Now that it’s done, I will say this: NEVER HAVE I EVER seen a show that can be in a situation where, for example, “The warp will blow up in 30 seconds” and they manage to pack 5-10 minutes of dialog about their feelings into that “30 seconds.”
That’s been a joke about ticking bombs on TV and movies for decades, but Disco came along and said, “hold my beer.”
(Writers, tip for you: all you need do is change “30 seconds” to “10 minutes.”)
Da geht sie hin, die Mission der Discovery ist zu Ende. Ich werde #startrek#discovery vermissen 😭, eine für mich tolle Serie, ein geniales Schiff und eine tolle Crew 😎.
Jetzt bleibt nur noch Strange New Worlds fürs erste 🙂.
God, #WhatYouLeaveBehind has no right being as good a #trek finale as it is, though part of it is that it's my personal fav
– to anyone who's favourite show is Discovery, I empathise.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was one of the first microscopists, who made his own lenses and small hand-held microscopes. He used his master skill to create a curved glass magnifying objects up to 500 times.
With one episode of Star Trek Discovery left, some thoughts.
This last season hasn't gripped me as much as I wanted it to. I forgot yesterdays ep had aired until late last night, whereas I feel the absence of XMen97this week very keenly. There's not much emotion in me as we head into the series finale.
Too much change on the bridge. I miss Saru. Saru made Discovery special. His absence is a void. Disco already suffered a charisma drop when Michelle Yeoh left and Mary Wiseman's role in S4 was so reduced (she's back now but still feels absent, somehow...). Losing Doug Jones as well...there's only so much damage you can cover up with the wonderful Wilson Cruz and David Ajala.
Owoshukun and Detmer MIA. What the hell? Again, they are part of the show and their replacements feel so bland and abritrary, especially on a show designed to keep the ancillary characters as set-dressing.
Grey leaving as well? Their story consumed two seasons and now...boomph...that relationship just done and dusted. That doesn't feel right.
A last season should be a celebration of everything this show had and it feels like half the crew we've spent seven years following is missing.
It's still beautiful to look at and each episode is giving us great things to enjoy...but...I dunno, maybe it's me. Maybe that gap between 4 & 5 was just too long.
I do like the Breen. I don't like that Lak's story is yet more runaway royalty trope. Mol's 1-dimensional aggro-snarling schtick is exhausting.
'We invited biologists but they didn’t want to go because they said there’s nothing going on there. We constantly remind them they weren’t there when we made this historic biological discovery; we have to rub it in.’
Just had a wonderful afternoon tea at Emperor Georgiou’s Tea Room in Portland. I’ll try to remember to share photos later after the 2.5 hour drive home. https://www.emperorgeorgiou.black
How do the comm badges on #Discovery know where to transport their wearer to? Is the computer reading their minds, or do they tap it differently for various presets?
Latest season of #Discovery is such a circle jerk. Every single episode is a rehash of a TNG-era plot. Easter egg threads? Yeah that stopped being cool a couple of seasons ago, how about some original stories?
Not sure if other people do this, but I use notifications of favorites/boosts as a discovery mechanism for accounts to possibly follow.
I mean it's a potential sign they have similar interests, so might as well visit the profile and see if they post interesting stuff you want to see more of.
I'll often favorite a few posts along the way too, which I hope doesn't seem too weird to people!
This week's episode of #StarTrek#Discovery (with the "time bug") was my favorite Trek thing in ages. It was classic Trek, including a strong theme of problem-solving and cooperation and listening to others. And Sonequa Martin-Green knocked it out of the park. I found the ending incredibly moving.
📷 This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935. The team speculates that the methane emission may be due to processes generating aurorae, shown here in red. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (Space Telescope Science Institute).