Star Trek: Discovery 1.15 (Season Finale)

When I saw the name "Akiva Goldman" in the credits, I was less than joyful, because the first script of his I've seen filmed was "Batman and Robin", and...yeah. (Checking up on his filmography since then, he's also done Dan Brown adaptions. Um. Yeah. (Otoh, in fairness, given he had an acting cameo in one of the reboot movies and is credited for the script of "The Vulcan Hello", one part of the Discovery pilot, chances are he's an ST fan, and there are two other scriptwriters named for "Will you take my hand?", the finale, as well, though he's credited with the story and direction.) Anyway, the result is a finale which is one of those weird cases where I'm completely on board with (nearly) all the story beats and the points the episode makes, it's just that I find the execution, as in the actual telling, both in pacing and dialogue, to be not up to the high standards this first season for the most part set. Basically, it's like someone mapped out a perfectly fine ending and then left it at a script that could have used a lot more editing and rewriting. Still: I did like what was actually going on (mostly) and it capped what was to me one of the best first seasons of any ST show. (Certainly better than both my best beloveds, TNG and DS9. Which doesn't mean Discovery as a show in totem will be better, not least because it had a strong arc for its lead in the first season that's not repeatable and derived much of its emotional power from it. I'm really curious how the writers will handle the next season. Just leave Akiva Goldman out of the writers' room, hm?)

( Spoilers are Starfleet )

Helau!

It's this time of the year again, or, to quote Byron:

'Tis known, at least it should be, that throughout
All countries of the Catholic persuasion,
Some weeks before Shrove Tuesday comes about,
The people take their fill of recreation,
And buy repentance, ere they grow devout,
However high their rank, or low their station,
With fiddling, feasting, dancing, drinking, masking,
And other things which may be had for asking.;)“

As usual - with two notable exceptions, I'm avoiding Carnival, but then I've had the two ultimate carnival experiences already: once in Venice, once in Rio. And in memory of those, have a photo and some links:




Carnival in Venice I

Carnival in Venice II

Rio de Jainero