Gooding and Chong came from musical theatre though.
Oh no. Those are the actual actors singing.
Hehe, yeah, I guess, there's no honor in that. :)
Oh yeah, great idea. Kinda like the Simpsons gag or so:
- If they ever have a mirror episode, the opening credits should be horizontally mirrored
- If they ever have a time travel episode, the opening credits should go backwards
- Another cross-over episode? DS9 or some other ship better appear in there! etc.
I confess that some of my emails about the project status sent to my manager was just entitled "Status Report".
Wait, what? I didn't realize the Klingon captain was Bruce Horak!
One should note that Celia Rose Gooding is a Tony Award-nominated, Grammy Award-winning Broadway singer before they joined Star Trek.
You kind of got the feeling the 23rd century officers were all left wondering why 24th century Starfleet is so unprofessional
I don't think it's the difference between 23rd vs 24th century officers, but more a difference between upper deck senior officers and lower decks ensigns.
Good CGI/LED walls blend in. If you notice it, it breaks the 4th wall a bit. Battlestar Galactica 2004 had CGI and it worked so well and looks very believable.
All the jokes aside, the music right before Spock and Chapel kiss was beautiful.
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".