Or Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner.

One of the most influential science fiction monologues was ad libbed, and it’s so much better than the original script.

Original script:

“I’ve seen things… seen things you little people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion bright as magnesium… I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments… they’ll be gone.”

Hauer’s monologue:

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion… I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain… Time to die.”

OMFG…this pekingese is a little scrapper. Such a cute dog.

Thank god I wasn’t drinking coffee…I might have spit it all over the computer screen.

Your post says Rutherford, but your meme count this week screams Boimler

jk

Seriously you’ve been posting some gems recently!

To be fair with Ortegas they lean heavily into the thrill seeking flyboy archetype.

They do, but man an Erica Ortegas centered episode would be awesome. I would love to have an episode where we aren’t reminded that “Hi, my name is Erica Ortegas; I fly the ship.” Because at this point it feels like it’s trolling the audience.

And considering the way the season ended, there’s no guarantee that Ortegas makes it through alive. She’s one of the few characters that doesn’t have plot armor if TOS canon is to stand relatively unaltered.

Let hbomberguy tell you how Sherlock is bad by talking about it for what feels like an entire season of Sherlock.

Moffat…Moffat…Moffat

While I understand your hesitation, I definitely believe there could have been at least five more relevant episodes in Season 2. This season was overall character driven instead of a “planet of the week” format we’ve seen before. So, there could have been some extra episodes that extrapolated on the seasonal Gorn arc, or an Ortegas episode, or a Pelia episode. There’s a lot of potential to provide spanning character and seasonal arcs while delivering episodes from different planets over a 15 episode season.

I definitely believe 20 episodes is pushing it, but a 12-15 episode season could work if the stories are laid out well.

I knew Sean was going to give a down for that as soon as he mentioned it. You can tell by his inflection just where he’s going with it.

I’ve been watching his videos way too much…

If Abrams would have offered I bet Olyphant would have been great as Pike, for sure.

I’m upvoting this even though my vote goes to Sulu. Erica “I FLY THE SHIP” Ortegas needs her own fucking episode already.

Sulu all the way!

Gorn Captain Crunch…made with real captains!

I would surmise that Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow has somewhat altered the main timeline, and there could be some minor adjustments with the characters to accommodate the story that showrunners want to tell.

I’d consider the Pike/Kirk relationship to be a minor thing. If they meet again, I’d be okay with it if the story broke some of the canon. I mean, they already changed the timeline of the Eugenics War, so is it a huge deal if Pike and Kirk come face to face a couple more times throughout the series?

I like it as well, yet I didn’t find a place in Trek forums until I left Reddit last month. So this is new territory for me. Take it in stride, there are other Discovery fans out there.

That’s an interesting metric. Apparently the vitriol for Discovery is mostly contained to the internet.

This comes as no shock at all.

I could only keep drawing parallels in Babs’ performance to Jamis in Dune. It’s like he brought the tension in that fight scene with Paul Atreides to the entirety of this episode. He is an amazing actor, and I love how he brings this mystery to M’benga, and how writers continue to peel his layers away as the series progresses.

I would like to see an Otegas focused episode though. While there was some focus with her in this episode, it was definitely overshadowed by M’benga and Chapel.

Sean, while I love it when you point out uniforms, I really don’t enjoy a five minute conversation on uniform comparisons between shows as you give it a down.

/end rant

But seriously, this episode was grim, and I really liked it.

Literally translates to “Time Portal.” Yeah that was hilarious.

Sean didn’t mention La’an’s timing in the shuttle when she catches Boimler and Mariner in the shuttle just after she says “I never get caught.” That was really funny as well.

Honestly there’s just so much in this episode, that even after several viewings I’m sure you’d still be picking out small references and easter eggs here and there.

I have to admit, like Sean, this is probably my favorite episode of the New Trek Era. There’s been so much to unravel.

Riker!

Agreed, it was so much fun!