Star Trek: Discovery

I'm loving this new series except for the ridiculous accent of the spore-entity. Enjoying it much more than I did the first series because there are less Klingons and hints of Spock.
 
Oh it's been great! Michelle Yeoh camping it up to the max at every opportunity (including doing ACTUAL SNAKE HISSES at Michael) has been such a highlight for me :disco:
 
I’m following it but I can’t say I like it very much. It’s all over the place and the whole spore thing is just shit.

It’s watchable enough though and Pike has been a very positive addition.
 
I'm enjoying it still! Pike is great - I actually wish it was more about him than Michael!

Was I the only one hoping Saru would actually die when it looked like he was a goner last week?
 
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Was I the only one hoping Saru would actually die when it looked like he was a goner last week?
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I was looking forward to it and was gutted when it turned around like it did. The way he walks makes me irrationally angry, what is the point of those dangly side-to-side arm wafts?!
 
I was very pleased with the season finale. It answered a lot of my continuity questions with regards to other Star Trek series and films.
 
I've already seen the final scenes compared to that Simpsons episode with the 'real' Principal Skinner - "nobody can talk about this again, under penalty of torture!" :D

Having said that, I enjoyed the episode! I was fully expecting the last scene to be Discovery arriving in the future and running into Picard and his new crew, but according to the producers they've gone much further into the future, the 31st century in fact :o Maybe Starfleet doesn't even exist at that point? It opens things up so much more than being tied to the pre-Kirk era, so I'm quite interested to see where things go.
 
I've been loving Disco since the first episode, never really understood the online critics - there are so many FABULOUS FEMALES :disco:

Is somebody able to confirm to me that following the finale as things stand for season 3 (as this show can be terribly confusing if you slip your mind away for more than a few seconds):
Cornwell - DEAD
Tyler - Left behind in the past, hopefully never to return :disco:
Pike, fabulous woman in yellow on Pike's ship, female Klingon L'Rell, Saru's sister - Left behind in the past

Leaving series 3 to start its own-canon, free from the shackles of the original series? (So in many ways a soft reboot?)

If so HOW VERY EXCITING. Would actually love a few more monster of the week episodes now, mixed with the overarching plot. I thought the visit to Saru's homeworld episode was one of the strongest of both seasons as it was a relief from relentless plot (whilst oddly also oddly BEING plot)
 
It never occurred to me that they might make another series. I just assumed that was it.

How can they? Discovery is bashed up to buggery, spore drive is defunct and it's 800-odd years in the future with only a speckling of crew members and they can't remove the sphere data because it's merged with the ship.
 
There's definitely a third season coming, but it definitely seems like it'll have a radically different premise to the first two.
 
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There's definitely a third season coming, but it definitely seems like it'll have a radically different premise to the first two.
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It definitely seem to be hinting the show is now DONE with it's Original Series fan-service and timeline and is ready to make Disco it's own entity now...which it should be fine to do, as I'm assuming it's doing very well in terms of ratings/Netflix - hasn't it had several seasons ordered already + Michelle Yeoh spin off AND the return of The Next Generation :o

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I thought S2 Spock added very little to the show, and cared a lot more about Discovery's original characters, so will be quite happy to expand upon the existing crew and make them their own type of Star Trek legend :disco: )
 
I remain pretty much unchanged through the entire series.

The finale was very showy, but the whole series had relied on great graphics, plots that swing about too much and generally flat storylines.

As a general star trek fan, knowing fewer than 5 main bridge people annoys me. Michael is dull. Pike was great for this season and Tilly is hit and miss. I still dont know the name of the girl with the implant.

My best hope is that the series is that discovery ends up being stuck in the future and that's the whole schtick for 3 seasons. But they will probably find their way back in 5 episodes.
 
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I really enjoyed the finale - and the second half of series 2 as a whole. I openly admit I have NO IDEA what Control was or why it was going to destroy the universe but that didn't stop my enjoyment. And why did they not just use magnets to defeat it earlier? :D

I am also truly pleased it looks like it will no longer be a prequel. It was stupid that their technology was way more advanced than any that came in other series set in the future and hopefully this will leave them free to go totally overboard with tech, which is half the fun. I'm genuinely gutted Airiam was killed off - I thought she was the best recurring character! But I'll also be happy if Ash is no longer in it, although I've no doubt they'll find a way to SOMEHOW bring him back. I only wish Hugh could have been left behind and/or killed (preferably onscreen while naked).
 
I'd also love to have some indication of how the series is doing (beyond @wurst 's good point about spin-offs being commissioned. I feel like it's a bit NICHE as a series and certainly I don't know anyone else beyond you guys who watches it.

I'd watch a Captain Pike spin-off even if it was prequel-style. He's been a fantastic captain.
 
P.S. there were far too many long teary goodbyes in the last few episodes that seemed to go on forever even when they were facing a short time to destruction. STOP PISSING ABOUT! GET ON WITH YOUR JOBS!
 
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P.S. there were far too many long teary goodbyes in the last few episodes than seemed to go on forever even when they were facing a short time to destruction. STOP PISSING ABOUT! GET ON WITH YOUR JOBS!
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This is true. The Admiral saying "Wait" to Number One so she could TOUCH HER ARM when there was a live torpedo to dislodge was my favourite.
 
It looks fun! I think being freed from being a prequel will really help things.
 
Agreed! I think they made it work well in series 2 but there's no doubt the prequel promise was holding them back. I hope there is some now TECH introduced!
 
I recently restarted season 1. It's been years since I trekked. I remember telling a friend around Christmas last year and it was like turning on a tap and getting an avalanche of an answer :)
 
Some scenes are feeling very..

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(That Jockosaurus isn't nearly as hot as I was hoping - maybe it was the whole no trousers thing, flashing his tail, etc)
 
And now Wilson Cruz from My So-Called Life has turned up! I still can't believe that show only lasted 2 seasons.
 
I've just realised that Netflix don't appear to have released any trailers for the new season - are they actually showing it here this time?
 
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I've just realised that Netflix don't appear to have released any trailers for the new season - are they actually showing it here this time?
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Yes! When you look it up on Netflix it says "Coming 16 October" or something of that ilk!
 
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I've just realised that Netflix don't appear to have released any trailers for the new season - are they actually showing it here this time?
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Seems so!

 
Oh good! I probably should have checked on Netflix itself, I was just going by what they've uploaded on YouTube :D
 
Was it mentioned anywhere that we ARE getting a Pike spinoff btw? It's called Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and will start production at some unspecified point in the future (god knows what's happening with most TV production at the moment :o)
 
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Was it mentioned anywhere that we ARE getting a Pike spinoff btw? It's called Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and will start production at some unspecified point in the future (god knows what's happening with most TV production at the moment :o)
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I'm most excited about this! Pike is the most 'glory days' captain of the latest series and I'd love it if it was a more traditional-style Trek series with him in the lead role. I do think Discovery suffers slightly for not following the captain as the principal character, although I appreciate them trying something different
 
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Yeah I’m pretty excited for Strange New Worlds; he was great.

Is there also a Michelle Yeoh/Section 31 spin-off happening or was that just speculation?
 
Strange New Worlds WILL be based more around standalone episodes apparently, which I think will really help it! The serialised approach isn't always the right way to go with these things.
 
@dUb @COB and anyone else interested, are you around next Friday (ie. release day) at say 8pm BST for a sync watch of the new Discovery s3 ep 1? Can do a different time or day, but might be fun to bitch and point out continuity errors together.
 
Oh would love to but the friend I’m moving in with is a big Trek fan who thinks Discovery is shit so I’ll be expected to hate-watch with him!
 
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