• Strange New Worlds

    From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Fri May 6 14:54:12 2022
    Saw the first episode of this show last night. I enjoyed it. It was back to the formula of old used in the TOS and it felt fresh and not too try hard.

    I think they have a lot of ground and cannon they can cover and leverage off for the series and also for other seasons that may follow.

    The dynamic between the initial lead actors introduced in episode one was good and bodes well.

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Avon on Fri May 6 07:47:30 2022
    On 06 May 2022, Avon said the following...
    Saw the first episode of this show last night. I enjoyed it. It was back to the formula of old used in the TOS and it felt fresh and not too try hard.

    I think they have a lot of ground and cannon they can cover and leverage off for the series and also for other seasons that may follow.

    What service has this? Nice to see you on. Hope things are normalizing for you.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Avon on Fri May 6 09:41:46 2022
    Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Avon to All on Fri May 06 2022 02:54 pm

    Saw the first episode of this show last night. I enjoyed it. It was back to the formula of old used in the TOS and it felt fresh and not too try hard.

    I feel like they're perhaps doing a bit too much with the TOS era and prequels in Star Trek. First there was Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005), then the rebooted JJ Abrams Star Trek movies, then Discovery, and now Strange New Worlds.. It's fine, but I'm glad they're also making something in the TNG era (Star Trek: Picard and Lower Decks). I also wouldn't mind seeing something filling in the gap between TOS and TNG. We never did see much of the Enterprise B or C.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to claw on Fri May 6 09:43:10 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: claw to Avon on Fri May 06 2022 07:47 am

    Saw the first episode of this show last night. I enjoyed it. It was
    back to the formula of old used in the TOS and it felt fresh and not
    too try hard.

    What service has this?

    BitTorrent. Er, I mean, it looks like it's available on Paramount+.

    Nightfox
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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Nightfox on Fri May 6 23:00:47 2022
    BitTorrent. Er, I mean, it looks like it's available on Paramount+.

    Nightfox

    Nice Yeah I can wait. I'll get it on Amazon once its just for purchase.

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to claw on Fri May 6 09:19:07 2022
    What service has this? Nice to see you on. Hope things are normalizing for you.

    It's on Paramount+.

    I really liked it and am looking forward to the future episodes.

    The season finale of Picard was really good too.
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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Geri Atricks on Sat May 7 10:38:08 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Geri Atricks to claw on Fri May 06 2022 09:19 am

    I really liked it and am looking forward to the future episodes.

    I haven't watched it yet but am interested in checking it out.

    The season finale of Picard was really good too.

    I've heard that. I'm currently at episode 3 of Picard season 2.

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to claw on Sat May 7 09:05:35 2022
    Nice Yeah I can wait. I'll get it on Amazon once its just for purchase.

    Being a Paramount property, that means the disks will be way over priced.
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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to claw on Sun May 8 15:53:48 2022
    On 06 May 2022 at 07:47a, claw pondered and said...

    What service has this? Nice to see you on. Hope things are normalizing for you.

    Hi there :)

    Well I'm in New Zealand and luckily our free to air national broadcaster Television New Zealand has started offering it at no cost via their streaming platform TNVZ OnDemand.

    Normalizing... yeah kind of, I'm just taking it day/week at a time for now as there seems to be enough balls in the air these days. But when I am in the mood for some BBSing downtime it's jolly fun to pop into echomail and chat :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nightfox on Sun May 8 15:58:44 2022
    On 06 May 2022 at 09:41a, Nightfox pondered and said...

    I feel like they're perhaps doing a bit too much with the TOS era and prequels in Star Trek. First there was Star Trek: Enterprise
    (2001-2005), then the rebooted JJ Abrams Star Trek movies, then
    Discovery, and now Strange New Worlds.. It's fine, but I'm glad they're also making something in the TNG era (Star Trek: Picard and Lower
    Decks). I also wouldn't mind seeing something filling in the gap
    between TOS and TNG. We never did see much of the Enterprise B or C.

    Yes it seems to be easier to go back in time and write to that era rather than look ahead which is kinda ironic given how look ahead TOS was for it's time.

    I felt Enterprise was always a bit weak in terms of plots and creative juices in the scripts, and by then Berman and his crew had generated and shepherded a number of ST projects through from conception to fully developed project... but by the time of Enterprise it seemed to me the well was running dry.

    I have never liked the JJ stuff/alternative time concepts for Trek although I did appreciate being able to watch some Trek :)

    Yes to you thoughts about TNG and between Enterprise B or C..

    I am enjoying the current visual FX used in SNW

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Geri Atricks on Sun May 8 15:59:32 2022

    On 06 May 2022 at 09:19a, Geri Atricks pondered and said...
    It's on Paramount+.

    The season finale of Picard was really good too.

    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Avon on Sun May 8 16:04:20 2022
    On 08 May 2022, Avon said the following...

    Hi there :)

    Well I'm in New Zealand and luckily our free to air national broadcaster Television New Zealand has started offering it at no cost via their streaming platform TNVZ OnDemand.

    Normalizing... yeah kind of, I'm just taking it day/week at a time for
    now as there seems to be enough balls in the air these days. But when I
    am in the mood for some BBSing downtime it's jolly fun to pop into echomail and chat :)

    Thats good to hear. Felt pretty bad asking for all the help after finding out what you were going through. It does get better as time goes on. Learning Python now and ordered a C++ book I want to start working on making doors and mods. Been loving having access to the network. Once your time is a bit more freed up I would like your help with the nodelist issue. Seems not even g00r00 knows how to address it. I would also love to learn more about how the fido technology actually works. I'm super nerdy so like digging in and learning it. Thanks for getting on to catch us up.

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Avon on Sun May 8 16:06:17 2022
    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?


    Its only viewable on Amazon if you link your Paramount account to it. Typically you will be able to just purchase it at sometime. Cheaper than a monthly subscription. Might drop one and get paramount as I see many people talking about how great it is. Well see.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Avon on Mon May 9 08:54:16 2022
    Re: Re: Trek in general
    By: Avon to Nightfox on Sun May 08 2022 03:58 pm

    I felt Enterprise was always a bit weak in terms of plots and creative juices in the scripts, and by then Berman and his crew had generated and shepherded a number of ST projects through from conception to fully developed project... but by the time of Enterprise it seemed to me the well was running dry.

    I thought Enterprise actually had some interesting plots and episodes, and it seemed to be picking up in season 4. I would have been curious to see more of the show. And more recently, I've heard they were going to supposedly show a refit Enterprise NX-01 with a secondary hull, which would have looked more like the Constitution class and other ships that came later.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Mon May 9 06:58:00 2022
    Avon wrote to Geri Atricks <=-


    On 06 May 2022 at 09:19a, Geri Atricks pondered and said...
    It's on Paramount+.

