Originally Posted by Bowser:
And oh yeah, I was genuinely surprised that
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they actually introduced Sybock. Maybe the worst character from the worst of the TOS films, and here they go with it. We'll see where this heads, I suppose
They've done a tremendous job with everything thus far. I'm curious to see where it goes from here. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
And oh yeah, I was genuinely surprised that
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they actually introduced Sybock. Maybe the worst character from the worst of the TOS films, and here they go with it. We'll see where this heads, I suppose
I was concerned because...
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...Sybok had a really bad wig and fake facial hair. And the reveal takes us away from an episodic format.
Originally Posted by listopencil:
I was concerned because...
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...Sybok had a really bad wig and fake facial hair. And the reveal takes us away from an episodic format.
I'm fine with serialized elements in an episodic format (effectively they're already doing that with the characters already such as the development of Spock's relationships with T'Pring/Chapel). TNG certainly had that as well. I don't think it's an issue if Angel or Sybok pop up once in a while as running villains.
I haven't watched Final Frontier in a long, long time but I seem to recall Sybok, the character, being less of an issue than the plot of that movie itself (and especially the ending). There may be interesting places this show could take him. [Reply]
God damn it. Just when I started internally bitching about how goofy the episode was even though it was fun, those sumbitches had to punch me in the gut like that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Well, the last episode was definitely a step back. While it wasn't horrible, and was clearly going for light-hearted laughs after the Gorn episode, it definitely had some Discovery creep to it. Apparently Chapel is bi, and it's pretty obvious that the butch helmsman chick has the hots for her. Similar vibe developing between Number One and the security officer.
This show is so promising. Don't want to see it devolve into woke shit. :-)
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Ugh. I crapped out midway through the last episode and now I don't really have any desire to see the current one. :-)
I was surprised because it's the kind of episode that shows normally do after they have well established characters, to change things up a bit. It's a fantasy episode with many of the actors playing parts that are dissimilar from their normal roles. They all obviously had a blast doing it and hammed it up quite a bit. Also, Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) has some great tits. [Reply]
So that was unexpectedly hugely emotional at the end. Really made the episode for me.
I'm also not sure how well the rest of it will go over with most in this era of TV, but these are the kinds of stories you can and should be doing on an episodic series and very much reminds me of aspects of TOS. [Reply]
