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YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

He is gay which separates him.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

Yes, and look at those characters. Unless the character is gay, they are written to be negative or evil.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

Kurtzman wanted a serious dark tone that excluded humor, excluded science, and promoted how progressive the future would be. He selected a largely female-diverse cast and wrote that all white males would be stupid or evil in the script. Then he proceeded to change the look and style of Trek away from the established canon to whatever garbage he came up with. Maybe if the writing was better it could have worked but that writing was bad, very very bad. This was the age of discovery in Trek where Star Fleet was full of brave heroes. He wrote his characters to be weak, angry, or overly emotional. The cast of Strange New Worlds feels like Star Fleet, they can have emotions but they are written to understand the dangers they are in are part of why they are doing what they do. Exploration is dangerous, you need to have a backbone to survive it.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

This episode is one of the best episodes in the modern era of Trek, it’s lighthearted it’s funny it celebrates Trek and it’s done so tastefully that I genuinely have nothing bad to say about it. It reminds me of Trials and Tribble-ations.

Alex Kurtzman must have hated this episode, it is the exact opposite of what he wanted to do with Trek. Also why fans love it, because Alex was always wrong about what Trek is about and why it matters to the fans.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

The hidden line in the episode is that the crew knows they end up as historical icons of Starfleet and thus the line ‘I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.’ this applies to the crew now. It allows them to be more confident in their decisions and become the icons they are meant to be. This episode likely has one of the largest impacts on the character direction of the crew going forward.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

This is my all-time favorite episode of Star Trek. Wow, wow, wow … wow.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in More on Mastodon from Aaron Waltke on Prodigy’s full season one release.

I’ve not watched any part of this series as it looked geared towards children. Is it worth watching or better off skipping?

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available?

Lower Decks take on what happens in the holodecks tells me they do have some insane hobbies and well extracurricular activities that need clean up afterward.

YoBuckStopsHere , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x05 "Charades"

I keep watching this series and saying, see this is what we want. This was a fun episode that hit all it’s marks, science and technology, social issues, and an awesome story.