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Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

FlamingLiberal posted:

The hell was happening on Vulcan?

An ancient ritual known as the Bonin'ahr.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:22

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# ? May 26, 2024 16:44

shadok: Dec 12, 2004; You tried to destroy it once before, Commodore.
The result was a wrecked ship and a dead crew.; Fun Shoe

Timby posted:

An ancient ritual known as the Bonin'ahr.

The Kee Pahrt'ee.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:32

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The explanation from the panel seems to be that she's Amanda's daughter, so Sarek is her stepdad.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:35

Evek: Apr 26, 2002; "It's okay. I wouldn't remember me either."

"Technically you are correct. I do not have a sister."

"There you see!"

"I have a step sister"

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:39

Tikifire: Jun 22, 2006; Would you like to touch my monkey?

The_Doctor posted:

The explanation from the panel seems to be that she's Amanda's daughter, so Sarek is her stepdad.

Seriously? So she's Spock's step-sister that no one's ever mentioned before, and she's got African heritage even though both versions of Amanda were pasty as pasty could be (though I'm guessing Amanda adopted her?). This is getting more stupid by the minute.

On a positive note, at least the Klingoffs were acting like the TNG-Klingons we know and love with the funeral yelling.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:56

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

Nessus posted:

OK is this a mangling of "MG's character is Sarek's adoptive daughter," or is MG's character adopting Sarek (as a daughter, specifically)?

Mangled due to phone posting. :rolleyes:

She's his adopted daughter

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:58

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

She masters some Vulan stuff and shocks Sarek because she is not fully human after all.

Her great, great, great, great grandmother used to hang out with Mark Twain and

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:01

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

The Bloop posted:

She masters some Vulan stuff and shocks Sarek because she is not fully human after all.

And that's why she can do the Vulcan Death Grip.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:07

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Gaz-L posted:

Spock gotta lotta step/half-siblings that we never hear about until they appear...

The canonicity of Spocko is nigh.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:19

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

SomeMathGuy posted:

The canonicity of Spocko is nigh.

The entire cast of Discovery stops mid-filming to start singing 'Pizza Beach'

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:20

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

Now THAT'S a Star Trek!!

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:29

Gonz: Dec 22, 2009; "Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

Tell me of of this "Pizza Beach".

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:30

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Tikifire posted:

Seriously? So she's Spock's step-sister that no one's ever mentioned before, and she's got African heritage even though both versions of Amanda were pasty as pasty could be (though I'm guessing Amanda adopted her?).

Or she slept with a black guy, maybe

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:32

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Nessus posted:

Or she slept with a black guy, maybe

You know what they say: once you go black, you go to Vulcan.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:37

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

You know what they say: once you go black, you go to Vulcan.

Possibly because people won't stop giving you poo poo about your black daughter! Vulcans don't give a poo poo. Presumably, I mean; obviously there are black Vulcans.

That's actually been one of the general positive Trek touches, now that I think of it: It was clear that most semi-frequently-occurring alien races had some ethnic diversity to them. The one exception I can think of are the Ferengi.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:58

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Nessus posted:

Possibly because people won't stop giving you poo poo about your black daughter! Vulcans don't give a poo poo. Presumably, I mean; obviously there are black Vulcans.

That's actually been one of the general positive Trek touches, now that I think of it: It was clear that most semi-frequently-occurring alien races had some ethnic diversity to them. The one exception I can think of are the Ferengi.

Did you almost forget Tuvok

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:01

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

FlamingLiberal posted:

Did you almost forget Tuvok

I try to forget Voyager pretty often

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:07

Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

macnbc posted:

New trailer out for Discovery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC7IMj7WFyE

It's the same Klingons you remember from the profitable STAR TREK franchise, but now completely different! It's "darker and edgier" for today's teens with money for subscription services burning holes in their hahaha I can't finish

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:29

skasion: Feb 13, 2012; Why don't you perform zazen, facing a wall?

I know you could probably cherry pick terrible "profound" lines together into a trailer for any other Trek series but hot drat, they have to give it a rest with this nonsense. "can't set a course without a star" "I sense death coming now" "ooooh chaos". Get real.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:33

FuturePastNow: May 19, 2014

I'd like to change the world

But instead I'll license this song

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:42

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

McSpanky posted:

That trailer did absolutely nothing for me. No interest at all. If this didn't have the Star Trek name on it I wouldn't give two shits one way or the other, it'd just be another derivative hyperkinetic melodramatic sci-actionfest. And I'm not 16 anymore, my interest no longer trades on that name alone.

The name still gets me in the door, I'll admit that. At least to watch the pilot and give it an honest shot. It hasn't sunk to Doctor Who levels yet.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:47

Tikifire: Jun 22, 2006; Would you like to touch my monkey?

Nessus posted:

Or she slept with a black guy, maybe

Sure, and I'm not an expert on genetics, but most kids I've seen with one black parent and one pasty white parent are a bit lighter than our star there. I guess its possible that the dark lighting is just making her skin look a lot darker.

