I didn’t love the basic setup - using a derelict ship that people died on as a training ground didn’t really sit well with me - but it was a decent story in that setting.
To me it gave "this is the best we can afford right now" vibes. They clearly can afford better, but that was my impression of the message they were trying to send.
Woke nonsense.
Roddenberry 22:47: And the GENE spake unto the heavens, saying, “Let no craft wander uboldly, nor let any nacelle drift apart from its wing."
You know I was a liberal until they force detached nacelles down our throats.
Kidding obviously, but I am right there with you 😂
EDIT: For the record I loved the Disco S1 Klingons and they never should have wussed out with those but I can live with it.
I thought SNW did a really good job establishing all of the characters in a short season. But SFA is somehow doing even better.
After the first appearance I thought he was going to be a lovable scamp, like Harry Mudd or Quark. But MAN.
Paul Giamatti and Holly Hunter were just absolutely amazing this episode.
Couldn't agree more. Just absolutely riveting scene with little else going on besides his angry ranting and her micro-expressions. So many layers to both of their performances.
I'm with nearly all your other observations too. Even the Kyle Jay Den thing manages to feel natural and awkward in a wholesome realistic way for a character who has had all of ten seconds of screen time.
Yes [Caleb's] an ass at first as the defenses instinctively trigger
This is the only part I'm not sure I fully agree with you on. I think Caleb's reaction to having his childhood trauma brought up against is will during a time he is supposed to be feeling safe being vulnerable is completely understandable. "She can't help it" isn't an excuse in my book. BUT they both handled it maturely later with cool heads and that's what matters. He is definitely going to think she's a badass (maybe because that scene was maybe one of the most badass moments we've ever seen on Star Trek).
Oddly enough the Sisko impression is one of the best I've ever seen
I loved this episode, it was really funny to hear "normal" people navigating getting an instance up and running, but they did without too much trouble. They also have 7K monthly active users since creating it, which is a great infusion of fresh blood to the fediverse.
Good for him. In the history books there's going to be an asterisk next to the results this year.
“I think that people assume, because the pictures aren't real, that it's not as damaging,” Brewer told me. “But if anything, this was worse"
I'm with you. It seems at least in part it was AI. The shoulder is shadowed but the sunglasses are giving off a (double?) glint?