Evade wrote: » She'd be going from ~34 to ~44. They could get away with no real change to her appearance. They expect us to believe that's a year of hair growth after all.
FunLover18 wrote: » I've seen far less convincing time jumps in the likes of Poldark and Outlander.
breezy1985 wrote: » Wait Poldark has time travel no wonder everyone loves it
FunLover18 wrote: » Haha no but I think it was meant to take place over 15 years or something like that.
Deleted User wrote: » They can wave anti aging medical mcguffin at us FFS
Stark wrote: » DS9 did a lot of ret-conning as well. Different makeup and the joined personalities in DS9 were mergers of host and symbiont personality whereas TNG showed the symbiont completely taking over the host. They also couldn't use transporters without harming the symbiont in TNG but Dax seemed to have no issues in DS9.
Mr Meanor wrote: » Didn't watch this weeks episode of Californian teenage angst in space. Was there any crying this week?
AllForIt wrote: » I went though a whole box of tissues watching this episode.
seamus wrote: » I know the dinner scene annoyed a lot of people, but I enjoyed it. Added that element of dealing with sh1t, that Trek has not been good at in the past. Picard's PTSD with the Borg came up a few times, but only when it was useful to the plot. The other crew members had their own past issues that rarely, if ever, reared their head again.
Rawr wrote: » It was part of the episode that I did enjoy. On one level because it gives me another taster of a Star Trek Discovery without Michael, which still feels more like a proper Trek show whenever the scenes are not being bend around that one character. But it was also a moment to see Saru trying (and struggling) to come to grips with his role as head of his ship and community. The dinner was full of awkwardness, but believably so. Also I think this is the closest we've come to a proper Conference Room scene on this show. So far we've mostly gotten Michael, Saru and <insert current captain> having a meeting in the Ready Room...or Michael will give another speech on the Bridge. But rarely have we gotten a proper Senior staff conference on this show, which had been a staple of Trek since TNG days. (Not as much DS9 or ENT, but they did happen). The dinner, and the aftermath of the fighting there felt like a good development moment for the crew. If only Michael could feck off for longer (a couple of seasons maybe?) then I wouildn't mind getting to know them more.
breezy1985 wrote: » Wow i never noticed that we dont get conference meetings just Burnham +2. i really like most of this crew and the show reminds me of rewatching Lord of the Rings where I just fast forward the Sam and Frodo bits
TheValeyard wrote: » Wait, You didn't hear about that time Frodo, Sam and Michael went to Mount Doom and Michael Burnham dropped the ring into the firey pit, single handedly defeating Sauron.
PirateShampoo wrote: » Surprisingly I'm more annoyed with Saru shrugging off the fact the Computer seemed to develop a personality, a voice change and potentially going all Hal9000 on the crew than Burnham saving another civilization.
seamus wrote: » It's funny to see US commenters on Twitter going on about being in tears after certain scenes, or emotional after a speech. Maybe it's that kind of ridiculous audience some of this is aimed at. I enjoyed this episode more than last week. It had certain iffy bits. Super Burnham being the only one in the pool, annoyed me a bit. I didn't feel like they gave enough explanation as to why Adira would connect with Burnham more than anyone else on board. Culber or even Stamets would have been better choices, IMO. I know the dinner scene annoyed a lot of people, but I enjoyed it. Added that element of dealing with sh1t, that Trek has not been good at in the past. Picard's PTSD with the Borg came up a few times, but only when it was useful to the plot. The other crew members had their own past issues that rarely, if ever, reared their head again. I watched the episode a couple of weeks back where Worf breaks his spine. The episode ends with a touching bonding moment between Worf and Alexander, and the acknowledgement that recovery will take time and Worf will need his son's help. The next episode starts and Worf is standing at his station, not a bother on him. The seeds for Detmer's breakdown were sown in episode 2, and kept creeping in since. Not as a major plot points at all, just indications that all was not well. It was great, IMO, to see ST finally bringing it in like that instead of hanging a single major plotline off it. I said last week that I was concerned that Adira might be too annoying, but that's allayed now. I do like her comment to Burnham about "no inspirational speeches". Hopefully that's a bit of self-awareness on the writers' part that there's too much effort on every monologue from Burnham trying to be affirming or profound.
CramCycle wrote: » 100% I know he washes it away later saying its the merging of the two Discovery and the sphere but cmon, it wouldn't be beyond belief that its something like Control is actually in there? Short Trek spoiler I realise we know different from short treks or at least it is hinted at but Saru diesn't know that and his jump is more than a simple leap of faith, it is shockingly ignorant from a character who shows caution and reason at every turn.
seamus wrote: » I do like her comment to Burnham about "no inspirational speeches". Hopefully that's a bit of self-awareness on the writers' part that there's too much effort on every monologue from Burnham trying to be affirming or profound.
Goodshape wrote: » There's almost been too much of that "self aware" dialogue this season. I hope it's not just lip service. Burnham telling us repeatedly, in actual spoken words, how much she has changed. How she's different now. She's seen some things. She's not who she was. But in practice she's still the centre of everything, she's just been smiling more and shooting from the hip. Adira's quip about inspirational speeches, which I think was repeated or called back to more than once. LOL etc, but dialogue and writing hasn't actually improved all that much. Stamets snapping at Tilly for not having her **** together. FINALLY someone says it!! But.. she's still pretty ditsy. (tbf, I quite like Tilly). I mean at least they are aware, I suppose, but they need to actually integrate that stuff and not just wink to the camera about it.