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geekcultures · 2 years
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Why am I so addicted to this ship? It'll be a long wait until s5 but until then, here's some fan art I made this morning 💜
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knightotoc · 2 years
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I finally finished season 4 of Discovery and have given it thought, so here are some of my impressions (spoiler alert, though I avoid specifics):
There is a rule of thumb for Trek shows that you have to be patient for the first 3 seasons, since they hit their stride in the 4th. Personally I think this is a pretty shaky rule (Kes is a flawless queen), but Disco S4 does improve on its previous seasons in at least two ways, if rather non-committally.
The first way is that S4 relies less on big dumb twists. S1 has buckets of twists, S2 has a hefty handful, S3 has still fewer and S4 could almost be called restrained. Characters spend less time getting their minds blown and more time making meaningful decisions and taking creative actions. However, Disco just can't help but interrupt this forward-facing motion with its most cowardly trope: immediately subverting a major character death. I really did believe they meant it this time, so I felt like such a sap when they, of course, didn't.
The second way is that S4 finally almost gives its protagonist the respect every other Trek protagonist gets by default. There is no question that Michael Burnham is punished, disempowered, and side-lined far more than any other main character. Starfleet treats her so badly, and for what? She's worth the whole damn bunch put together! This season makes her the captain and demonstrates her leadership on the bridge and in mixed company. But she still gets constantly scolded and even threatened by frustrating higher-ups and stubborn allies. You could argue that Trek's usual focus on singular leaders is an unhealthy power-trip, but the disrespect Michael gets overcorrects to a simply unpleasant experience.
The overarching plot is my favorite of Disco's seasonal existential threats yet, especially at the beginning. The writers initially make the DMA a clear metaphor for the current pandemic in ways that are effective and much more emotionally mature than other pandemic-inspired works of fiction. Instead of cringey jokes about Zoom or gross-out horror about plagues, Disco S4 focuses on the terror that the DMA could show up anywhere, anytime, an invisible and mysterious threat. More subtly, this show also cares about the awkwardness that arises from long isolation (a result of S3's Burn).
Then the show runs out of pandemic-y things to say, which I suppose is just as well, and instead becomes an extended homage to, of all things, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. From a mashed potato sculpture to a visually identical climax, it's a first contact story that works fine because, well, it worked in 1977.
I hadn't seen Close Encounters before, so I watched it afterwards. The main result of this comparison is that it made me really, really appreciate Close Encounter's practical effects. I know "practical > CGI" is a worn-out cliche of criticism, and I like to think I hold a nuanced position that gives CGI its well-deserved credit too. But the most prevalent visual of Disco S4 is the floating blue holographic computer, an effect so unconvincing and annoying that I had to turn my brain off whenever it appeared. Trek has always had its actors earnestly poke around high-tech interfaces, but the decision to shift that poking from plastic buttons to thin air was uncool of them.
Speaking of 1977, I have a bad feeling about the way sci-fi franchises handle characters whose planets get blown up. There is infinite room for improvement in the wake of Leia's utter lack of long-term emotional consequences, and post-2009 Trek has, for some reason, seized that gauntlet. While some of Book's scenes are moving, they tend to be either too neat when emotions call for it, or too messy only when the plot calls for it. The cartoonish Tarka throws off Book's balance and makes them both seem like less interesting characters.
I'm more convinced than ever that Disco's story would be better as a book than a TV show. The characters spend so much time processing their feelings in one-on-one conversations; these scenes would be better if we could also get in their heads, as we could in a novel or comic. It would also remove the difficulty of getting 6'8" Saru and 5'5" Michael into the same frame. Their beautiful chemistry makes it worth it, but bravo to the directors for figuring that one out.
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xspuhurax · 9 months
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rhinexstone · 4 months
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Reasons to watch Discovery
There’s a federation starship named after Nog
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hawkp · 2 months
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FYI if you ever want a certain moment clipped from a M*A*S*H or Star Trek episode or movie, just message me with the episode/film title and timestamp. And if you don’t know either message me a description and I’ll do my best to help you. <3
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tea-earl-grey · 5 months
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lower decks is the best star trek show. i'm not taking constructive criticism at this time
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*ships m/f couples in an unmistakably asexual way*
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emonydeborah · 7 months
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SNW and DISCO spoilers
so I watched the Una episodes of discovery with no other context. So it’s just the episode where they find the sphere and the last two episodes of season two.
they really go buckwild on this ship. Tilly is being eaten by fungus and no one tells anyone. Jett and the mushroom man get high and slap each other out of it. Also did Jett appear from the vents? Michael is having a family crisis. Saru asked his friend to help him commit ritual suicide and I think a part of his brain fell out. Also I didn’t know he spoke so many languages so that was cool.
they are so dramatic here. The shocked and horrified stares around at each other made the finale an hour long otherwise it would have been like 30 minutes. I expect this from Chris but good grief. The letters goodbye one bye one? Sarek and Amanda somehow showing up ahead of a whole fleet to tell Michael they love her? The sibling fight as the ship is being fired upon? (that one tracks actually) I like it for the big moments but are they always like this?? And is the “eyes up” thing a thing and why doesn’t Chris do it anymore?
I do like the found familyness I am sensing. The whole fam banding together to go with Michael was sweet. And their goodbye to Chris. This is the level of found family where I’d expect to find at least a few of those foster kid fanfics where they refuse to leave each other and the foster parents get six kids at once. I have not looked but I would be disappointed if there aren’t any.
