Yea that I would agree with. When DS9 had the big fleet fights at the height of the Dominion War it made the scale feel real. Great visuals for a 90’s TV show. Discovery at the climax is always on its own saving the galaxy. I don’t think they ever even show it docking at a star base.
There is a scene in S2 where there is a circle of like a dozen ships firing on the Discovery from point blank range. Can’t find a video at the moment.
But that circles right back to the 31 argument. Would this supposedly clandestine branch really have that sort of firepower?
When you have a powerful AI, you can siphon off resources to do whatever you want.
Besides, I am under the impression that most of those ships aren’t very powerful, at least individual. It’s mostly a fleet of smaller fighter craft, hence, why two star ships and a bunch of shuttles can hold them off for a short while.
I don’t recall off the top of my head whose orders these ships were following.
I think there’s some footage of the ships in this video at 1:16.
So I’m halfway through season 2 and it’s…better than season 1, which isn’t saying much really. The guy playing Captain Pike and the woman playing the new engineer are really making it better. Michael is still a waste of time though.
Pike is played by the fantastic Anson Mount , if you have time and like westerns his previous show Hell on Wheels is well worth a watch.
I shall! He’s really great.
OMG it also has Colm Meany! Sold!
Yes! They play well off each other.
Cormac
1995
Has this been posted here yet?
A nice homage to the old Trek title sequences!
I didn’t think much of Dr. Culber in Season 1, meh, but his fight with Ash Tyler (asshole) in Season 2 was awesome! I will be paying a lot more attention going forward!
So I’m watching Hell on Wheels, and I’m on the second episode. Holy wow you were right, Anson Mount is amazing.
Yes sir, the thread hasn’t been active in awhile, but your opinions are always a pleasure to read.
Pod
2000
Why do the images switch from 3d to 2d art?
Also: I’m not a huge fan of the Disney-like CGI for Star Trek.
Season 2 weekend for meeeeeee! Re-subbed in time for Picard this week ahead.
Love the classic uniform update, ugh still hate the Discovery uniforms.
Anson Mount kicking ass as Pike.
When is Discovery S3 coming, anyway? Right after Picard’s run, I hope?
They just wrapped up filming on it. My guess is they’ll wait at least a month after Picard to keep all the quatloos rolling in (not to mention to give time for editing, etc.).
If they really just finished shooting then it’s a ways off still. Not gonna see it till fall at least.
Yeah, that would make sense to me as well, although a couple cast members said they guessed “early 2020” but of course they’re probably not in the post production loop.
