by SecretaryIMF.

I'm going to watch the episode right now, but first I need to mention 2 things: 1). Have you watched any episodes of the Paramount Plus tv series version of the computer game Halo yet? I've seen the first 4 episodes. I really enjoyed them. 2). Thank you for being a good friend to me during the 4 years I've been posting on the TMDb boards. Off to watch Strange New Worlds.

Ciao !🙂

I try to be friendly with everyone but at times I do have a spat like yesterday with FormerlyKnownAs...but I'm also quite quick to bury the hatchet and move on.

Thanks to wonder2wonder numerous updates I saw one snippet where Spock was singing a song in the lift with Una ..I wasn't that happy cause Spock smiled at the end...Looks like they are going to give Spock emotions.😕

I don’t know what Halo is.

Looking forward to hearing your impressions on the Ist episode of Strange New Worlds. I won't be seeing it anytime soon..so I don't mind spoilers.

I didn't like Abrams films ..Spock being all emotional just wasn't my thing and the story didn't make much sense ...but I know many enjoyed it, so I'm glad for you. There is an issue though ..here is the link.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L854TSIszIQ

@sunshine62 said:

Thanks to wonder2wonder numerous updates I saw one snippet where Spock was singing a song in the lift with Una ..I wasn't that happy cause Spock smiled at the end...Looks like they are going to give Spock emotions.😕

@sunshine62 Ciao. There are many changes of canon. For example Spock and Nurse Chapel are getting closer - they hug - which will explain why she is so infatuated with him in (S)TOS.

Below is a previous post, you can follow the links to posts about other changes (contains spoilers):

** SPOILERS **

** SPOILERS **

S1E01 "Strange New Worlds" has premiered.

There is first contact. Una is missing. Admiral Robert April asks Captain Pike to take command of the USS Enterprise.

T'Pring proposes to Spock.

Spock misses his sister Michael Burnham. Pike is anxious about his future accident - 'death'.

La'an Noonien Singh is the only survivor of an attack by the Gorn.

The Talarian Republic on the planet, discovered warp technology because of what they had witnessed: the final battle near Xahea, when Burnham opened the wormhole that sent her and the Discovery through to the future.

Pike convinces the Talarians not to start a World War and offers them membership of the Federation.

Everyone celebrates.

Lieutenant George Samuel Kirk, elder brother of the future Captain Kirk, joins the crew of the USS Enterprise.

"Hit it!"

@wonder2wonder said:

when Burnham opened the wormhole that sent her and the Discovery through to the future.

The bestest Mary Sue evar strikes yet again.

Everyone celebrates.

They celebrate for having done their job as Starfleet officers? Celebrate???????????????

Lieutenant George Samuel Kirk, elder brother of the future Captain Kirk, joins the crew of the USS Enterprise.

So, James T Kirk's ruination begins with his older brother? Guess the "writers" thought why ruin 1 Kirk, when we can ruin them all

Seeing a wormhole open leads to discovering warp drive? BS.

I already knew there were some pretty dumb people producing and writing these shows, but wow...

Meanwhile, the Gorn were UNKNOWN until TOS episode "Arena."

I don't think George Samuel Kirk was ever in Starfleet.

And wasn't Spock sworn to secrecy about his "sister?"

@Knixon said:

Seeing a wormhole open leads to discovering warp drive? BS.

I already knew there were some pretty dumb people producing and writing these shows, but wow...

Meanwhile, the Gorn were UNKNOWN until TOS episode "Arena."

I don't think George Samuel Kirk was ever in Starfleet.

And wasn't Spock sworn to secrecy about his "sister?"

Yes, Kurtzman Star Trek Universe has a lot of 'interesting' changes.

Another example are the 'warp bombs' that the Talarians developed. That was previously impossible. It was understood that warp weapons do not exist because the laws of physics limit their effectiveness. Now they appear to have been used during the Eugenics War and World War III.

On Memory-Alpha a new paragraph has just been added about George Samuel Kirk.