    The season finale of Picard was really good too.

    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?

    Spoiler Space...





























    Wesley says that the last time he told a joke he inadvertanly changed
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    Did he make the Kelvin universe?

    I would have loved for him to pop in on Picard, say hi.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Nightfox on Mon May 9 07:08:00 2022
    Nightfox wrote to Avon <=-

    Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Avon to All on Fri May 06 2022 02:54 pm

    Saw the first episode of this show last night. I enjoyed it. It was back to the formula of old used in the TOS and it felt fresh and not too try hard.
    Lower Decks). I also wouldn't mind seeing something filling in the gap between TOS and TNG. We never did see much of the Enterprise B or C.

    Paramount blew that - fans wanted an "Excelsior" show with George
    Takei as Captain Sulu. They had an opening for it after Star Trek 6,
    and it would have been great.



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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 10 09:12:47 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon May 09 2022 07:08 am

    Paramount blew that - fans wanted an "Excelsior" show with George
    Takei as Captain Sulu. They had an opening for it after Star Trek 6,
    and it would have been great.

    That would have been interesting.

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to Avon on Wed May 11 01:19:20 2022
    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?

    Paramount+
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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 11 01:21:18 2022
    Did he make the Kelvin universe?

    This would explain SOOOO much! :D
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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Geri Atricks on Wed May 11 09:38:12 2022
    Re: Re: Picard
    By: Geri Atricks to Avon on Wed May 11 2022 01:19 am

    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?

    Paramount+

    I thought it was on CBS All Access.. At least, I thought season 1 was.
    I'm not even sure who owns what Star Trek rights anymore.. I knew Paramount owned some of it and CBS owned some of it..

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Nightfox on Wed May 11 16:23:34 2022
    Nightfox wrote to Geri Atricks <=-

    Re: Re: Picard
    By: Geri Atricks to Avon on Wed May 11 2022 01:19 am

    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?

    Paramount+

    I thought it was on CBS All Access.. At least, I thought season 1 was. I'm not even sure who owns what Star Trek rights anymore.. I knew Paramount owned some of it and CBS owned some of it..

    Didn't CBS All Access go out of business in favor of Paramount+?


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Blue White on Wed May 11 18:43:32 2022
    Re: Re: Picard
    By: Blue White to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 04:23 pm

    I thought it was on CBS All Access.. At least, I thought season 1
    was. I'm not even sure who owns what Star Trek rights anymore.. I
    knew Paramount owned some of it and CBS owned some of it..

    Didn't CBS All Access go out of business in favor of Paramount+?

    I haven't followed it, so I don't know. I just looked it up, and it sounds like they didn't go out of business, but rather CBS merged back into Viacom and was integrated with some other content brands to become Paramount+.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to claw on Sun May 22 12:03:11 2022
    On 08 May 2022 at 04:04p, claw pondered and said...

    Normalizing... yeah kind of, I'm just taking it day/week at a time fo now as there seems to be enough balls in the air these days. But when am in the mood for some BBSing downtime it's jolly fun to pop into echomail and chat :)

    Thats good to hear. Felt pretty bad asking for all the help after
    finding out what you were going through. It does get better as time
    goes on. Learning Python now and ordered a C++ book I want to start working on making doors and mods. Been loving having access to the

    I'm glad you're enjoying BBSing and having fun with it. Yep when time allows it can be a nice hobby for the most part :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to claw on Sun May 22 12:04:11 2022
    On 08 May 2022 at 04:06p, claw pondered and said...

    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?
    Its only viewable on Amazon if you link your Paramount account to it. Typically you will be able to just purchase it at sometime. Cheaper
    than a monthly subscription. Might drop one and get paramount as I see many people talking about how great it is. Well see.

    OK thanks for the info, yes I am not on Amazon so at present can't watch it. I did get a copy of Season 1 of Picard and quite liked it. Sounds like season 3 will be full of TNG folks

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nightfox on Sun May 22 12:05:42 2022
    On 09 May 2022 at 08:54a, Nightfox pondered and said...

    I felt Enterprise was always a bit weak in terms of plots and creativ juices in the scripts, and by then Berman and his crew had generated shepherded a number of ST projects through from conception to fully developed project... but by the time of Enterprise it seemed to me th well was running dry.

    I thought Enterprise actually had some interesting plots and episodes,
    and it seemed to be picking up in season 4. I would have been curious
    to see more of the show. And more recently, I've heard they were going
    to supposedly show a refit Enterprise NX-01 with a secondary hull, which would have looked more like the Constitution class and other ships that came later.

    I should probably rewatch Enterprise sometime and give it another crack. I do think the time spent in decontamination bays was just eye candy stuff that didn't advance the plots much but made some guys very happy I guess :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun May 22 12:06:17 2022
    On 09 May 2022 at 06:58a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    Spoiler Space...

    Thanks :)

    ..and I don't know as I haven't watched S2

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun May 22 12:07:09 2022
    On 09 May 2022 at 07:08a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    Paramount blew that - fans wanted an "Excelsior" show with George
    Takei as Captain Sulu. They had an opening for it after Star Trek 6,
    and it would have been great.

    I wonder if they would still look to bring him back and do a cameo in one of the current shows. Sort of like how they did for the start of TNG with Bones.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Geri Atricks on Sun May 22 12:08:13 2022
    On 11 May 2022 at 01:19a, Geri Atricks pondered and said...

    Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?

    Paramount+

    Thanks, that would explain why our free to air national broadcaster has access to such content here in New Zealand. At present Paramount+ does not operate in NZ

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Blue White on Sun May 22 12:08:42 2022
    On 11 May 2022 at 04:23p, Blue White pondered and said...

    Didn't CBS All Access go out of business in favor of Paramount+?

    It was a rebrand / relaunch I think??

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Sun May 22 09:05:00 2022
    Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I wonder if they would still look to bring him back and do a cameo in
    one of the current shows. Sort of like how they did for the start of
    TNG with Bones.

    One of the You Tube fan shows (Star Trek: New Voyages?) had an episode
    with a storyline where the younger Sulu actor gets caught in a time
    loop and comes out 30 years later, played by a feral looking George
    Takei. The last scene is a set on the Excelsior with Sulu as captain
    and with Grace Lee Whitney playing Rand.

    Nicely done.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Sun May 22 09:06:00 2022
    Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I wonder if they would still look to bring him back and do a cameo in
    one of the current shows. Sort of like how they did for the start of
    TNG with Bones.

    Discovery and Strange New Worlds are TOS prequels, Sulu would have
    been younger.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Sun May 22 09:10:00 2022
    Avon wrote to Nightfox <=-

    I should probably rewatch Enterprise sometime and give it another
    crack. I do think the time spent in decontamination bays was just eye candy stuff that didn't advance the plots much but made some guys very happy I guess :)

    I'd think porn producers would have a field day making a parody.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 23 15:28:15 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Avon on Sun May 22 2022 09:06 am

    Discovery and Strange New Worlds are TOS prequels, Sulu would have
    been younger.

