Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[long_time_DNC]

Enjoy this episode a lot! La'an was great as the "Evil Vulcan". I got some good chuckles out of that. The hair on Pike was great. The scene after the end titles was great! 4/5 for this one.

 

[Keith Brannen]

Semi-spoiler alert:

Spoiler

Star Trek SNW writers: "AI, we can't come up with a new story line, what can you give us?"
AI: "How about a mix of mainly "The Galileo Seven", plus the movie "Enemy Mine", and then throw in a bit of "Arena" at the end, and don't forget to make it all predictable in just about all aspects."
Star Trek SNW writers: "Perfect!"

LOL!

 

[harshness]

Physics (and the canonical fundamentals of transporters) is completely out the window.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Y'know, I really liked this episode up until the twist in the last act and then they went and shot it in both feet! Why in the name of everything Trek are the writers/showrunner of SNW hell-bent on borrowing from everything and redoing TOS in what is, supposedly, a prequel to TOS? I'll give this a 3/5 because it was entertaining until the twist hit. Then they drove it into a ditch...

 

[harshness]

If anyone can figure out what the final episode was about, I'd be interested.

The costume department went ape again.

 

[Foxbat]

I was bummed that my friend died right after the Season 2 finale cliffhanger. Now, I don't feel so bad that he missed out on Season 3 of Strange New Worlds. It wasn't worth the wait.

That said, it was a better season than Enterprise and the time-traveling space Nazis season .

 

[KAB]

The ending premise was so convoluted, it's like they were writing and re-writing as they were shooting it. They were pulling things out their a**s.

 

["MysteryMan"]

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds just crossed over into the Twilight Zone!".

 

[MikeD-C05]

I kind of liked the reference to a certain time traveling Doctor made by the engineer. That is the second time I have seen them mention Dr. Who.

 

[long_time_DNC]

If you take the original Ghostbusters movie and overlay the basic plot elements with this episode (good vs. evil), and then mix in the Ghostbusters vs. Gozer (Marie vs.Gamble), and instead of a burning, giant marshmellow man, you just have a quick, easy battle that's over in a matter of moments, then, essentially you have this episode (in a nutshell). Sheesh!

I give this sequel episode a 2/5. As for the entire season, a 3/5. If they hadn't shot "Terraium" in both feet, I might be tempted to give the season a slightly higher rating, but that wasn't the case...

 

[meStevo]

So I used to be so high on this show and sometime around maybe when I skipped the musical episode... I think it lost me. With this season over, I'm tempted to just hop in and watch the finale to set the table for season 4 sometime. How many 'skippable' episodes / episodes you'd recommend watching are there this season?

Otherwise, may just be done with the show until I get more of an itch again. With Foundation wrapping up, maybe I'll seek out something like this to fill the Sci-Fi void.

 

[klang]

Started season 3 last night. I liked episode 1 well enough. Wrapped up the Gorn story from season 2.

From comments here and elsewhere i am a little leary of the remainder of the season.

 

[long_time_DNC]

So I used to be so high on this show and sometime around maybe when I skipped the musical episode... I think it lost me. With this season over, I'm tempted to just hop in and watch the finale to set the table for season 4 sometime. How many 'skippable' episodes / episodes you'd recommend watching are there this season?

Otherwise, may just be done with the show until I get more of an itch again. With Foundation wrapping up, maybe I'll seek out something like this to fill the Sci-Fi void.

My suggestions for episodes worth watching: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. 9 is good until the last act, so use your own judgement on that one. Just one man's opinion...