12-30-2021, 12:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-30-2021, 01:09 AM by Drunk Monk.)
E3: SWORD FIGHTS!
Okay so the Kobayashi Maru was to remind us that this is still Star Trek by evoking the most awesome ST movie ever, the one that refueled the entire franchise. E2 was setting up the big threat to the quadrant for the season. Now E3 brings us back to the Disco.
For the uninitiated, there’s a lot of catching up to do by the 24th century. SPOILER ALERT: All the dilithium exploded in ‘the burn’ which collapsed the federation. Vulcan and Romulan reunited and changed Vulcan (the planet) to Ni’var. The Discovery time travelled to this century and has a spore drive that permits them to travel all over the quadrant using the mycelium network in an instant. Michael. He am is now the captain of the Disco and they lead the fleet in restoring the Federation. That’s where we are now END SPOILER
But what about those sword fights? In the 24th, there’s a cult of Romulan ninjettes. I mean it’s like the writers read my mind or something. They dress like ninjettes and wield swords. The Qowat Milat. Michael’s mom is one. One goes rogue stealing dilithium. And then there’s a ‘that’s no moon’ ship that pulled an space 1999 escape from an exploding sun filled with aliens in stasis (could they poach more sci-fi?).
There’s some ridiculous Vulcan - I mean Ni’var - floating architecture but when you can beam anywhere without transporters, that’s allowable. There’s a good old mind meld. There’s a side story about a trill getting a synth body that’s a thinly veiled metaphor for gender transition (portrayed by a genuine non-binary because Trek is gratuitously inclusive now, refreshingly so), which is akin to Matrix (yeah, they can poach more sci-fi). There’s tricky federation politrix because Ni’var stands outside the federation and the president is a female cardassian.
Still with me? Trek has gone where no one has gone before.
Disco is so overdone. The effects are sumptuous all-u-can-eat, so you feel bloated after. The characters are too damn loving, espousing Trek morality at every pause, preaching to the choir here. I find it all rather entertaining, like a comfort food. Tilly, the token star fleet nerd, even eats Mac and cheese in this do. It’s deep in its own twisty wormhole and that’s fine with me. If only the Qowat Milat included Orion women…
That all being said, the sword fights were mediocre. I miss Kirk Fu.
Okay so the Kobayashi Maru was to remind us that this is still Star Trek by evoking the most awesome ST movie ever, the one that refueled the entire franchise. E2 was setting up the big threat to the quadrant for the season. Now E3 brings us back to the Disco.
For the uninitiated, there’s a lot of catching up to do by the 24th century. SPOILER ALERT: All the dilithium exploded in ‘the burn’ which collapsed the federation. Vulcan and Romulan reunited and changed Vulcan (the planet) to Ni’var. The Discovery time travelled to this century and has a spore drive that permits them to travel all over the quadrant using the mycelium network in an instant. Michael. He am is now the captain of the Disco and they lead the fleet in restoring the Federation. That’s where we are now END SPOILER
But what about those sword fights? In the 24th, there’s a cult of Romulan ninjettes. I mean it’s like the writers read my mind or something. They dress like ninjettes and wield swords. The Qowat Milat. Michael’s mom is one. One goes rogue stealing dilithium. And then there’s a ‘that’s no moon’ ship that pulled an space 1999 escape from an exploding sun filled with aliens in stasis (could they poach more sci-fi?).
There’s some ridiculous Vulcan - I mean Ni’var - floating architecture but when you can beam anywhere without transporters, that’s allowable. There’s a good old mind meld. There’s a side story about a trill getting a synth body that’s a thinly veiled metaphor for gender transition (portrayed by a genuine non-binary because Trek is gratuitously inclusive now, refreshingly so), which is akin to Matrix (yeah, they can poach more sci-fi). There’s tricky federation politrix because Ni’var stands outside the federation and the president is a female cardassian.
Still with me? Trek has gone where no one has gone before.
Disco is so overdone. The effects are sumptuous all-u-can-eat, so you feel bloated after. The characters are too damn loving, espousing Trek morality at every pause, preaching to the choir here. I find it all rather entertaining, like a comfort food. Tilly, the token star fleet nerd, even eats Mac and cheese in this do. It’s deep in its own twisty wormhole and that’s fine with me. If only the Qowat Milat included Orion women…
That all being said, the sword fights were mediocre. I miss Kirk Fu.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse