Ep. 24: "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," Episodes 1 & 2: Spoiler Review & Continuity Check

After sixty years, Captain Christopher Pike finally gets the series that was denied him in 1964 in this TOS prequel, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” now streaming on Paramount+. Moonjumper examines the first two episodes for quality and continuity accuracy, following the canonical disaster of “Star Trek: Discovery’s” first two seasons. (SPOILER ALERTS: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” “Star Trek: Picard,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” and “Star Trek: The Original Series.”)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:01 Title Sequence
00:50 Opening Monologue: A Huge Step in the Right Direction
05:20 The Pilot Episode (Ripped from Today’s Headlines)
08:50 Ties to Previous Canon
09:10 Anson Mount’s Captain Pike
10:45 Ethan Peck as Young Spock
11:14 The Return of T’Pring
12:05 Rebecca Romijn as Number One
13:15 Nitpicking Continuity: Prequel or Reboot?
14:50 Continuity with “Discovery”
15:00 Is this Star Trek’s “Superman & Lois?”
15:55 Pike’s Prophecy
16:05 An Adult in Command?
16:20 Episode 2: “Children of the Comet”
18:30 Lt. Ortegas is Annoying in Episode 2.
19:00 More Ties to “Discovery”
20:15 Will SNW Fix the Timeline and Lineup with TOS?
21:00 Wait! It’s all Wesley’s Fault!?
21:30 Robert April: The TAS Issue
24:40 André Dae Kim as “Chief Kyle”
26:28 Dr. M’Benga Returns!
27:25 The OG: Missing Cage Crew
27:45 Uhura and Chapel Already on the Enterprise
29:15 La’an Noonien-Singh, Descendent of Khan
31:05 Space is Conveniently Small!
33:00 The KMU (Khan Cinematic Universe)
33:30 Shut Up, Wesley!
33:55 Khan & The Eugenics Wars: It’s all Connected!
38:30 “Space Seed” 1967: The Writers DID Know What They Were Doing!
40:15 Is SNW’s La’an Connected to Picard’s Adam Soong?
41:00 Retconning the Gorn
41:30 More Disco-verse Retconning!
43:30 Final Thoughts: Star Trek is Back! (Maybe)

WATCH MOONJUMPER'S REVIEW OF
"STRANGE NEW WORLD" (1975 TV MOVIE)
EP. 14: GENE RODDENBERRY'S FORGOTTEN TV TRILOGY
https://rumble.com/vuj69i-ep-14-gene-roddenberrys-genesis-ii-planet-earth-strange-new-world-trilogy-b.html

WATCH "STAR TREK: DISCOVERY VS. PICARD"
PART 1: https://youtu.be/btUt1V0XAL0
PART 2: https://youtu.be/4mMxr0hyz2M
PART 3: COMING SOON!

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Ep. 18: TOS: Is Lazarus From the Mirror Universe?
https://youtu.be/idGwc-BTbGs

Ep. 13: "Star Trek: Prodigy" Pilot Episode (Spoiler Free Review)
https://youtu.be/k2HqsyTiv88

SE7A-04: Land and Sea Vehicles in Star Trek
https://youtu.be/37OQvFl3UXo

Ep. 7 "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 1 Review
PART 1: https://youtu.be/c5ct-RuiDnk
PART 2: https://youtu.be/pKXzxIc2QVM
PART 3: https://youtu.be/dTu2sO2Xqqs