tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post8225803541457909323..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: Discovery, Season 1: Context is for KingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-2409853055479958812017-10-04T00:56:59.658-05:002017-10-04T00:56:59.658-05:00Yeah, Stamets needs to work on his job-talk explan...Yeah, Stamets needs to work on his job-talk explanation and not his TED talk version :P. Gordon Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259964962383025146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-27034016825977683222017-10-03T21:43:08.098-05:002017-10-03T21:43:08.098-05:00Your explanation already makes more sense than wha...Your explanation already makes more sense than what was in the episode. :)matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-1697014777615112202017-10-03T12:40:25.953-05:002017-10-03T12:40:25.953-05:00I think there's definitely evidence that this ...I think there's definitely evidence that this was originally the pilot, and the Shenzhou two-parter was filmed afterwards. I noticed multiple points where there was audio-visual desync with Lorca's dialogue beyond just a misalignment/streaming glitch. I think Isaacs had to go back in post and dub in modified dialogue that better fit with the Shenzhou episodes. <br />Some of the other exchanges make more sense as initial hints of backstory: the Amanda name-drop, the "I was expecting a Vulcan" Stamets/Burnham introduction. Though, I would agree that the Saru/Burnham scenes as well as Burnham's monologue to Lorca are strengthened by having the prologue material. <br /><br />As far as the scifi aspect goes, I really like the direction they are taking things, but agree so far the explanation has been too mushy. There's definitely a lot of promise in the premise of exobiology of non-sentient organisms evolved to exploit/inhabit subspace and/or higher dimensional space. But currently, yeah, they haven't done enough to clarify for people worried that they're just using pixie dust to fuel the warp core or something... <br />Actually, thinking about it, Lorca could have made an analogy to penicillin: another mold that directly helped a war effort, but has other immense benefits. Plus, it's not literally the fungus itself that is important, but one of the mechanisms the fungus has evolved that is.Gordon Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259964962383025146noreply@blogger.com