Spock misses his sister and needs to share this with others. "Secrecy be damned."

What? Warp drive wasn't discovered until AFTER the Eugenics Wars.

Are you really so desperate to see Anson Mount in something?

@Knixon said:

What? Warp drive wasn't discovered until AFTER the Eugenics Wars.

I don't know what explanation the writers will think up. One possibility is that there were alien arms dealers selling them to the warring nations on Earth.

Where is Gary Seven to prevent this? He could have died. In "Star Trek: Picard" he has been replaced by another Watcher (Orla Brady).

Or perhaps history was wrong all along. Would they dare to retcon Zefram Cochrane? Is Section 31 or some other secret organization involved?

@wonder2wonder said:

@Knixon said:

What? Warp drive wasn't discovered until AFTER the Eugenics Wars.

I don't know what explanation the writers will think up. One possibility is that there were alien arms dealers selling them to the warring nations on Earth.

Where is Gary Seven to prevent this? He could have died. In "Star Trek: Picard" he has been replaced by another Watcher (Orla Brady).

Or perhaps history was wrong all along. Would they dare to retcon Zefram Cochrane? Is Section 31 or some other secret organization involved?

They've already retconned Zefram Cochrane at least once.

And I don't see any evidence that Earth had any contact with aliens before the discovery of warp drive. (Which, again, in TOS was discovered by Cochrane for EVERYONE, not just Earth. Which means that aliens could only have reached Earth via "slowboat" space technology. Not very likely.)

Phooey on any or all of that.

@wonder2wonder: I still haven't seen the first episode of Strange New Worlds yet, but after reading your post I'm a tad perflexed and confused: this is the first time I've ever heard about Jim Kirk's older brother George Samuel "Sam" Kirk having served in Starfleet. WTF? According to the season one finale "Operation Annihilate!" Sam was a Research Biologist on the Deneva Colony. I have NEVER heard of him ever serving in Starfleet! What in the name of Robert Lansing is going on?

@SecretaryIMF said:

@wonder2wonder: I still haven't seen the first episode of Strange New Worlds yet, but after reading your post I'm a tad perflexed and confused: this is the first time I've ever heard about Jim Kirk's older brother George Samuel "Sam" Kirk having served in Starfleet. WTF? According to the season one finale "Operation Annihilate!" Sam was a Research Biologist on the Deneva Colony. I have NEVER heard of him ever serving in Starfleet! What in the name of Robert Lansing is going on?

And the Gorn were UKNOWN until "Arena," etc etc etc.

@SecretaryIMF said:

@wonder2wonder: I still haven't seen the first episode of Strange New Worlds yet, but after reading your post I'm a tad perflexed and confused: this is the first time I've ever heard about Jim Kirk's older brother George Samuel "Sam" Kirk having served in Starfleet. WTF? According to the season one finale "Operation Annihilate!" Sam was a Research Biologist on the Deneva Colony. I have NEVER heard of him ever serving in Starfleet! What in the name of Robert Lansing is going on?

The writers have retconned that. I've also noticed that this new information has been added on websites like Memory-Alpha.

By the way, if you've seen season two of "Star Trek: Picard", you'll know that Gary Seven is a Watcher. Perhaps he or another Watcher will appear in one of the future episodes.

@wonder2wonder said:

@SecretaryIMF said:

@wonder2wonder: I still haven't seen the first episode of Strange New Worlds yet, but after reading your post I'm a tad perflexed and confused: this is the first time I've ever heard about Jim Kirk's older brother George Samuel "Sam" Kirk having served in Starfleet. WTF? According to the season one finale "Operation Annihilate!" Sam was a Research Biologist on the Deneva Colony. I have NEVER heard of him ever serving in Starfleet! What in the name of Robert Lansing is going on?

The writers have retconned that. I've also noticed that this new information has been added on websites like Memory-Alpha.