    We've had Star Trek: Enterprise, then Discovery and now Strange New Worlds. How many prequels do we need? Over the years, I've started to feel like the prequel trend is a bit cliche, though I feel like Strange New Worlds isn't bad so far. And as I say that, I would be interested in seeing some Star Trek taking place between TOS and TNG, with the Enterprise B or C.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Nightfox on Mon May 23 19:23:36 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 23 2022 03:28 pm

    We've had Star Trek: Enterprise, then Discovery and now Strange New Worlds. How many prequels do we need? Over the years, I've started to feel like the prequel trend is a bit cliche, though I feel like Strange New Worlds isn't bad so far. And as I say that, I would be interested in seeing some Star Trek taking place between TOS and TNG, with the Enterprise B or C.

    Agreed, regarding that tos to tng timeline.

    There are a ton of prequels, but there's also a literal galaxy of stories to tell.
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  • From bamageek@21:1/140 to Nightfox on Tue May 24 09:53:34 2022
    We've had Star Trek: Enterprise, then Discovery and now Strange New Worlds. How many prequels do we need? Over the years, I've started to feel like the prequel trend is a bit cliche, though I feel like Strange New Worlds isn't bad so far. And as I say that, I would be interested
    in seeing some Star Trek taking place between TOS and TNG, with the Enterprise B or C.


    So far I'm enjoying Strange New Worlds. I hadn't seen Discovery before so some of the first episode didn't make much sense to me, so I binge watched Discovery before the second episode came out. Made a bit more sense after that.

    Its kinda funny watching the origional ST Pilot and seeing the uniforms then and now. :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to bamageek on Tue May 24 11:42:32 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: bamageek to Nightfox on Tue May 24 2022 09:53 am

    Its kinda funny watching the origional ST Pilot and seeing the uniforms then and now. :)

    If you're in Seattle, plan a stop at the Science Fiction museum there. They have a treasure trove of old props on display. Some of the uniforms from TOS look like something from a middle school play - but then again, when it aired, some people had black and white 13" TVs.
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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to Nightfox on Mon May 16 19:23:39 2022
    I thought it was on CBS All Access.. At least, I thought season 1 was. I'm not even sure who owns what Star Trek rights anymore.. I knew Paramount owned some of it and CBS owned some of it..

    As far as I know there is no more "CBS All Access". I think Paramount owns CBS as well as a couple of other networks. All the CBS shows are available on Paramount+.
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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Geri Atricks on Sun May 29 12:04:21 2022
    Re: Re: Picard
    By: Geri Atricks to Nightfox on Mon May 16 2022 07:23 pm

    I thought it was on CBS All Access.. At least, I thought season 1
    was. I'm not even sure who owns what Star Trek rights anymore.. I
    knew Paramount owned some of it and CBS owned some of it..

    As far as I know there is no more "CBS All Access". I think Paramount owns CBS as well as a couple of other networks. All the CBS shows are available on Paramount+.

    Yeah, I wasn't aware that had happened. It's interesting, because I thought I had heard Paramount owned the rights to the movies and CBS owned the rights to the TV shows. It sounds like it's all under Paramount now, so I wonder if there will be fewer problems with copyrights throughout the Star Trek franchise.

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to Nightfox on Sun May 29 14:51:04 2022
    so I wonder if there will be fewer problems with
    copyrights throughout the Star Trek franchise.

    One would sure hope.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Geri Atricks on Sun Jun 5 08:21:00 2022
    Geri Atricks wrote to Nightfox <=-

    so I wonder if there will be fewer problems with
    copyrights throughout the Star Trek franchise.

    One would sure hope.

    Now, the suit against the people doing Axanar makes more sense - didn't want anything conflicting with Strange New Worlds, since they happen in
    relatively the same time frame.

    Paramount came out with all sorts of rules, I think one of them was that TV/movie actors weren't allowed to do indie productions. Don't know if that would hold up in a court, but you'd easily find yourself unemployed by Paramount productions.

    I did like that Paramount claimed copyright over several Star Trek cultural items, including the Klingon language. The defense proved that qualified as
    a language because of external use and that it couldn't be copyrighted.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to ACMEBBS on Sun Jul 3 16:07:41 2022
    On 30 Jun 2022 at 05:01a, ACMEBBS pondered and said...

    Because of you & others...have gotten Star Trek Strange New Worlds to the current episode. Can't believe they were able (IMOW) made a series which feels very close to the original series from the late 60's. To call me impressed would be mild.

    Yeah same, it's nice because they have a good cast, nice characters being developed, an episodic format of old, which I love... nice looking visuals (well I like them) and bugger me if the dam theme is getting stuck in my head too :)

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to Avon on Tue Jul 5 11:10:00 2022
    On Sun Jul 3 16:07:00 2022, Avon wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

    Because of you & others...have gotten Star Trek Strange New Worlds to the
    current episode. Can't believe they were able (IMOW) made a series which
    feels very close to the original series from the late 60's. To call me impressed would be mild.

    Yeah same, it's nice because they have a good cast, nice characters being developed, an episodic format of old, which I love... nice looking visuals (well I like them) and bugger me if the dam theme is getting stuck in my head
    too :)

    Here as well! Plus...love how it all ties together with the original series. For instance...what's the future of Pike and those he helps.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to ACMEBBS on Tue Jul 5 13:52:00 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: ACMEBBS to Avon on Tue Jul 05 2022 11:10 am

    Yeah same, it's nice because they have a good cast, nice characters
    being developed, an episodic format of old, which I love... nice
    looking visuals (well I like them) and bugger me if the dam theme is
    getting stuck in my head too :)

    Here as well! Plus...love how it all ties together with the original series. For instance...what's the future of Pike and those he helps.

    We all know what happens to Pike in the future (it was part of TOS, and a focus of the first episode of Strange New Worlds as well). But I'm enjoying the show and am looking forward to see what happens in future episodes.

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to Nightfox on Thu Jul 7 03:09:00 2022
    On Tue Jul 5 13:52:00 2022, Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

    Here as well! Plus...love how it all ties together with the original series. For instance...what's the future of Pike and those he helps.

    We all know what happens to Pike in the future (it was part of TOS, and a focus
    of the first episode of Strange New Worlds as well). But I'm enjoying the show
    and am looking forward to see what happens in future episodes.

    Feel the same way as well. The writing/acting reminds me of TOS...unlike other series through the years. Add to that...our tech having improved in the time of TOS until now...they have used this very nicely...but still holding onto the TOS universe. For instance...the lifts have the same "broom" handle as TOS. Little stuff like this just blew me away.

