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[–] yaksmen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Great article. They did an outstanding job with the Gorn in season 2, episode 10. I was really hoping to see an adult gorn and it was a great fulfillment of what I was hoping for.

[–] Agingtoofast@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks have been so enjoyable. I know I will enjoy the other new Star Trek shows, but they seem more intense and I don’t have the mental fortitude at this time.

[–] avatar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I love SNW and greatly dislike Lower Decks, so it was pretty enjoyable for me when the crossover episode happened and the crew of the SNW all looked at the Lower Decks crew with expressions on their faces in the same way I thought of them, throughout the entire episode

[–] avatar@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I didn't follow TOS and can't follow what's going on with the Gorn in SNW.

It seems really strange because every SNW episode has been episodic and they've been such great episodes, that now they've gone back between episode 1 and episode 10 with this Gorn arc, it's souring the show for me.

Like maybe if this made more sense to me, fine, but can we go back to Spock and Chapel and T'Pring all dealing with their we-can't-do-this relationship and Erica wanting to get out of the pilot's seat for a while, and La'an dealing with a past and a relationship she's forbidden to talk about, and M'Benga trying to deal with a dark past, and Uhura learning she's more than she thinks she is... all that great stuff one episode at a time and then why not an episode perfectly mixed in with a musical as the penultimate episode to the season finale.

Oh, and by the way the Gorn are back so I guess there's a new big uninteresting threat that Pike and the crew have to deal with to finish things off... OK. But why?

[–] Richard@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

I could give many labels to the Gorn arc but "uninteresting" is definitely not one of them!

[–] Crankpork@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Eh, TOS featured multiple episodes with The Klingons. I wouldn’t look too deeply into it.