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.
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.
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
What service has this? Nice to see you on. Hope things are normalizing for you.
I really liked it and am looking forward to the future episodes.
The season finale of Picard was really good too.
Nice Yeah I can wait. I'll get it on Amazon once its just for purchase.
What service has this? Nice to see you on. Hope things are normalizing for you.
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.
It's on Paramount+.
The season finale of Picard was really good too.
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 :)
Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?
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.
Avon wrote to Geri Atricks <=-
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It's on Paramount+.
The season finale of Picard was really good too.
Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?
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.
Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?
Did he make the Kelvin universe?
Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?
Paramount+
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..
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+?
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
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.
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.
Spoiler Space...
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.
Is Picard on Paramount+ or Amazon in the USA?
Paramount+
Didn't CBS All Access go out of business in favor of Paramount+?
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
Its kinda funny watching the origional ST Pilot and seeing the uniforms then and now. :)
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..
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+.
so I wonder if there will be fewer problems with
copyrights throughout the Star Trek franchise.
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
It still feels like it's a little hard to reconcile that with TOS. It almost feels like this Enterprise is a different ship.
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.
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).
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 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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
THAT being said, WHY are they doing recaps at the beginning of the episodes? -=-
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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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)
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. :/
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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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.
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")
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?
Aside: Christina Chong is quite a singer and has a single out:
and, as always, it tends to deal with RL issues (past, present, and sometimes future). I enjoyed it as well!
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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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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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
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 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".
My wife and I just watched that episode last night. I thought it was pretty good.
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 liked the Riker call out and this apparently happened with Jonathon Frakes was on set :)
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.
it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks
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
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.
Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....
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!
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!
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..
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.
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.
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!
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.
noo! not a musical episode!
Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....
I know I thought the same, but on the whole it was done well.
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 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 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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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.
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.
FIREFLY - I liked that one too!
What was it about?
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,
I required alcohol to get through it.
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.
it felt over the top to me also.
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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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?
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 required alcohol to get through it.
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.
I required alcohol to get through it.
this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)
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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