SPOILERS: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, it's happening

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We didn’t manage to get more than a few episodes through Picard or Discovery, but we’re enjoying this. Feel it’s a bit too “safe” though and The Orville is still doing it better.

[Flip Martian]

Funny that - I have loved The Orville but S3 does seem like they're doing "ST by numbers" a bit so far.

[xeny]

james_TW said:

Episode 7 does not disappoint, it's fun, a little campy and very TOS. This series is getting better and better.

for me, I think that was the weakest episode so far, although the wheel near the end was amusing and there's clearly some setup for the future. Trailer for next week looks fun.

I could imagine several series of SNW with the crew gradually changing until the final two episodes are exquisite remakes of "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before" which were originally the 1st and 2nd pilots of TOS. You'd obviously have to title the latter "Where No One Has Gone Before".

[Funk]

I'd love to see a crossover episode where the Enterprise encounters the Orville; the eps for each show could happen from the perspective of the respective crews!

[mk1coopers]

Do we think that when Paramount goes live in the UK we will get all the episodes that are available in one go or that they will drip feed them ?

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mk1coopers said:

Do we think that when Paramount goes live in the UK we will get all the episodes that are available in one go or that they will drip feed them ?

Hopefully the latter, but unfortunately streaming services aren’t accessible to those with special needs, so we have to source by “other means” even when we pay for a subscription.

[markiii]

special needs?

[dxg]

Funk said:

I'd love to see a crossover episode where the Enterprise encounters the Orville; the eps for each show could happen from the perspective of the respective crews!

Are they set in the same time period?

[LuS1fer]

dxg said:

Funk said:

I'd love to see a crossover episode where the Enterprise encounters the Orville; the eps for each show could happen from the perspective of the respective crews!

Are they set in the same time period?

Always a handy wormhole...

[Funk]

LuS1fer said:

dxg said:

Funk said:

I'd love to see a crossover episode where the Enterprise encounters the Orville; the eps for each show could happen from the perspective of the respective crews!

Are they set in the same time period?

Always a handy wormhole...

Indeed. STP & STD went back and forth in time and dimensions so why couldn't SNW...?

[AlexC1981]

I hate to say it, but this week they tried too hard to be funny and it came at the expense of the story.

The odd daft episode is fine when you have 26 per season, but in a season of only 10 episodes this was a bit of a let down.

[LuS1fer]

AlexC1981 said:

I hate to say it, but this week they tried too hard to be funny and it came at the expense of the story.

The odd daft episode is fine when you have 26 per season, but in a season of only 10 episodes this was a bit of a let down.

I enjoyed it though the whole concept was as corny as it was unlikely. I also watched Episode 1 of The Orville S4 and was mildly disappointed at how serious it was so Star Trek takes it.

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markiii said:

special needs?

Seeing as you asked (and I’m aware it’s a bit off topic) - In our family, autism.

None of the streaming services are prepared to even engage in correspondence regarding accessibility options. This means we cannot use their software and they don’t allow access to their content (legally) in any other way. Plex (for example) does offer such options, and therefore our son can actually watch stuff.

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[SlimJim16v]

Well, when the latest episode started, I thought oh no, not one of these, but it was another good episode. Classic Trek style.

[CheesecakeRunner]

They’re out-Orvilling The Orville at the moment. It’s really good.

And Christina Chong (La'an Noonien-Singh) was brilliant. Apparently that’s her own dog she had cast in the episode.

[Mars]

I didn't like it. Too campy and well, just not my thing.

[LuS1fer]

Classic Star Trek, just as it should be and it was great the way they reversed the roles for Spock and Pike.
Some really good imaginative scripts in this series. Every episode a good one.

[Flip Martian]

My wife didn't enjoy this one; I did. Seeing Anson Mount playing that character was pretty funny. Not revealing anything but it was another well written episode, I thought. At this rate I'll be forking out for the series on blurays sometime.

[james_TW]

All Trek does this sort of thing at one point and it's usually divisive - I didn't enjoy the first 10 minutes of the alternate reality, but I got in to it. Really moving at the end though - I guess it took away the need for a magical cure

[W201_190e]

Episodes one and two were great, episode three utter dog st.