Top 3 Things You Missed in the Star Trek Discovery Premiere
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VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton
Written by Andrew Labelle
Hey, the Vulcan Hello, I know the Vulcan Hello! (SB explosion) Wait that's not the Vulcan Hello... Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're looking at the best Easter eggs, important moments and theories from the premiere episodes of Star Trek Discovery. Today, we'll be looking at the first two episodes that kicked off the series, "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars".
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Hey, the Vulcan Hello, I know the Vulcan Hello! (SB explosion) Wait that's not the Vulcan Hello... Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're looking at the best Easter eggs, important moments and theories from the premiere episodes of Star Trek Discovery. Today, we'll be looking at the first two episodes that kicked off the series, "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars".
Have an idea you want to see made into a WatchMojo video? Check out our suggest page at http://WatchMojo.comsuggest and submit your idea.
Hey, the Vulcan Hello, I know the Vulcan Hello! (SB explosion) Wait that's not the Vulcan Hello... Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're looking at the best Easter eggs, important moments and theories from the premiere episodes of Star Trek Discovery. Today, we'll be looking at the first two episodes that kicked off the series, "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars".
#3: The Holographic Communications
As this is another prequel show, taking place after the series "Enterprise" but before the original "Star Trek", the technology is in a bit of an odd place. In an attempt to stay consistent, the weapons, gadgets and control consoles blend analogue controls with high concept sci-fi aesthetics. The holographic communications however don't line up with Star Trek canon. Kirk and Picard's Enterprises never used holograms to communicate, and it wasn't until the very end of Deep Space Nine's run that limited sub-space holo communication was even viable. Still, they look damn cool, and we'll take it over Sarek's mind-meld communication. Imagine the headache there.
#2: Hatred of Klingons
First officer and series lead Commander Michael Burnham, played by Sonequa Martin-Green, has a few parallels with previous Star Trek leads. Most notably however, is her violent and very personal past with the Klingons. In the original series, Kirk becomes somewhat racist towards the Klingon people when, in the third Star Trek Film, "The Search for Spock", Kirk's son David is killed by a Klingon warrior. Similarly in the Discovery premiere, we learn that Burnham's family was also killed by Klingons. While she insists that this is not a motivating factor in her aggressive decisions, we can't help but wonder just how much her training among Vulcans is keeping her feeling suppressed.
Before we get to our favorite Trek moment, here are some of the best lines from the Discovery premiere...
"The Vulcan Hello"
"I Sense It Coming Now"
"Your Confidence is Justified"
#1: The REAL Number One
Of course most viewers will have noticed Captain Georgiou refer to Commander Burnham as "Number One", the nickname given to Commander Riker by Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation". However, as far as Star Trek goes, "Number One" actually goes much further back than that. In the original series' pilot, Number One is Star Trek's first ever female officer, played by series creator Gene Roddenberry's wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. In fact, even though the pilot episode is considered canon, the character was removed during the show's post-pilot redesign. As a result, we never learn this seminal character's real name, but in the minds of true Trek fans, "Number One" will always belong to her.
#3: The Holographic Communications
As this is another prequel show, taking place after the series "Enterprise" but before the original "Star Trek", the technology is in a bit of an odd place. In an attempt to stay consistent, the weapons, gadgets and control consoles blend analogue controls with high concept sci-fi aesthetics. The holographic communications however don't line up with Star Trek canon. Kirk and Picard's Enterprises never used holograms to communicate, and it wasn't until the very end of Deep Space Nine's run that limited sub-space holo communication was even viable. Still, they look damn cool, and we'll take it over Sarek's mind-meld communication. Imagine the headache there.
#2: Hatred of Klingons
First officer and series lead Commander Michael Burnham, played by Sonequa Martin-Green, has a few parallels with previous Star Trek leads. Most notably however, is her violent and very personal past with the Klingons. In the original series, Kirk becomes somewhat racist towards the Klingon people when, in the third Star Trek Film, "The Search for Spock", Kirk's son David is killed by a Klingon warrior. Similarly in the Discovery premiere, we learn that Burnham's family was also killed by Klingons. While she insists that this is not a motivating factor in her aggressive decisions, we can't help but wonder just how much her training among Vulcans is keeping her feeling suppressed.
Before we get to our favorite Trek moment, here are some of the best lines from the Discovery premiere...
"The Vulcan Hello"
"I Sense It Coming Now"
"Your Confidence is Justified"
#1: The REAL Number One
Of course most viewers will have noticed Captain Georgiou refer to Commander Burnham as "Number One", the nickname given to Commander Riker by Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation". However, as far as Star Trek goes, "Number One" actually goes much further back than that. In the original series' pilot, Number One is Star Trek's first ever female officer, played by series creator Gene Roddenberry's wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. In fact, even though the pilot episode is considered canon, the character was removed during the show's post-pilot redesign. As a result, we never learn this seminal character's real name, but in the minds of true Trek fans, "Number One" will always belong to her.
