Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x09 "Terrarium"
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Currently watching it. Just had to come here to bitch before I can finish it lol.
I know Star Trek has never really cared about the science behind it all, but come on - the moon that travels through the gas giant's atmo having any atmosphere nevermind a breathable one is just stupid - just have it not pass through the the gas giant's atmosphere for christs sake.
Stupid artificial constraints. Come the fuck on - if the vaccines are soo damn important, why wouldn't you rendezvous first before dicking around. I know it's happened plenty of times throughout Star Trek, but this one feels particularly egregious to me.
Yet the floating boulders are so scientifically accurate ๐ (these aren't other moons, we are told there are 396 moons, to be exact)
I mean I try not to pick everything apart. It's just some things are so 'in your face' to me my brain goes into an error loop.
Especially when you are looking at something thats only purpose is atmosphere vs something that affects the story.
In this case the floating rocks are merely set decoration whereas the orbit through the atmosphere is a pointless artifical timer to add unneeded drama to a situation that already has enough. (And also already has another artifical timer with the vaccine d plot that is only there to make Una the episode's 'bad guy')
Yeah it could be, but still - it was unneccessary. Just having a close orbit would have given the same amount of extra (unneeded) drama.
That would just make it even worse that they were dicking around instead though?