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--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 26, 2020, 01:05:37 am ---real Klingons and not the awful turd monsters.

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lol!

The Klingons are so bad on Discovery. They can't even speak they have so much gunk on their face.

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Whoever is doing the makeup on Discovery needs to be fired...twice just to make sure. Take the species of the telarites…. this is how they looked on tos:

I mean yeah it's sort of piggish, but sfx were virtually non-existent at the time. On Enterprise they did a thoughtful update of the makeup which looked like this:

Looks pretty believable right? Now on Discovery they look like this:

Yeah a cartoon pig monster that looks like it should be on Power Rangers.... more so because the poor actor can barely move his face in the makeup, so you hear lines without any facial movement in the short trek that features him.

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# 1 frightening to me. where the hell are that dude's eyes? it's just sockets.
#2 that jutting down lower lip makes me want to punch them in the face. but i agree not bad.
#3, i can't even imagine a species evolving into having a giant moist obviously sensitive and vulnerable target for a fist in the middle of their face.

now I gotta go find these episodes and see what is going on.
also, is discovery still on?
I just lost interest in it at the beginning of season 2.

Howard_Casto:
I think they were trying to give the impression that he had solid black eyes on tos…. the hd restoration kind of ruins the illusion.

It's still on... I don't think season 3 starts until this winter. Season 2 is ok in the episodes where they aren't really focusing on the over-arcing plot but boy does said plot lack any sense.

Howard_Casto:
So episode 4 is good! No complaints... felt like a proper Star Trek episode finally. I'm sure that has a lot to do with Frakes directing it. I liked the flashbacks and how Picard was acting very Picard-like, standing up for his beliefs and stuff. Of course that's all b-plot. It's the a-plot that concerns me... this whole "destroyer" prophecy concerns me... it just seems a bit stupid and hokey. Thankfully this episode didn't have much of that which made it a lot more entertaining. The previews for the next episode concerns me though. It looks like they are going to have to deal with 24th century pop-up ads... which, if they aren't related to Ferengi aren't really going to fit in with the Star Trek universe... it's kind of like the stupid vape pen. Frakes will still be directing though and he's an expert turd polisher, so he should be able to salvage even a poorly written episode.

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 16, 2020, 08:52:56 pm ---So episode 4 is good! No complaints... felt like a proper Star Trek episode finally. I'm sure that has a lot to do with Frakes directing it. I liked the flashbacks and how Picard was acting very Picard-like, standing up for his beliefs and stuff. Of course that's all b-plot. It's the a-plot that concerns me... this whole "destroyer" prophecy concerns me... it just seems a bit stupid and hokey. Thankfully this episode didn't have much of that which made it a lot more entertaining. The previews for the next episode concerns me though. It looks like they are going to have to deal with 24th century pop-up ads... which, if they aren't related to Ferengi aren't really going to fit in with the Star Trek universe... it's kind of like the stupid vape pen. Frakes will still be directing though and he's an expert turd polisher, so he should be able to salvage even a poorly written episode.

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I liked it.

Clearly the Asian kid has some abandonment issues with Picard, so we can look forward to some story arc where they learn to be friends again. Picard has been kind of full of himself with these episodes, saying things like he just needs a starship and willing to take a demotion and "did you tell them it's me".

I'm interested to hear why 7 of 9 was on a kamikaze run. She's still easy on the eyes.

The destroyer prophecies.... I'm really hoping they can pull that out. The whole idea of a destiny laid out from many years ago is eye roll worthy to me.

Howard_Casto:
Yeah because Star Trek is about science, not religion. Prophecies like that really fall into the religion territory. Yes, yes, I know DS9 leaned heavily into religion, but in the end they were aliens, and DS9, while a fantastic show, isn't good Star Trek.

Picard has always been a little bit pompous and at this stage in his life he should be. All of those achievements the emh rattled off were 100% accurate, and that wasn't even all of them. If Picard says jump, you should really only ask how high. He's like the Batman of the Star Trek universe... perhaps only Kirk has done as much as he has.

I'm convinced that Jerri Ryan is aging backwards just to mess with people. Did you notice that her ship looked a lot like the Delta Flyer, only with green Borg tech?

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