    For instance...watched the last episode last night before hitting the sack. Thought I was almost watching the original "Alien". My jaw hit the floor. When they tied up the ends...blew me away how it all has come to this episode.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to ACMEBBS on Thu Jul 7 08:56:10 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: ACMEBBS to Nightfox on Thu Jul 07 2022 03:09 am

    Feel the same way as well. The writing/acting reminds me of TOS...unlike other series through the years. Add to that...our tech having improved in the time of TOS until now...they have used this very nicely...but still holding onto the TOS universe. For instance...the lifts have the same "broom" handle as TOS. Little stuff like this just blew me away.

    I noticed that too. And the console in front of the captain's chair has the same red/grey colors. They use some of the same chairs too. But I think it's a little odd that the inside of the ship is pretty much totally redesigned compared to the original TOS Enterprise.

    I feel like there is a lot of Kirk-era Star Trek that has been produced since the first JJ Abrams movie. I feel like we had already seen a lot of Kirk-era Star Trek, and there is other untapped story potential. We haven't seen much of the Enterprise B or C at all, and I wouldn't mind a movie or TV series based on either of those ships.

    I'm glad they're also making Star Trek: Picard (though I feel like it could have been better).

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  • From nblade@21:3/170 to Nightfox on Thu Jul 7 23:09:42 2022
    I noticed that too. And the console in front of the captain's chair has t same red/grey colors. They use some of the same chairs too. But I think a little odd that the inside of the ship is pretty much totally redesigned compared to the original TOS Enterprise.

    I got lucky to watch a few episodes at an AirBnb that had P+. I have to say that I do like the show (what I've seen). I do agree the ship internally is mostly a redesign. I mean it looks much bigger. Still I think that's just a matter of modern set designs and want to have more space for the action. I mean the crew quaters alone are the size of stuff seen on STNG.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to nblade on Thu Jul 7 16:07:43 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: nblade to Nightfox on Thu Jul 07 2022 11:09 pm

    I got lucky to watch a few episodes at an AirBnb that had P+. I have to say that I do like the show (what I've seen). I do agree the ship internally is mostly a redesign. I mean it looks much bigger. Still I think that's just a matter of modern set designs and want to have more space for the action. I mean the crew quaters alone are the size of stuff seen on STNG.

    It still feels like it's a little hard to reconcile that with TOS. It almost feels like this Enterprise is a different ship.

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  • From nblade@21:3/170 to Nightfox on Fri Jul 8 14:54:26 2022

    It still feels like it's a little hard to reconcile that with TOS. It almost feels like this Enterprise is a different ship.

    I actually get what you are saying there. It does in many ways feel that way. In many ways, the TOS ship was more akin to what I saw in the Navy. Smaller cramped spaces and not much in th way of color (aka most things were a shade of grey)> SNW's Enterprise is much bigger I think you can blame the recent moveies for that. At the end of the day, thought I'm just rolling with it. After all it's just a TV show.

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to Nightfox on Sat Jul 9 02:30:00 2022
    On Thu Jul 7 08:56:00 2022, Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

    Feel the same way as well. The writing/acting reminds me of TOS...unlike
    other series through the years. Add to that...our tech having improved in
    the time of TOS until now...they have used this very nicely...but still holding onto the TOS universe. For instance...the lifts have the same "broom" handle as TOS. Little stuff like this just blew me away.

    I noticed that too. And the console in front of the captain's chair has the
    same red/grey colors. They use some of the same chairs too. But I think it's
    a little odd that the inside of the ship is pretty much totally redesigned compared to the original TOS Enterprise.

    Very true. Engineering looks huge...compared to TNG & such. Ever since Wrath of Khan...feels like engineering is pretty small compared to this version of engineering. Looking at Pike's quarters...compared to The Cage/Abrams version...almost looks like a luxury apartment with a fire place/kitchen.

    Just noticed it as well...they actually built two turbolift openings...rather than the one.

    I feel like there is a lot of Kirk-era Star Trek that has been produced since
    the first JJ Abrams movie. I feel like we had already seen a lot of Kirk-era
    Star Trek, and there is other untapped story potential. We haven't seen much
    of the Enterprise B or C at all, and I wouldn't mind a movie or TV series based
    on either of those ships.

    Nice idea...especially when we saw such a small portion in Generations at the start of the movie.

    I'm glad they're also making Star Trek: Picard (though I feel like it could have been better).

    Was impressed of the 1st season...but haven't sat down to watch the 2nd season...even though I have a copy of it. For that matter...still haven't gone over the 2nd season of The Mandoloran. Gotta find the time to make it through Discovery or The Orville past the 1st season.

    On the other hand...am caught up on Solar Opposites/Rick & Morty. Guess it has to be those were only around 20 minutes. ;)

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to ACMEBBS on Sat Jul 9 09:44:38 2022
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: ACMEBBS to Nightfox on Sat Jul 09 2022 02:30 am

    I'm glad they're also making Star Trek: Picard (though I feel like it
    could have been better).

    Was impressed of the 1st season...but haven't sat down to watch the 2nd season...even though I have a copy of it. For that matter...still haven't gone over the 2nd season of The Mandoloran. Gotta find the time to make it through Discovery or The Orville past the 1st season.

    I liked the 1st season of Picard, but I thought they were going to do more with the Borg cube plot..
    I started to watch The Mandolorean, but I couldn't really get into it.
    I thought Discovery was okay. I've seen it through season 3 and still need to start watching season 4 at some point.
    I think The Orville gets even better after the first season. I've been watching season 3, which I think has been great.

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to Nightfox on Mon Jul 11 04:28:00 2022
    On Sat Jul 9 09:44:00 2022, Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

    I'm glad they're also making Star Trek: Picard (though I feel like it
    could have been better).

    Was impressed of the 1st season...but haven't sat down to watch the 2nd season...even though I have a copy of it. For that matter...still haven't
    gone over the 2nd season of The Mandoloran. Gotta find the time to make it
    through Discovery or The Orville past the 1st season.

    I liked the 1st season of Picard, but I thought they were going to do more with
    the Borg cube plot..

    Got the 2nd season...but haven't watched it yet. Didn't think about that until I just read it. Very good suggestion. Will have to put in the time to watch all the stuff I want. You would think with no wife/family...this would not be an issue. ;)

    I started to watch The Mandolorean, but I couldn't really get into it.

    Loved the 1st season...especially with some of the actors they used. That's another 1 I want to get to as well.

    I thought Discovery was okay. I've seen it through season 3 and still need to
    start watching season 4 at some point.

