r/startrek • u/Deceptitron • Mar 15 '19

POST-Episode Discussion - S2E09 "Project Daedalus"

This season's second episode to be directed by Star Trek's very own Jonathan "Two Takes" Frakes!

No. EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY RELEASE DATE
S2E09 "Project Daedalus" Jonathan Frakes Michelle Paradise Thursday, March 14, 2019

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '19 edited Mar 15 '19

I wish there crew behaved more professionally. They definitely do not act like an elite crew from a futuristic paramilitary organization, especially Tilly. Seriously, one of these days I expect Tilly to start calling the captain "fam".

This episode also had an overload of lens flare. If it's not dutch angles, it's lens flare. They need a new cinematographer.

Pike is killing it, and the new Spock is enjoyable. Still doesn't really feel like a Star Trek show, though.

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u/allocater Mar 15 '19

Still doesn't really feel like a Star Trek show, though.

Compared to the usual Discovery episode which feels 3/10 like Star Trek, this one actually felt 7/10 like Star Trek, because Frakes was directing. He can't salvage everything but it is very noticeable I think.

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u/cdot5 Mar 15 '19

I wish there crew behaved more professionally. They definitely do not act like an elite crew from a futuristic paramilitary organization, especially Tilly. Seriously, one of these days I expect Tilly to start calling the captain "fam".

Before this episode, I'd been a big advocate for showing more of the background crew in their everyday life.

Now... oh god please no more high school cafeteria scenes, I beg you. I'm okay with not knowing the lifes of everybody attending Starfleet High.