I love this show, but I do not understand how they cannot create a uniform that doesn’t look like pajamas (the Cerritos-style uniforms Janeway and her crew wear look great though). The weird gray they seem to be enamored with looks so silly.
I struggle to think of a Trek character more Star Trek than Saru. DSC has its (sometimes severe, sometimes not) flaws, but it has an impressive track record of occasionally absolutely nailing how to make some of the trekkiest Trek characters.
It’s going to be interesting where the series ends up in the inevitable reevaluation once a few years have passed.
They’re also paying attention to when they need to renegotiate contracts. After the strikes, studio leadership has really doubled down on not giving an inch on writers’ and actors’ salaries even if it means cancelling a successful show. It’s more valuable to them to keep workers in a state of perpetual gig work than anything they’d make from the show.
The 2024 Eisner awards for the comics industry announced the nominees a couple days ago, and the Day of Blood tie-in issue, Shaxs’ Best Day by Ryan North and Derek Charm is among the nominees for Best Single Issue/One-shot....
The title refers to Labyrinths of the Mind, a book written by Dr Marina Derex, a Betazoid and one of the group that hid the Progenitor technology 800 years prior. A labyrinth is also a term for a maze, the original designed by the inventor Daedelus of Greek myth to house the Minotaur....
The shape of Hy’Rell’s head bumps resemble those of Xindi-Primates, first appearing in ENT: “The Xindi”, one of six intelligent Xindi species that were native to Xindus.
I believe it was mentioned in an interview that she’s an Efrosian, which would be the first time we’ve seen one since TUC! The hair and the blue eyes seem consistent.
LoglineWhen Captain Burnham is trapped within a “mindscape” designed to test her worthiness to retrieve the Progenitor’s powerful technology, Book, Rayner, and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery must hold off the Breen long enough for her to escape....
It’s been a while since I’ve watched the entire show. Unfortunstely, I’m already involved in some other binge watching of a show, so, I’d like to hear about your favourite episodes of TAS so I can toss them in between.
• The episode title references the mirror universe, a dark reflection of the familiar reality of Star Trek where humans, or Terrans as they’re more commonly called there, evolved to be more sensitive to light, resulting in everyone tending more towards malevolence, and barbarism, and queer coded villainy. Other episodes...
evolved to be more sensitive to light, resulting in everyone tending more towards malevolence, and barbarism, and queer coded villainy.
You know, I spent the whole episode sort of wondering if they were going to try and speculate that all the species of the Mirror Universe are campy jerks because in that universe the Progenitors were campy jerks. But I suppose I’m glad they didn’t try and explain it, and it’s still just a little pastureland for the actors to go chew scenery.
Enterprise’s mirror universe episodes also have that Dr. Mengele version of Phlox. Of course, I’m always happy for an excuse to pretend that Enterprise didn’t happen.
I still don’t get it. It doesn’t really make sense to me. If it takes a lot of focus and concentration to maintain the solid form, why is one considered weak for doing so?
They seem to be saying that the solid form is a sort of defense mechanism, like a snail shell or an opossum playing dead (or maybe an environmental one, like that it prevents the jelly form from losing too much moisture in a warm environment). It’s difficult to maintain, and implies you’re in a position of retreat or weakness. Now that the Breen presumably have no predators and no environmental necessity for the solid form, it’s seen as a cultural taboo.
While I’m a little bummed the Breen aren’t the space-arctic-wolves I imagined them as during DS9, I think it’s an interesting idea. I do always like when they describe how cultural practices in a particular species comes from how they exist in the ecosystem of their home planet, like the Kelpiens (Saru and the Kelpiens being for me, Disco’s most successful addition to Trek canon).
”The last recorded exploration was over a century before Doctor Vellek was even born.” That does potentially raise the question of how Burnham would have been so familiar with Lyrek in the previous episode, though of course she and most of the rest of the Discovery crew might have been alive before Doctor Vellek’s birth.
We’ve seen that in her one year as a courier, Burnham learned everything about every planet because of secret criminal space knowledge. Even if the last recorded exploration was that old, presumably space pirates with their gritty streetsmart know-how have some sort of Mos Eisley medieval market nearby.
Major spoilers in the summaries attached to the titles here. I couldn’t help myself from reading them - holy shit. I was excited for this before, but wow.
Archer new what he was doing
Trip: A poop question, sir? Can’t I talk about the warp reactor or the transporter?...
The Official Trailer and Key Art for Season 2 of Animated Series Star Trek: Prodigy Is Here (www.startrek.com)
Fanhome to Return with New Starships This Fall with the Titan, Stargazer, and Farragut (www.startrek.com)
[Doug Jones interview] Star Trek Marks a Turning Point for a Secret Sci-Fi Legend (www.inverse.com)
Star Trek: Discovery Beats Picard & Rises Higher In Nielsen Streaming Top 10 (screenrant.com)
tl;dr ST Discovery is doing well in the ratings, despite cancellation being announced already....
Marvel Sets Vision Series for 2026 With Paul Bettany, ‘Star Trek: Picard’ EP Terry Matalas as Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE) (variety.com)
Oh heavens, whatever shall we do - it seems Legacy is dead
Star Trek: Day of Blood - Shaxs' Best Day nominated for 2024 Eisner Award (startrek.website)
The 2024 Eisner awards for the comics industry announced the nominees a couple days ago, and the Day of Blood tie-in issue, Shaxs’ Best Day by Ryan North and Derek Charm is among the nominees for Best Single Issue/One-shot....
Annotations for *Star Trek: Discovery* 5x08: “Labyrinths” (SPOILERS)
The title refers to Labyrinths of the Mind, a book written by Dr Marina Derex, a Betazoid and one of the group that hid the Progenitor technology 800 years prior. A labyrinth is also a term for a maze, the original designed by the inventor Daedelus of Greek myth to house the Minotaur....
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x08 "Labyrinths"
LoglineWhen Captain Burnham is trapped within a “mindscape” designed to test her worthiness to retrieve the Progenitor’s powerful technology, Book, Rayner, and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery must hold off the Breen long enough for her to escape....
TAS recommendations
It’s been a while since I’ve watched the entire show. Unfortunstely, I’m already involved in some other binge watching of a show, so, I’d like to hear about your favourite episodes of TAS so I can toss them in between.
Canon Connections: DIS 5x05 - Mirrors
• The episode title references the mirror universe, a dark reflection of the familiar reality of Star Trek where humans, or Terrans as they’re more commonly called there, evolved to be more sensitive to light, resulting in everyone tending more towards malevolence, and barbarism, and queer coded villainy. Other episodes...
18+ Star Trek Writer Deep Dives Into Discovery Season 5’s Villains (screenrant.com)
Canon Connections: DIS 5x02 - Under the Twin Moons
• Burnham records the stardate as 866274.3 in her personal log....
‘Star Trek’ Fan Leaves Behind a Collection Like No One Has Done Before (www.nytimes.com)
Direct link to the original Tweet with some pictures a very impressive collection and sad story.
Breaking - Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Is Out Now In France! – Trek Central (trekcentral.net)