50 Years of Star Trek - RIP
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@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
redemptive arc
That might work better if her empire had been destroyed, as happened to Nazi Germany, and she'd seen the error of her ways (maybe they'll write that in later). They'll have to do something to keep her show going for several seasons though - not sure I'm up for the Sopranos in space.
If it’s section 31, they could go a secret war path.
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Some NSFW screencaps for Marina Sirtis fans:
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@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Some NSFW screencaps for Marina Sirtis fans:
Star Wars doesn't have to resort to titty shots of it's characters to try and be better
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@NTA said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@MN5 said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Star Wars doesn't have to resort to titty shots of it's characters to try and be better
Shame really because the last few films kind of sucked.
For Star Wars films.....still better than most others.
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@NTA said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@MN5 said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Star Wars doesn't have to resort to titty shots of it's characters to try and be better
Shame really because the last few films kind of sucked.
I didn't know you were a wrong-un too, you've kept it on the down-low pretty well.
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@NTA said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@MN5 said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Star Wars doesn't have to resort to titty shots of it's characters to try and be better
Shame really because the last few films kind of sucked.
Define few? 7?
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@MN5 said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Some NSFW screencaps for Marina Sirtis fans:
Star Wars doesn't have to resort to titty shots of it's characters to try and be better
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I watched the new episode of “Disco” (as I’ve learned the cool kids call it).
The have lightened the tone a lot, with some good humour (some forced). The guy that plays Pike is ace, and exactly how a Star Trek captain should be.
Reference to the new uniforms, and we could see them on the Discovery next season. They look so much better.
Story was very TNG, which I liked. Didn’t like all the talk about Spock and the flashbacks.
Next week looks even more like a Star Trek self contained episode. So it looks like they have listened and smoothed off some of the sharp edges.
The production design is movie quality. Must cost a bomb. Someone on reddit pointed out they are doing some homages to TOS with the lighting, nice face in shadow with the stripe across the face lit up.
Spock’s room on the Enterprise was cool too.
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@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
The production design is movie quality. Must cost a bomb
Apparently they blew the budget on the first two episodes.
Action was incoherent. Episode was very slow with all the boring flashbacks. Burnham has to tell everyone off, and is still a terrible character. Vulcans are jedi now. Plot was very Marvel.
The Pike actor was good.
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@Crucial said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@MN5 said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Some NSFW screencaps for Marina Sirtis fans:
Star Wars doesn't have to resort to titty shots of it's characters to try and be better
Worst star wars > Best star trek
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@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
The production design is movie quality. Must cost a bomb
Apparently they blew the budget on the first two episodes.
Action was incoherent. Episode was very slow with all the boring flashbacks. Burnham has to tell everyone off, and is still a terrible character. Vulcans are jedi now. Plot was very Marvel.
The Pike actor was good.
The flashbacks were terrible. Not sure I get the Jedi reference from this episode?
And like I said earlier, I’m going to end up wanting to see a Pike/Enterprise show. He even had Kirk like dialogue at times.
It was a step up, so I’m optimistic it can continue to improve. They have lightened up Micheal.
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I spoke too soon, STD is all over the damn place. Second episode was an aberration, with some seriously uneven writing going on in the rest. They pack too much in an episode, everybody defies the captain (who is great when given something to do) with no consequences.
It’s such a shame, this is going to get canceled because they seem to dislike the fan base.
Anyway, the last episode of the Orville was some of the best sci fi I’ve seen in years. And to make my point, my 11 year can’t get through one episode of Disco but he woke me up to tell me about how good the the last episode of Orville was and couldn’t wait to talk about it after I’d seen it.
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The guy who wrote that episode is a producer on that Orville. Other TNG/DS9/VOY producers, writers, directors, and actors have been involved with it too.
The Orville isn't very ambitious, but they do know how to tell a story and create characters.