Two episodes into #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds and while it feels better than #Discovery (not a hard challenge), and there’s a welcome to return to episodic storytelling and exploration, I’m not sure I’m on board yet. I mean #Spock has more emotion than your typical Eastern European. #Uhuru and #Chapel might be interesting enough but are absolutely nothing like their original characters, so what’s the point?
Will still give it a bit more time.
Spock's emotions have a justification that, AOT, deals with his smile over the Talosian flowers in "The Menagerie" with the most brazen retcon of all time. The rest, well... there seems to be some kind of canonical multi-threading going on with all Trek (movies, series, books) that only a Level 9 Nerd would be able to unravel for you. I barely reached Level 6, so I can't help.
My gripe about SNW is that it's too cocky and everyone's obsessed with sex. Less horniness, more Hornblower.
@Professor_Stevens Spock always had emotions, and even humour, of course. It’s just they were kept strictly under wraps, with more of a hint or metaphorical wink of an eye. That stoic persona made him my favourite.
We dropped out of Discovery partially due to the portrayal of the character. More emotion than you’d find at 6pm at the local pub.
What I particularly dislike about SNW Spock is not his emotions. It's his lack of gravitas. When TOS Spock said, "Captain, what you are doing is not logical," he meant, "Kirk, if you keep that up, you are going to hurt yourself." When SNW Spock says it, it means, "Once again, my inability to understand human intuition has me confused, and I will probably still not understand your thinking even after the script proves that you were right."
Gravitas then, pathos now.
Kristoffer Lawson
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