I’ve felt so awful last few days I needed some comfort. Wound up rewatching the entirety of SNW. Honestly only having 10 episodes made that too easy.

I watched episode 9 the other night and yowzer that was a bit horror movie-esque. I wasn’t really prepared for that! Those CGI monsters were actually genuinely scary.

The show is so damn pretty. Like that snow world is gorgeous and so visuals are just top notch aaaaaand then they turn that onto monsters and just ahhhhhh.

Need more Ortegas. I say that every time but it’s true.

Crying forever about Hemmer. The way he said he had to go outside now like that historical quote from that polar expedition 😭

I hope season 2 comes around as I don’t think I can eke this out much longer lol. Just one episode left.

OMG I am finally watching the Elysian Kingdom. I have been looking forward to it ever since I heard about it when it first aired. Today I won NaNo so I was like “I’m going to reward myself with that”

I figured I would enjoy but I didn’t know I would enjoy it this much. It is so much fun and I don’t usually think about this so much as I prefer suspension of disbelief, but the actors are chewing the scenery so well it looks like they are having a lot of fun. I like that! It has such positive vibes 🥰

Oh wow I am watching episode 7 the serene squall.

Loved Pike and Una’s banter. Loved Pike cooking. Loved Ortegas dry humour. Loved the mutiny play.

Did NOT love the Spock and Chapel kiss. I literally was watching through my fingers going “ok can stop now” “stop” “why isn’t it over?” as boy that lasted waaaaay too long.

Also enough with all the Spock storylines. Like other characters exist. I mean I get it. Spock is the most familiar as TOS, all the movies, the reboot movies etc. but that IMO means focus at the start as like a familiar ‘bridge’ and then fade to background so the new chars get a chance. Just focusing on the old helps nobody long term.

Aaaaaah excuse me while I scream as a Librarians fan. Cassandra just turned up 😍

My only other thought is “damn this show is pretty” on repeat.

Watching the fifth episode ON MY BRAND NEW TV!!! The picture is incredible 🤩 I tried to take a photo but the photo didn’t do it justice. I do keep turning it down as I am worried it’s too loud and I don’t want to be an inconsiderate neighbour. I am having to AirPlay it as for some reason (mind boggles) the Paramount+ app is only available for LG in the US. Hopefully they will fix that soon.

Anyway episode! This focus on Spock is a bit boring but I kinda expected it from an episode with the name “Spock” in it 😛

#GiveChapelAGirlfriend

Why does Ortegas get so little screentime? I want more Number One too but I guess she had a focus episode :/ Ortegas hasn’t even had that.

Ok maybe I take that back about Number One as there is now hijinks with La’an.

OMG this is so pretty by the lake 😍 and wow it is so pretty at the negotiation table place. Ok maybe I just think everything is stunning idk. I wonder what my video games will look like 🤔 damn that ship deck is beautiful.

Pike was honest and I love that and yes it was a manipulation kinda but it was honest. They chose what to do with it. That’s why he is the best of StarFleet as if they had walked away he’s have taken the hit and let them.

Damn this show is pretty.

So I just watched the 4th episode (I know I’m slow) and it’s funny because I watched some of Prodigy recently and apparently ships being able to withstand black holes is a thing.

Not enough Number One, not enough Ortegas. I liked Uhura and Hemmer’s interaction, the way they held hands. Chapel continues to be a scene stealer and M’Benga likes to tug on my heart. The way he was giving his own plasma.

Pike’s faith was very Pike. I wish they had shown a close-up of the pins they all wore. I read somewhere that Spock and Pike’s were for Discovery but that would have been nice to have seen for myself. I wonder if his miracle move was indeed called the Pike Manoeuvre.

I still haven’t ‘bonded’ so to speak with La’an, so I do find myself wishing there had been more crew scenes. Like when that bridge officer? (I think he’s bridge, do we know his name?) he was helping some guy in a blue shirt, and then the blue shirt shoved him through the airlock before it closed and then got sucked into space. Like I had more of an emotional reaction to that than anything from La’an tbh. So more of that kind of thing would have given the episode more weight IMO. Like what happened to the people they saved? They were there for the first 5 minutes and then vanished. How many died in the attack? How many were still on the ship when it blew? Did any survive?

