madimpossibledreamer

Scotty, you’re a moron.  Of course, you started a fight with Klingons in the original so it’s not like you’ve got much room to talk there.

(also of note: scotty has a nephew.)

Okay, that made me laugh, good job.

“what did I just say, scotty?” okay, the quippage + ‘keep focused’ is pretty good.

Wow, spock figured that out pretty quickly

(please stop sidelining bones thx)

Hey, the natural predator of the tribble!  That’s cool to see!

Okay, scotty, you’re clearly an idiot

Hey, kirk was in the language society, he should be slightly better than that.

RAND IS HERE OMG ALERT THE PRESSES

Yay, more bones!

“I didn’t do anything!” “I still blame you” yes good more bones :D

That’s probably where the one in into dumbness came from

Uhhhh shouldn’t you have mentioned the thing where they’re a great Klingon repellent?  (that was better as a rewrite tho.  I mean, not better than the original and I miss the ‘I am completely done with life’ scene, but better than the gary one because they didn’t properly set that up)

Is that admiral Kirk?

Haha, yep, it is.  Hey, I can totally see them being crazy pen pals in space.

Well, until scotty started tinkering.  He could make it work.

(this is before the 1^st movie isn’t it?  …I remember seeing the beard in a music video…)

This is bones.  He’s not phased by a knife to the throat.

Also yes warlike andorians, good.

“I’m a doctor, not a botanist” you mean?

Hey, they want to survive, they got a biological imperative to fight back.

(I can hear Bones grumbling about fools who think they can control everything)

I like that she’s got more of a plot/character.  We’ll see if that keeps up.

Intelligence as you know it.  that’s different.

That was cool.  Also we’ll make a space adventurer of you yet dr mccoy.

He’s Dead, Jim (Death/injury count): Prrooobably going to be astronomical, in this universe.  Aaaactually not what is this

OOOOH I get the reference.

That’s a rather interesting place to start.  And a rather different Mirror Universe than I expect happens.

….now I want to do a RWBY Mirror Mirror Star Trek music video.  If only I had the tech.  (okay, tech, but not episode.  Working on.

Okay this is pretty much what I expected the world—

TH3E OPENING IS DIFFERENT WHAT

--the world to be like after they leave

THE LOGO IS EVEN DIFFERENT WHAT

‘I’ll be in my quarters’ sulking

Are the andorians part of the empire?

Well, he does have pointed ears

They’ve got better weapons than we do.

Stuff

He actually feels some feelings toward Spock

…the death-computer thingie isn’t working anymore.

I mean, noncon kiss, but it’s the way to keep herself alive in the world of backstab, so.

Well. Yeah.

Oh hey, we never saw Bones the Evil.

“I suggest you put down your rebellion, laddie.”

Well, they’re still weird friends.

Well, too late, we already injected him.

Oops we kinda disabled your ship before we got attacked

IDIC—wait, do the Vulcans actually have that at this point?

The delivery of that line, Captain’s Woman.  Just made me giggle.

And you don’t even know how to do it yourself, you jerk?

Yes but you’ll use the tools of the monster.

DESTROY IT

“No revolution can succeed using the same methods that failed in the previous one.”

Civilized, you say?  I don’t believe you.

That smile was pure shatner.  Gj.

I mean, a vulcan’s arm is inherently a weapon, but.

Now let’s see if it’s accurate in that kirk wins every game

And evil kirk continues to be jealous of himself.

Fighting in the red lights.

He recorded that.  nice.

….

Kirk = Khan? (in this instance)

Sulu just rolls his eyes in the background.

He’s Dead, Jim (Death/injury count): red shirt threatened with knife. Orion neck pinched.

KIRK IS READING and needs glasses.

We are supposed to save life if possible.

“that was strange” yes, good.

I can’t wait for the Mudd episode.  Assuming they have one.

Good advice.

“Weaponry often complicates negotiations.” –Spock

“Why does anyone have to be a slave to anyone?” –Bones

“I’m sorry if I hurt anyone” uh actually you killed some people. And yes, they were bad people, and didn’t, perhaps, deserve life, but you don’t go ‘oops, my bad’, you go with self-defense and run with it.

Freedom is huge for Kirk.  Also why the blank are you kneeling??

Does this crew ship spock and kirk?  Because that’s a decidedly jealous look from spock there.

Thank goodness for Vulcans.

WOMEN IN IMPORTANT THINGS!  (I don’t recognize the braiding offhand, but that might be an admiral??)

