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Alchenar posted:Remember how in Michael tried a mutiny and it instantly failed and she had to watch a battle from the brig because the universe didn't revolve around her? The universe still does but that was one of those learning moments for her.
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Once again Michael Burnham is the least interesting character but still has every moment centered around her. I remember liking the Tilly episode last season where she was stranded with a bunch of cadets because it was about someone else for once.
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That's right. Dull, nothing-going-on-upstairs.... Michael.
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Warp surfing
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Actual Satan posted:Warp surfing Wurfing
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Overall, the first two S5 Disco eps are fun. (I knew I recognized Rayner from somewhere but couldn't put a finger on it; thank you to whoever first called out that he was Leoben in  .)I like that the tone has continued to lighten up, now that they've fixed the burn and they're done with last season's whole "should have been a two-parter instead of a season-long arc" 10C thing. The resurgent Federation and Starfleet are starting to feel like the good guys again -- even Cronenberg's over-the-top state secrecy doesn't feel malicious. The speeder bike chase with the avalanche was ridiculous, but in a good way, and I liked the final visual of the ships acting as a shield. When the drones were chasing them through the jungle, did anyone else flash back to the good old Echo Papa 607? Really the only part I rolled my eyes at was Saru's big emotional goodbye with Burnham. Isn't this, like, the third time they've done this exact scene?
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I did find it amusing that their super-secret spy room is basically a gag from Invincible.
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I had forgotten how Burnham needs to constantly explain to everyone why they are wrong and she is right.
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Powered Descent posted:
I am actually going to miss Discovery a lot, and I thought the first two episodes were really good. That said, this show has had so many goodbye scenes, and a lot of times, the characters aren't actually going anywhere. Off the top of my head, the same scene exists for Spock, Nhan, Tilly, Georgiou, and now Saru. Also Culber literally died at one point. Am I missing any?
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do they ever stop the constant whisper talking? not only does it fail make the scene more dramatic, it's loving hard to understand what they're saying! Boom mics are not made to be whispered into!!!
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There’s been very little in these first two eps. The only thing I can think of is Saru’s goodbye scene, but I’ll allow it because it’s a quiet, private moment.
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I do feel like Michael and Saru in particular have had this conversation of how much they love and respect each other several times and have parted ways or thought they were going to part ways several times. But I don't mind, it's very sweet.
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I dug Michael finding out that Saru has a cool nickname that everybody but her was aware of, and then later on finding out that Book didn't give it to him like she thought, it was some completely unrelated person who just thinks (knows) that Saru rules 
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National Treasure, Trek edition.
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blastron posted:Who wants to put money on the resolution of Stamets’s current arc being finding weird Progenitor biotech that lets anyone be a navigator without needing to be genetically enhanced? Bonus points if the Pathway drive is inferior to the spore drive in some crucial way but was selected purely because of the navigator problem. The problem with the spore drive is that it is terrible for television. Many problems are trivialized by being able to summon backup instantly. Exploration becomes trivial. A fleet of spore ships could map the whole galaxy and contact every species in a few months. And they've already established that the mycelial network is essential for the existence of life (lol) so they can't say "oh it doesn't work here" or "the bag guys blew up the network." If they let this genie out of the bottle there is no star trekking after 3190.
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Am I supposed to remember how the Pathway Drive works
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Fred was fun. It's a shame there won't be more Fred.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:They haven't shown one yet OK cool, sometimes I see something in these shows I feel like "did they show that last season? I will never ever know because I'll never go back to check"
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pik_d posted:OK cool, sometimes I see something in these shows I feel like "did they show that last season? I will never ever know because I'll never go back to check" They've talked about it but it's always been an off screen thing other characters we don't know we're working on. Kind of like how in S2 of DS9 different races started to talk about the dominion before we actually saw it
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Here's how it works: workers and volunteers from Federation Parks and Rec will clear the path of debris and lay down a layer of crushed stone or wood chips. Branches and other obstructions will be removed to above head height, and trees along the route will be marked with a tag or a spray paint of a visible color unique to the trail.
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I'm surprised they didn't just fix Fred. He's ancient technology compared to what they have. Though I guess that would just be another person looking for the macguffin.
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These episodes weren't bad, but my god I really can't stand the way that dialog is written on this show. It's just extremely off-putting. I didn't mind a callback to the Promellians from TNG's 'Booby Trap'.
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What, you don't enjoy a Starfleet captain in the 32nd century shouting "for the win"?
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Grand Fromage posted:What, you don't enjoy a Starfleet captain in the 32nd century shouting "for the win"? Jesus I'm so glad I stopped watching that thing in the middle of S2. Literally in the middle of an episode I got fed up, said out loud "I can't watch this poo poo anymore," stopped it, and never looked back.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I will also never get used to those weird brainstorming sessions that this show likes to do. They're bad because they're just technobabbling. If it were discussing real things it might be interesting, but debating if it's a Fritz-Lang cycle fusion drive or a gravity assimilator is wasting time about nothing.
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I am also not surprised that he's back, but I wish that Book was not a major part of the show. He just bores me to death.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I am also not surprised that he's back, but I wish that Book was not a major part of the show. He just bores me to death. Okay but did you consider that the season's antagonist might be the only family he's got left? It's a small, small world.
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I didn't realize there were two episodes and shut it off at the end of episode one because I was falling asleep anyway and I didn't want to hear ads. So I have another episode to watch today, yay (?). Also calling it now since I'm always wrong and this will protect us from this outcome, but I wouldn't be surprised if all this TNG stuff is foreshadowing the true boss of the season, the Borg.
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Everybody is real eager to get their hands on the progenitor spooge machine.
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They are going to make so much ancient cum
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They can put the alien cum on the horta home world and force all the horta to evolve into humanoids. LOL, owned.
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lol L'ak has Adam Jensen's voice, very jarring to see his alien face when I looked up. praying we get a "I didn't ask for this" before shows end.
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Finished the episode. Glad to see Grudge again  Glad we got some Action Saru scenes. Hoping we might get some Breen action since they were mentioned as having a new leader. Self-sealing Stem Bolts in episode 1, garbage scow in episode 2. Wonder if we'll consistently get one reference per episode.
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Wii Spawn Camper posted:Self-sealing Stem Bolts in episode 1, garbage scow in episode 2. Wonder if we'll consistently get one reference per episode.
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FlamingLiberal posted:There was a lot more than that. The long-dead aliens from this episode were previously from TNG's 'Booby Trap' Oh yikes that’s the first Leah Brahms episode, I usually skip that one.
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