I know they say “give it a face” as if we can see it in one person, and then know it’s in everyone, that is more effective than trying to show general devastation/pain etc. But I don’t think La’an is a very good ‘face’ so to speak for that.

Anyway currently resisting looking the gorn up on the Trek wiki as curious.

Just watched 1.03 and I did so with pizza for the perfect Friday night experience 😂 which also saved you all from my live blogging.

But thoughts!

What M’Benga said about new bigotries replacing old ones and then Number Ones log about “why isn’t it enough to just be me? Why do I have to be the hero?” And not to get political or anything but it slapped me in the face with a memory of reading a news article about a refugee who climbed up the outside of an apartment complex up like 5 floors or something to rescue a child in danger. They were fast tracked for asylum but such heroism while obviously incredible doesn’t mean they weren’t worthy before. They were already enough. Idk it just super hit home and I think that’s actually the core of what Star Trek is. Yeah it’s set in the future but it is still reflecting back and showing us stuff about our society and lessons we should learn.

Una is incredible but she is enough just being her, not for the 200% massive effort and I love Pike I do, but I have a mighty need for him to kick himself about his well-intentioned compliments and tell Una that. Say that she’s good not for what she does but just for who she is and it’s ok.

Sorry I am just a bit stuck on this. It hits home in a personal way.

There wasn’t enough Ortegas. Chapel continues to delight no matter the limited screentime. I just really dig her vibe.

Those landing party jackets were awesome I want one.

A pattern buffer as stasis is really interesting. Has that ever come up before?

I really liked how Una gave M’Benga a pass and helped him so the accident wouldn’t happen again, but he also got to continue protecting his kid. I think we were supposed to go “well Pike just did for Una so she was paying it on” but tbh I more got the vibe that the Enterprise crew is a family and they keep each other’s secrets and take care of one another. Like Una would have done that whatever for M’Benga because that’s what they do. I love that. I’m a sucker for found family.

@Monday Moonrise

Pattern buffer as stasis thing was in TNG! That’s how Scotty kept himself alive for 80 years.

ooooh interesting!

reminds me of the Stargate episode where Teal’c got trapped in the buffer when the connection was unstable due to an explosion on the other end. The signal was ‘fading’ and McKay figured 48 hours and he was gone. Carter disagreed (and was obviously right) and they managed to get him back.

I suppose it’s a bit like computer information. If you’ve ever tried to read an old CD sometimes it doesn’t read properly due to degradation.

I’m watching episode 2 and Uhura’s backstory took me by surprise. That dinner was more heartbreaking and less funny than I had expected.

It didn’t feel like Pike has confided in all that many people re: his vision so I love the openness with Number One. Their dynamic is great. Real Brotp material I think.

I’m feeling really bad second hand awkwardness for Uhura on the comet. La’an is just so unsympathetic. She doesn’t give an inch. I liked her ok in episode 1. She was business like but she feels callous, impatient and pretty uncaring in episode 2 atm. And Spock means well but isn’t exactly warm and fuzzy. I mean he tries and that’s sweet in a way and he gets better as the episode goes on.

I like the scenes on the ship much better. Feels cooperative and friendly with Pike, Number One and Ortegas.

The fake staggering when the ship takes a hit is the most over dramatic that I have seen I think on Trek 😂 way to capture the ToS vibe there.

I love that Ortegas has patented her own move. Flying into an asteroid storm is so Han Solo 😉 

I’m somewhat confused. I thought that the asteroid manoeuvre was to persuade them to move the comet but I guess the tractor beam was for the Enterprise? I guess that was a distraction so Spock could do whatever he did (and I do not understand what he did, what did he do?)

You know Number One isn’t wrong. Pike knows when the incident happens, he knows who it affects and he knows what kind of accident it is. So why can’t he fix whatever the error is and save those people without doing the hero thing? Foreknowledge means he can solve the problem differently. Fight smarter not harder.