scottsdad Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 "The Way to Eden" move over. This is how it is done. Brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Longest. Hour. Ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I didn't like it. I loved it. Cheer up @Boghead ranter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 To be honest I was not looking forward to this episode. I am not a massive fan of musicals and this had the potential to be another one to avoid. However all the songs were fun, there was useful dialogue in between, they moved some of the storyline along, even the premise for it all was amusing. Also like the cross-over episode, they changed the intro (don't skip over it). Could easily watch it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 To avoid just switching it off, and maybe missing something important to the ongoing series story (ie why La'an and Kirk went nowhere), I found myself reduced to trying to work out who could actually sing, and who was lipsynching. The Milli Vanilli awards went to Ortegas, Pike and La'an. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 How can this image not fill you with joy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Always hated musicals so giving this episode a miss. I’ll read what happens on Wikipedia so I don’t miss anything potentially important plot wise before next weeks episode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, scottsdad said: How can this image not fill you with joy? 'Cos Chappell's nipples have fallen about a foot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 A couple of little things I noticed (music aside). First, Chapel's fellowship is with Roger Korby. In the original series episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of", Korby was Chapel's ex-fiance. Second, Kirk's girlfriend Carol is pregnant (presumably with David). This just creased me up: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Overall, I've really loved this series but that musical episode was fucking shite BtVS nailed it 20 years ago and this didn't come within a light year of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 6 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: To avoid just switching it off, and maybe missing something important to the ongoing series story (ie why La'an and Kirk went nowhere), I found myself reduced to trying to work out who could actually sing, and who was lipsynching. The Milli Vanilli awards went to Ortegas, Pike and La'an. They were all lip synching. They recorded the songs separately, then lip synched when in costume and on set. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Fun Fact: Most actors can sing. The reason is simple. Most actors struggle to make a living from acting. An actor who can sing will get more opportunities than one that cannot. Never be surprised when a well known actor demonstrates their ability to sing. Conversely: Most singers cannot act. Simple enough. They don't need to. Unfortunately many of those that get the chance think their musical skills make them natural actors without ever going to acting school. The outcome is often painful. Anyway, aside from all that. Can Christina Chong sing? I will leave that up to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3acbl-PtAD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4zhuAzgww8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 12 hours after watching that and my eyes and ears are still bleeding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: 12 hours after watching that and my eyes and ears are still bleeding. I'm sure they are. Bleeding from happiness, no doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Oh great. Two musicals in a row. This one was even better than last week. Just joking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: Oh great. Two musicals in a row. This one was even better than last week. Just joking. Now you've gorn and done it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Wow. What a season finale. Just brilliant. And we all love Spoiler A cliffhanger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Wow. What a season finale. Just brilliant. And we all love Hide contents A cliffhanger Did they try porn this time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Finally caught up with this after we got a free month of Paramount + Season 1: Excellent, I thought. 9 good to very good episodes and 1 I didn't enjoy. Lots of familiar Star Trek tropes (which continues into season 2) but with better character development than the other Nu-Trek shows. Liked: the crew, particularly Number 1, Ortegas, Chapel; the pacing of most episodes; the little nods to fan service without taking the piss; the submarine episodes (Momento Mori and the season finale). Didn't like: the fairy tale episode (I know that's also a Trek trope but I usually avoid those ones and despite Mount in particular hamming it up, I didn't enjoy it); how some of the crew - Uhura, M'bemba - are experts at absolutely everything; the Chapel-Spock stuff was over played and felt forced at times; the death of a character that I liked. Season 2: Pretty good but not as good as Season 1 IMO. No Pike at all in 2 of the first 3 episodes when he's the best character is wild. Setting up the Gorn threat at the end of the first episode didn't pay off until right at the end wasting any tension there. Obviously they tried a few things which met with varied reponses but it was only really the courtroom episode that didn't hit the mark for me. Liked: More of the crew getting things to do or being the main episode lead; the Lower Decks crossover was well done and had some good comedy moments; the musical episode wasn't terrible; the jeopardy in the finale. Disliked: the new engineer, played for comedy one presumes with the very strong accent and "quirky" hair and background; too little Anson Mount; too much Spock-Chapel again; the Number One plot from the end of Season 1 was completed in a rush with no consequences. All in all though a good show and I'm looking forward to season 3. Will have to get another free trial to watch of course. PS for those who don't know, the "Short Treks" stuff is on Paramount too. They reference it a little in the episodes of the Main show (Una's liking for Gilbert and Sullivan etc) and they did something similar in Discovery where in the finale to one season it had a few returnees from the Short Treks, so that might be worth watching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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