Anyone disappointed by the marvellous filming in IcelandâŚ
Well you get the idea
Thatâs like saying the Revenant was a great film because of the scenic filmingâŚ
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Ok. Star Trek, roaring fire and bucket load of wine
Great Icelandic pics - roars of been there, seen that etc. from everyone here.
Unanimous 
from the C_S household
@Polski_Filip 1:0 @pap
And @BTripz can go and do one.
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Mrs P_F was on fine form.
âHow can you say youâve been there? We donât even know the name of the Planet yet!â
Mrs P_F 1 Polski_filip 0
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Tbf the daughter said âI didnât realise Iceland had two moonsâ.
We think she was jokingâŚ
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Hmmm, methinks Iâm going to have to watch it againâŚon 1st viewing I was slightly underwhelmedâŚ
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Perhaps rewatch the last Ep of S2 for some continuity first?
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Wrong thread
Do NOT read this until you watch Ep1.
It doesnât contain Plot Spoilers per se, it analyses the complete anti-JJ Abrams possibilities of the 32nd Century.
Potential is there, will the season deliver?
I had a look and have mixed feelings.
On the one hand, you really canât forget the way that season two was plotted. The finale there all the time, because they knew they had to get Discovery the fuck out of there to maintain any semblance of continuity.
That said, the setup for this new season is interesting; reminds me of a pitch Brian Singer once did for Star Trek, far into the future and with the Federation fucked up.
The episode was okay, if not actually featuring any of Discovery. They really donât know what theyâre doing with Burnham. The bit where the timesuit reports life signs is ridiculous, having Burnham exult in a very non-Vulcan way, which doesnât really ring true with her upbringing.
Still, it was more enjoyable than seeing Patrick Stewart literally kill Jean Luc Picard with identity politics.
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This bit, to be fair, did grate with me, not enough to stop watching though.
There is âHopeâ it will be better
Includes Spoilers
No spoilers
Somehow, this isnât gloomy. Martin-Green is very funny, and she is, finally, our guide to the secrets of an unknown world. Her boring love interest is gone, her crewmates are awol (though some of them will turn up), and the future is filled with the sort of double-crosses, shootouts and ramshackle spaceships you associate with a Star War, rather than a Trek. The possibility of the network high-fiving itself over references to shows that have been over for decades seems blessedly remote. The result is a far weirder and more eccentric show than Discovery has ever been â one character has a digital alarm parrot in lieu of a clock. There are even signs that it may begin affording its characters the kind of quiet everyday business that will allow the audience to know them as people, rather than as entries in branching wikis of lore.
I reviewed the programme when it began in 2017; I wasnât a fan of the elongated story arcs or the heavy-handed politics. The sadder-but-wiser show it has become mirrors the toll the past three years have taken on so many of us. Itâs a Star Trek that takes place, for the first time, in a broken world where there is no benign bureaucracy that must be saved from space invaders, brightly coloured disasters or a few bad apples. Now, Discovery promises to explore the idea of salvage â how to make the most of what we have, especially when we donât have enough. In this, as in a few other ways, it seems to take its cues not from the voyages of Captain Cook (who inspired Gene Roddenberry to create the original Trek), but from modern sci-fi writers such as NK Jemisin, who are concerned with how societies can â or canât â be built to survive hostile worlds.
Low bar to clear.
Disco was at its best during the Mirror Universe in the first season. Letâs see them top that.
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Season 3 Episode 2
A much better episode, slower paced and more menacingâŚI enjoyed.
Show off.
