Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" on Paramount Plus....

[FarPoint]

Okay folks....let me announce...this is a winner!!!!!

I enjoyed Picard, both season 1 and season 2... but I really, really like the Captain Pike Enterprise....it is a throwback to the original and then so much more....


Here is the First Episode....full episode.

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[3Hotdogs]

1. Its a shame what happened to Captain Pike.

Modern medical technology couldn't help, him or did the Republicans stop funding medical care for military service in the Space Force?

[FarPoint]

2. Oh...okay....

According to Star Trek and Spock....one's destiny is NOT a firm path....so, Captain Pike may be able to change his misery predicted for him in the next 10 years....Episode 2 hinted at this as well.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. That's okay they won't have to write the conclusion to that plot line unless they manage to keep...

the show on the air for ten years. Which I hope they do, because I am enjoying it alot.

[RipVanWinkle]

7. As much as I would like to see Pike not getting harmed as predicted,

it would be a serious retcon (https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/retcon-history-and-meaning) to the franchise. He was depicted as a survivor of a horrible event in the TOS episode "The Menagerie".

[FarPoint]

11. I'm okay with "tweaking" the Cannon of the past....

It's a story....stories can change....Like the childhood book of the " Never Ending Story"....

realize this story was quickly plotted out in hope to getting a TV series, this started with Pike as the Pilot episode...then later the Menagerie......in the 1960's....TV had only been around 15 years or so....Roddenberry is no George RR Martin essentially....I believe he was shocked to even get the first movie...let alone a sequel of Star trek Spin offs.


Thus, I am fine with adapting.

[NewDayOranges]

4. Capt Christopher Pike of Strange new Worlds is the HOTTEST Star Trek Captain EVER!

I only watch the show to see his beautiful face and his beautiful hair... I know that's shallow and I don't care!

[RipVanWinkle]

5. I'm impressed with the show after its first two episodes.

I hope it goes for at least 100 episodes. That would be good for about 7 to 10 seasons, depending on how many episodes are filmed per season.

[FarPoint]

6. I am with you on this....

[Clash City Rocker]

8. I'm loving it so far

They’ve already fleshed out as many characters as Discovery has in four years. Captain Pike is the most interesting Captain in awhile, and they’re doing a good job with Spock. I love the new portrayal of Uhura. Chapel looks like she’ll be a lot of fun too.

Number One never really got a chance to shine. The last time i saw Rebecca Romijn was on the Librarians (great show with a strong fantasy/magic element…streaming on Hulu, strongly recommended). Glad to see she isn’t afraid of being stereotyped in the fantasy/sci-fi category.

Spoiler warning…did everyone catch that La’an has the same last name as Khan? No way that’s coincidence.

The best thing about this might be that they’re going back to an episodic format, instead of every season being one long story. But it also feels more optimistic than any Star Trek in a very long time. The buzz on this show was through the roof, and it seems to have been justified.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

9. Question: Do I need to be caught up on Discovery to start this?

I'm on season 4(?) of Discovery and it just isn't moving high enough for me to finish it before summer. Can I start this new one now?

[hunter]

10. I've never seen Discovery and it was fine.

There was a reference to Discovery but it wasn't essential.

The reboots and alternate timelines of recent Star Trek movies and series simply didn't appeal to me. I haven't looked at Discovery or Picard.

I enjoyed the first episode of Strange New Worlds, but I thought the sets were too busy and distracted from the story. The sets of the original series were too simplistic for budgetary and technical reasons -- in the 'sixties you couldn't cover everything with LEDs and it all had to be made out of plywood and Bondo. But those simple sets shifted the focus to the actual story telling. It was almost like stage acting.

I think the softer look and flat lighting of the Next Generation would have been less distracting. It would also make sense for the bridge of a starship that frequently got into rough situations like natural space disasters or battles, would have minimal distractions and no hard edges to bang one's head on. The hard edges of the original series were an artifact of the small budget, not a hard and fast stylistic theme of the Federation.

I think this visual complexity is a problem with a lot of today's movies. Just because you can do so many flashy things with LEDs, modern fabrication techniques, and CGI doesn't mean you should. It's the story that's important.

[Auggie]

12. Very satisfying effort. Like it.

[bif]

13. ! This video is private

[hunter]

14. For a limited time the first episode was free, to promote the series.

Now it's not.