04-15-2020, 11:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2020, 11:42 PM by Drunk Monk.)
"Ask Not"
A super Short Trek. Barely 10 mins. All about Pike. Saw through it quickly because it's all about Pike. But still entertaining.
"Ephraim and Dot"
Another super short trek, this one under 10 mins. Animated. The tale of a tardigrade. Tardigrades figure heavily in DISCO because they can bridge space and time, and this ep is all about eggs, tardigrade eggs and easter eggs. It references the animated series (which I've always felt was vastly underrated) and then drops refs to great TOS eps, SPOILERS Khan, tribbles, fencing Sulu (yes, a sword!), the doomsday device, Apollo, Lincoln, then some of the films END SPOILERS. It's actually kinda dumb but saved by the eggs.
"The Girl Who Made the Stars"
The rest of the Short Treks are all under 10 min. This one sucked. It's DISCO's Michael (the central character who I don't really like) as a child getting a story told to her by her dad. It's animated and the story is a universe creation story starting in Africa. Hold the communicator - wasn't it Star Wars that was bought out by Disney? I know it was because this ain't no Disney+. It's CBS Access. So WTH was that? I want my 10 mins. back.
One more for this season's methadone. Might as well finish this.
"Children of Mars"
Two teenage girls are locked in a school rivalry set to Bowie's 'Heroes'. One human (I assume) and the other is a cool looking alien that I didn't recognize (so many aliens in ST now). Both are alone on earth while their single parents are workers on Mars.
This barely makes much sense but sets up ST: Picard.
And now we wait for the return of DISCO...
A super Short Trek. Barely 10 mins. All about Pike. Saw through it quickly because it's all about Pike. But still entertaining.
"Ephraim and Dot"
Another super short trek, this one under 10 mins. Animated. The tale of a tardigrade. Tardigrades figure heavily in DISCO because they can bridge space and time, and this ep is all about eggs, tardigrade eggs and easter eggs. It references the animated series (which I've always felt was vastly underrated) and then drops refs to great TOS eps, SPOILERS Khan, tribbles, fencing Sulu (yes, a sword!), the doomsday device, Apollo, Lincoln, then some of the films END SPOILERS. It's actually kinda dumb but saved by the eggs.
"The Girl Who Made the Stars"
The rest of the Short Treks are all under 10 min. This one sucked. It's DISCO's Michael (the central character who I don't really like) as a child getting a story told to her by her dad. It's animated and the story is a universe creation story starting in Africa. Hold the communicator - wasn't it Star Wars that was bought out by Disney? I know it was because this ain't no Disney+. It's CBS Access. So WTH was that? I want my 10 mins. back.
One more for this season's methadone. Might as well finish this.
"Children of Mars"
Two teenage girls are locked in a school rivalry set to Bowie's 'Heroes'. One human (I assume) and the other is a cool looking alien that I didn't recognize (so many aliens in ST now). Both are alone on earth while their single parents are workers on Mars.
This barely makes much sense but sets up ST: Picard.
And now we wait for the return of DISCO...
Shadow boxing the apocalypse