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Initial Thoughts on Discovery

Love it
56
14%
Like it
92
23%
So-so
114
29%
Dislike it
44
11%
Hate it
90
23%
 
Total votes : 396

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The Knights who say Neee wrote:My favorite Star Trek series characters include:

1) L'Waxana Troi. Majel Barrett was a hoot playing her! Next Gen + DS9
2) Q -- When at his best a fantastic fun frolic
3) Worf - his comedic timing was superb "I am NOT a Merry Man!". Indeed.
4) Seven of Nine - She was such a huge upgrade on Kess I can't be grateful enough to her.
5) Spock - the original Vulcan
6) Borgs - The Borg Queen, Hugh
7) Ferengi - The Grand Magus, Quark, and his brother Rom
8 ) KHAN!!!! The Wrath of Khan was a fantastic movie
9) Jean Luc Picard - My favorite of the Captains
10) Xindi - the five Xindi species were an interesting foe for the original Enterprise crew


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Postby Vassenor » Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:09 am

Wallenburg wrote:
Ameriganastan wrote:*Squee*

Yep, Brent has well and truly packed on a couple extra nacelles. Still looking forward to this. They certainly can't do much worse than S2 of Discovery.


Personally I found S2 to be the stronger season.
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Postby Juristonia » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:21 pm

Vassenor wrote:
Wallenburg wrote:Yep, Brent has well and truly packed on a couple extra nacelles. Still looking forward to this. They certainly can't do much worse than S2 of Discovery.


Personally I found S2 to be the stronger season.

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Season 2 was way more solid than the first (which was also good, but still finding it's bearings)
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Postby Wallenburg » Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:08 pm

Vassenor wrote:
Wallenburg wrote:Yep, Brent has well and truly packed on a couple extra nacelles. Still looking forward to this. They certainly can't do much worse than S2 of Discovery.

Personally I found S2 to be the stronger season.

I have to disagree. The writers totally dropped the ball on pacing and making people interact like...well, people. I'll admit, though, those problems lessened in the last couple episodes.
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Postby Ameriganastan » Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:06 pm

Screen Junkies is making a Galaxy Quest documentary. That is awesome.
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Postby New haven america » Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:09 pm

Vassenor wrote:
Wallenburg wrote:Yep, Brent has well and truly packed on a couple extra nacelles. Still looking forward to this. They certainly can't do much worse than S2 of Discovery.


Personally I found S2 to be the stronger season.

As did I.

It went from aggravatingly boring and grimdark in S1, to mostly forgettable.
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Postby Tarsonis » Mon Oct 21, 2019 2:28 pm

Ameriganastan wrote:Screen Junkies is making a Galaxy Quest documentary. That is awesome.

I hope the ST cast members are interviewed. I’d love to here Stewart actually tell his story rather than read about it
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Postby Ameriganastan » Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:12 am

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Krazakistan wrote: He is a force of negativity for the sake of negativity

Onocarcass wrote:Trying to change Ameri, is like trying to drag a 2 ton block of lead with your d**k.

Immoren wrote:When Ameri says something is shit it's good and when Ameri says some thing is good it's great. *nods*

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Postby Tarsonis » Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:43 am



....yay?
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Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow."
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Postby Impaled Nazarene » Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:46 pm

New haven america wrote:The difference between Star Trek TNG and Star Trek under the guy who helped make Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and The Mummy 2017

Granted, the 2nd Short Trek is actually really good, rest of them aren't really though.

Is this a real fucking show or a college humor parody? Do I even want to know what that "captain" does in regular situations??? Fucking lock her in the brig.
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Postby New haven america » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:33 pm

Impaled Nazarene wrote:
New haven america wrote:The difference between Star Trek TNG and Star Trek under the guy who helped make Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and The Mummy 2017

Granted, the 2nd Short Trek is actually really good, rest of them aren't really though.

Is this a real fucking show or a college humor parody? Do I even want to know what that "captain" does in regular situations??? Fucking lock her in the brig.

They're called Short Treks, they're basically an anthology mini series that gets released when STD is between seasons.

So yes, it is very much real and considered canon.
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Postby New haven america » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:36 pm


Well, it looks like it's being made by someone who actually like ST, a la~ Beyond, so I think it might actually turn out to be at least decent.
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Postby Vassenor » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:27 am

New haven america wrote:

Well, it looks like it's being made by someone who actually like ST, a la~ Beyond, so I think it might actually turn out to be at least decent.


Also we're still getting Tarantino's ST themed foot fetish vehicle. =/
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Postby Philjia » Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:50 am

New haven america wrote:

Well, it looks like it's being made by someone who actually like ST, a la~ Beyond, so I think it might actually turn out to be at least decent.

Star Trek 09 was great fun and had a great cast, I don't care that it's a bit stupid.

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Postby Ameriganastan » Sun Dec 08, 2019 7:22 pm


Oh come on!
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Thucydides: “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
1 Corinthians 5:12 "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?"
Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow."
T. Stevens: "I don't hold with equality in all things, but I believe in equality under the Law."
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Postby Bralia » Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:50 am

Yo, I just realized that Tony Amendola has hit the Three-Star Trifecta: He's been in Stargate, Star Trek AND Star Wars. The Master Bra'tac everyone knows and loves, an admittedly very tiny role in a Voyager episode and now Eno Cordova in Jedi: Fallen Order. That's a crazy cool feat that surely very few actors can claim.
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Bralia wrote:Yo, I just realized that Tony Amendola has hit the Three-Star Trifecta: He's been in Stargate, Star Trek AND Star Wars. The Master Bra'tac everyone knows and loves, an admittedly very tiny role in a Voyager episode and now Eno Cordova in Jedi: Fallen Order. That's a crazy cool feat that surely very few actors can claim.


Now we just need him on the Orville
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Thucydides: “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
1 Corinthians 5:12 "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?"
Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow."
T. Stevens: "I don't hold with equality in all things, but I believe in equality under the Law."
James I of Aragon "Have you ever considered that our position is Idolatry to the Rabbi?"
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Postby Gig em Aggies » Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:41 pm

what would be the chances of having a Star Trek show based around a crew from the planet in Blink of an Eye Voyager 6x12 discovering the galaxy just like Voyager and Enterprise.
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Postby Ameriganastan » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:06 pm

So you think there are mirror universe versions of the Q?
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Postby New haven america » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:09 pm

Ameriganastan wrote:So you think there are mirror universe versions of the Q?

No.

Q by his own admission is interdimensional, as can be seen in the Voyager episode where Q wants to kill himself.
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Postby Philjia » Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:56 am

New haven america wrote:
Ameriganastan wrote:So you think there are mirror universe versions of the Q?

No.

Q by his own admission is interdimensional, as can be seen in the Voyager episode where Q wants to kill himself.

If there was some kind of anti-Q continuum, the Q probably destroyed it.

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