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now all we need in a NAZI episode to rehash old ideas...

not that old ideas are always badly redone.

pirates were the first democratic organizations in the new world
and the first organizations where women could lead men

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piraterepublic wrote:

now all we need in a NAZI episode to rehash old ideas...

not that old ideas are always badly redone.

I only remember Nazis on the original Star Trek and on Enterprise. But rehash they do.

403 (edited by paisley1 2026-08-13 23:27:03)

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In 4x4, A Case of Chiaroscuro, every detail felt as contrived and convenient as a holodeck novel, and felt nothing like a real rebellion, just go back and watch Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 12, Resistance, arguably one of the weakest episodes of the series but deals with the same subject as Strange New Worlds 4x4, and compare them.  I'll take the hammed up comedy of the last episode 4x3, over this contrived black and white story any day.

Spoiler

Una being a perfect looky loo for Nevette, and Dr. Joseph M'Benga having near clairvoyant knowledge of every situation wasn't believable and really took me out of the fiction. eye roll! roll

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404 (edited by SgtSaint 2026-08-13 21:43:10)

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s04e04

inkblot wrote:

They explained why it was in B/W.

Then violated any sense of the explanation they just gave.

Spoiler

Its because of he light output of the nebula.  okay.  And putting up shields did nothing for the shuttle. And it was still affecting every area of the Enterprise even deep into the core of the ship.

That is some of the total b.s. that really irks me about SNW: They just can't get (or bother with getting) any level of basic science right

Then on the planet:

Spoiler

The inhabitants have warp-capable ships, isolinear memory tech, cryo chambers, holo wall camoflage (and thus the related high-tech computers etc.) but are also on a steampunk looking Commodore 64 and using steam locomotives. I can forgive the holographic signs and being imported from the Klingons. Maybe even the checkpoint forcefields and munitions factory all as Klingon importation.  But as soon as you show a planetary evacuation that looks like Caprica after the Cylon attack you loose being able to say the occupiers brought all that in.

I'm even happy to put all that aside and just watch the episode.  Basically enjoyable even if it didn't in any way *feel* like a Star Trek episode which is weird all things considered for its content. But I thought the casting for Kor was horrible.  They could have gotten a closer looking actor.  In fact, with today's tech they could have CGI'd a younger Kor on to an actor: That would have been slick a.f. and elevated this episode.  Missed opportunity

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3rd eps. I managed 5 minutes then ....

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I sure hope the puppet episode is better. But of course it is another transporter accident. Surprised they have not pulled a holodeck gone bad episode yet. Or is this the wrong timeline?

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Once again, poor set-up

Spoiler

00:00:00 Probe propelling towards Enterprise
00:00:02 We should follow it's lead
00:00:06 Proxmity alert
00:00:26 We have the probe
???
So it took 20 seconds for the probe to reach Enterprise and from the looks of it, it was further away than the shuttle.

Now if there were more than 20secs how did the Klingon ship not discover them. And if not...when the probe can make it why not the shuttle??

and conclusion

Spoiler

Now they didn't knew anything about the culture on the planet. Only that it was a klingon-occupied planet. And once they were there, it sure as hell didn't look like an advanced civilization.
Wouldn't the prime directive still apply if they don't know wether the locals are warp-capable?

That and the orders of the captain to lay low would mean they broke multiple rules interferring on the planet.

The Klingons knew or suspected that Enterprise infiltrated the planet...and they didn't send for more ships right away? Even being this close to the border would probably warrant back-up.
Either way plenty of time to stop a large-scale evacuation of an entire planet?

"Very cold war" lol

Deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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So if I'm reading this right, if I like actual Star Trek, I should just skip this episode?

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proteinnerd wrote:

So if I'm reading this right, if I like actual Star Trek, I should just skip this episode?

Not that I want to annoy and torture you but I definitely want you to watch this episode Proteinnerd, and report back with your thoughts.  So contrived and convenient it's laughable.

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proteinnerd wrote:

So if I'm reading this right, if I like actual Star Trek, I should just skip this episode?

What's the worst that could happen?  You start it and 10 minutes in you say "Oh f. this", and put on something else.

For 40 mins... Put it on when you go to bed.  Its kinda at that level to keep your mind from spinning on real life, but not so much where you actually have to engage your brain.  Might help you fall asleep.

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Have to say I am actually enjoying this season …

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inkblot wrote:

I sure hope the puppet episode is better. But of course it is another transporter accident. Surprised they have not pulled a holodeck gone bad episode yet. Or is this the wrong timeline?

yet its the wrong timeline... dont have them being used outside of a beta test..(which we had 1 episode of)

and i really hope the muppet episode references      pppppiiiiiggggggsssss  iiiinnnn     ssspppaaacccceeeee

pirates were the first democratic organizations in the new world
and the first organizations where women could lead men

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paisley1 wrote:
proteinnerd wrote:

So if I'm reading this right, if I like actual Star Trek, I should just skip this episode?

Not that I want to annoy and torture you but I definitely want you to watch this episode Proteinnerd, and report back with your thoughts.  So contrived and convenient it's laughable.