    Not sure if I made it through the 1st season...but since I have it on the media server...will have to do a binge watch. 1 good thing...have off the 4 days I usually work on the last weekend of this month to complete the motorcycle class to get my endorsement back when I moved to Idaho in 2009 & couldn't afford to keep it.

    I think The Orville gets even better after the first season. I've been watching season 3, which I think has been great.

    Am current on getting episodes for everything I want to watch. Loved the 1st season. If it has gotten better...I have to find the time to catch up on it.

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to Avon on Sun Jul 3 13:23:47 2022
    Yeah same, it's nice because they have a good cast, nice characters being developed, an episodic format of old, which I love... nice looking
    visuals (well I like them) and bugger me if the dam theme is getting
    stuck in my head too :)

    But damn, this has got to be one of the shortest seasons ever! Guess they didn't want to invest to much in a new show not knowing how it would do.

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  • From nblade@21:3/170 to Geri Atricks on Tue Jul 12 15:20:39 2022
    But damn, this has got to be one of the shortest seasons ever! Guess they didn't want to invest to much in a new show not knowing how it would do.

    To be honest, I think this is going to start being the normal in any streaming series. Keeping a season down about 6 to 10 epsiodes a season does keep the costs down. In some cases I think it keeps the writting better since you don't have to do the traditianal 13 to 22 episodes per season, you can be a little more selective on your scripts.

    Of course for the viewer, it sucks if they like the show, because who doesn't want just one more episode.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Geri Atricks on Tue Jul 12 07:42:00 2022
    Geri Atricks wrote to Avon <=-

    But damn, this has got to be one of the shortest seasons ever! Guess
    they didn't want to invest to much in a new show not knowing how it
    would do.

    I think they blow through the budgets in record time and can only afford an abbreviated season.


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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to nblade on Tue Jul 12 14:08:03 2022
    does keep the costs down. In some cases I think it keeps the writting better since you don't have to do the traditianal 13 to 22 episodes per season, you can be a little more selective on your scripts.

    Shouldn't even be a consideration with SNW since it is episodic and does not have a continuous story arc spanning an entire season.

    THAT being said, WHY are they doing recaps at the beginning of the episodes? -=-

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  • From nblade@21:3/170 to Geri Atricks on Wed Jul 13 14:44:41 2022
    THAT being said, WHY are they doing recaps at the beginning of the episodes? -=-


    It is another thing that I'm starting to see a lot of on streaming. Not really sure why they do it, but if I had to guess it's because they think we are dumb and don't remember other episodes (that in many cases we just watched)

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Geri Atricks on Wed Jul 13 15:00:38 2022
    On 12 Jul 22 14:08:03 Geri Atricks wrote...

    does keep the costs down. In some cases I think it keeps the
    writting better since you don't have to do the traditianal 13 to
    22 episodes per season, you can be a little more selective on
    your scripts.

    Shouldn't even be a consideration with SNW since it is episodic and
    does not have a continuous story arc spanning an entire season.

    THAT being said, WHY are they doing recaps at the beginning of the episodes? -=-

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    I'm guessing it's because since it's a new show, they want people (on broadcast) to be able to catch up.

    I think it is on broadcast as well, right? On CBS?

    But I've noticed a lot of streaming shows I've watched lately seem to be
    doing the same thing.

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to nblade on Fri Jul 15 04:19:00 2022
    On Wed Jul 13 14:44:00 2022, nblade wrote to Geri Atricks <=-

    THAT being said, WHY are they doing recaps at the beginning of the episodes? -=-
    It is another thing that I'm starting to see a lot of on streaming. Not really
    sure why they do it, but if I had to guess it's because they think we are dumb
    and don't remember other episodes (that in many cases we just watched)

    Been doing this for decades on many shows on radio/TV & some movies. Much of the time...the writers/producers think people may not be able to watch every episode. Add to that...life/work gets busy and many just forget what they had watched. For instance...there have been times before digital recording/bittorrent & such where you might not be able to start watching a show from the pilot due not being aware of it.

    Now...not much of an issue anymore. TV tuner cards/bittorrent can be a god send if you want to get a whole series. Am dating myself...but I remember the '60's TV version of Batman on ABC in the US. The show ran 3 days a week at one time & this would probably be the worst example of this. Back then...many markets had only 3 commercial networks. With no video tapes during this time...you might watch one show on another network...but then watch Batman on one of the other nights. This way...you might miss an episode...but you would see what happened on the night you didn't watch.



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  • From Abbub@21:2/145 to All on Fri Jun 16 20:51:39 2023
    And...we're off. So far, not dissappointing, though I will say, the first season of this show set the bar *very* high. There was not a lot (that is to say, very little) Anson Mount in this episode. I need more Pike and his finely coifed hair. :/

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Abbub on Sat Jun 17 20:07:42 2023
    On 16 Jun 2023 at 08:51p, Abbub pondered and said...

    And...we're off. So far, not dissappointing, though I will say, the first season of this show set the bar *very* high. There was not a lot (that
    is to say, very little) Anson Mount in this episode. I need more Pike
    and his finely coifed hair. :/

    I was just about to post something about this show also and you beat me to it :)

    Yes interesting to see what they do with the characters and cast, the new (soon to be) chief engineer sounds like she has an interesting back story. I also thought it was interesting in their choice of 'bad alien race of the series' was flagged to be at the end of the episode.

    Did you spot the new scenes in the opening credits? :)

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Abbub on Sat Jun 17 13:19:32 2023
    On 16 Jun 23 20:51:39 Abbub wrote...

    And...we're off. So far, not dissappointing, though I will say, the
    first season of this show set the bar *very* high. There was not a
    lot (that is to say, very little) Anson Mount in this episode. I need
    more Pike and his finely coifed hair. :/

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Yeah, I have to second the "more Pike" thing. I liked the concept of a
    Spock centered episode and the character development that went with it,
    but I didn't think it was appropriate for the season primere... the
    Captain should have been featured more prominently (IMHO).

    Still, good episode. Plan to watch it again today when I'm a little more
    awake (got out of work late that day and it was probably well after 11pm
    when I watched it... way past my bedtime on a "school night").

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Sat Jun 17 13:23:16 2023
    On 17 Jun 23 20:07:42 Avon wrote...

    Yes interesting to see what they do with the characters and cast, the
    new (soon to be) chief engineer sounds like she has an interesting
    back story. I also thought it was interesting in their choice of 'bad
    alien race of the series' was flagged to be at the end of the episode.

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    On that topic... (The bad alien race). That part did irk me a little,
    given that in the original series they were supposedly "discovered". But
    going into that discussion could kinda be spoilerish (though that meant
    you missed the whole last season... and a few episodes of "Enterprise")
    and honestly... well, let's face it. As "history" re-writes go, it's
    minorish.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sun Jun 18 14:26:02 2023
    On 17 Jun 2023 at 01:23p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...

    back story. I also thought it was interesting in their choice of 'bad alien race of the series' was flagged to be at the end of the episode.


