So all the other reviews adressed issues I have which is fine, I won't bore you by restating them. Where my issue starts is, what the hell has happened to PIKE?
So Pike has gone from Captain of one of the most powerful ships in the fleet and space explorer to; Chef and party planner? This in and of itself it a joke.
Why is Pike busy making Vulcan hors d'oeuvres when there was clearly a first contact situation. I know someone is going to say, well the aliens broke contact, well that never stopped Kirk and company. How many buoys, and warnings did they ignore in the name of discovery and making first contact? How many times did Star Fleet Command give ORDERS to Kirk to make 'contact at all costs'? Yet here is Pike who has the opportunity to make first contact with a race that 'clearly' has much to offer both scientifically and medically and he just goes and shrugs his shoulders so he can cook bacon! They didn't even resolve the VERY reason they were in that system in the first place. Where the glowy blobs the missiong alien race? We will never know because Pike had to throw a dinner party!
Next you have your crew basically stealing a shuttle and going off into space. I seem to remember everything ANYONE on ANY show opened the shuttle bay without the Captains orders that it set off alarms at the Helm station. Since someone is constantly on the bridge and or at that station, Pike would have been fully aware of what was going on.
Next, I have come to accept that this show is NOT in the same universe as the Original Series/Next Gen etc. Even if they insist it is it is NOT. Peck is a wonderful actor and I do not want to hold this against him it is just the writing, but the way Spock acts is NOT the way Spock acts. I have a feeling they are basing this Spock of the much more emotional Spock from the Pilot "The Cage" where he was much more emotional and expressive. However, we know that Gene actually intended Number One (Majel Barret) to be the cold logical one, and that aspect of Vulcan life was not yet established. When NBC nixed her character, Gene put the logical elements into Spock and made it part of Vulcan society. SNW's Spock is just not the cold Logical being he was. Much of this was done for humor I imagine but, it doesn't work.
Otherwise the episode was fine. I liked the interaction between T'pring and her family, they were believable characters, considering they are from 'Vulcan royalty' (T'pau) I loved how T'pring would "Vulcan" roll her eyes at her mothers antics, and I liked the part with the ritual dinner. The rest left a lot to be desired. I really did not like the way the writers 'dumbed down' the writing specially for Nurse Chapel. I have never seen anyone in the medical profession give the diagnosis of "he is messed up". For heavens sake consult a Doctor for some of your dialoge please.
So Pike has gone from Captain of one of the most powerful ships in the fleet and space explorer to; Chef and party planner? This in and of itself it a joke.
Why is Pike busy making Vulcan hors d'oeuvres when there was clearly a first contact situation. I know someone is going to say, well the aliens broke contact, well that never stopped Kirk and company. How many buoys, and warnings did they ignore in the name of discovery and making first contact? How many times did Star Fleet Command give ORDERS to Kirk to make 'contact at all costs'? Yet here is Pike who has the opportunity to make first contact with a race that 'clearly' has much to offer both scientifically and medically and he just goes and shrugs his shoulders so he can cook bacon! They didn't even resolve the VERY reason they were in that system in the first place. Where the glowy blobs the missiong alien race? We will never know because Pike had to throw a dinner party!
Next you have your crew basically stealing a shuttle and going off into space. I seem to remember everything ANYONE on ANY show opened the shuttle bay without the Captains orders that it set off alarms at the Helm station. Since someone is constantly on the bridge and or at that station, Pike would have been fully aware of what was going on.
Next, I have come to accept that this show is NOT in the same universe as the Original Series/Next Gen etc. Even if they insist it is it is NOT. Peck is a wonderful actor and I do not want to hold this against him it is just the writing, but the way Spock acts is NOT the way Spock acts. I have a feeling they are basing this Spock of the much more emotional Spock from the Pilot "The Cage" where he was much more emotional and expressive. However, we know that Gene actually intended Number One (Majel Barret) to be the cold logical one, and that aspect of Vulcan life was not yet established. When NBC nixed her character, Gene put the logical elements into Spock and made it part of Vulcan society. SNW's Spock is just not the cold Logical being he was. Much of this was done for humor I imagine but, it doesn't work.
Otherwise the episode was fine. I liked the interaction between T'pring and her family, they were believable characters, considering they are from 'Vulcan royalty' (T'pau) I loved how T'pring would "Vulcan" roll her eyes at her mothers antics, and I liked the part with the ritual dinner. The rest left a lot to be desired. I really did not like the way the writers 'dumbed down' the writing specially for Nurse Chapel. I have never seen anyone in the medical profession give the diagnosis of "he is messed up". For heavens sake consult a Doctor for some of your dialoge please.
