@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThe ideas that finally bubbled up to the surface in The Point of No Return last night have been festering in the back of my brain for months. Because, although it's a bit inchoate, it's only saying out loud what most of us already know.
The job now is no longer to turn the ship around. We don't have the wheel, and those who do will not listen.
The task now is to build lifeboats. To build resilient spaces in which fragments of humanity can survive.
@pre@boing.worldWatched season three of Strange New Worlds and it was pretty great.
The Enemy Mine episode with the pilot and the Gorn stranded by the Metrons was a nice bit of retcon.
Chronologically the first holodeck episode ever (Or did Enterprise do one? I forget), and the safeties fail and nearly kill everyone aboard the ship. Tech eh? The the humans must pursue it even if it kills them. I'm not all that keen on holodeck episodes. It always has this false sense of danger where they have some fake reason to have danger so it's not all a game.
Everyone's-a-vulcan episode was stupid and funny. Star Fleet is so casual with the humanity of it's soldiers.
Nurse Chapel is still amazing even though her hair is longer and, unusually, I preferred it short.
Knowing the future in a prequel makes things quite poignant. Kirk and Spock's first handshake. Their first mindmeld. Oh, the adventures they shall have. Playing with that by making Pike know his own future too is nice meta level scripting game.
#watching #tv #strangeNewWorlds #starTrek
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 03 - Volcano
VILA: Oh, yes, Tarrant says he was a space captain, but then he says a lot of things, and you don't have to believe it all, do you?
AVON: I'd be more inclined to believe that he was a captain than that you could have been.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/152
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
CALIPH: Welcome to Krandor, my friends. An artificial planet, which is the palace of the Lord Thaarn, Master of the Universe. I am the Caliph of Krandor. Among other things, it is my duty as the Lord Thaarn's chief executive, to negotiate a purchase price for your ship. We, uh, usually use this for rounding up runaway slaves. Oh, quite inappropriate in this instance, but it was nearest at the time. I do hope you understand.
TARRANT: We…
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries A, Episode 12 - Deliverance
ENSOR: I'm on three-quarter boost as it is. She's not responding! I'm going to maximum. It's all right. It's all right. She's slowing. Compensators beginning to hold. [Ship starts to steady.] Come on, come on, that's my beauty. That's...come on. Pull us back, pull us back. All right, she's coming back. We're all right.
MARYATT: Don't do that too often, will you? I'm a very nervous passenger.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
AVON: Right. Bring it directly over the skull. No, that won't do. You'll have to use the radio sensor. Good, that's much better. Yes, there it is. There's the limiter implant, you can see it quite clearly. Give me the side view. Good. Yes, it's in the sub four section all right. Now let's take a look at the limiter itself. Close focus, slowly.
JENNA: Well, there's nothing wrong with the connectors.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 07 - Children of Auron
C.A. TWO: Unlike the youngsters. So what do we do?
C.A. ONE: Evacuation.
FRANTON: It's probably Auron's only chance now.
C.A. ONE: Why aren't you at the replication plant?
FRANTON: Off shift, unfortunately.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/307/129
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries A, Episode 02 - Space Fall
AVON: [To Jenna] Luck has nothing to do with it.
[Switch to prisoner's living area]
VILA: You look as if you could do with a drink.
DAINER: I'm always thirsty, Vila.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/102/246 B7B4
