Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Discussion – 1×06 “Come, Let’s Away”
Academy Cadets and War College Cadets have a joint exercise to practice a rescue mission. Things, not surprisingly, go awry.
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OK, right off the bat, I kind of love how the budget-saving “life support belts” from TAS (sort of) make a comeback here. I assume it’s for the same reason (didn’t want to build exosuits for all those cast members).
Right from the get-go, we know the away team Commander is a redshirt. We’ve never seen him before, he has zero backstory or barely a name. We could do a little better, gang. Give him a little character (the bet was a nice touch, but we know this guy ain’t coming home)
I’m glad the crisis was more about working together quickly and less Alpha posturing from the two leaders.
Part of me wants to be annoyed by Cadet “I ate my combadge” but I think it’s fitting to see some kids washing out. Starfleet is supposed to be the best and the brightest (it’s my complaint about Barclay in TNG). I want to see some kids not making it because, damn it, this is my competency porn. These cadets need to grow up to be the next Kirks, Picards, and Janeways.
Nus Braka went from “I want to airlock this guy” to “I want to leave him next to an unshielded reactor for a few days” in this episode. The conclusion of the episode feels like a solid version of Mary Robinette Kowal’s “Yes, but no and…” escalation. Love the name drop of Discovery at the end.
The action sequences have the same problems a lot of modern action has. Too many fast cuts. Too tight in. At some point, there will be this “new school” where action is drawn out and made to feel visceral again (RIP John Wick).
All-in-all, a good action piece with some excellent acting moments (Giamatti and Hunter are excellent together). I was good with the smaller scale stuff, but I have been hungry for bigger picture stuff.
I mostly liked this one. I do need to learn that Giamatti has an information source on the inside; this is a major coordination that only works if he knows exactly when this activity is about to take place.
> Part of me wants to be annoyed by Cadet “I ate my combadge” but I think it’s fitting to see some kids washing out
There is no justification for a character / student / applicant at that level to have made it into the Academy in the first place.
Not to mention: if Starfleet turned itself into a defensive force over a hundred years ago and the academy was only being reinstated in the first episode of this show, where have Starfleet been getting all its under-centenarian staff from?
This show is a horror. This show needs to be destroyed; not just for the sake of Star Trek, but for the sake of an entire society that will let people discuss this show without calling for its destruction.
OK, right off the bat, I kind of love how the budget-saving “life support belts” from TAS (sort of) make a comeback here. I assume it’s for the same reason (didn’t want to build exosuits for all those cast members).
Right from the get-go, we know the away team Commander is a redshirt. We’ve never seen him before, he has zero backstory or barely a name. We could do a little better, gang. Give him a little character (the bet was a nice touch, but we know this guy ain’t coming home)
I’m glad the crisis was more about working together quickly and less Alpha posturing from the two leaders.
Part of me wants to be annoyed by Cadet “I ate my combadge” but I think it’s fitting to see some kids washing out. Starfleet is supposed to be the best and the brightest (it’s my complaint about Barclay in TNG). I want to see some kids not making it because, damn it, this is my competency porn. These cadets need to grow up to be the next Kirks, Picards, and Janeways.
Nus Braka went from “I want to airlock this guy” to “I want to leave him next to an unshielded reactor for a few days” in this episode. The conclusion of the episode feels like a solid version of Mary Robinette Kowal’s “Yes, but no and…” escalation. Love the name drop of Discovery at the end.
The action sequences have the same problems a lot of modern action has. Too many fast cuts. Too tight in. At some point, there will be this “new school” where action is drawn out and made to feel visceral again (RIP John Wick).
All-in-all, a good action piece with some excellent acting moments (Giamatti and Hunter are excellent together). I was good with the smaller scale stuff, but I have been hungry for bigger picture stuff.
I mostly liked this one. I do need to learn that Giamatti has an information source on the inside; this is a major coordination that only works if he knows exactly when this activity is about to take place.
> Part of me wants to be annoyed by Cadet “I ate my combadge” but I think it’s fitting to see some kids washing out
There is no justification for a character / student / applicant at that level to have made it into the Academy in the first place.
Not to mention: if Starfleet turned itself into a defensive force over a hundred years ago and the academy was only being reinstated in the first episode of this show, where have Starfleet been getting all its under-centenarian staff from?
This show is a horror. This show needs to be destroyed; not just for the sake of Star Trek, but for the sake of an entire society that will let people discuss this show without calling for its destruction.