Hegemony, Part II

Written by: Davy Perez

Story by: Henry Alonso Myers & Davy Perez

Directed by: Chris Fisher

Wedding Bell Blues

Written by: Kirsten Beyer & David Reed

Directed by: Jordan Canning

  • SpaceScotsman@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    7 hours ago

    This was a good mix to start with - a serious episode and a fun silly one.

    The first acts as a really good introduction for Scotty, giving him a chance to build up his character with some insurmountable engineering problems that, with some coaching, he surmounts. The second is a nice way to round off Spock and Chapel’s relationship, poking fun at the mess that following the canon has left us in, using Trelane as a stand-in for the fans.

    various thoughts on the plot:

    • Ortegas seems to have been left with a bit of trauma, being part digested will do that to you I guess. Hopefully La’an will spot this and help out.
    • Una mentions a “couple of litres” of blood. Did she mean pints, and the writers did a find/replace to make it metric and more futurey? Because “a couple of litres” is a lot.
    • Camera spin continues to be a big part of the visual language. It gives me a headache and I have to close my eyes whenever they do this. There were quite a few instances of roll in the first episode that were a bit too much for me.
    • John de Lancie and Rhys Darby make the perfect duo for these characters.
    • Scotty mentions not drinking, but ends up having to take some when he eats something dodgy at the batchelor party. Previously (later?) Scotty has been shown to be a fan of drink, I guess now it’s canon that had there not been alien interference, he may have always been teetotal.
    • While Chapel is dealing with Batel, the Gorn hatchlings seem to agitate when the ship first goes close to the binary stars. Then, at the end of the episode when the ship has been suspended between the stars for a long time, no real mention is made of this. I guess the blood infusions and operations just kind of negated all that? Feels like Chekov’s gun got loaded and then forgotten about.
    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      While Chapel is dealing with Batel, the Gorn hatchlings seem to agitate when the ship first goes close to the binary stars.

      I think it was a CME that got the hatchlings agitated, not getting close to the stars.

  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMEnglish
    1·
    6 hours ago

    Hegemony, Part II

    I appreciated the continued exploration of the Gorn as a truly alien alien species. All the stuff with their different sensory modes, and solar-associated life cycles, is a lot of fun to me.

    It also seems like they’ve written the Gorn off as a going concern, which I think is fine. This is a good place to leave it until “Arena” - they even added some dialogue about the various Gorn stories being somewhat vague, so there’s some wiggle room for them to seem a little different when they’re encountered again in the future.

    They managed to film the AR wall in a way that didn’t just seem like a round room, which I appreciate.

    Wedding Bell Blues

    Give this show all the makeup and costuming awards immediately.

    It was a fun romp, and I always like it when two opposing characters have to team up against the universe. I could have done with more dancing at the end - it seems like the actors put in a lot of work for a fairly brief scene.

    I’ve never been a big fan of drawing a connection between Trelane and the Q, so I’m glad neither was mentioned by name (Edit: I think…?).

    Please give me a Sam Kirk spinoff that runs for 50 years.