tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post3867651249883469764..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: If You Seek Star Trek, Prepare for DiscoveryEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-1648487643486639492017-11-12T18:56:27.299-07:002017-11-12T18:56:27.299-07:00I've been painting my icon when I just this mo...I've been painting my icon when I just this moment realized that Michael and Gabriel are the names of archangels. Well, I knew that before, but Michael and Gabriel are androgynous - they've both been depicted as males and females in form. Maybe that helps to conceptualize Burnham? The Vulcans must have killed themselves laughing, if they could laugh.<br /><br />Michael and Gabriel are the only archangels named in the Holy Bible, so I figure that's the end of angelic names in Star Trek, a show seems to tangentially broach Christian ethos. There are five other archangels (more or less) depending on which religious texts you find them: Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel Raguel or Jegudiel, and Barachiel. Jeff Shylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915415377502782962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-65150106860695291912017-11-10T23:39:49.397-07:002017-11-10T23:39:49.397-07:00I agree with your review, for certain. It seemed ...I agree with your review, for certain. It seemed hesitant and rushed, like you say. I had hoped to see Saru go on an away mission if only to see how his actor could deal with the awkward costume. The writers simply gave him more alien powers - inner eyelid anybody? Saru is no Spock, he is hard to relate to, and he's not really breaking out as a character, not like Stamets. Saru is best interacting with Michael Burnham, but Burnham is also difficult to relate to, at least for me. Her personality seems to oscillate between uncomfortable rectitude, steely remorse, and a Sesame Street ingenue-ity as if she were about to introduce Big Bird to Captain Lorca. She is strong, but I wish she could settle her character down. My vote would be steely remorse. <br /><br />Hey, about Saru: in a previous episode, Saru portrays insecurity by having the ship's computer compare his command to those of Starfleet's most decorated officers - Pike, Archer, Decker, April, etc... no Captain Garth in that list, despite that his exploits were required reading at the Academy for Kirk. "Lord Garth" => "Lor Ca"... coincidence? Only cliff-handing two-parter episodes will tell. Jeff Shylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915415377502782962noreply@blogger.com