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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x09 "Subspace Rhapsody" (startrek.website)

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An accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the USS Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.

Written by Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Dermott Downs

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[-] GrinningLlama@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

What. The. Heck. Just. Happened. I always hated musicals but this was incredible! This show is KILLING it. OMG

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[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

The story and plot points were good, but SOME of the songs where maybe a minute too long for my taste. Any song with Spock is good, but the autotune... Yikes. Lol

Maybe not on my rewatch list.

[-] Hogger85b@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think many of the middle songs were pretty samey too.

Someone singing their angst alone in a Cgi set. Liked first and last and chapels was good, but agree others were a bit long which made the overall episdoe seem long.

I really respect them trying and there are some great moments

[-] Kyle@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

My thought was, how bad would it be without autotune? 😬

I just enjoyed it for what it was at surface level, though. First, the Orville, then lower decks and now this showed that star trek is big enough to be funny and thought-provoking.

[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

I would prefer the singing be bad as it would align closer to reality for people that normally do not sing. With that said, it is possible this anomaly caused all the auto as it knows no one can sing and they need to be auto tuned. 🐒

[-] Kyle@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Maybe the universal translators got confused with the probability field and Auto-Tuned everyone 😆

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[-] khaosworks@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

One day they’ll do a proper adaptation of “How Much For Just the Planet?” and I can die happy.

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[-] const_void@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We felt like this was painful and nearly unwatchable. Individual performance aside...please no more!

[-] triktrek@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

In between the first watch earlier this week and a rewatch tonight, I've listening to and humming the songs over and over again. I don't know why people say the songs aren't catchy. "Status Report" is sooo catchy, and it even has a little reprise with the "Apologies" at the beginning of the "Private Conversation" which is also very catchy actually.

"How Would That Feel" is beautifully rendered. I've started to listen to other Christina Chong's songs now, and they are pretty good (listen to her "Twin Flames").

Also, in the last seconds of the episode we had Uhura humming a theme. The closed caption says "Uhura humming 'Keep us connected'", which I believe is incorrect. She is humming the opening of Chapel's "I am Ready" and Spock's "I am the X", not Uhura's "Keep us Connected".

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

I’m unexpectedly enjoying Christina Chong’s own music as well.

I posted the official music video for her release of two weeks ago ‘No Blame’ to our Quark’s community (which seems the better fit for following for non-Trek credits).

She has another song being released later today. I’ll post that there as well.

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[-] GummySquirrel@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

10 minutes in, Oh I like it!

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[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Now I really wanna see an episode where they poof into bunnies!!!!!

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