    On that topic... (The bad alien race). That part did irk me a little, given that in the original series they were supposedly "discovered". But going into that discussion could kinda be spoilerish (though that meant you missed the whole last season... and a few episodes of "Enterprise")

    I honestly never ended up watching all of Enterprise so perhaps I need to?
    Yes I kind of thought it was a bit of low hanging fruit really to advance that race as the possible bad guy for the season... still we should wait to see what they do with it, and as you mention there;s been some references in past episodes.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sat Jun 24 12:27:39 2023
    Well I thought episode 2 was really quite good, yes it was a courtroom drama but there was enough character development and back story etc. to make it work for me. What did you think?

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Avon on Sat Jun 24 08:37:14 2023
    and, as always, it tends to deal with RL issues (past, present, and sometimes future). I enjoyed it as well!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Sat Jun 24 09:02:00 2023
    Avon wrote to Commodore Clifford <=-

    Well I thought episode 2 was really quite good, yes it was a courtroom drama but there was enough character development and back story etc. to make it work for me. What did you think?

    My first thought was it was the best hour of trek since "Into the Pale Moonlight".
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    I do love me some Pike, though. I loved seeing him literally risking his
    life for his crew, thought that the issue with Admiral April will come
    back to haunt him, loved how he poured April's drink into his, and once
    Una was back onboard, I snickered at the hug, followed by the pat on the shoulder.

    WHen Spock mentioned Una's secret (harkening back to one of the Short
    Treks from Discovery) I laughed out loud by myself. My wife looked at me quizzically, which she's been known to do when Star Trek is on.

    Aside: Christina Chong is quite a singer and has a single out:

    https://open.spotify.com/album/4FklwAcsgivMy10H2E529V




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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jun 24 15:03:51 2023
    Aside: Christina Chong is quite a singer and has a single out:

    She also did an episode on BLACK MIRROR as well - just watched all 6 seasons this past couple weeks.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to SirRonmit on Sun Jun 25 16:39:24 2023
    On 24 Jun 2023 at 08:37a, SirRonmit pondered and said...

    and, as always, it tends to deal with RL issues (past, present, and sometimes future). I enjoyed it as well!

    yes I like it for those reasons also.. I wonder what EP3 has them doing next?

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Tue Jul 18 02:46:18 2023
    On 24 Jun 23 12:27:39 Avon wrote...

    Well I thought episode 2 was really quite good, yes it was a
    courtroom drama but there was enough character development and back
    story etc. to make it work for me. What did you think?

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    It's been great so far... but it seems like the Captain Pike character
    keeps taking more of a back seat in some episodes. Not sure how I feel
    about that.

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Commodore Clifford on Tue Jul 18 08:23:43 2023
    It's been great so far... but it seems like the Captain Pike character keeps taking more of a back seat in some episodes. Not sure how I feel about that.

    It's to bring to light the other characters' histories and development. Allows them a more of a "I am part of the crew, too" ideal. :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to SirRonmit on Tue Jul 18 07:39:00 2023
    SirRonmit wrote to Commodore Clifford <=-

    It's been great so far... but it seems like the Captain Pike character keeps taking more of a back seat in some episodes. Not sure how I feel about that.

    Anson Mount and his wife recently had a baby. He'll be back.

    I'm watching him in SNW and Discovery, and going back to watching him in
    "Hell on Wheels". Amazing hair a couple of centuries apart...



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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to SirRonmit on Tue Jul 18 23:09:16 2023
    On 18 Jul 23 08:23:43 SirRonmit wrote...

    It's been great so far... but it seems like the Captain Pike
    character keeps taking more of a back seat in some episodes.
    Not sure how I feel about that.

    It's to bring to light the other characters' histories and
    development. Allows them a more of a "I am part of the crew, too"
    ideal. :)

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    For some, yes... but for me, Pike is one character that's been around
    since the beginning, but we know almost nothing about him. Spock and
    Uhura have been developed in other "universes"... the new characters...
    yeah, I care... to a point... but Pike is the one I really wanted to know
    more about.

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Commodore Clifford on Wed Jul 19 09:37:37 2023
    For some, yes... but for me, Pike is one character that's been around since the beginning, but we know almost nothing about him. Spock and Uhura have been developed in other "universes"... the new characters... yeah, I care... to a point... but Pike is the one I really wanted to know more about.

    True .. I have the OG DVDs and remember seeing that episode on the reruns years ago. So I was always like, wait PIKE was in a chair at the end .. and couldn't talk .. I'm guessin' they will do that at the Series Finale' when the time comes.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sun Jul 23 11:58:04 2023
    On 18 Jul 2023 at 02:46a, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...

    It's been great so far... but it seems like the Captain Pike character keeps taking more of a back seat in some episodes. Not sure how I feel about that.

    I think they want to give each character some decent exposure and storyline.

    I'm really enjoying the writing and overall development of this show.

    Much better than Discovery and other more recent Trek

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Thu Jul 27 06:56:42 2023
    On 23 Jul 23 11:58:04 Avon wrote...

    On 18 Jul 2023 at 02:46a, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...
    It's been great so far... but it seems like the Captain Pike
    character keeps taking more of a back seat in some episodes.
    Not sure how I feel about that.

    I think they want to give each character some decent exposure and storyline.

    I'm really enjoying the writing and overall development of this show.

    Much better than Discovery and other more recent Trek

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    That much is true. It's very good quality.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Sat Jul 29 16:10:22 2023
    I thought the Lower Decks crossover was a good one, and although I have not watched many episodes at all of Lower Decks the show did enough to carry both franchises well and got me curious about the animated series.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Sat Jul 29 08:01:00 2023
    Avon wrote to All <=-

    I thought the Lower Decks crossover was a good one, and although I have not watched many episodes at all of Lower Decks the show did enough to carry both franchises well and got me curious about the animated
    series.

    I liked Jack Quaid in "The Boys", and it took me a moment to recognize
    his voice in Lower Decks. He embodied the animated Boimler well, and I
    loved the yelp when Spock tells him to "seek cover".



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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Avon on Sat Jul 29 13:11:22 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Avon to All on Sat Jul 29 2023 04:10 pm

    I thought the Lower Decks crossover was a good one, and although I have not watched many episodes at all of Lower Decks the show did enough to carry both franchises well and got me curious about the animated series.

    My wife and I just watched that episode last night. I thought it was pretty good.

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 16:31:06 2023
    I actually laughed at this one .. L.D. makes me smirk or chuckle here and there, but to have them LIVE doing what they see themselves doing in the animation was awesome.

    ... and almost all of that was improved.

