Right after Picard Season 2, Star Trek’s Strange New Worlds debuted. I wasn’t expecting this or looking for it… it just happened.
It was late already so I might as well just stay up and I am glad that I did.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is so fucking good. It is available on Paramount+ which is a streaming service that is priced at $9.99 per month. New episodes drop every Thursday. The series follows Captain Pike, Spock, and Number One and friends as they explore the galaxies.
I absolutely loved it at least the first episodes before we started digging into Spock’s neverending conflict of being half human half Vulcan and Uhuru wanting to be like Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love.
Seriously, we are 1 episode away from the finale and she made it known she didn’t want to be a part of Starfleet; which I am not going to lie really made me mad, and she is still here being annoying. Pining for attention because she is just coasting in life…
How did you coast your ass to Starfleet?
What I absolutely love about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- The Production: I am going to be completely and say that this show is absolutely gorgeous. I love looking at it. I love the color grading, and how the show was filmed, it is phenomenal. I love Picard the captain and the show, but mainly because I got to see my favorite Q as well. In addition, the production behind this television show put a lot of heart into the delivery of this masterpiece.
- Captain Pike: I never thought that I, Zelda, would find another Captain that I adore. I am a huge fan girl for Captain Picard. His style, Picard’s love for early grey tea, and the way his intelligence exudes throughout the show. Captain Pike? Homeboy is an absolutely delightful goof. Although, he is the lead in the show the focus is never on Captain Pike. I sometimes forget he is the Captain. My favorite part is when he pretends to be a pirate. Even funnier because of the whole Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard that was going on around the same time.
- The Clothing: Do not tell me you didn’t think that Nurse Chapel’s bright white p/leather jumpsuit wasn’t dope?! I immediately googled it to see if it was available. It is so sexy. So sleek, nothing like the typical wardrobe donned on this show.
What I abhor about this show…
Ugh, this is painful because I honestly do hate this. I am not just saying that because that’s what you say to soften the blow of saying that something absolutely sucked prior to saying yanno… this sucked.
- Science Officer Spock: Who doesn’t identify as a Vulcan or want to be a Vulcan? Most of us trekkies can say we by default will always root for the Vulcan. This dude, though? No. He is weak. I understand that he has inner conflict. We know the story. Am I more human or am I more Vulcan? Who am I? However, this guy I don’t know if it is the acting the direction, or what, but he is like a dog being fed commands to follow instead of an actor. For example, Nurse Chapel will say it is okay to be mad. Spock gets mad and stays mad until Chapel says “Oh you’re going through emotions” and embraces him. Now he is calm-ish and walks away.
WHAT?
He is neither Human nor Vulcan he is a damn fool in this show
- Nurse Chapel: Girl, I wanted to love you. To be honest I like you except for when you are just so wrapped in lust for Spock it’s unbearable. At least you’re a great actress and I feel the intensity otherwise I could dismiss it. Nonetheless, let’s just move this along. Let them slap bones together or give it a rest.
- Uhuru The Greatest Annoyance of them all: She declares that she is leaving Starfleet at the beginning of the show and during the majority of her screen time someone is complimenting her, praising her, and giving continuous pep talks in hopes that she will stay. The writer for her needs to be fired she is beyond annoying because we get to see how smart and semi-cool she can be but it is all overshadowed by her emotional immaturity and confusion.
Short Episode 9 Recap/Review
The episode was basically Aliens vs Predator I was totally expecting my babe Sigourney Weaver to jump and blast those nasty things into oblivion or see Arnold Schrawnegger running around in the background. However, some sad shit happened that we cannot discuss because
OMG SPOILERS
My favorite part is when they use their Amazon Kindle to get information.
But, what were your thoughts about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Do you love it? Do you hate it? Are you excited?
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