Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[TheKrell]

Nothing could be worse than this!

 

[long_time_DNC]

Nothing could be worse than this!

Hence why I didn't mention it, as I always thought that a theme with rock licks and sung lyrics didn't fit a Trek series...

 

[Zookster]

This is a minor beef, unrelated to the episode...why can't they have a more musical intro to these shows? The voice-over with Pike (or Spike) is a nice touch, but like Discovery and Picard, SNW just has a overbearing beat and some touches of the TOS theme. Discovery, overly heavy bass beat and no melody to speak of. Same with Picard. I think of TNG, DS9 and Voyager (especially the latter two) which had really great melodic intros...

That's what the "Skip Intro" button is for. They know most people use it, so why even try anymore?

 

[MikeD-C05]

Sounds kind of like Rod Stewart singing the song.

Hence why I didn't mention it, as I always thought that a theme with rock licks and sung lyrics didn't fit a Trek series...

 

[Zookster]

 

[long_time_DNC]

That's what the "Skip Intro" button is for. They know most people use it, so why even try anymore?

If the intro were enjoyable, or at least even somewhat memorable, I wouldn't be impelled to skip the intro. If they're going to bother to even MAKE an intro, one would they could put some $ into the music as well as the CGI...

 

[long_time_DNC]

Sounds kind of like Rod Stewart singing the song.

Russell Watson (I looked it up) and yep, he sounds quite a bit like Rod Stewart, I agree...

 

[MikeD-C05]

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Well at least he still has a full head of hair.

 

[Derwin0]

Nothing could be worse than this!

I actually liked that one, helps that I like the song though.

 

[MikeD-C05]

This week was a good episode. I watched this morning. Capt. Angel turns out to be played by the transexual actor who played a trans character off of Big Skies from ABC. A very Good performance . Oh and Pike starts out with a wave of hair standing 6 inches tall , but doesn't end up with it that way once the Pirates show up.

 

[Foxbat]

Oh and Pike starts out with a wave of hair standing 6 inches tall , but doesn't end up with it that way once the Pirates show up.

I was going to say, that one pirate had hair that put Pike's to shame.

 

[dfergie]

Another good one, just keeps getting better & better... Chapel / Spock scene on bridge was good.

 

[bookworm370]

I thought the scene with him behind the "wheel" on the pirate ship was a great snark! LOL

 

[harshness]

Angel turns out to be played by the transexual actor who played a trans character off of Big Skies from ABC.

Jesse James Keitel is transgender, not transexual. Under the mesh, she is a he.

 

[Zookster]

Under the mesh, she is a he.

More correctly, Jesse James Keitel was designated male at birth. From GLAAD Media Reference Guide:

How to describe the fact that someone is transgender. Transgender should always be used as an adjective. For example, "Marisol is a transgender woman." If your audience needs clarification about what that phrase means, you can explain that "Marisol was designated male at birth, and began her transition 15 years ago." Avoid "Marisol was born a man." People are born babies and a doctor assigns a sex to an infant based on a quick look at the baby's external anatomy. A transgender person's gender identity is not determined by the sex they were assigned at birth. An oversimplification like "born a man" invalidates the current, authentic gender of the person you're speaking about and is considered disrespectful.

 

[MikeD-C05]

I thought the scene with him behind the "wheel" on the pirate ship was a great snark! LOL

Loved when Pike said : ARGGGGGGG with his eye all squinted up. It was hilarious.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Jesse James Keitel is transgender, not transexual. Under the mesh, she is a he.

IN my day they were called transsexuals. I wasn't hip to what they want to be called now. But yes, she was born a male and after the surgery and hormones he is now a she. More power to her.

 

[MikeD-C05]

More correctly, Jesse James Keitel was designated male at birth. From GLAAD Media Reference Guide:

How to describe the fact that someone is transgender. Transgender should always be used as an adjective. For example, "Marisol is a transgender woman." If your audience needs clarification about what that phrase means, you can explain that "Marisol was designated male at birth, and began her transition 15 years ago." Avoid "Marisol was born a man." People are born babies and a doctor assigns a sex to an infant based on a quick look at the baby's external anatomy. A transgender person's gender identity is not determined by the sex they were assigned at birth. An oversimplification like "born a man" invalidates the current, authentic gender of the person you're speaking about and is considered disrespectful.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Jesse is a great actor. She is awesome on Big Sky and her role as Angel is fantastic.

 

[harshness]

IN my day they were called transsexuals. I wasn't hip to what they want to be called now. But yes, she was born a male and after the surgery and hormones he is now a she. More power to her.

In my day, transsexuals were surgically altered. I have a relative who is a transsexual (surgically and hormoneally).

According to Merriam-Webster, the term "transgender" was first used in 1974. The German term for transsexualism, transsexualismus, was first used in 1923 to describe a physiological change in sex.

Merriam-Webster also notes that transsexual doesn't necessarily mean physical alteration. I think the distinction is useful.

In any case, what makes you think that surgery and/or hormones were involved?