Topic: Star Trek Discovery premiere was shit.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM started this discussion 8 years ago #66,466
SPOILERS MEAN SPOILERS!
It's too late to judge a show just by the first episode and the season looks like it could get better, but it's certainly not off to a good start. It feels exactly like the J.J. Abrams Bad Robot movies and yes, there is a shitfuck of lensflare. It's nice to see something new, but in this instance, maybe it would have been better to cater to nostalgia since that way you would have at least respected the original material and not have made a generic Sci-Fi video game with the label of Star Trek on it.
The ancient Klingons were a nice touch, but you might be more satisfied by playing Skyrim instead.
The episode felt like a mash between Mass Effect and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that would leave someone wondering how come they aren't just playing those games instead of watching a ripoff.
Also, a human being attempts to do the Vulcan nerve pinch and manages to succeed for a short period of time.
This literally makes no sense when the reason why that pinch works in the first place is because Vulcans are a stronger species than humans. I know that character was the only human to have went to the Vulcan science academy, but she's not a damn Vulcan.
This should have been a series set in the Prime timeline, but perhaps it is for the best that it is the Kelvin timeline because it would have fucked things up.
It's too late to judge a show just by the first episode and the season looks like it could get better, but it's certainly not off to a good start. It feels exactly like the J.J. Abrams Bad Robot movies and yes, there is a shitfuck of lensflare. It's nice to see something new, but in this instance, maybe it would have been better to cater to nostalgia since that way you would have at least respected the original material and not have made a generic Sci-Fi video game with the label of Star Trek on it.
The ancient Klingons were a nice touch, but you might be more satisfied by playing Skyrim instead.
The episode felt like a mash between Mass Effect and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that would leave someone wondering how come they aren't just playing those games instead of watching a ripoff.
Also, a human being attempts to do the Vulcan nerve pinch and manages to succeed for a short period of time.
This literally makes no sense when the reason why that pinch works in the first place is because Vulcans are a stronger species than humans. I know that character was the only human to have went to the Vulcan science academy, but she's not a damn Vulcan.
This should have been a series set in the Prime timeline, but perhaps it is for the best that it is the Kelvin timeline because it would have fucked things up.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 27 minutes later[^] [v] #817,038
Thanks for the spoilers, douche.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #817,043
kook !!OPZbEQMT1 joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,077
Its was fucking boring and that Asians womans accent is horrible
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,157
I wanted to list my observations yesterday but I must list them today as the board was not available yesterday.The woman captain was difficult to understand because of her heavy oriental accent.
Serek the Vulcan pronounces "your" as "yer", as in, "my mind to yer mind".
There was a slim lady whose head was completely hidden by a Daft Punk helmet.
The science officer alien guy was the same very slim actor who has had similar parts in sci fi in the past, where you can't see his real face.
The faces of Klingons are different again, different from the original and different from the next generation. That's a little much. They look like really scary black Africans or New Guinea cannibals. They talk like natives of such lands who distrust outsider missionaries with their Bibles and good wishes and would want them to fuck off or they will be killed and cooked in a big black pot as food. The Klingons were very unpleasant and belligerent, and I felt like they should all be killed, every last one of those miserable son of a bitches.
The Klingon leader had a very gorilla face, flat and black, and looked like Idi Amin.
Also there sure as fuck was a lot of lensflare, like it was the 1990s and someone got to play with photoshop special effects all day.
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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 24 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,163
Meh. First and second season TNG was pretty shit too. Give it time.
Also, what do Picard, Archer, Odo, and Data have in common? Hint: None of them are Vulcan.
Also, what do Picard, Archer, Odo, and Data have in common? Hint: None of them are Vulcan.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,170
oh, one more thing I noticed: the chick's name is Michael, the first female Michael I heard of since Michael Learned, the actress who was the mother on The Waltons a few decades ago.
Sheila LaBoof double-posted this 8 years ago, 14 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,171
Wait, the other thing I wanted to mention: no one yet is wearing some god damn skin tight catsuit that makes certain that we can tell there are separate breasts and buttocks.
Sheila LaBoof triple-posted this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,175
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,176
@817,163 (F)
> Meh. First and second season TNG was pretty shit too. Give it time.
>
> Also, what do Picard, Archer, Odo, and Data have in common? Hint: None of them are Vulcan.
Also...they are all faggot..
> Meh. First and second season TNG was pretty shit too. Give it time.
>
> Also, what do Picard, Archer, Odo, and Data have in common? Hint: None of them are Vulcan.
Also...they are all faggot..
squeegee joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 58 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,179
i'm about 10 minutes in and i'm pretty impressed. it looks outstanding, i'll forgive the lens flare for how nice everything looks for a tv show.