I guess if I watch this I'll just suspend disbelief on that, but I really wish she was just some federation nobody and not wedged into the most famous Vulcan family we know.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:49

Orv: May 4, 2011

Jason Isaacs sounds like he is putting in the performance of his (un)life.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:51

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

Tikifire posted:

Sure, and I'm not an expert on genetics, but most kids I've seen with one black parent and one pasty white parent are a bit lighter than our star there. I guess its possible that the dark lighting is just making her skin look a lot darker.

I guess if I watch this I'll just suspend disbelief on that, but I really wish she was just some federation nobody and not wedged into the most famous Vulcan family we know.

Not to mention there'll never be another Mark Lenard, so let's just stop trying this again and again.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:57

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

It's So Called Life, but not as we know it.

https://twitter.com/cbstvstudios/status/888888975653445632

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:58

Jewel Repetition: Dec 24, 2012; Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

Mike the TV posted:

My least favorite aspect of Enterprise was that the underlying message of Star Trek was co-opted by a post-9/11 nationalist sentiment like Archer having to make "tough choices" like torturing civilians, but it's okay because in the end it was for a good reason.

Eeeeeuuuuuggh

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:58

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

turn left hillary!! noo posted:

Not to mention there'll never be another Mark Lenard, so let's just stop trying this again and again.

Ben Cross was excellent in the 2009 movie.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 03:59

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

Timby posted:

Ben Cross was excellent in the 2009 movie.

I'm... going to have to ask for your definition of "excellent." I think he had only about a half dozen lines total, but I wouldn't say anything particularly leapt out at me as better than "serviceable."

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:05

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Tikifire posted:

Sure, and I'm not an expert on genetics, but most kids I've seen with one black parent and one pasty white parent are a bit lighter than our star there. I guess its possible that the dark lighting is just making her skin look a lot darker.

I guess if I watch this I'll just suspend disbelief on that, but I really wish she was just some federation nobody and not wedged into the most famous Vulcan family we know.

I thought being mentored by Sarek was a cool idea because it's a relationship that isn't based on either loving, marriage or blood, and those are real loving rare.

Also skin color ain't like blendin' paint, son

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:08

Tikifire: Jun 22, 2006; Would you like to touch my monkey?

Timby posted:

Ben Cross was excellent in the 2009 movie.

Agreed, but he was barely in it. This looks to be a bit more substantial role.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:08

Tikifire: Jun 22, 2006; Would you like to touch my monkey?

Nessus posted:

I thought being mentored by Sarek was a cool idea because it's a relationship that isn't based on either loving, marriage or blood, and those are real loving rare.

Also skin color ain't like blendin' paint, son

This is true.

She could have been mentored by Sarek for some other reason other than blood relations with his human wife if they had to go that route.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:10

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

That trailer's a lot better than the last one. It looks more like a movie than a series

Nessus posted:

Surak was into swinging.

It's the only logical lifestyle. :science:

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:12

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Sarek obviously gets along with humans so there's no reason he couldn't have had an intern or something who he encouraged and kept up contact with. Of course maybe TV would assume this meant they were loving.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:15

Tikifire: Jun 22, 2006; Would you like to touch my monkey?

I'm now wondering how much of the whole "She's Sarek's step-daughter so he's mentoring her" stuff was Fuller's idea or if this was done after he left. This does reek of Studio Executive meddling.

SE: "Hey Brian, we've got to get Spock in this new show somehow"

BF: ""That makes no sense, he'd be a kid at this point, and besides there's the whole rights issue with Paramount"

SE: "Well then how about his dad. Star Trek geeks know about him, right?"

BF: ""Sarek? I suppose that could work, but how would he know her?"

SE: "I've got it, she's his step-daughter."

BF: "But they've never mentioned her before. EVER."

SE: "Doesn't matter, Bryan baby, make it happen."

BF: "Y'know, that's it, I quit."

Tikifire fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Jul 23, 2017

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:17

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

Arglebargle III posted:

It's "darker and edgier"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGcAbI-4_io

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:20

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGcAbI-4_io

# ? Jul 23, 2017 04:34

Astroman: Apr 8, 2001

Tighclops posted:

If they weren't calling this Star Trek I probably wouldn't remember enough about that trailer to look for a torrent when the show finally drops, and that's really disappointing. Trailers can be be misleading or just lovely and all but this is so low rent and whatever looking even compared to SyFy' shows like Killjoys or Dark Matter I'm a little shocked. Shlocked, if you will.

I'm the opposite. If I saw this trailer and it lacked the Trek trappings, I'd probably be pretty stoked about this exciting new scifi show.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 05:17

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

I'm mostly excited about the TNG episodes Jeb! has coming up, tbh.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 05:37

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

-English actor performing in a flat American accent: check
-Well-known modern song remixed to be slower and more eerie for some reason: check
-Explosions and people talkin' about war and poo poo: check
-3D effects that, while cool, were pretty much ripped straight from JJ Abrams: check

This is the most stereotypically 2010's trailer I've seen in awhile.

It looks bad, but there might be potential. That alien dude is probably gonna be a more classically Star Trek-ish character, and Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd is some good casting.

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Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Astroman posted:

I'm the opposite. If I saw this trailer and it lacked the Trek trappings, I'd probably be pretty stoked about this exciting new scifi show.

Same. I'd probably kind of go, "Hey, this might scratch my itch for new Star Trek."

# ? Jul 23, 2017 06:05

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