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LoglineWhen the USS Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.


Written by Henry Alonso Myers

Directed by Maja Vrvilo

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[–] Continuumguy@startrek.website 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS AS I WATCH:

  • NOOO, I DON'T WANT THIS TO END!

  • Previously: The various stuff happened.

  • Oh, hey, Cayuga captains log.

  • Nice of them to have a colony modeled after an Earth town. Saves on budget.

  • "SIGNAL LOST." In space, a dropped call can mean only one thing: Invasion.

  • Oh, we're doing the Independence Day thing?

  • Telling a Starfleet captain to just do reconnaissance is basically telling them to go weapons free.

  • Nice little tinge of one of the TOS scores at the end of the cold open. Someone more geekier than I can probably place it.

  • If you ever feel like you are useless in life, just remember that there is a "skip intro" button during a "Space, the Final Frontier" monologue.

  • Is the "Gorn Protocol" a hand-cannon with with a diamond?

  • She flies the ship!

  • I'd like to imagine there is a deleted scene where they glue every piece of junk they have onto the shuttle.

  • If they're going to do a "is someone still alive in the wreckage" storyline, they probably should have flip-flopped Batel and Chapel's spots, given that we obviously know she's going to live.

  • They keep giving Jenna Mitchell lines! FREE MITCHELL! Give that actreess a cast credit, cowards!

  • Ah, a good old fashioned beam into the sky.

  • Oh, look, a Gornzooky!

  • And... vaporized.

  • More Gornzookies!

  • Oh my god, it's young Scotty. Hopefully this means Keenser is there. I always loved Keenser and his ability to sit on things he isn't supposed to.

  • Doesn't seem like Keenser is there :(

  • Of course Scotty would engineer a way to save people. He truly is a miracle worker.

  • Smashing a piece of space debris is a very... brilliant idea.

  • Pelia continuing to harass Una for her poor academics in engineering.

  • Why do I get the feeling that whatever plan Spock has to put the rockets on the hull will also allow him to check for survivors?

  • Wow, imagine that, Chapel is alive! Imagine that! Whoever would have thought! (Seriously they should have flip-flopped her and Batel if they were going to do this)

  • USE THE MORSE, CHRISTINE!

  • Oh, now she grabs the spacesuit. Although I guess she didn't need it yet.

  • WARNING: GORNZOOKY

  • COMMAND CODE INVALID'

  • That looks like a bigger Gorn. An adult? Or at least like a teenager.

  • So incredibly Alien.

  • "GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM, YOU BITCH!"

  • Oh shit, she's been impregnated with gornzookies. A very zombie movie trope.

  • "There'll be time later." Before or after you get engaged to Dr. Korby?

  • "We need to abort some Gornzookies."

  • Yeah, Scotty would be a shitty student despite being brilliant.

  • OH FUCK THE GORN KIDNAPPED THEM

  • TO BE CONTINUED?!?!!?! Okay, who wants to drive to Hollywood and personally beat up some billionaires? I want this strike over NOW and I want a conclusion WITHIN A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF MAX!

[–] michaelgemar@mstdn.ca 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

@Continuumguy @startrek If Starfleet has weapons that work against the Gorn, *why keep them secret*?!

[–] angstrom@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(Ignoring sloppy writing as the reason…)

Star Fleet seems to like to compartmentalize information. Examples:

At least post ‘First Contact’ they had hints of the Borg before ‘Q Who’ but kept it quiet. Similarly the Genesis device information was on a need to know basis (although probably for good reason). There was also that Voyager episode based around the Omega directive that only Janeway knew about.

[–] TheDubh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Also didn’t they mention it’s basically untested. So no point rolling out weapons in mass till you have a chance to verify they work. It’s just cause false hope, or risk additional lives if they don’t work.

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