Okay, here’s a point where the Federation’s cultural relativism runs into issues.  “We have to respect other cultures, even when they have slaves that they rape and murder” I’ll also point out, here, that Tellarites are, I’m 90% certain, a Federation race.  They can’t even punish them for engaging in slavery?  (Of course, I’m also pretty sure Lolani is up to no good.  She’s like the terrifying part of ultra-feminists or whatever the term is.  The ones who’ve been under the heel so long they think all men deserve to be discriminated against, if not tortured and/or killed.  It’s still a criticism of the system—without it as it currently stands, it would never have hurt people to the point they, too, become monsters.  Like the Faunis and the White Fang.)

All right, then prove it.

I’m going to guess the random Blue Shirt on bridge, given that he isn’t Spock, is Bones, because if there’s one person who’s there when he’s not supposed to be, it’s Bones.

“Usually, everyone is working”  Yes, good, thank you :)

I’m going to guess this is why there was something about hormone suppressors for Gaila.

(Cambion!Jim’s similar, but he can turn it on or off.)

Oh, come on, you’re charmed too.

Oh, hey, this is a point where Kirk isn’t telling the others “this is work, flirt on your own time” but maybe that’s because they’re not in the middle of a crisis rn?

Have you met Kirk?  He’ll figure out some brilliant scheme to make it work, even if—

….

Uhh.

Is he going to buy her and free her?  Cambion!Jim feels that’s a perfectly logical strategy, right Spock?

“You’re new to this ship, so I’ll excuse you for not understanding that when I say I’ll do everything I can, I’ll do everything I can.” –Kirk (uh, yeah, what I said above about the ‘brilliant scheme’.)

Prreeeety much.  It’s a prereq for working aboard this ship.  We all do it.

…not just males and females, darlin’.

Flirting, occasionally, but it’s also not a 100% thing.

She is a smart female, so she’s his type, but she’s also not blond.

It’s also not 100%.  What you wear is what you wear.  If you like wearing that, keep doing it.  Personally, I think Starfleet uniforms are cool, but.

Kirk, keep your cool.  You have more self-control than anybody aside from Spock.  Use it.

(that book looks old.  Cool.)

(also what is he referring to?  War and Peace?  I haven’t actually read it, so…honestly, if that’s not true, it sounds more like the fall of Rome, but I don’t know any specific books that deal with the subject…)

In your nature?  No.  You were taught, presumably part of your ‘make you a good slave’ program.

Smiles with intent.  Man, your Kirk is growing on me.

“that story isn’t consistent with the facts” here we go with the ace attorney again.  Bet you figured that out from Lieutenant Shaw.  Also, I have to dig out the Ace Attorney music again.  (confess the truth, maybe?)

If we can prove, you know, important things…I don’t know what the threshold is, but if we can prove them, maybe, maybe we can get you off free.  Like this?  Nuh-uh.  Phoenix Wright couldn’t do it.  Mr. Cogley couldn’t do it.

He’s clenching his fists so hard.

This has shades of…whatever that one with the…Elaan of Troiylus, that’s the one.  I might’ve misspelled it.

You really should trust Kirk.  Then again, you might not be able to trust any men, so.

RIP Kenway.

That is a ridiculously good version of the Galileo.

“I’ll deal with you in a minute.”  Yes, you were under alien influence, but also, no.  Bad Red Shirt.

Female red shirt!  She looks interesting.

NONE OF THIS IS HELPING MY JOB BE ANY EASIER.  If I can show she was innocent in those deaths, if I can show she didn’t try to seduce me, if I can show she didn’t seduce one of my crewmen and try to get off the ship, I might have a better chance at all of this.

Inoculations are probably used when you can’t count on the Orion female to cooperate with suppressors (and not seduce the medic trying to give the shot out of giving one).

…

Headcanon: Dr. McKennah is having an affair with her behind the scenes of this one.

Spock hanging out behind Kirk as a support.

…you don’t know that I read this stuff in my spare time, what laughably little there is of it, and know that, do you?

MIND MELD

The ‘more emotions with a mind meld’ thing was played perfectly.  Before that, you’d been an adequate Spock.  Then again, perhaps it simply needed some time for you to get into the role.

Not likely.

….okay.  there is a plan.  Kirk just came up with a plan.

Bones’ face.

…your voice sounds like Andre the Giant.

