I mean, in the Trek universe I assume it's technically feasible. It just strikes me as silly, mainly because if you think too hard about some of the technology (including holograms) there are all sorts of really big issues that are just ignored. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief on a lot of stuff, but a hologram colony was a bridge too far for me.
I think that the Doctor works in part because of the writing too. But I also think that there's been a lot more evolution of thought about AI since the Doctor debuted and it might be some fertile ground to explore some stuff. I also think it somewhat interesting that they have set it up that there are 3 natural mentor-mentee pairs among our main characters: Ake/Caleb, Thok/Jay-Den, and Doctor/Sam. I wonder if Genesis and Darem will get so paired up eventually. We only have Jet and the Stephen Colbert voice guy so far. Maybe more will be introduced as we get episodes centering on them.
The Doc seemed cold to the idea of taking on a mentorship role with Sam. It could just be that she was gushing over him and he was uncomfortable, but I wonder if there's more to it -- like some kind of ideological schism in the photonic community, and the Doc strongly disagrees with the direction the Kasquians took on some key question.
Lura Thok didn't immediately head to Jay-Den and head-butt him and say, "My brother from another Klingon mother!" either. And after this latest episode it's entirely possible that the mentorship just ends there. But yes, Doc seemed to actively want to separate/distance himself from SAM. Maybe that's because of some philosophical difference/issue with her, or maybe his already-curmudgeonly personality now with 900 more years to get curmudgeonly is not particularly fond of a Jenny-come-lately perky photonic that has only been in existence for four months.
Oh give me a fucking break. Do you ever get tired of defending this trash? If you're stupid enough to swallow you're com badge or even think you did, you need to be kicked out of SFA instantly and I'd argue, you shouldn't be there in the first place. This was also the same character who was running around in a panic yelling, "red alert!" FFS. Absolute brain rot.
We've been asking the same thing about you and Trump, you and Critical Drinker, you and Uncke Albert...
Critical Drinker has started showing up in my FB feed this past week... holy fuck, the comment section is so much white supremacy and bigoted BS.
Well, that is The Message (TM) The only time I like CT is when he has to eat crow about a movie being better than he says it will be (Sinners, Prey, Thunderbolts, etc).
That was a great episode of Trek, and one that had a very rounded aspect. I confess that, at first, I thought someone had been rushing to write an ep over a takeout whilst watching Predator Badlands, but no, it was a well thought out episode. We had the Klingons, being pigheaded conservatives, reverting post-Burn back into a provincial race, letting tradition define them, even it it cost them everything. Then we had the Federation, being arrogant, and initially refusing to take into account Klingon cultural mores. The debates were hardly peak Sorkin, but nevertheless done well, and brought up the difference between knowing and understanding, something Western education has trouble differentiating at times. And we had a solution, very Kirk-esque, that would have fit a TOS episode perfectly. Can hear the little whimsical tune at the end of a ep now, and imagine Spock raising an eyebrow in surprise at Kirk willing to lose, and Kirk coming back with something about beating Spock in chess by being willing to lose a piece to win the game, whilst McCoy looks on. This was the first episode if STA I really felt engaged with, really hoping they keep on that curve.
yeah, the whole "meeting them on their terms" thing really hit for me. There's no cover up as everyone on every bridge of that fleet knew what was going on having been ordered to keep disruptor settings at the minimum. As a world building element, they introduced ritual rather than actual combat to Klingon diplomacy. I wonder how that'll play out over the show, let alone the next century?
I switched this on briefly and there was this angry looking Klingon and I thought he was going to say something cool but then he yells "to the debate hall!!" and I laughed and turned it off
Well, whatever a Mil is, or why it needs to acquire series, it seems SAM is the focus of the next ep and will be looking into a Starfleet historical mystery - possibly what happened to The Sisko. The M could have stood for Matrix, as in holomatrix. When I played Trek RPGs, I had an idea for a character who was an attempt at a "naturally" sentient hologram (rather than a happy accident like the Doctor or Vic) with Mat in the name because, well - guess.
Also, if I saw the trailer correctly, looks like Tawny Newsome is in this ep as an Academy instructor helping SAM look into the mystery. But not Mariner (unless in disguise) as she has alien face makeup.
