Star Trek Discovery

Thanks for that. I'm very much looking forward to it.

For anyone not in the US, a non-geoblocked trailer's available at

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It does look really good. Bringing Spock and Pike into the story makes sense, given the timing.

 

Maybe it's a Netflix Australia one or something.

 

I meant maybe the trailer that I could access and you couldn't was published by Netflix Australia. It seems that different markets get different background music too: we didn't get Lenny Kravitz, when apparently you did. There are comments about the different music under your "The Verge" link.

But yes, in Australia I've been watching Discovery on Netflix. Netflix here has all the Star Trek series, in fact. I've just finished Enterprise, and now I'm going to drag myself back into DS9. The trouble with DS9 is that, so far at least, it has too many Ferengi in it, and I just cannot be arsed with Ferengi.

 

Oooh, yes. Avoid the spoilers. But it sounds like it's worth sticking with. I wasn't that impressed by Enterprise at the start, but it did grow on me. And it had no Ferengi, which was nice.

 

I think the fact that it doesn't go anywhere is a problem. But that still had potential. The Ferengi were the biggest problem.

As for Voyager, I did very much like it. I thought its biggest shortcomings were J̶a̶r̶ ̶J̶a̶r̶ ̶B̶i̶n̶k̶s̶ Neelix, who was just annoying until about Season 4. And J̶a̶r̶ ̶J̶a̶r̶ ̶B̶i̶n̶k̶s̶ Neelix's relationship with Kes, which had a whiff of paedophilia about it. But I liked the baddies in Voyager: I thought they made especially good use of the Borg. And I thought Seven of Nine was a particularly interesting character.

I also liked that towards the end, when there were shots of the Star Fleet Communications Headquarters, it was actually the view out of my old office in Hong Kong. Now, not in the 25th Century.

I'd love to see that.

I think I've seen all of TOS (also only AFAIK), TNG, Voyager, Enterprise (which I got into from Season 2 after finding Season 1 a bit dull, and I was very disappointed by the final episode, but the rest of 2, 3 and 4 were good) and ST. I've only seen Season 1 of DS9.

 

Now that is even more annoying than the d u n n o problem. ST: D, I meant.

Honestly, it's like the world is run by teenagers. NO, I DO NOT WANT MY PUNCTUATION TURNED INTO AN EMOJI. IT IS PUNCTUATION. I KNOW WORDS, AND CAN USE THESE TO EXPRESS MY IDEAS. I DO NOT NEED TO DEVOLVE INTO PICTURES. [big steaming poo; angry face]

 

Ah, well I'll keep going, then. It can be a challenge: the episode I started (and stopped) yesterday involved a bloody leprechaun. They said it was Rumpelstiltskin, but it was a leprechaun. I mean, really? I might skip to the next episode.

The Borg and Species 8472 were excellent baddies. The Kazon.... Maybe it's my age, but they just reminded me too much of a Duran Duran video. And their structure and culture didn't really make sense.

Seven of Nine ..... I never really got the "Ooooh, Jeri Ryan" thing. I just thought she was an interesting character. And you're right, the doctor was excellent too. It's always been good to have a not-human character looking at humanity from the outside and trying to get a handle on humanity. Spock, Data, Seven of Nine and the Doctor, and T'Pol were all good for this. And both Michael Burnham and Saru.

 

Patrick Stewart to reprise role as Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard

Patrick Stewart to reprise role as Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard | Culture | The Guardian

Oooh, this is exciting. I'm a big fan of Picard.

I shall toast this excellent news this morning with a cup of tea, Earl Grey, hot.