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Star Trek Discovery: Finale

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:04:38 GMT

A number of personal crises meant I didn't get a chance to finish up Discovery until recently. Was it worth the wait?

( And now, the conclusion: )

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Star Trek Discovery: 5x05 (Mirrors)

Sun, 05 May 2024 06:21:21 GMT

In which we get Breen.

( A death-mark's not an easy thing to live with. )

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Star Trek Discovery: 5x03 + 5x04 (Jinaal + Face the Strange)

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:29:15 GMT

In which we get one more piece, and end up going backwards.

( When the long night comes, return to the end of the beginning. )

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Star Trek Discovery: 5x01 + 5x02 (Condition Red + Under the Twin Moons)

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:59:43 GMT

In which we have been chosen to undertake the greatest adventure of all time.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 2x10 (Hegemony)

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:50:00 GMT

So I said at the end of last season that Strange New Worlds had lost me as a viewer, and that was true. I didn't bother with season two at all, and nothing I've heard made me regret that choice.

But then I heard that the season finale was a cliffhanger, and, well, it drew me back in. By the time I got into Star Trek, the TNG two-parters had all long since been spoiled for me, and even in the late 90s, by the time new episodes of DS9 or Voyager aired in Australia, American viewers were already a season ahead. So I wanted to have the cliffhanger experience for once, to be on the same page as everyone else. So, yeah, I watched “Hegemony”. And...

( Mr Worf. Fire. )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x10 (A Quality of Mercy)

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 08:19:41 GMT

In which Paul Schneider really deserves a writing credit, since they used parts of his script directly.

( Forty billion people have already died. This war's not supposed to be happening! )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x09 (All Those Who Wander)

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:54:01 GMT

In which James Cameron probably should get a story credit.

( Game over, man! Game over! )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x08 (The Elysian Kingdom)

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 06:53:11 GMT

In which just because they don't have a holodeck doesn't mean they can't get trapped in the holodeck.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x07 (The Serene Squall)

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:04:41 GMT

In which it's talk like a pirate day.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x06 (Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach)

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:40:24 GMT

In which Ursula Le Guin probably deserves a story credit.

( Do you believe? Do you accept the festival, the city, the joy? )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x05 (Spock Amok)

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:05:50 GMT

In which hijinks fail to ensue.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x04 (Momento Mori)

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 07:35:14 GMT

In which here there be monsters.

( Like most humans, I seem to have an instinctive revulsion to reptiles )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x02 + 1x03 (Children of the Comet + Ghosts of Illyria)

Thu, 26 May 2022 14:03:40 GMT

In which gods are needlessly cryptic, and a number of secrets come to light.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds: 1x01 (Strange New Worlds)

Wed, 18 May 2022 12:27:47 GMT

In which the Cage finally gets picked up for a full series.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x10 (Farewell)

Wed, 11 May 2022 13:19:31 GMT

In which not everyone makes it to the end.

( That's history fulfilling itself. )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x09 (Hide and Seek)

Wed, 04 May 2022 14:14:36 GMT

In which a new culture is born.

( ...who could bridge the gulf between humanity and the Borg )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x06. 07, 08 (Two of One, Monsters, Mercy)

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:38:19 GMT

In which everyone has a lot of trauma to get over.

( You Exist Here )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x05 (Fly Me to the Moon)

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:11:48 GMT

In which we meet some familiar faces.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x04 (Watcher)

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:47:59 GMT

In which we meet an old friend.

( The only choice we're given is how many megatons... )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x03 (Assimilation)

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:49:36 GMT

In which the regular cast continues to shrink.

( Read more... )

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Star Trek Discovery: 4x12 + 4x13 (Species 10-C and Coming Home)

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:36:08 GMT

In which all's well that ends well.

( Everything is wrapped up in a neat little package!... sorry if it sounded sarcastic. )

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Star Trek Picard: 2x02 (Penance)

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:48:14 GMT

In which Q barely respects the fourth wall.

( But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. )

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Star Trek Discovery: 4x11 (Rosetta)

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 03:02:22 GMT

In which the clock is ticking.

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Star Trek Picard: 2x01 (The Stargazer)

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:20:00 GMT

In which you rarely get a second chance to make a first impression.

( The trial never ended... )

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Star Trek Discovery: 4x10 (The Galactic Barrier)

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:38:48 GMT

In which nobody gets psychic powers.

( Read more... )

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