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...so, Star Trek. O_o
Four episodes in! And dear God how are you not all dead.
I mean, part of it is definitely the 1960s vs. 2020 culture clash? But part of it is also, during the coronavirus pandemic, watching, as someone in a protective suit, who's dealing with dead bodies! From unexplained causes! just casually takes off his glove, braces himself against a table for a while with that bare hand, then rubs his nose with that same hand before putting his glove back on. AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A SCIENTIST, MR. BLUE SHIRT.
But seriously. In four episodes, they've dealt with a murderous shapeshifter, not one! but three! god-like beings! although granted, one of them was more of a threat to the ship than the other two (and wow, they are remarkably chill about the Thasians - no wonder Next Gen doesn't worry about Q), and the aforementioned itty bitty epidemic. I was expecting cheesy sci-fi, not border-line horror. WTF.
...that said, Sulu looks better shirtless than Kirk, Uhura is clearly The Best, and Wife has decided she's Team Scotty. Also, the show apparently ships Kirk/Enterprise harder than anything.
I mean, part of it is definitely the 1960s vs. 2020 culture clash? But part of it is also, during the coronavirus pandemic, watching, as someone in a protective suit, who's dealing with dead bodies! From unexplained causes! just casually takes off his glove, braces himself against a table for a while with that bare hand, then rubs his nose with that same hand before putting his glove back on. AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A SCIENTIST, MR. BLUE SHIRT.
But seriously. In four episodes, they've dealt with a murderous shapeshifter, not one! but three! god-like beings! although granted, one of them was more of a threat to the ship than the other two (and wow, they are remarkably chill about the Thasians - no wonder Next Gen doesn't worry about Q), and the aforementioned itty bitty epidemic. I was expecting cheesy sci-fi, not border-line horror. WTF.
...that said, Sulu looks better shirtless than Kirk, Uhura is clearly The Best, and Wife has decided she's Team Scotty. Also, the show apparently ships Kirk/Enterprise harder than anything.
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I ... I think it gets a bit less horrifying as things proceed? Sort of? It's been awhile since the last time I watched through, I could be wrong. XD There's a continual sort of spunky, make the impossible happen ... TOS is sort of the ancestor of the modern fyhumans trope, so yeah
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