By the way, if you've seen season two of "Star Trek: Picard", you'll know that Gary Seven is a Watcher. Perhaps he or another Watcher will appear in one of the future episodes.

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by wonder2wonder:

@sunshine62 Ciao. There are many changes of canon. For example Spock and Nurse Chapel are getting closer - they hug - which will explain why she is so infatuated with him in (S)TOS.

Thanks wonder 2wonder for all the links.

The moment I saw Spock in the early 70s I had a crush on him.. he has that effect on a lot of females ..so there was no need to have Chapel and Spock meet already under Pike to explain why she is infatuated with Spock under Kirk's command.

Kirk had a brother that died when attack by an alien life form that looked much like a flying pizza..but he was not in star fleet..it was a federation colony . Pull stop.

The clip with Spock and T'Pring ... Spock in Amok Time had not seen T"Pring since they bonded at the age of 7...

Exactly what are they doing there .. how can it be a ceremony concerning their bond / future marriage ... wouldn't their parents and T"Pau be there ?

I followed the La'an Noonien Singh /Gorn link you felt .. I read the paragraph about the Gorn nursery ?? three times and it still sounds nuts to me. Gorn eating humans alive

And anyway the Gorn were first encountered by Kirk .. or are we supposed to believe that Star Fleet decided to consider Singh's ordeal with the Gorn classified too like Burnham's departure to the future?

I'll say one thing ..wish I could rewrite my past like the writers do with Star trek lore.

@sunshine62 said:

by wonder2wonder:

@sunshine62 Ciao. There are many changes of canon. For example Spock and Nurse Chapel are getting closer - they hug - which will explain why she is so infatuated with him in (S)TOS.

Thanks wonder 2wonder for all the links.

The moment I saw Spock in the early 70s I had a crush on him.. he has that effect on a lot of females ..so there was no need to have Chapel and Spock meet already under Pike to explain why she is infatuated with Spock under Kirk's command.

Kirk had a brother that died when attack by an alien life form that looked much like a flying pizza..but he was not in star fleet..it was a federation colony . Pull stop.

The clip with Spock and T'Pring ... Spock in Amok Time had not seen T"Pring since they bonded at the age of 7...

Exactly what are they doing there .. how can it be a ceremony concerning their bond / future marriage ... wouldn't their parents and T"Pau be there ?

I followed the La'an Noonien Singh /Gorn link you felt .. I read the paragraph about the Gorn nursery ?? three times and it still sounds nuts to me. Gorn eating humans alive

And anyway the Gorn were first encountered by Kirk .. or are we supposed to believe that Star Fleet decided to consider Singh's ordeal with the Gorn classified too like Burnham's departure to the future?

****I'll say one thing ..wish I could rewrite my past like the writers do with Star trek lore.

I think that since Y2K (the year 2000) the time line has changed. The deviation from the original time line has continued and there is no way back.

The changes in Star Trek continues. It will reflect the society we live in now with its contemporary policy and emphasis on representation.

There is Kirk (Samuel), Spock, Uhura and Nurse Chapel on the USS Enterprise. Who will be next from the original series?

The actress Celia Rose Gooding cut her hair short for her role because she wants to make a statement:

"... craving to be a part of the representation I want to see in the world..."

"Now we’re in 2022, and I think the iconic short Caesar cut has been a thing for Black men for a long time, but we are slowly but surely as a community getting closer and closer to widening the ideals of what Black femininity looks like."

Christine Chapel, who originally joined the crew of the USS Enterprise in 2266, hoping to find her missing fiancé Korby ((S)TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"), has been rebooted. She is now already on the ship in 2259. The new information added on Memory-Alpha:

In 2259, she was on civilian exchange from the Stanford Morehouse Epigenetic Project when she was assigned to the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike serving as Chief medical officer M'Benga's nurse. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds")

She and the other females have more 'action' scenes. Spock and Christine will have a special bond.

Will T'Pring become jealous when she finds out?

Forgive me for just ignoring all this BS claptrap nonsense.