    Put them on SNL, and I bet the ratings would go up.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 30 14:34:39 2023
    On 29 Jul 2023 at 08:01a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    I liked Jack Quaid in "The Boys", and it took me a moment to recognize
    his voice in Lower Decks. He embodied the animated Boimler well, and I loved the yelp when Spock tells him to "seek cover".

    I liked the Riker call out and this apparently happened with Jonathon Frakes was on set :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 14:35:45 2023
    On 29 Jul 2023 at 01:11p, Nightfox pondered and said...

    My wife and I just watched that episode last night. I thought it was pretty good.

    apparently there's a musical episode coming out, on that count I am not so sure but hey, they are certainly pushing the boundaries a bit with the writing and directions taken this season. But doing it in a respectful way I think to the cannon.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to SirRonmit on Sun Jul 30 14:38:05 2023
    On 29 Jul 2023 at 04:31p, SirRonmit pondered and said...

    I actually laughed at this one .. L.D. makes me smirk or chuckle here and there, but to have them LIVE doing what they see themselves doing in the animation was awesome.

    I think there's a show with Wil Wheaton called The Ready Room that covers this (and other) episodes. I've not yet looked at it but may seek this episode coverage out.

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Avon on Sat Jul 29 22:02:10 2023
    I liked the Riker call out and this apparently happened with Jonathon Frakes was on set :)

    If you are able, watch Will Weaton's READY ROOM where he had the 2 L.D. actors on it .. you learn a lot more of what actually happened and how much stuff was ad-lib.

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Avon on Sun Jul 30 03:12:53 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Avon to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 2023 02:35 pm

    apparently there's a musical episode coming out, on that count I am not so sure but hey, they are certainly pushing the boundaries a bit with the writing and directions taken this season. But doing it in a respectful way I think to the cannon.

    noo! not a musical episode!

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  • From phigan@21:3/177 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Aug 3 21:57:41 2023
    it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks

    For some reason I didn't recognize it at all. Even when I watched the episode, I wasn't aware that guy was the voice! Weird. I'm usually good at tha

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to phigan on Fri Aug 4 08:53:33 2023
    it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks

    For some reason I didn't recognize it at all. Even when I watched the episode, I wasn't aware that guy was the voice! Weird. I'm usually good

    Not me, I instantly recognized his voice -- but I didn't know it was THE voice actor (along with her) until I watched the aftershow.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Aug 4 09:50:05 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Avon on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:01 am

    I liked Jack Quaid in "The Boys", and it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks. He embodied the animated Boimler well, and I loved the yelp when Spock tells him to "seek cover".

    When reading about the Lower Decks / Strange New Worlds crossover episode, I read that they drew the Lower Decks characters to look (at least somewhat) like their voice actors. That ended up making the crossover episode work fairly well, as it was a live-action episode and the voice actors appeared as themselves.

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Nightfox on Fri Aug 4 13:20:59 2023
    When reading about the Lower Decks / Strange New Worlds crossover
    episode, I read that they drew the Lower Decks characters to look (at least somewhat) like their voice actors. That ended up making the crossover episode work fairly well, as it was a live-action episode and the voice actors appeared as themselves.

    true statement

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to All on Sun Aug 6 14:58:00 2023
    Hey All,

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Aug 6 04:03:17 2023
    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    Yeah, was NOT a fan of E09 either. Should have had more variety to the music styles, and the Klingon Backstreet Boys should have been left on the cutting room floor. Or at the very least, not have them raid the Gold Rangers closet. All that gold lemma was VERY un-Klingon!

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to Geri Atricks on Mon Aug 7 07:59:00 2023
    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    Yeah, was NOT a fan of E09 either. Should have had more variety to the
    music styles, and the Klingon Backstreet Boys should have been left on the
    cutting room floor. Or at the very least, not have them raid the Gold
    Rangers closet. All that gold lemma was VERY un-Klingon!

    Hi Geri,

    I ended up, fast forwarding to the end and benched it, it's supposed to be scifi, and unfortunately it was just disappointing. Feels like the writers
    have lost the plot.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Aug 7 08:44:16 2023
    Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Nick Mackechnie to All on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:58 pm

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    I like what they're doing this season. It seems more light-hearted in places and different from what they've usually been doing (in a good way).

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Geri Atricks on Mon Aug 7 08:45:31 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Geri Atricks to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Aug 06 2023 04:03 am

    Yeah, was NOT a fan of E09 either. Should have had more variety to the music styles, and the Klingon Backstreet Boys should have been left on the cutting room floor. Or at the very least, not have them raid the Gold Rangers closet. All that gold lemma was VERY un-Klingon!

    I think the un-Klingonness of it was the whole point, and it made that one of the best scenes ever. As one of the Klingons said earlier in the episode, they had faced dishonor for their singing they were made to do out there.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Aug 7 08:46:58 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Nick Mackechnie to Geri Atricks on Mon Aug 07 2023 07:59 am

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    I ended up, fast forwarding to the end and benched it, it's supposed to be scifi, and unfortunately it was just disappointing. Feels like the writers have lost the plot.

    IMO sci-fi doesn't have to be all serious all the time, and it's good to mix things up a bit sometimes. I think it's good to have some comic relief sometimes. I guess that's why I like The Orville too..

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Nightfox on Mon Aug 7 11:41:04 2023
    IMO sci-fi doesn't have to be all serious all the time, and it's good to mix things up a bit sometimes. I think it's good to have some comic relief sometimes. I guess that's why I like The Orville too..

    and KILLJOYS :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Nightfox on Tue Aug 8 07:28:00 2023
    Nightfox wrote to Geri Atricks <=-

    I think the un-Klingonness of it was the whole point, and it made that
    one of the best scenes ever. As one of the Klingons said earlier in
    the episode, they had faced dishonor for their singing they were made
    to do out there.

    I thought it was perfectly done - was totally set up for Klingon opera,
    not expecting a boy band. I laughed out loud with headphones on in a
    dark room by myself.





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to SirRonmit on Tue Aug 8 07:28:00 2023
    SirRonmit wrote to Nightfox <=-

    and KILLJOYS :)

    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like it
    borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.



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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 8 11:40:46 2023
    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like it borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.

    FIREFLY - I liked that one too!

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to SirRonmit on Tue Aug 8 18:23:35 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: SirRonmit to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 08 2023 11:40 am

    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like
    it borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.

    FIREFLY - I liked that one too!

    What was it about?

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to SirRonmit on Thu Aug 10 12:52:42 2023
    On 29 Jul 2023 at 10:02p, SirRonmit pondered and said...

    If you are able, watch Will Weaton's READY ROOM where he had the 2 L.D. actors on it .. you learn a lot more of what actually happened and how much stuff was ad-lib.

