Well yeah, they had to have the TOS Mirror sets lit normally so people could see what was going on on their 60's TVs. But they still had that classic climax where Kirk incapacitated the crew on the bridge with a jury-rigged strobe light.

That’s Discovery showing their canon knowledge. Remember how dark it was on Mirror Terok Nor? And I never finished The Emperor’s New Cloak because it was terrible, but I’m pretty sure Grand Nagus Zek beat Intendant Kira with a flashlight.

In regards to Lorca’s big twist, I was hoping he’d be a good man fighting societal conditioning, and that’s why he seemed rough around the edges for the typical Starfleet captain. His coup would be more engaging and sympathetic if he intended it for the same values and ideals the rebels and the Federation embody.

I will respond to your suggestions in the order that you suggested them. I will preemptively point out I’ve read a couple of these to completion, which means you’re good at picking out what I might be interested in.

I watched Deep Space Nine first, and decided if I was worth my weight as fan, I should watch all the others and not just cherry pick the agreed upon best episodes. I started and finished Next Gen and decided Voyager was the next chronological step.

Fortunately, we say these things about Voyager and Enterprise in hindsight. Deep Space Nine is regarded now in a way that it wasn’t back then, and there’s nothing stopping Discovery from emulating its storytelling strengths and not only its grander plotting.

I just finished Future’s End, so that’s a frame of reference for where I am in Voyager. I’m looking forward to its more acclaimed seasons, but I’m not sure the thought, “This could be so much better” is ever going to go away.

I don’t even remember what the murder plot was. The only things I remember besides the above rat-squishing were Colin Farrell being angry about his (maybe?) son and Taylor Kitsch getting the saddest BJ ever.

You managed to get through all of Season 2? I got to the point in the second episode where Vince Vaughn was angsting about smashing rats in a basement, and I was like, “Yeah, I’m done.”

Well I still have some series to watch. I’ve only ever watched TNG and DS9 in their entirety. My plan now is Voyager, Enterprise, and then The Original Series. I’m about halfway through Voyager and it’s.... about what I expected, for what it’s worth.

Fortunately the only criticism that I have with the show that’s baked into its DNA is that it’s a prequel so there’s no reason it can’t course correct. But yeah, I agree, I’m going to appreciate them trying new things, and the franchise covers so many characters and genres that it can do that while being true to…

Kinja has something like a 15 minute window after posting where you can edit a comment. For some reason. Also never post anything you might want to delete later.

That’s what I’m hoping too. During the credits, my wife said the show was too stressful, and I was like, “Hopefully next season they’re just exploring and taking soil samples.”

The show shocked me because I thought she took control of the transporter to beam him somewhere else on the ship or on the planet, turned to my friends and said, “You know she beamed him somewhere else”, and then they showed him floating in space.

I have some mixed feelings about the fast pace. On the one hand, I’m sort of ready for the show to move past all the war stuff and fighting. On the other hand, I feel myself kind of wishing that the show would slow down and just let the story breathe and let the characters interact more. I don’t really know how to…

This is the first I’ve heard of Jade City, but it sounds pretty cool. I haven’t dipped my toes in to literary fantasy that much lately, however it sounds like the type of genre mash-up I can appreciate. Even though my TBR pile is about a mile deep, I’ll keep it in mind.

It’s an interesting beast for sure. There’s a lot of things I expect from that kind of genre mixed in with a heaping of unconventional ideas.

Today I told a colleague who’s reading it that Trump’s already colonized my brainspace so thoroughly, that I don’t want a book to give him more domain over my thoughts and time.

Whoa whoa whoa, you studied something? Clearly you have too much expertise to get a seat at the table on this issue, brainiac!