Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[rockymtnhigh]

What a fantastic first episode.

No spoilers, but holy s#$& that was the best Star Trek in probably fifteen years. wow. Just wow.

 

[KAB]

First impression: Nurse Chapel...I want one!
DAMN good Star Trek! Will never even think about watching Discovery again...EVER!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

First impression: Nurse Chapel...I want one!
DAMN good Star Trek! Will never even think about watching Discovery again...EVER!

Discovery? What is that?

 

[TheKrell]

DAMN good Star Trek!

Agree with all. This was a superb first episode. And it was episodic rather than having a full-season story arc like that stupid DMA.

Will never even think about watching Discovery again...EVER!

Well, I can't share your ire there. I kind of liked Discovery after I overcame my outrage at the spore drive, among many other anachronisms.

 

[reubenray]

I need to see if I can catch a break in my internet speed and stream this.

 

[Derwin0]

Agree with all. This was a superb first episode. And it was episodic rather than having a full-season story arc like that stupid DMA.

Nice, forgot that it had premeired. I'll have to watch it this weekend. Be nice to have a return of classic trek type tv.

 

[harshness]

First impression: Nurse Chapel...I want one!

She's no Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. To me it was kind of like choosing Maya Rudolf over Halle Berry in a classic beauty contest.

 

[Zookster]

Jess Bush, so ugly. What were they thinking? If this isn't a "classic beauty" I don't know what one is (and I say that as someone who doesn't go for bottle blondes).

 

[harshness]

The new Chapel lacks the elegance that Majel brought. There's a certain spunkiness that seems out of place as compared to all other Trek nurses.

 

[Zookster]

The new Chapel lacks the elegance that Majel brought. There's a certain spunkiness that seems out of place as compared to all other Trek nurses.

The original nurse Chapel character embodied more or less the then current view of women's roles, being reserved, respectful, and deferent to their male doctors. The new Chapel is her own person with an actual personality, whether one cares for it or not. She's potentially a memorable character in this reboot, with her own agency and storylines. I personally didn't even remember there was a nurse Chapel in TOS until I watched this episode of SNW.

 

[harshness]

The new Chapel is her own person with an actual personality, whether one cares for it or not.

In the grand Star Trek scheme, there's only one Nurse Chapel. I can see Ohura maturing into the TOS character but I can't see the new Chapel doing a 180.

 

[Zookster]

In the grand Star Trek scheme, there's only one Nurse Chapel. I can see Ohura maturing into the TOS character but I can't see the new Chapel doing a 180.

I agree with you there; it's a total reboot of her character, but the same could be said of Kirk from the brief glimpse we got of him. The only actor really channeling their predecessor so far is Ethan Peck.

 

[KAB]

She's no Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.

but the same could be said of Kirk from the brief glimpse we got of him. The only actor really channeling their predecessor so far is Ethan Peck.

We saw brother Sam Kirk, not JamesT.

 

[KAB]

We saw brother Sam Kirk, not JamesT.

And BTW, the brief glimpse of his dead brother in TOS was Shatner.

 

[harshness]

The premier was so loaded with nods and canon that it is probably necessary to watch it more than once.

I appreciated that Wil almost wet himself on the Ready Room. If you're not watching it, you really should.

 

[bookworm370]

We saw brother Sam Kirk, not JamesT.

Yeah, what's up with that? Isn't the same timeline for J.T?

 

[TheKrell]

The original nurse Chapel character embodied more or less the then current view of women's roles, being reserved, respectful, and deferent to their male doctors.

While I agree with you about the nurse Chapel role, that doesn't apply to her previous role as Number One in The Cage. She blew the mountain top off that Talosian elevator trying to get in and free Pike. Nothing reserved or deferential about that.

 

[KAB]

How about we all stop picking apart this promising new series based on OLD canon. It's the BEST Paramount + Star Trek, Period!

 

[Zookster]

While I agree with you about the nurse Chapel role, that doesn't apply to her previous role as Number One in The Cage. She blew the mountain top off that Talosian elevator trying to get in and free Pike. Nothing reserved or deferential about that.

Okay I'll shut up about anything related to TOS now since I saw most of those episodes only once in the 1970s before I hit puberty.

 

[KAB]

Okay I'll shut up about anything related to TOS now since I saw most of those episodes only once in the 1970s before I hit puberty.

You Child!