HE’S BOUNCING.  ALERT THE…UH.  PRESSES?  I DON’T KNOW.

Getting the mannerisms down is a good start.

There’s a red shirt who knows her duty.  I like her.  She’s cool.  She better show up again.

GUYS.  THERE IS A PLAN.  Her, I can understand, but TRUST YOUR CAPTAIN YOU NINCOMPOOP. (is that spelled correctly?  Blah.)

Nope. He’s not.  Not if he can help it, and he’s pulled off longer odds before.

Accurate, but he’s not doing nothing.

Red shirt lady outside.  Why aren’t you doing anything about the obvious non-messagy stuff going on?

Matthew Kenway, what even is.

Scotty says as he’s drinking Scotch.

McKennah just “I need more alcohol for this”.

Everyone’s expressions.

Bones just stares at Kirk going “really?”

Is that really your big gambit?  (not that it’s not…I don’t know, I’ll wait and see.)

Slaps table.  Also yes, good kirk-like speech.

Cambion!Jim has an idea!  Come on, really?  No?

Kirk fighting style, yes, good.  Perfect.

From our point of view, right now, you’re all animals.

“Civilized people do not treat people as property” accurate  (and not only true of slavery…some people like to treat their wives or girlfriends as just property, too)

You…got to it.  A bit late, though.

What about over an entire slave system?  Because it’s never about just one slave.

Those are tears.

Uhura, why of all people are you upset by this?

…She blew them up rather than go back.

Note that most of his crew would follow him even against Starfleet.

Oh, it was the roman empire.  With their slaves, right.

Kirk, sending Kenway off to do great things.

Wait did that really just say someone’s last name was vroom.?  LOLANI’S ACTOR’S LAST NAME IS VROOM.  THAT IS AMAZING. 

Well.  I don’t think I took enough notes for graphs, which is unfortunate because I’m actually a little curious as to whether yellow shirts (the ‘new red shirts’) die more often.  However, I took less notes because I was less engaged—overall I definitely don’t like the new series as much.  I don’t find many of the people compelling (and the instant the security chief starts to get more interesting she dies).  It’s driving me crazy that people aren’t listening to the People With the Answers (usually Wesley Crusher, who’s unfortunately insufferable about it all).  I understand why.  They didn’t come out and say it, but the new Enterprise is a military ship, including the rigid hierarchy.  Picard is basically Gibbs, but without the charming ‘I’m going to swap a body with one of my subordinates so we can have a better look at it and solve the case someone’s trying to steal it from me’ brand of crazy.  That’s not to say that I like the military mindset, and I certainly wouldn’t want to serve on this Enterprise.  Riker’s…more like the stereotype everyone thinks Kirk is sometimes, and like a more charming Garibaldi (Babylon 5) in others.  Data’s interesting, but they haven’t done enough with him yet.  Geordi’s also an interesting character idea, but not much has been done with him yet, either.  And Troi, well, I find the Betazoid an interesting race, but again, it hasn’t been utilized to its full potential (and she’s basically just ‘lemme consult Captain Obvious who points out things you wouldn’t need a power to see’).  Worf…oh, I’m gonna get annoyed by how much Worf gets hurt, because, y’know, interesting concept.  Let’s take an ‘enemy race’ alien and have them join the crew, then barely explore why their certainly different point of view is useful, their strength is useful, and basically have them be that chair that gets tossed around every episode.  The doctor doesn’t do much doctor-ly stuff and is mostly just complaining every episode.  The holodeck is fascinating and at least some of the science is actually impressively well-researched, though some things (the lingering lipstick in one episode) bugs me, because without the equipment it shouldn’t still be kept up!  I just…

I guess one of the big issues I have is that most of this stuff is being done heavy handed, and potential in writing concepts isn’t being tapped.  You’re not left to find your own morals or opinions, you’re repeatedly bashed over the head by a two-by-four to come to the same conclusions as the writers.  There’s no coherent theme, and depending on the episode mostly everyone besides Wesley is more or less annoying.

It super doesn’t help that the pilot plus the first two episodes were absolutely awful.  From what I read, Code of Honor is considered one of the worst episodes.  Of any Star Trek series.  That’s a lot.

I enjoyed the holodeck episodes, particularly The Big Goodbye, and I also super enjoyed the creep factor of the series arc Conspiracy.

I probably will finish, eventually, when I can make myself do so.  If nothing else, I’m told the Borg are worth the watch.  It just may take a bit between lack of inclination and lack of time.