He's on the Emperor's ship with presumably hundreds if not thousands of loyal people/guards/soldiers, so how did that happen? Shannon, you've clearly got a naughty list of commenters that you don't like. I dont think that this is generally done maliciously but nevertheless its deeply problematic. The Tyler/Voq plan? . This cookie is set by the Cookie Consent solution. The main question comes down to whether Burnham will side with MU Lorca or MU Georgiou. Objectives. "Nah". Saru was willing to blow up the Charon with Murca and everyone else on board just on the word of mutineer Burnham whom he intensely disliked earlier in the season, whom he tried to kill not that long ago, and whom he now, out of the blue, calls "friend"? I enjoyed watching this episode probably as much as or more than any this season and at the same time I was also more annoyed by it. The technobabble plot solution is pretty standard Trekkian fare except for the unnecessary upping of the ante that alleges the destruction of the mycelium network would cause "all life as we know it" in all universes to end if the Charon is allowed to continue using their power source that draws from it. There's nothing wrong with Trek occasionally embracing its inner action movie, and that's a big part of what this outing accomplishes, mostly effectively. I think I don't have to get nitpicky, that has been done already I think. How much plot will be resolved this season, and how much will be teased out for season two? RIP "Captain" Lorca. This action downloads the installation .exe. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It's driving me mad!!! She seems to go above and beyond in torturing the tardigrade, and she wasn't from the MU. I don't like pollution and we should certainly avoid that as much as we can. Instead, build suspense by getting us to care about characters and then making us wonder about their fates. @Consider the Following: Yes, you are stating the obvious. @juss100, wonderfully put. Your put in far more then you get out of it. Again, look at the Rekah Sharma character. I think for all of us there are some types of art that speak to us and some that don't. Since Fleet Command is a free-to-play mobile game, it features microtransactions. TNG was successful. Discovery basically offers Saturday Morning Cartoon level writing. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. These episodes just don't have much of substance. I thought all the acting was superb. Stamets?" Just going thru a re-watch of DSC S1 -- some of the reasons I praised this episode (Saru's speech, the musical score when riding the spore blast wave, getting some resolutions) didn't hold up as well for me this time. It deserved so much better. Thus even when the writing isn't as dumb as a bag full of rocks (like it was this week) it's just not the sort of Trek I enjoy at the moment. But Burnham chooses Georgiou, because there's something in their relationship that transcends universes and Burnham has guilt surrounding her dead mentor that she just can't let go. ", @Yanks: "I agree. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. This felt like Star Wars meets The Matrix meets Star Trek 2009. Trying to shut down substantive criticism is really facile. Id probably be less inclined to criticize the show if it didnt come across as such a corporate product or if I truly believed that this was the story the writers really wanted to tell. Booming said: "Imust also point out the irony that the people who complain with endless negativity that a show is too dark and negative.". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other". @anthimos112, Id love to have more constructive feedback, but for me the show is so far off course I dont even know where to start. I can not see me coming back to any episode of this new series. Mindless action. Too bad the MU Discovery, commanded by a notably bloodthirsty captain, didn't do much damage to the Klingons. In one episode, we learned that the Federation left a critical mining colony nearly defenseless to a Klingon raid. Philip K. Dick? Thanks. I think it was also mentioned on the Mission Log podcast.. Battle Pass 1 . Did the MU resistance cell get accidentally transported to the Prime Universe? And that spore that went into Tilly means something too, though I sort of don't care at this point.". There are far too many franchise inconsistencies here. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click like on a video. Lol Just imagine in like 5 or 6 years I'll get rewarded 5k parsteel Estar is warp 75! Systems with 2-Star Raw Crystal. Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan "What's Past Is Prologue" is an apt title given all that has happened on this season of Discovery. 5. "One year, 212 days of torture of agony, my friends my followers. Recalled Sullivan, ", Ted Sullivan was pleased with Rekha Sharma's work on this installment, stating, ", Tamara Deverell was happy that this episode's narrative incorporated the, Matt Mira cited this as a "fantastic episode of, Jason Isaacs commented that the uniting of the. So even if I will miss Isaacs, there's a definite upside to having Lorca out of the picture. I thought he was fascinating, and then they just made him some moustache twirling comic book villain in the final episode. I don't think these revelations made Lorca a simplistic character. The foundation of PKD's work was the distinctiveness of his characters and ideas, which he then threw into funhouse plots to make readers look at their own reality from a new perspective. The episode ended in a way I didn't expect. Up there with some of your more generous reviews Jammer. By clicking Accept you consent to the use of all cookies. Captain Picard Day was an annual event held aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the ship's schoolchildren. Lorca's guards capture and bring Burnham and Georgiou to Lorca. Imagine having to be Michael, or Stamets, and have to think back on every moment they spent with Lorca over the last year, have to rethink everything, have to realize he could have pulled out a knife and stabbed any one of them at any moment without batting an eyelash, and they trusted him. Not that I can say he's wrong, but he's wrong to say that science as we know it suggests these things.". "Say he's from the mirror universe, make him a racist then kill him." The visual aspects of Discovery simply don't fit in, and not just the underlining technology, even the way ships move through space. People obviously are finding this all "epic" and "amazing", but IMO it's all very dull. The special effects were gorgeous as always. Anyone find it ironic the comments here decrying Discovery's cynicism are far more cynical than the actual show? In the system and galaxy map, numerous missions are marked with an orange icon. Talk to Captain Koren. Now Shannon is telling someone