Star Trek Discovery

[BeBMan]

Are spore drive and mycelial network complete esoteric nonsense or is there at least a vague "science" side of them?

[Lorizael]

Well, spores exist.

[BeBMan]

Umm

I guess we never hear of it in later ST because rolling the whole ship full 360 every time has some sort of negative long-term effect ....

[Ming]

Come on... it is SF... give em a break

I find the program entertaining and different than any of the other series.
Is it great. No. But far better than a lot of the crap on TV.

[rah]

I'm figuring that by the end of the run of this show, the ship and all it's crew will be destroyed and all knowledge of this technology will be lost.

But yeah not great, but it is interesting that they put together a group that breaks the rules more than Kirk ever did. No one on the main crew could be considered normal. Much different.

[BeBMan]

Oh, I certainly do like ST_D it a lot in general Some episodes are better than others, but that's always the case. Overall a good show, absolutely.

[rah]

Yeah, I was cruising through season one but got to episode 7 and the copy I got was the wrong format and I had to stop there.
I'm really enjoying the quirkiness of it. The only thing missing is hot women. Alien or local.

[BeBMan]

I do really enjoy that they do things that are not exactly "the usual" for ST (where often in the end of an episode all turned out well for everyone, or at least for the main guys). Now they even manage to sometimes outright shock ppl in recent eps. (no spoilers). I just haven't decided yet for myself in *each case whether a certain unexpected turn was a great twist or overdone.

[Aeson]

If you eat the right fungus you will definitely know how a spore drive works ...

[Dry]

Are spore drive and mycelial network complete esoteric nonsense or is there at least a vague "science" side of them?

Alice in Wonderland as preferred book of the main protagonist, finding yourself lost in a strange world after eating mushrooms, a queen (of heart) who likes to chop heads as leader of this strange world...
STD: where Start Trek meets Alice in Wonderland.

[Broken_Erika]

[pchang]

I never understood how a creature that couldn't navigate stairs could become a galaxy wide threat to all life.

[Broken_Erika]

I never understood how a creature that couldn't navigate stairs could become a galaxy wide threat to all life.

[pchang]

Boo! - revisionist story telling now that they can afford better special effects.

[Broken_Erika]

Pfffft! This is better. Daleks vs. Cybermen.
A Conversation Between Two Linguistically Gifted Groups

[Uncle Sparky]

Add in the Judoon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtdoPUQimJg