

So I'm yanking something over here to stop a threadjack in NSG.

Even in Star Trek they had 2-5 man rules for the self-destruct. Is communist propaganda smarter than the United States?

Yes.

I'm pretty sure that there's not been a self-destruct that's needed more than three people to authorise. Did I miss one?

[Ameriganastan]

So I'm yanking something over here to stop a threadjack in NSG.

Even in Star Trek they had 2-5 man rules for the self-destruct. Is communist propaganda smarter than the United States?

Yes.

I'm pretty sure that there's not been a self-destruct that's needed more than three people to authorise. Did I miss one?

Yeah, I can't recall an auto-destruct that took more than 3 people.

[Vassenor]

So I'm yanking something over here to stop a threadjack in NSG.



I'm pretty sure that there's not been a self-destruct that's needed more than three people to authorise. Did I miss one?

Yeah, I can't recall an auto-destruct that took more than 3 people.

To say nothing of the way Voyager apparently did away with the two-key lock and Janeway could just blow up the ship whenever she wanted.

[Ameriganastan]

To say nothing of the way Voyager apparently did away with the two-key lock and Janeway could just blow up the ship whenever she wanted.

Well, Voyager was a design clusterfuck anyway. I'm not surprised it had a weird self-destruct.

[Tarsonis]

To say nothing of the way Voyager apparently did away with the two-key lock and Janeway could just blow up the ship whenever she wanted.

Well, Voyager was a design clusterfuck anyway. I'm not surprised it had a weird self-destruct.

Probably adjusted the protocols due to being in the Delta Quadrant.

[La Paz de Los Ricos]

Well, Voyager was a design clusterfuck anyway. I'm not surprised it had a weird self-destruct.

Probably adjusted the protocols due to being in the Delta Quadrant.

Voyager was originally dispatched to capture the Maquis ship Val Jean in the Badlands, so maybe they implemented that weird command protocol in case a Maquis insurrection (haha I made a movie pun) happened to infiltrate the ship?

But the Delta Quadrant theory is probably more correct.

[Imperial isa]

Well, Voyager was a design clusterfuck anyway. I'm not surprised it had a weird self-destruct.

Probably adjusted the protocols due to being in the Delta Quadrant.

MA Wiki say Intrepid-class auto-destruct was designed to only required the captain's sole authorization.

[Tarsonis]

Probably adjusted the protocols due to being in the Delta Quadrant.

MA Wiki say Intrepid-class auto-destruct was designed to only required the captain's sole authorization.

Well all right then

[Vassenor]

Probably adjusted the protocols due to being in the Delta Quadrant.

MA Wiki say Intrepid-class auto-destruct was designed to only required the captain's sole authorization.

So does the Sovereign sometimes, it seems.

[Imperial isa]

MA Wiki say Intrepid-class auto-destruct was designed to only required the captain's sole authorization.

So does the Sovereign sometimes, it seems.

Was Data dealing with it ?

[Vassenor]

So does the Sovereign sometimes, it seems.

Was Data dealing with it ?

No, during the climax of Nemesis Picard tries to set it (in the presence of three senior officers, at least two of whom are command certified) but can't because the system has been knocked out.

[Auristania]

Probably adjusted the protocols due to being in the Delta Quadrant.

Voyager was originally dispatched to capture the Maquis ship Val Jean in the Badlands, so maybe they implemented that weird command protocol in case a Maquis insurrection (haha I made a movie pun) happened to infiltrate the ship?

But the Delta Quadrant theory is probably more correct.

OMG Jean val Jean a shout out to Sisko's Javert arc.

Fed peace treaty with Cardassia defined that Fed must genocide Maquis planets. Suprisingly as soon as Fed exterminated Cardassia's enemies, Cardassia declares war versus Fed. If only Troii had been on duty to say 'Captain, these war-like aliens are war-like.


But on the other hand, it was Jellicoe who negotiated the Treaty. Maybe he agreed to the paragraph Fed must genocide Cardassia's enemies or Cardassia will declare War. as a delaying tactic. As long as there are Maquis about, Cardassia will NOT declare War.

[Imperial isa]

Was Data dealing with it ?

No, during the climax of Nemesis Picard tries to set it (in the presence of three senior officers, at least two of whom are command certified) but can't because the system has been knocked out.

ha i have not watch it in years so i forgot he did that.