“Kids These Days”

Written by: Gaia Violo

Directed by: Alex Kurtzman

“Beta Test”

Written by: Noga Landau & Jane Maggs

Directed by: Alex Kurtzman

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  • ValueSubtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
    121·
    1 day ago

    For now, I’ll just share the thoughts I posted to Mastodon while this instance was still on the Genesis Planet…

    Overall, a very strong couple of episodes. The cadets are all interesting enough, though Jay-Den and SAM are outstanding. Caleb is the sort of Rebellious Young Person that can grate on people, but I think the show compensates for that by making him a bit of a punchline. His backstory is also compelling enough (I actually thought his separation from his mother seemed very real), and his motivations are clear.

    Nahla Ake is fantastic, and Holly Hunter brings a lot to the role. The character is quirky, but grounded, and you can see that she carries multiple lifetimes of experience.

    Paul Giamatti is clearly having the time of his life as Braka. Time will tell whether he remains a cartoonish pirate (which I’d be fine with TBH), or if they’ll give him more to do.

    I’ve always loved the post-Burn setting, and I’m looking forward to exploring that status quo. The Betazed stuff is intriguing, and I hope we learn more about this “psionic wall” of theirs.

    Also, “Discovery is unavailable because X” is the new “the transporters don’t work because X”.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      “Discovery is unavailable because X”

      Also, did they have what seems to be personal transporters before or is that a new thing? Where they apparently only have to think “I need to go to that room” and they’re instantly transported? That seems like it’ll be a major issue for future writers to come up with excuses why they can’t just put the characters where they need to be.

        • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          18 hours ago

          Ahh, I suspected as much, I don’t remember many details from that tbh. Thank you for clearing that up.

      • usernamefactory@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        18 hours ago

        That seems like it’ll be a major issue for future writers to come up with excuses why they can’t just put the characters where they need to be.

        Only a little more of an issue than transporters already were. How often have writers had to add in an exotic atmosphere or cave ore or ion storm or just enemy shields to justify not beaming out of a bad situation?