Agreed on S2, I still love it, but the cracks started to show there. Though I actually kind of liked the burn explanation from S3—it was inventive and completely unexpected, even if it was a little corny. Felt like something you might’ve seen in TOS though.
I understand that plenty of people love Disco and I want to as well, but man, I’m having a harder and harder time with it. Without spoiling any of S4 too much, it’s yet another “there’s a huge catastrophe that threatens everything and we’re the only ones that can stop it” season-long arc. Characters introduced in both S3 and S4 have gotten more development than most of the bridge crew has since S1 (Detmer, Owosekun, Bryce, Rhys, Nilsson), and in fact those bridge crew characters are completely absent from multiple entire episodes. Character development is primarily focused on the sharing of grief, to the point that at times the show just feels like I’m watching a group therapy session with some breakneck action mixed in here and there. Burnham melodramatically speechifies everything to the point that speeches have become a dull instrument for the show. Stamets was better as an aloof genius, but they’ve softened him too much. My favorite character of the series has been written off the show. The special effects on the Disco bridge have become too over-the-top and predictable.
In my view, Disco peaked in S2 which is still in my top 10 favorite seasons of Trek ever. I hated the reveal of the cause of the Burn in S3, and while there are a couple of S4 plot lines that I am really interested in, I fear that I’m getting set up for disappointment again. I’m going to keep watching though, mostly as a Trek completionist but also out of the hope that I’ll start liking it again.
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Did they ever explain Detmer’s blackout problem, or just drop that?
Also, I saw a strong critic of the show refer to Burnham as “Space Jesus”, and now I can’t not see it.
Meanwhile, BoBF showed some signs of life in the latest episode. Hopefully it will take off now that they’re done with the Bacta Tank Memoirs.
“Space Jesus” is the perfect encapsulation of what Burnham has become. It’s unfortunate that the term probably came from some toxic incel who still believes that CBS fired Alex Kurtzman years ago and that all new Trek projects are on the brink of cancellation.
I was left with the impression that Detmer’s blackout was simply a concussion. I think they focused so heavily on it and the aftermath from it because it jarred her confidence as a pilot. I haven’t rewatched S3, but IIRC she got her touch back while piloting Book’s ship later on.
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Definitely needs more of the millennial dayglo Vespa speeder gang
I’m pretty in the middle about it still. I was really hoping for a deeper dive into the Tusken Tribal life, but I guess the revenge tour works too.
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Fridging seems to be the only motivation these days. Even Deadpool 2 used it.
They still have me curious about what this new uhhh plot point will be. That can make or break it for me.
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Just finished Leviathan Falls. They nailed the ending, IMO. I guess I’ll start watching the show now.
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I don’t think the show gets remotely that far, though I still haven’t started the final season.
I can’t even imagine how you’d write a screenplay for that.
For those of you who have given up on the Book of Boba Fett, here is a public service announcement: Episode five is well worth a view. It is a bonus Mandalorian episode as they tie the two series together and is as good as the best of any of the episodes in The Mandalorian. Without spoiling anything, and to whet your whistle; the modified Dyson Sphere (like in Ring World) is very cool and the answer to this question should interest you, who made the prettiest galactic empire spaceships?
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That episode was absolutely awesome on all fronts. Story, visuals, action!
(chef’s kiss!)
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I’ve really liked the book of Boba Fest, though I have to admit I had low expectations. I tried to think of reasons I liked it, and came up with some. In no particular order:
- The Neo-Ennio Moricone theme music. Maybe I’m the only one that hears Sergio Leone in that soundtrack, but I think the references are there and on purpose.
- The Lawrence of Arabia train sequence. It’s one of my favorite movies, and the attack on the train through the desert is iconic and not at all heavy handed.
- The lizard up the nose. It startled me, and I’ve decided every tv show is better with a lizard up the nose.
- The Mos Eisley band. The appearance of the band places everything squarely in the Star Wars universe.
- The evil wookie.
- The Danny Trejo cameo. It places things squarely in the Robert Rodriguez universe.
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And they’ve one-upped themselves again.
Just absolute visual deliciousness.
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We are watching Foundation on AppleTV right now as well as Cowboy Bebop on Netflix. The latter has already been canceled, which is a shame, because speaking as someone who never watched anime or the original Cowboy Bebop, it is incredible. The former is really fun too and a terrific departure from the extremely dated and pretty flat source material (which I recently abandoned an Audible version of—no shade intended to Asimov).
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We loved Cowboy Bebop and were pretty bummed that it was cancelled (especially so quickly). Sounds like the most ardent fans of the original anime series were rather vocal in their displeasure that the live action series was so different. Jerks.
Yep, that was a great episode. There’s an unfortunate reverse correlation between the quality of the episode and the amount of Boba Fett in it, though.
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The de-aged Luke still has a smidge of uncanny valley about it, but it’s really damn good.
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Slightly uncanny valley, but 1000 times better than the first time in Mando 16.
I read they brought on a guy that had been experimenting successfully with deep faking Luke in youtube vids, and he really helped them improve the CGI process.
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