You are a bad man pailsey1 big_smile:

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It was horrible. Really horrible.

That's all I got.

The comments on IMDB where just as brutal.

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S4x05

WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:
4x03...let's see it this way, we got the worst episode of the season out of the way...right?

Well, here we are smile

Would be amazing to see an interview where a reporter asks the writers "Can you explain the science behind this episode?" lol

Set-up...a gift that keeps on giving...

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Pike's super weird behaviour with his new chair made me almost miss the sentence "some voice commands of course"....doesn't that kinda make the whole episode pointless? Why not reconfigure everything that is possible to voice commands? Wouldn't that solve 75% of the problems? I mean that is something even now would be possible to a certain degree.

I expected an episode like this from The Orville or Lower Decks (which tbh could've been awesome) but from one of the "serious" shows (exaggeration)? meh.

And the worst part was...

Spoiler

that being Muppets wasn't enough, they also had to act like children? Why? Especially Pike was embarrassing to watch.

Deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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416 (edited by piraterepublic 2026-08-20 16:24:38)

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e04 was quite disappointing

Spoiler

even more disappointing it was a dream
with allowed for the silliness and inanity

it was a bit of a journey for spock.
something to give his character some growth
the writing was poor over all.

i really do not understand what direction the show is going in
even crap like academy had a overall direction didn't it?

i would rather this been a puppet episode where spock uses logic and reason
to keep his sanity while the puppet crew worked out its enormous issues.
a reason for spocks never ending devotion to reason. knowing emotions
out of control make humans a puppet to anything that stirs emotions up.

that would have been much better then what we got.

Spoiler

a half arsed pirate attack

so far i would not buy this season on bluray at a thrift store for $2

pirates were the first democratic organizations in the new world
and the first organizations where women could lead men

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E05 was something else. This show is going even further downhill that I thought it would. The writers have lost the plot.

418 (edited by piraterepublic 2026-08-20 22:54:56)

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colinsp wrote:

E05 was something else. This show is going even further downhill that I thought it would. The writers have lost the plot.

at this point..

BRING ON THE AI WRITERS

competition keeps people working harder, even when they are against AI


there was so many good possibilities with e05, someone had to be phoning in the script
to make it this MEH.

i would not want my name in a credit as a writer this episode.. and that is saying something,


who was the actor sitting next to navigation/pilot ??
he looked directly at the camera about 4:45 into the show for a second.
i am surprised they did not reshoot a mistake like that

Spoiler

i think that would him the puppet that had the hole shot through his middle

i now think this episode was made simply so the main cast could have free puppets of themselves.

pirates were the first democratic organizations in the new world
and the first organizations where women could lead men

419 (edited by SgtSaint 2026-08-20 23:31:50)

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e05 - Muppets in Space

Wow that was painful.  I think maybe 3 times in my life I've had to watch 30 seconds, fast forward 5-10 minutes, watch a minute, fast forward 5 or 10 minutes... But this was one of them.

So far we have

  1. 65

  2. Event Horizon

  3. Hangover/Dude, where's shuttle

  4. Muppets in Space (most painful so far)

  5. Something with Slipstream drive - So Gene Roddenberry's Andomedia?

  6. Soap opera

  7. Might actually be a Trek episode

  8. Game of Thrones

  9. Timey Whimmey stuff

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405 - Level-Five Transporter Accident - Puppets in Space - So dumb.  Waste of time.  Why?  Who would enjoy this?

I agree, let AI write Star Trek, would only make it better.

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Absolute garbage. Have now removed from watch list.

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Going to stick with it. SO I can see Pikes accident and Kirks promotion to captain in the last season.

Been with this franchise too long to quit.

You don''t give up on a 60 year marriage cause your spouse cheated. Unless your greedy and butt hurt.

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> You don''t give up on a 60 year marriage cause your spouse cheated.

yeah.  Yah ya do.  Because if she did the marriage is over already anyway and nobody needs to stick with someone that doesn't respect them even after 60 years.  I'd rather be living out of camper than be in a nice home with someone that cheated on me like I'm some kind of cuck sitting in the corner okay with 2nds.

But hey, you do you.

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SgtSaint wrote:

> You don''t give up on a 60 year marriage cause your spouse cheated.

yeah.  Yah ya do.  Because if she did the marriage is over already anyway and nobody needs to stick with someone that doesn't respect them even after 60 years.  I'd rather be living out of camper than be in a nice home with someone that cheated on me like I'm some kind of cuck sitting in the corner okay with 2nds.

But hey, you do you.

Yup. That statement was not mean to be literal. But I understand your reply.

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I watched until the first puppet appeared then I switched off. I find myself doing this more and more these days with this show. I love the characters but why can they not make a serious Star Trek show? They've shown they have the capability, some of the earlier episodes were amazingly well scripted and acted, but it's becoming more of a comedy show now, almost like it's aimed at children.

Sadly, I've removed this from my watch list. Goodbye Captain Pike, I will miss your ever increasing quiff!