    I've yet to do this but plan to, thanks :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to candycane on Thu Aug 10 12:53:02 2023
    On 30 Jul 2023 at 03:12a, candycane pondered and said...

    noo! not a musical episode!

    I know I thought the same, but on the whole it was done well.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nick Mackechnie on Thu Aug 10 12:54:21 2023
    On 06 Aug 2023 at 02:58p, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    I like the season overall, I think they have written a bunch of different stories and tried to push things in different directions... but the sing along episode was always going to divide :)

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Avon on Thu Aug 10 08:01:22 2023
    I know I thought the same, but on the whole it was done well.

    I wasn't expecting that (after watching the pre-show). But I was impressed on how well they all could sing (and didn't know about the Academy Award for one singer/actress).

    I was not happy/impressed with the Klingon Boy-Band skit though; reminded me of how SNL is still trying to be funny today. After watching the aftershow, though, I was happy they brought back one character from the previous season for it.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to SirRonmit on Sat Aug 12 09:53:22 2023
    On 10 Aug 2023 at 08:01a, SirRonmit pondered and said...
    I was not happy/impressed with the Klingon Boy-Band skit though;
    reminded me of how SNL is still trying to be funny today. After watching

    I agree with that, it felt over the top to me also.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to SirRonmit on Fri Aug 11 15:30:07 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: SirRonmit to Avon on Thu Aug 10 2023 08:01 am

    I was not happy/impressed with the Klingon Boy-Band skit though; reminded me of how SNL is still trying to be funny today. After watching the aftershow, though, I was happy they brought back one character from the previous season for it.

    I thought the Klingon scene was one of the funniest scenes in the episode.
    I haven't watched SNL in quite a while though. Trying or not, I feel like most of the time now it's just not really funny. SNL goes through ups & downs though. Hopefully it will be funny again at some point.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Tue Aug 22 19:44:08 2023
    On 29 Jul 23 16:10:22 Avon wrote...

    I thought the Lower Decks crossover was a good one, and although I
    have not watched many episodes at all of Lower Decks the show did
    enough to carry both franchises well and got me curious about the
    animated series.

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Actually, that Lower Decks crossover almost made me not watch the show.
    In fact, I actually waited a whole week and only then because I heard the episode with the Klingon ambassador was worth watching. I really hated
    that character (the crossover purple haired idiot). It just didn't seem
    like it belonged in a very out of place way.

    Then... the musical.

    I ended up not watching that one after five minutes. I eventually
    (again, a week later) gave it a chance... but... It took some alcohol
    (and I can't really do that much anymore, so I might be parting ways with
    the series).

    Ok, in the end, the musical wasn't so bad, and I liked the season
    cliffhanger enough... but they better keep these episodes few and far
    between.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 19:49:58 2023
    On 08 Aug 23 07:28:00 poindexter FORTRAN wrote...

    Nightfox wrote to Geri Atricks <=-

    I think the un-Klingonness of it was the whole point, and it
    made that one of the best scenes ever. As one of the Klingons
    said earlier in the episode, they had faced dishonor for their
    singing they were made to do out there.

    I thought it was perfectly done - was totally set up for Klingon
    opera, not expecting a boy band. I laughed out loud with headphones
    on in a dark room by myself.

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    I required alcohol to get through it.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 19:51:04 2023
    On 08 Aug 23 07:28:00 poindexter FORTRAN wrote...

    SirRonmit wrote to Nightfox <=-

    and KILLJOYS :)

    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like it borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    *hugs poindexter*

    It will always be "Too Soon".... I'm sorry for our loss.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to candycane on Tue Aug 22 19:52:30 2023
    On 08 Aug 23 18:23:35 candycane wrote...

    FIREFLY - I liked that one too!

    What was it about?

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    I'm just going to glare at you angrily until you Google it and tell us
    how sorry you are for not ever knowing about it before now.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Commodore Clifford on Tue Aug 22 20:00:57 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Commodore Clifford to Avon on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:44 pm

    Actually, that Lower Decks crossover almost made me not watch the show. In

    Then... the musical.

    I ended up not watching that one after five minutes. I eventually (again,

    Those were two of the best episodes of the entire series....

    Nightfox
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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Commodore Clifford on Wed Aug 23 00:26:35 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Commodore Clifford to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:49 pm

    I required alcohol to get through it.

    Because it was so good?

    candycane

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Commodore Clifford on Wed Aug 23 00:30:16 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Commodore Clifford to candycane on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:52 pm

    I'm just going to glare at you angrily until you Google it and tell us
    how sorry you are for not ever knowing about it before now.

    Sorry, it looks pretty cool.

    candycane

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  • From phigan@21:3/177 to Avon on Wed Aug 23 14:55:29 2023
    it felt over the top to me also.

    Very glad I didn't see the end of it. I fell asleep somewhere through the episode, and I don't think I'll be going back to rewatch it.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to phigan on Wed Aug 23 22:10:28 2023
    On 23 Aug 23 14:55:29 phigan wrote...

    it felt over the top to me also.

    Very glad I didn't see the end of it. I fell asleep somewhere through
    the episode, and I don't think I'll be going back to rewatch it.

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    You kinda have to watch the Klingon Boy Band scene... I mean, you really can't.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to candycane on Wed Aug 23 22:12:22 2023
    On 23 Aug 23 00:26:35 candycane wrote...

    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds By: Commodore Clifford to poindexter
    FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:49 pm

    I required alcohol to get through it.

    Because it was so good?

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    No... Because in the same way after a few (dozen, in some cases) beers
    the ugly chick starts to look like she wouldn't fighten small children.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sat Sep 2 15:22:45 2023
    On 22 Aug 2023 at 07:44p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...

    Ok, in the end, the musical wasn't so bad, and I liked the season cliffhanger enough... but they better keep these episodes few and far between.

    I thought the cliff hanger was rather predictable but good to see another series will (sometime down the track) occur... I'd certainly watch the next one. :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sat Sep 2 15:23:06 2023
    On 22 Aug 2023 at 07:49p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...

    I required alcohol to get through it.

    this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to phigan on Sat Sep 2 15:23:32 2023
    On 23 Aug 2023 at 02:55p, phigan pondered and said...

    Very glad I didn't see the end of it. I fell asleep somewhere through the episode, and I don't think I'll be going back to rewatch it.

    fair enough :)

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  • From candycane@21:1/172 to Avon on Sat Sep 2 03:45:10 2023
    I required alcohol to get through it.

    this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)

    I think I've seen that exact quote on a tshirt before.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Sat Sep 2 15:18:08 2023
    On 02 Sep 23 15:23:06 Avon wrote...

    On 22 Aug 2023 at 07:49p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...
    I required alcohol to get through it.

    this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Oh, with the picture of the Klingon Boy Band and everything. I might
    have to make that.


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