Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One [DVD]

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He and his wife Meridian are Pando farmers, while their son, Ethan, has a crush on his friend Diazo and chafes at his father's expectation that he will become a farmer as well. Petrana Radulovic for Polygon felt it was "an homage to retro sci-fi flicks" and similar to Raya and the Last Dragon, it "definitely seems to lean more into the action than Disney's typical musical fantasies.

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Debra releases the Enterprise, restoring its warp drive and interior design with no one other than M'Benga being able to remember the fantasy. Goldsman said the episode was about changing Pike's fate from a "curse" to a choice, [35] and Mount said Pike was "more resolute" and free after deciding not to try change his future. The first episode's script described T'Pring as wearing "ritual mating colors", so Croft took inspiration from the silver and purple costumes worn at Spock and T'Pring's wedding in "Amok Time" for Sandhu's dress.Myers said that was one of the best musical episodes made because it was "really smart and thoughtful.

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He plans to spend his shore leave with her but April interrupts to ask Pike and Spock for help negotiating with the R'ongovians who are considering allying with the Federation, Klingons or Romulans. Spock figures out a way to track the Gorn ship and they destroy it but three more Gorn ships arrive. Number One testifies about the oppression and marginalization Illyrians faced in her childhood, explains that she joined Starfleet because she believed it celebrated diversity, and reveals that she provided her own genetic status to Starfleet once it was known to the crew. Goldsman said the series was more episodic than Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, though it still has recurring character arcs.They avoid repercussions because of the top secret nature of the Discovery mission but Starfleet doubles-down on the rule by renaming it the Prime Directive. The crew on the Enterprise also lose their memories, but pilot Erica Ortegas learns what her job is from the ship's computer and instinctively navigates away from the asteroids. In addition to the comedy "hijinks" of "Spock Amok" and the horror of "All Those Who Wander", other genres explored in the season include "storybook escapism" in "The Elysium Kingdom" and the pirate-themed "The Serene Squall". Pike is horrified by this but unable to stop it and Alora explains that Majalis can only remain a paradise-like society if a child is sacrificed to the machine.

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Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton suggested that this could be a reference to the Federation evolving from 21st century America, which does have such problems, [29] and the series previously highlighted similar issues in "Strange New Worlds" when footage from the 2021 United States Capitol attack was used in a montage showing the events that lead to Earth's World War III. Other guest stars for the season include Melanie Scrofano as Batel, a Starfleet captain and Pike's "friend with benefits"; [9] Samantha Smith as a leader on Kiley 279; [10] Lindy Booth as Alora, a leader on Majalis who is an old flame of Pike's; [11] Ian Ho as the First Servant, a boy on Majalis who was selected at birth to be sacrificed to the machine that runs the paradise-like planet; [11] and Huse Madhavji as Gamal, the biological father of the First Servant who tries to save his son from the Majalis machine. citation needed] Jonathan Frakes, who was prevented from working on the first season after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his directing schedule on Star Trek: Picard, travelled to Toronto during the week of April 4 ahead of starting production on the seventh episode. Strange World was the 6th most popular film on Fandango’s transactional digital service Vudu, during the week ending January 1, 2023.

McMahan said he was "heavily involved" in the crossover and worked on the dialogue to make it "feel more Lower Decks". Transgender actress Jesse James Keitel was revealed in early June to have been cast as the nonbinary character Dr. The virtual technology used to display digital backgrounds on an LED video wall during filming for the series required additional design work during pre-production.

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JustWatch: Hulu's 'The Bear', 'Independence Day' Movie Nostalgia Top Weekly Streaming Through July 9". In the 24th century, ensign Brad Boimler of the USS Cerritos is assigned to investigate an ancient portal. The land of Avalonia was given a "warm, nostalgic" color scheme to contrast with the titular strange world inside the creature, for which the filmmakers "avoided earth tones and leaned into reds and magentas. When Star Trek: Discovery introduced three Original Series characters in its second season to joyful fan reception, it seemed fairly inevitable that we would revisit their world in more depth – and now, the second season of their very own series is here.N 1] They travel to the planet Kiley 279, which is in a similar state to 21st century Earth and on the brink of civil war. Security chief La'an Noonien-Singh helps evacuate the survivors and recognizes the situation as a Gorn trap; she was the only survivor of a Gorn attack in her childhood. a b c d e " 'Strange World' Review: Disney Expands Its Horizons, and It's a Beautiful Thing to See".