@817,077 (kook !!OPZbEQMT1)
it's star trek. like half the old episodes are just them going around spreading diplomacy, and the rest are the engineers fixing the ship's sub systems while under attack from an alien slow cannon. spoiler alert: they escape. not sure what you're expecting.
i'll follow up after another 10 minutes or so
@817,077 (kook !!OPZbEQMT1)
it's star trek. like half the old episodes are just them going around spreading diplomacy, and the rest are the engineers fixing the ship's sub systems while under attack from an alien slow cannon. spoiler alert: they escape. not sure what you're expecting.
i'll follow up after another 10 minutes or so
squeegee double-posted this 8 years ago, 14 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,180
Psh, okay... y'all are just nitpicky faggots then, at 20 minutes in it's already better looking than any other star trek series, and the lest ten minutes were a long action packed EVA adventure in zero G with a fancy spacesuit from the movies. and this is quintessential star trek, routine maintenance mission develops into an adventure of discovery and exploration involving ancient galactic lore and mysterious discoveries. buncha whiny bitches in here, "but the lens flare, and the accents," eh, fuck off.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 33 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,183
I watched it twice, regardless
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 8 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,184
@817,163 (F)
> Also, what do Picard, Archer, Odo, and Data have in common? Hint: None of them are Vulcan.
Good point: none of them are Vulcan, and all of them mastered the nerve pinch.
That's canon.
> Also, what do Picard, Archer, Odo, and Data have in common? Hint: None of them are Vulcan.
Good point: none of them are Vulcan, and all of them mastered the nerve pinch.
That's canon.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 3 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,185
The Orville is the true successor to Star Trek.
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 3 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,194
I really liked it. It felt like good ol' typical Star Trek, but with a modern coat of paint. After seeing the two episodes, I feel invested in the characters and the wider plot.
I'm very excited to see more.
I'm very excited to see more.
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx double-posted this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,237
@OP
Discovery isn't set in the Kelvin timeline. It is in the Prime timeline with the other Star Trek shows.
http://time.com/4952491/star-trek-discovery-timeline/
Discovery isn't set in the Kelvin timeline. It is in the Prime timeline with the other Star Trek shows.
But how does Discovery fit into the larger Star Trek timeline? The CBS series will serve as a prequel to the original Star Trek, set 10 years before the adventures of Kirk and Spock. The writers have said that Discovery will maintain continuity with the old series, and events from Discovery will explain plot points in the original Trek.
For Trek nerds out there, this means Discovery takes place in the “prime” timeline, which is where each of the television series and the original films live.
For Trek nerds out there, this means Discovery takes place in the “prime” timeline, which is where each of the television series and the original films live.
http://time.com/4952491/star-trek-discovery-timeline/
dw !zJYORZSm4M joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 30 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,249
dw !zJYORZSm4M double-posted this 8 years ago, 39 seconds later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,250
dw !zJYORZSm4M triple-posted this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,251
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 3 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,315
@817,249 (dw !zJYORZSm4M)
what? no, I merely noticed that the Klingons were heavily made up, looked like, and spoke like what Europeans might have imagined to be the scariest looking savages that they encountered during their age of exploration. Look at the closeup frames of that fucking Klingon leader's face and see it. God damn pointy teeth, fucked up flat wide nose, and blacker than tar.
what? no, I merely noticed that the Klingons were heavily made up, looked like, and spoke like what Europeans might have imagined to be the scariest looking savages that they encountered during their age of exploration. Look at the closeup frames of that fucking Klingon leader's face and see it. God damn pointy teeth, fucked up flat wide nose, and blacker than tar.
Anonymous F replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #817,333
> The CBS series will serve as a prequel to the original Star Trek, set 10 years before the adventures of Kirk and Spock.
First Enterprise and now Discovery. It really feels like they saw George Lucas make a bunch of unimpressive prequels and had a "hold my beer" moment. There are so many story lines that you could pick out of TNG, DS9, or VOY to branch out from and expand the Trek universe forward, but they seem to have a raging boner for revisiting the past. Did they find my fan fiction where the USS Retcon goes around and secretly sets every major Trek plot event in motion while saving the universe at the same time?
First Enterprise and now Discovery. It really feels like they saw George Lucas make a bunch of unimpressive prequels and had a "hold my beer" moment. There are so many story lines that you could pick out of TNG, DS9, or VOY to branch out from and expand the Trek universe forward, but they seem to have a raging boner for revisiting the past. Did they find my fan fiction where the USS Retcon goes around and secretly sets every major Trek plot event in motion while saving the universe at the same time?
dw !zJYORZSm4M replied with this 8 years ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,355
Syntax joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,400
I do not remember exactly what I need to clone MySelf again to Sin in Church n Sin at the price I got talked into for donations to anything.
