Tonight’s Episode:
Books!
Star Trek Discovery
It sucked.
15 years ago I stopped watching Star Trek Enterprise because it was bad TV, not just bad Star Trek.
Star Trek Discovery follows in those footsteps.
The first episode was BORING as hell, and the second episode was better, but not by much. Lots of exposition in the first episode, and less of it in the second.
They simply spit on continuity and canon way too much in this series, so much so that I’ve already decided that this is another timeline, apart from both the Prime universe AND the Kelvin universe.
If you liked it and will continue to watch, more power too you. Watch what you enjoy and fuck the haters. Feel free to include me as one of them if you want.
I’m not going to continue watching. It’s not interesting enough to me to finish it up.
Just like I never finished Enterprise.
Or Voyager.
Or DS9.
Or Warehouse 13.
Or The Walking Dead.
Or Hawaii 5-O.
Or Once Upon a Time.
Or Gotham.
Or Fringe.
Discovery Eve
I’m… understandably curious. But not as enthusiastic about this premiere as I have been for TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT.
It’s been 12 years since the last time Star Trek has been on TV. I should be excited about that. It belongs on TV, as much as I like the movies. It’s roots are in TV. But not behind a pay wall/app.
So yeah, I’ll tune in for the premiere, and I’ll catch the other episodes whenever I can, I suppose.
Arr, matey.
Shiny
Stress?
I’m trying to not stress out over next week’s medical procedure (colonoscopy) and the deadline for a job posting.
I’m so distracted (and tired), that I left some change at the self check-out machine at Target. Whoops.
On the bright side, I got another porg, this one squeaks (or squawks) when you squeeze it.
He looks so excited!
I buckled him in on the ride home from Target
35th Anniversary Observations
- There was a 20 minute interview with William Shatner before the movie started
- As the opening credits rolled, I was taken aback at the number of actors from this movie who have passed away, and not just the regulars from Star Trek: Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Ricardo Montalban
- Real theatre sound will always trump even the best home theatre systems
- Explosions were much brighter than I remember
- Transporters are LOUD
- Signage was clear and readable
- Some scenes actually looked blurry, I wonder if these were the Director’s Cut clips that were added, but don’t look that bad at home on blu-ray
- Spock’s death scene seemed quieter in the theatre, as if everyone was holding their breath
- Glenn: “We’re older than Kirk was in this movie.”
Tonight!
The Orville
I enjoyed it.
I know it’s not for everyone.
The story was your typical sci-fi plot used to introduce the crew/ship/tech/baddies.
The crew was like one of my old role-playing gaming groups in college, when we’d play either Star Trek or Star Wars RPGs, especially the helm and navigator characters.
The ships look like something that I’d make if I were better at computer imaging.
The tech looks like standard future tech, right down to the shuttles and weaponry.
The baddies look like albino Jem’Hadar.
Give it a look.
