Spock didn’t know in Balance of Terror, which is what this episode is an alternate-timeline version of.
I thought spok (Nimoy) had a line about it in the JJ Abrams movie. It doesn’t matter because those are a different timeline. I just thought Vulcans and romulans knew each other.
Seeing Pike in the movie uniform (although slightly updated) was awesome.
Shame it was ruined by the "cool" line from uhurah.
Eh, I'll give it a pass. Much like I will give a pass to the sassy helmsman, whatever her name was.
I could not watch it
eps with Pike and crew, I like them that much. Is all of S2 out or is it weekly drops? Might do Picard S3 while I wait.
I tried some episodes from the first and second season but soon lost interest I felt as it was not the real thing
SNW S1 was good enough for me to go back and watch the couple of TOS eps with pike and the romulan one they riff off of for the s1 finale. I'm actually debating subjecting myself to the relevant STD (appropriate acronym, that one
I was thinking of Star Trek: Picard, but some of the new world was good
Hmmm... This is MY opinion but...
This is about a star ship and not a star base.
You may enjoy it for being a more traditional type of Trek instead of the dark and gritty action schlock that the franchise tried to be for the past 10 years, but it is also very much in the vein of shows like TOS and TNG. It goes back to its roots by having a more idealistic and upbeat tone, "anomaly of the week" episode format, and charismatic leads that you can root for. It's good stuff but don't expect it to be like DS9.
Is there a season long story that gets resolved at the end of each season?
More like an overarching plot that bookends the season, with only an occassional mention about it during mid-season episodes. Kinda like the first season of DS9 would open and end with episodes about the Prophets, except SNW is about Pike and his ultimate fate (if you watched TOS then you'll know).
Basically yes. Federation strictly banned genetic augmentation following the Eugenics Wars.
But wasn't the ENTIRE plot of the first ep that Nurse Chapel was applying a genetic modification to alter the starfleet officers to resemble those military aliens? Why was that OK but an Illyrian not? How is a half-Vulcan ok but a human can't try to level the playing field?
It's more like a temporary plastic surgery to blend in during covert missions. They do it in Star Trek all the time. Eugenics Wars, on the other hand, was caused by genetically enhanced superhumans with a god complex, and they developed said complex and sociopathic behavior because they thought themselves superior to regular humans. Completely different thing.
I dunno, literal genetic modification (even if temporary) as an approved starfleet project vs "I happen to be from a group that practiced genetic modification"=LIFE IN JAIL WITH NO OUTSIDE CONTACT happening in just 2-3 episodes seems a bit of a stretch.
Well, first of all, it wasn't Spock's choice to be mixed race, but even so, being a child of parents of two races is a natural thing. Unless you're like, you know, a space racist or something. Not saying that you are but what you're arguing here has the same connotations as racial segregation of mixed-race children, so consider that at least.
She wasn't born this way. Her race is using genetic engineering to improve their mental capabilities. They were first introduced in Star Trek Enterprise where it was explained.
Was she a consenting adult when it happened? And apparently it is reversible (to some extent) as seen on ST:SNW. I'm sure all that will play out in S2 as I doubt future
No, CGI deaging is EXTREMELY expensive, and not good enough to carry an entire show. Stuff like Luke in Mando is only feasible for short scenes, and the character can't move much otherwise it all falls apart.