Pike’s stepdad energy is so strong. The whole crew does what they want and loop him in when they feel like it. They are fine without him and have their own system and dynamics going on. He knows it, too, which is hilarious to watch from just knowing him from snw. He really just intervenes to keep his genius stepchildren from straying too far off the mission. They are running around like overexcited puppies (“the sphere is trying to communicate!!!!”) and he keeps them from gnawing on the walls. But he is a good stepdad in that he is ready to throw hands and use his ship as a shield so they can get away from section 31.
then as soon as he gets back to enterprise he brings all of the evil fbi apparently. Una is not surprised and has tricked out the whole ship and the shuttles for battle without prompt. She went Chris was out of my sight for too long we need to be ready to fight the galaxy.
and some more Una notes: Katrina Cornwell seemed tall and commanding until she stood next to Una and it was hilarious how small she was. Took me out of the dramatic bomb defusing moment but I still had fun. And Chris knew someone was going to die from that torpedo and got Una out as soon as he knew there were no other options. My pikeuna heart.
And Una choosing violence with the interrogation sent me. SNW fans know she has been hiding and afraid of scrutiny her whole life, and this is how she shows it. What a woman. She did not even tell them her name. Did we know she was Una at this point or was she Number One all the way until snw premiered?
“Follow the queen.” *Chris immediately looks at Una* I see you Chris.
it is obvious that they did not know how they were going to open snw with Chris being depressed and Una going missing but I liked their shock and happiness when Spock showed up beardless.
idk if I am intrigued enough to watch this whole show but I like Georgiou being their personal annoying gremlin. “Everybody hates you. Congratulations.” Also queen Po going if I die I die.
did not like Una going “in English please” to literally another navigator. We know she’s a genius let her be one y’all. If it were a science person going off a thousand words a minute I would allow it. But Una was talking to a pilot. Do better.
IN GENERAL, a good time. I was there for Una and she was not there much, but that was expected I guess. I was not prepared for how emotional discovery's crew would be. They are all in their feelings at all times. I liked them as a crew and maybe I will return one day.
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the-lady-general · 8 months
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Best Starfleet XO by rowdiness
Ransom. Stabbed the captain's daughter AND tried to eat the ship AND gets on everybody's nerves with tales of his bench press high score. Understood the assignment, A+, no notes.
Burnham. Got so rowdy. Like, SO rowdy. Amazing XO. Ultimately didn't stab her captain, which is good for her, but bad for my personal entertainment.
Kira. Built a kiln and then burned it down. Pointed and laughed at Dukat. Got so rowdy she fought *for* the Cardassians at one point. Should have stabbed more people, mostly Damar.
Spock. The other S'chn T'gai. Tried to kill the captain, and he would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for that lousy doctor. Swordfought that lousy doctor.
Gwyn. Tried to stab multiple people, most of them on purpose.
Una. Knocked out two department heads in the same episode. Heck yes!
Seven. I haven't seen PIC, but I heard Jeri Ryan was in it and I loved her in Leverage, so I hope she got to stab lots of people. <3
Tuvok. Love that guy, the brain cell, trolled the Maquis. I saw like two episodes of Voy, no idea if he stabbed anyone, but I really want him to.
T'Pol. Points deducted for ending more fights than she starts as far as I've seen. Super secret super agent, but sadly, I have yet to see her stab Archer. She should stab Archer. As a treat.
You know, I can't actually remember if Chakotay or Tuvok were XO of Voy and I'm too lazy to look it up, so I would like to encourage someone else to sing his praises and tell me about how cool he was until I get round to it.
Tysess. Politely yet firmly told Janeway no that one time. Boo!
Riker. Got a little pouty that one time when his boss was abducted and his replacement boss made them all work less. Could definitely teach that man tricks with treats and clicker training, which is probably why the psychiatrist was into him.
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cannibalspicnic · 9 months
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No one:
My brain: Right now, there is a nonzero chance that there may at some point be onscreen sexual tension between Carol Kane and Mia Kirshner.
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dragons-in-spaceee · 11 months
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Hey there! I know it’s been over a month since you asked for people to send you drawing ideas/requested for disco so idk if you’re still doing that but if you are could you draw Saru and T’Rina touching foreheads?🥺 and/or doing vulcan kisses? (If you’re comfortable with that ofc)
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sometimes being two of the most important people in the Federation is tiring… at least they can take a break in Saru’s plant-filled quarters :)
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geekcultures · 2 years
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Some disco doodles made this week while binging the show. It’s nothing fancy but thought I’d share anyway ^^ (We need more disco fan art!)
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keyladetmer · 2 years
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joann owosekun and keyla detmer + touch
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xspuhurax · 11 months
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For Anton
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dreamsrunfaster · 2 years
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pov ur a crewmember on the starship enterprise, a ship you know full well skipped its safety reviews but like it’s chill it’s the flagship, these things are pretty safe and all you’ve got to do is get the ship to some newly warp-capable civilisation like it’s no biggie it’s gonna be like stealing a first officer from a baby
and ur captain comes on the line and he’s like “no one’s gonna die today i can’t emphasise enough how completely not dead all of you will be every single one of you is not gonna die today and if you think you are no you’re not”
YOU MIGHT PERHAPS BE A LITTLE UNEASY
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coredrill · 9 months
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this show is not “strange new worlds” it is “the same old amatonormativity that everyone is sick of”
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