Star Trek Strange New Worlds - Episode 1 Breakdown & Review!

I take a look at the first episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds Episode 1 and give my breakdown and review!
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[haplozetetic]

So far, this is a substantial improvement over everything "official" since 2005. I hope they can keep it up.

[Jayjay-qeum]

I agree with you, it so refreshing to see a new modern Star Trek show that have gone back to its episodic storytelling roots.

[michaelpapp]

Warp has a detectable signature. The locals could detect the massive warp signature generated from powering the battle. They’re smart enough to learn from what they’ve detected. They’re also ruthless enough to use it on themselves.

I didn’t have an issue with that plot point. It’s exactly what the US and many other countries would do with the tech developed from a warp signature.

[willdwyer]

I have to give some props to the cinematography. That 360° dolly pan around the transporter pad while the away team is beaming off the ship is the first time we've seen Star Trek characters transporting from multiple angles in an uncut single camera shot. It was filmed with the same type of camera equipment that was used to film The Matrix.

[thearikes]

I loved it! I just hope the writers and show runners stay on target, if they do it will be lighting in the bottle all over again!

[denniskristos]

Great episode breakdown, BUT you forgot to mention Pike was watching Klaatu's warning speech before departing Earth at the end of "The Day The Earth Stood Still". As a metaphor for MAD and other doomsday scenarios of our own making, it neatly foreshadowed and tied into what's thematically explored in the episode. Brilliant, IMO.

[suemiller]

So many easter eggs: the shuttle Pike was in was called Stamets, Pike referred to Uhura as a Prodigy, almost all women on the bridge whereas in TOS Pike character mentioned he couldn't get used to women on the bridge lol, the USS Archer(of course); Lieutenant Kyle; the very first opening scene of the Enterprise had the same color swoop as Star Trek The Motion Picture. So many more eggs I lost count!
Also, when Pike's communicator was chirping there was an old rotary telephone next to it lol

[BoomerGirlInaGenZWorld]

I loved the show. It was comfortingly familiar, but still exhilaratingly new.

[sam]

I think what is interesting is that we now see that Spock probably began formulating the events in "The Menagerie" right after the events in "The Cage", long before the accident actually happens to Pike.

[kirk]

My guess on how Kylie was able to develop warp tech from observations is that their telescopes weren't all optical. Some of their telescopes are like our LIGO which we used to detect gravitational waves. Warp engines curve space like gravity does so if they had tons of data on the warping of space, that combined with their own particle accelerator research may have been just enough to make develop and understanding of warp physics (and presumably matter/anti-matter production).

[dennisud]

You're the 3rd reviewer who is very enthused about this new show As am I!
Uhura's distraction of one of the Planet's sports teams allowed Chapel to dose the Alien scientist.
This planet's race reminds me of the one in the TOS episode "A Piece of the Action" are very curious AND even out current Scientists and such can already find things in space and figure out what they are just from using various telescopes! Remember that! You see towards the end of the episode how they are already breaking down how the Enterprise is put together.
We so so many Easter eggs in this and hope to see more!
Now, as for Wesley and Kore in your previous review, If what he said is true, we may very well see BOTH pop into any of the current series, or not!😉

[highlander]

This is how you make a Star Trek episode You can totally see the difference in quality attention to detail respect for the lore everything take notes Picard and I'm looking at you discovery.

This is how you do it!

[leandabee]

I loved it. The bridge colours, the communicators, the thing that the captain is handed to sign, all the shout outs etc. I just wish they would use the OG theme music without the changes. 👏👏🥰

[SimonChinook]

That entire history of Earth breakdown scene was really frightening to be truthful. Well handled visually as well.

[xedalpha]

My Thursdays just got even better. It’s become Star Trek day for me 😂 Friday being Star Trek review/reaction day. How fitting episode 1 was a parallel Earth like planet with a prime directive dilemma and a Captain speech. TOTALLY Trek. I think they had more advanced telescopes that was able to detect the warp fields, that revealed the basic principle of warp theory, which they immediately set about using in its crudest way: as a beat stick.

[Barnabas]

I really enjoyed the first episode, It had an "Orville" feel to it.

[ScaredDawgProductions]

Star Trek has returned! So much to say, so little time to say it. Love going back to the episodic format like the original series had (including it's sequels). Love the fact that they didn't use subtitles while Spock and T'Pring spoke in Vulcan (as someone who is visually handicapped, this can be VERY distracting, having to pause the show, get up and read the subtitle, un-pause, repeat). I sincerely hope that the writers and producers will continue the respect to the lore and cannon of Gene's dream.

[adrianvanleeuwen]

Great review and I loved the episode. They did leave a few unanswered questions. How did the crew get off the Archer ship unless all of them beamed down for some reason. The planet did not have space flight yet, or did not have any spaceships in orbit when Enterprise arrived. Second, yes, how do you reverse engineer a warp bomb by looking at it in high powered telescopes and also seeing spaceships near Discovery? The only thing I could say is maybe the scientists were getting close to creating a working model of a warp drive (after finding a crashed alien craft). But made the bomb first.

[TheJazNetwork]

A strong start for such a strong show!

[scigama]

IMO this was Star Trek at its core..superb :)