How could the Enterprise crew have missed the fact that one of the planets in the system was about to go critical? How could the Reliant crew not have not noticed a missing planet upon their return?
I'm going to be so disappointed if they don't answer those questions.
I think I can agree. I won't go so far as to say that I didn't like it, and I'm not sure what I wanted out of it, but I do feel like it was lacking that je ne sais quoi that would make it exceptional.
It did have a few standout episodes, but for some reason I didn't feel as invested in all the many narratives that were going on. Maybe it really was just that too much was going on at once. Like so many times I didn't understand the relationships between the characters.
The animation was top notch though. Kyoto Animation really knocked it out of the park there at least.
Yeah, I think this book/podcast is what named them Ceti Eel. I'm pretty sure they're unnamed in Wrath of Khan.
Yeah, I think hair splinters is plausible. I didn't even know this was a thing until I started to grow out my beard and tugged on it like a wise old sage but ended up breaking the tip off and getting is stuck in my thumb...a few times...you think I'd learn to stop doing that...
What are the rifles they're using? Maybe taken from the 90s Eugenic Wars? I guess Kirk would have left them with it, since they're basically obsolete and they do need something to help defend themselves.
Naveen Andrews is doing a great job with Khan sounding very charismatic.
Not to throw shade at Andrews, but I do kind of wish maybe they got Earl Boen who can do a very good sound alike to Ricardo Montalban. Boen filled in for Montalban as Señor Senior Sr. in Kim Possible, and sounded really spot on.
But if we ever see Khan on screen again, I think Andrews would be great casting.
I think we should. Any reason to talk more about Star Trek lore is great in my book.
I remember there was a Simpson's joke where Chief Wiggums said something like, "You called the wrong number, this is 912." But most people outside of America probably won't know that 911 is the emergency hotline in the USA.
It's crazy how funny and how much character development we get in a short 3 to 5 minute episode.
Just last episode we were told Kanata met Akane when he worked on her bike, and so we know he's technical. And now he's saving the day (theoretically) by hot wiring the door system to restart.
Completely agree. My biggest (but not only) criticism of DISCO is just how poorly utilized the crew was.
ENT actually did this, which is odd to think how pioneering that series was at the time.
But there were several plot lines that built up over the series and some which didn't even have pay off until the last season just before the series was canned.
This was a pretty heavy episode. A lot of interesting emotional beats.
Rosalind Lear appears to be hiding some kind of alternative motivation for investigating into Khan and Ceti Alpha, that is assuming Tuvok's suspicions are correct. I wonder if Lear might be a distant relative to an augment. We know that the Noonien-Singh line even survives to the 23rd century because of La'an from SNW. (Why did La'an's ancestors not change their last name?)
The song the young augments were listening to was Your Touch released in 2021. The song is synthwave so sounds like something from the 80's, which I thought was intentional, as we know from Space Seed that the Botany Bay was launched in the 90's (thought because of time travel shinanigans this was shifted around a few times). But I was expecting this to still be true. I'm unsure if this song is meant to imply that we're in a timeline where the Botany Bay is launched after 2021, or if this song is meant to be from the 80's which is how the augments have a copy. I wouldn't read too much into this, but...what's the point if we don't argue a bit over it?
Ivan's betrayal, and Khan's odd mercy towards him is interesting. Khan's paranoia served him well to deduce Ivan's betrayal as well. I'm very curious if the Elboreans will actually be able to rehabilitate Ivan, i suspect if they're successful this will place a great deal more paranoia in to Khan as he'll believe the Elboreans are capable of brainwashing. And make him even less trusting of them.
Lastly the inevitable loss of McGiven's to the Ceti Eel. It hit much harder than I was expecting. Amazing performances from the actors. I feel there are 2 possible fates of Kali, either Delmonda will save her and escape on that small ship they're building (Delmonda leaving the augments behind on Ceti Alpha V because Khan inevitably betrays them), or she dies which will send Khan of the deep end to go ape shit on the Elboreans.
This was a very interesting episode. I think we only have 2 eps left. Things should get moving pretty quick.