Also the first poll and I am convinced she is sure cagey. Both kook and I put her through UC Berkley 6 years pre-med & now she just started Harvard Med at the Hosts party - I had par boiled the shells and boiled the Lobster Halves- in advance and brought them to do all these many years on NET - Just less n less as time goes by
Also the first poll and I am convinced she is sure cagey. Both kook and I put her through UC Berkley 6 years pre-med & now she just started Harvard Med at the Hosts party - I had par boiled the shells and boiled the Lobster Halves- in advance and brought them to do all these many years on NET - Just less n less as time goes by
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 59 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,411
more what I observed:
No fuck scenes. I never liked it when the other shows wasted my time with fuck scenes. They never show the cunts anyway so what's the point. I'm trying to watch a story anyway, not look for an excuse to pull my dong.
And, the oriental captain had a Mediterranian name, Philippa somebody.
No fuck scenes. I never liked it when the other shows wasted my time with fuck scenes. They never show the cunts anyway so what's the point. I'm trying to watch a story anyway, not look for an excuse to pull my dong.
And, the oriental captain had a Mediterranian name, Philippa somebody.
Syntax joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,416
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Anonymous G replied with this 8 years ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,485
two fucking words (pronounced as one word)
cash cow
cash cow
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,489
@OP
NPR told me the leads were an Asian man and a black woman please stop letting your bias get in the way of racial progress.
Just because the vast majority of successful human endeavors involved white male leadership doesn't mean throwing an imasculate and a woman from a Bronze Age culture together isn't a recipe for success.
NPR told me the leads were an Asian man and a black woman please stop letting your bias get in the way of racial progress.
Just because the vast majority of successful human endeavors involved white male leadership doesn't mean throwing an imasculate and a woman from a Bronze Age culture together isn't a recipe for success.
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Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,531
Unserious fraud Klingons. Thanks.
dw !zJYORZSm4M replied with this 8 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,534
@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
> Unserious fraud Klingons. Thanks.
they don't have hair yet
> Unserious fraud Klingons. Thanks.
they don't have hair yet
dw !zJYORZSm4M double-posted this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,535
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 8 years ago, 28 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,545
@817,534 (dw !zJYORZSm4M)
Good point, them getting hair could be a plot point later on. Maybe it's how Michael will broker a ceasefire?
Good point, them getting hair could be a plot point later on. Maybe it's how Michael will broker a ceasefire?
Anonymous F replied with this 8 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,547
@817,534 (dw !zJYORZSm4M)
Exactly. The myth of Kahless specifically mentions his sword being forged from a lock of his hair. That's a weird myth for a hairless species to have.
Exactly. The myth of Kahless specifically mentions his sword being forged from a lock of his hair. That's a weird myth for a hairless species to have.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 50 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,554
the Pubes of Kahless
come to Klingmart where you always kah less
come to Klingmart where you always kah less
Sheila LaBoof double-posted this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,556
@817,535 (dw !zJYORZSm4M)
"asian" always makes me think of this 911 call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy9Z-Tg6ufU
"asian" always makes me think of this 911 call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy9Z-Tg6ufU
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,559
@817,547 (F)
If they all had hair there would be nothing fancy about that guys hair sword to warrant a myth about it being made of hair
If they all had hair there would be nothing fancy about that guys hair sword to warrant a myth about it being made of hair
Anonymous F replied with this 8 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #817,561
@previous (B)
Yeah, but it would be like Moses having a tail that could cure snake bites or Achilles' feathers protecting him in combat. It doesn't make any sense if we think these are myths about men.
Plus, Kahless gets cloned up from a blood sample in TNG, and he looks pretty modern for a 1000+ year old Klingon.
Yeah, but it would be like Moses having a tail that could cure snake bites or Achilles' feathers protecting him in combat. It doesn't make any sense if we think these are myths about men.
Plus, Kahless gets cloned up from a blood sample in TNG, and he looks pretty modern for a 1000+ year old Klingon.
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #817,563
@previous (F)
Achilles just have been pretty good at fighting if his feathers protected him, and your theory about Moses is interesting. Tell me more?
Achilles just have been pretty good at fighting if his feathers protected him, and your theory about Moses is interesting. Tell me more?
dw !zJYORZSm4M replied with this 8 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #817,566
@817,547 (F)
oh that's what it was. I was trying to remember something in Klingon lore that had to do with hair
i don't know why they keep changing the klingons. i wanted some nose ridges and braids and I got baldies with double nostrils
oh that's what it was. I was trying to remember something in Klingon lore that had to do with hair
i don't know why they keep changing the klingons. i wanted some nose ridges and braids and I got baldies with double nostrils