Star Trek Discovery

[long_time_DNC]

I understand the point/purpose of a plot device, but the galactic barrier could've been shown as an 360-degree orb and with the same blobs, etc, instead of a "wall" that they had to somehow get through and I'm betting it wouldn't have cost a whole lot more to just show a full-screen image of the "wall". Then, instead of me sitting here going "well, why don't they just go under or over it, since they obviously can?", but no, instead the writers took the dumb way out and said, "let's make it a wall. no one will know the difference anyway", and then I'm sitting here pondering this idiocy and blabbering about something so annoying stupid that I'm guessing the 10-c will probably be protrayed highly evolved Ewoks that just made a mistake with the DMA...

 

[TheKrell]

I asked why it was the Enterprise could not maintain its orbit without engines, and he basically said it was done to create a dramatic TV show.

He might have added that the Enterprise in that episode was in a very low orbit, or the planet's atmosphere was puffed up, causing drag. SpaceX uses a low orbit for it's Starlink constellation deliberately to deorbit space junk when they can no longer keep it up.

 

[TheKrell]

I understand the point/purpose of a plot device, but the galactic barrier could've been shown as an 360-degree orb and with the same blobs, etc, instead of a "wall" that they had to somehow get through and I'm betting it wouldn't have cost a whole lot more to just show a full-screen image of the "wall".

Even cheaper would be hiring a science-literate screenplay editor to fix this oversight with dialog. The biggest howler in TOS for me was when we had a crew member hiding on the Enterprise, and they had the computer filter out the few remaining bridge crew. (Sorry; I don't remember the episode name.) According to Kirk, the Enterprise can apparently amplify sound by "1 to the 12th"!

 

[Foxbat]

The whole Galactic Barrier debate could have been solved by the navigator saying something like, “it looks like we could just fly over it“ and the revelation that the Barrier‘s appearance in 3-dimensional space is that of a finite wall above and below the galactic, but it would always appear directly ahead of the ship when attempting to leave the Milky Way no matter the heading.

The Sci-Fi TV audience has gotten a lot more sophisticated and educated since the 1960s when the original Star Trek aired.

 

[long_time_DNC]

The whole Galactic Barrier debate could have been solved by the navigator saying something like, “it looks like we could just fly over it“ and the revelation that the Barrier‘s appearance in 3-dimensional space is that of a finite wall above and below the galactic, but it would always appear directly ahead of the ship when attempting to leave the Milky Way no matter the heading.

The Sci-Fi TV audience has gotten a lot more sophisticated and educated since the 1960s when the original Star Trek aired.

Thank you! Yes, someone could've said that, but I'm guessing the writers never even thought of the concept the galactic barrier as anything other than a narrow wall. Oh, and here's another issue (not related to the wall)...of all the places in the galaxy that the DMA could've "popped" to next, it's going to take out Na'var, and then the Sol system next? Gee, talk about plot devices. Most of the crew is from Earth and they were talking about the places they want to go see on Earth (if they ever get back) just shortly before the announcement that the DMA is heading there? Talk about inspiring motivation to find and convince the 10-c to find some other place to mine boromite from!

 

[TheKrell]

Despite the fact that I avoided Discovery for the 1st two years, I'm enjoying it now.

 

[Bruce]

To my surprise, Discovery is now in 4K/Dolby Vision, using the Google TV app on my Sony A90J.

 

[TheKrell]

To my surprise, Discovery is now in 4K/Dolby Vision, using the Google TV app on my Sony A90J.

We can probably examine the actors' nostril hairs if we get up close!

 

[harshness]

To my surprise, Discovery is now in 4K/Dolby Vision, using the Google TV app on my Sony A90J.

The better to see what the video wall brings to the show. An amazing piece of technology.

 

[long_time_DNC]

So has the Ten C method of communication (molecules and lights) remind anyone else of the ink rings in the movie "Arrival", or is it just me?

 

[klang]

I see the season ends this week. Time to start watching.

 

[TheKrell]

So has the Ten C method of communication (molecules and lights) remind anyone else of the ink rings in the movie "Arrival", or is it just me?

It's just you. What similarities do you see? Yeah, ink is made from molecules. But our friends in Arrival didn't look into the meaning of the ink molecules, but rather their visual shapes. I suppose the lights are a closer analogy to those ink rings, but the lights weren't rings so far as I saw.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I thought it might just be me. Well, when they overlaid the light pattern over the molecules and their percentages of "emotions", it made me think of the ink rings and patterns in "Arrival". Just something that made me go "hm"...oh well, Tarka's gonna really hose things up unless Michael can stop him (or the Ten C does the job for her)...

 

[harshness]

So has the Ten C method of communication (molecules and lights) remind anyone else of the ink rings in the movie "Arrival", or is it just me?

The Arrival system is a symbol system like Chinese. 10C is a cypher based on atomic structure and light patterns that create a time-based interpretation.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Got that, it's obviously not identical. But (as I said), when they overlaid the light pattern over the molecule pattern and rotated it so that it lined-up, it struck me as being somewhat similar...

 

[Zookster]

The 10c method of communication (molecules + light patterns) in the episode was a simplified mathematics-based language. It yielded symbols, formulas, and equations that still had to interpreted in the native language.

 

[SamCdbs]

Well, that was just awful.

Just when you think it is not possible to get further away from what Star Trek is about, STD shows you it certainly can.

 

[Derwin0]

Well, that was just awful.

Just when you think it is not possible to get further away from what Star Trek is about, STD shows you it certainly can.

Turning the end of it into a blatant political ad didn't help either.

 

[KAB]

The whole season was blatantly ill-conceived.

 

[TheKrell]

The whole season was blatantly ill-conceived.

Well I enjoyed it anyhow, including the surprise guest appearance. Once I overcame the numerous anachronisms (most notably the spore drive), and the endless stories where only Burnham can fix impending doom, and doom nowadays extending to the entire galaxy, it's easy to enjoy.