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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They have such great chemistry. Would be awesome to see SMG make a cameo in LD as a holodeck character or something.

Curiosity is always going to be better than arrogance. Nobody will appreciate it if you pretend like you know what you're doing.

Definitely solid advice.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love the frankness of the questions too, asking about the hair and both of them feeling the weight of the franchise and Nichelle Nichols' legacy on their shoulders.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yep, and also flipping the "what was the biggest challenge you overcame" standard question on its head.

And yeah, I was definitely curious about the hair but after learning Gates McFadden wore a bunch of different wigs in TNG, I just kind of let it go. I had no idea there was such thought and additional representation behind the change; that panning shot of her taking the captain's chair they talked about seems so much more poignant now.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

Yes! Definitely not a shot created with a predominantly white boy audience in mind.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I would love it, ~~but it would break the Canon of Discovery. No one is supposed to know that the Discovery, or her crew, ever existed.~~

Misremembered. The Discovery was "destroyed" to protect the secret of her going into the future. Thanks for the clearing up!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I thought they just faked Discovery being destroyed at the end of S2 rather than her never existing? Welp, there's the excuse I need to start a re-watch. lol

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think this is the correct interpretation, though one of Spock's lines makes is needlessly ambiguous:

Therefore, to ensure the Federation never finds itself facing the same danger, all officers remaining with knowledge of these events must be ordered never to speak of Discovery, its spore drive, or her crew again.

Some people have interpreted this as a complete disavowal, but given that the rest of the scene talks at length about how it's the time travel that needs to be kept secret, the fact that they "saw Discovery explode," SNW's "Memento Mori" gave us a Discovery pin on Starfleet Remembrance Day, and "Strange New Worlds" (the episode) gave us a shuttlecraft named Stamets, I think it's safe to say the intent was never for anyone to deny that the ship and crew existed.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks for breaking that down. That makes sense, and I was looking for the relevant dialog to get an idea of what the case was.