on this thread to "STOP WATCHING!" Skiflicker said: "How did Lorca free everyone? Star Trek Fleet Command is a 4X "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate" mobile strategy game created by Irish developer Digit Game Studios and published by Scopely and CBS Interactive. Entertaining, but still not Trek to me. I liked the intimate character-driven Trek like The Inner Light, Duet, Far Beyond The Stars, Visitor, Living Witness, etc. This contains core and side missions that will be sourced through the free Battle Pass. It's not that there's no intrinsic worth to a Picasso painting, and there might be times when I'm in the mood for a Picasso, but you shouldn't try to pass it off as a Monet. Good luck with that. She had seen the Discovery was destroyed nine months prior, and Saru explains it was the ISS Discovery. Saru though is so complex, he has a lot of strange faults but mostly when it gets important he is is extremely clear and well spoken. This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. Or providing some sort of nuanced point of view from a MU character - not that we'd agree, but something a bit smarter than "will to power." The human influence on the global temperature is far from an established fact. However I have made it to similar valued planets. @OmicronThetaDeltaPhi, dont worry, youre not missing much. ", Star trek (?) Dec 16, 2022. If I remember right, didnt TNG try to avoid any references to TOS in the early seasons, to make it's own mark and avoid being seen to ride on the success of the original crew (besides McCoy in Encounter at Farpoint and the The Naked Now)? ", "We would've helped you get home if you had asked! Oh, one more thing (it might have been mentioned above, but I haven't read all the other comments yet): I really disliked that Saru implicitly trusted Burnham when she accused Murca of being eeeevil. See production, box office & company info. Certainly no Coalitions of Hope here. "Seemed like a good idea at the time.". But the pandering to very basic impulses with the every-episode quota of 2 to 3 minutes of porn that added nothing to the narrative and the episodic bloodfest in scenes where a simple killing had to turn into gore festival just to appease the base appeal for violence was mindless (I used "mindless" this one time, like I could have just as well say "appeals to the lowest common denominator" also used before for this show - and won't do it again - only because some other posters used it for Discovery in the past, I am not a fan of calling shows enjoyed by others denigrating names because it implies people enjoying them fit into that category too). Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the U.S.S. Lorca orders Stamets to kill the emergency transport system and they secure the throne room. Build powerful ships, including the USS Enterprise, the Romulan Warbird and Klingon Bird of Prey. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The battleship parts can be used to upgrade your fleet and a relocation token can change your bases location. I also don't want to be pulled into this, but I have no choice but to state some facts. Jammer's reviews really are brilliant. Or to put it another way, its now considered heresy not to bow at the altar of global warming. Looking forward to more action in the Prime Universe! " Most artists do have a style or a set of themes they explore. Excellently put @plain simple and @djkazaz. We always wanted to give you the feeling you are commanding your own fleet and venturing your ships and officers where no one has gone before. A lot. In the real world, such an event would lead to a massive civil war as pretenders tried to become the new emperor or carve up the Empire into bite sized pieces, which would then be conquered by others. List of Star Trek Fleet Command Hostile Drops (NPC) and their possible loot drops, for grinding materials, blueprints and ship parts. How are we going to win the war now, with Burnham being a "boundless well of human compassion"? Still very hard to enjoy this series and accept it as being part of Star Trek. The emperor, too, is thinking back to her relationship with the mirror Burnham, when Commander Burnham finds her. These are secondary missions that can be completed to earn rewards, but some of them may be too high of a level for you. Just show us, for three seconds, how she types something into a console or sticks something somwhere. Lorca is a better reflection of humanity than he's credited for. The characterisation in Discovery is great. Star Trek Fleet Command (STFC) offers a large complement of officers and abilities which makes it inherently complex. @HK, I think you give the writers way too much credit. Burnham saved Mirror Georgiou not for any character reasons but because it's required by next week's plot. And make no mistake, Discovery is no longer Lorca's. Fortunately, there is a possible solution to complete the quest. The way both fill in his role as second as jumping in as captain when needed is fascinating. Burnham's decision making mystifies me - after effectively assisting one raging psychopath in Voq/Tyler she brings another one back in the Emperor. Lorca being from the MU? In Saru we find a leader who acknowledges his fear and steps beyond it to do what's right. That scene where they all discuss their fate was great. One of the reasons the show is so reliant on so many PLOT TWISTS!!! You have your orders. This cookie is set by the provider Spotify. The fact is, the Earth's climate has ALWAYS been changing. If I want to learn about what war's really like, I'll watch a documentary or read a history book or watch a historical drama (like Band of Brothers). https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-discovery-is-exciting-but-not-much-else-1822501041. Also, where does the show go from here? Like that one exchange between Sisko and Dukat went: "You saw which way the wind was blowing, and switched sides." "Star Wars is deeper, philosopically, and politically I think", @Skiflicker: "Someone else did mention that earlier, that the spore may be Lorca, and god I hope not.". @Peter, fair enough about the analogy. Those in-game purchases allow you to do things like get more resources quickly or unlock other characters. Pike and Moreau are the core, but . A few can complete the quest successfully, however, for most, the quest is bugged. Until I saw what you said. I am really enjoying this show. This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. "What's past is prologue" is a line from Act II, Scene I of. I'm happy I decided to continue watching and am excited to see what the crew has to face next! Talk to Captain Shon. You can find your available missions on the left-hand side of the screen. Very much enjoyed this episode! Commanders, With 2022 coming to a close we're already prepping to boldly go into 2023.