STAR TREK : Strange New Worlds | Captain Pike Inspires a Civilization. 

This should be a warning to this world.

and we´re always only splitseconds away from it...

@@max8286 thats what those in power want you to think, it keeps you slightly on edge all the time. its in the back of your mind permanently. it keeps those in power literally in power. they say they are the only ones who can keep us safe and well fed but look at the world today. we are all seeing the struggle and no one wants to do anything about it. i agree we need men like pike to put this world back on course, we need better and stronger leadership to make this world great and peaceful again. no one in history has ever managed to do this but i hope this person exists and will rise to the challenge. i would prefer to live safe and happy. not always thinking whats going to happen next to hold me down.

We are mere 100 seconds away from the Doomsday Midnight as of January 2022, closer now. Why can't his speech be compelling enough to change things for the better. We can be better than what we are now, creatures of self-centered interests, distracted from the forest for the trees.

@@Nighthawke70 because unfortunately greed and power hunger still control the world.

One can wonder: is it despite or because he knows where he'll end up that he has his drive? I think it's both, he knows where he'll end up because of trying to do the right thing, and he embraces that. He might have limited time, but making the most of that time, because the best possible self he can be is his drive.

He actively chooses to continue to do good for as long as he is able. That's why he has a city and the Medal of Valor named after him.

While struggling with whether he even belongs out there. All the way back to The Cage, it's been clear that Pike is a man who sometimes struggles, pretty seriously, with mental health. The preview of the beep chair is only the latest triggering event, Rigel VII had him close to retirement. But he pulls it together when shit needs to get done and he does it.

When I first found out he learns about his fate in Discovery I hated it. But SNW did the smartest thing possible and actually chose to explore how that knowledge can affect a man. And it led to a season finale which actually enhances the plot of The Menagerie, which is what a good prequel should do. I was optimistic after watching Lower Decks, but SNW proved that Star Trek is truly back.

Dude was like "SIKE, PLOT ARMOR"

I agree with you - @jrr3428 ! And it shows that being attentive to the legend works just as well. You're another one who sees it, my way - actually NOT my way, but Gene Roddenberry's!

Took the words right out of my mouth. This scene is Trek in every sense of the word. On a side note, Anson Mount's acting as Pike is incredible.

too bad none of the people watching it take it seriously.

Too bad they didn't show the 2020 violence and riots.

@@BishopWalters12 Actually there was part of the start of the civil disobedience in Washington DC. That was shown but yes - you're quite correct on the disorder not being shown! It's a great pity that had also not been shown - I suspect that Trump threatened legal action if it had been shown. So there's no surprise there.

What did it stir in you if I may ask?

Hope

LOL... I ACTUALLY GAVE YOU MORE THAN A FEW WAYS TO DO IT POLITELY WITH MANNERS... NOW YOURE PUNISHMENT IS POLITENESS SCHOOL... THEN FINISHING SCHOOL. THEN YOU FWEE =)

MY APOLOGIES... YOUR CULTURE IS DIFFWENT TO MAO CHAN... ITS ACTUALLY THE POLITE WAY... HAVE YOU TRIED EXPLAINING EVERYTHING IN BABY TERMS WITH SMALL HAND MOVEMENTS TO FOR EXAMPLE NON ENGLISH SPEAKING GROUPS?

We're still primitives, unfortunately it will take a devastating war for us to rethink what we're doing here.

Indeed. It may very well become my favourite Star Trek show.

The power of possibility.

Truer words...

Sto-vo-Kor

And to think.. If that hadn't been for Discovery - you wouldn't have gotten that line! Would you? It led to it! Nothing more to be said. I won't be doing so.. Kh44444444444N, and you lot out there... Think about it! That's all I ask - proving the interconnectivity of Star Trek, the Legend.

I’m not a fan of saying what Gene would like or dislike. After all, he disliked so many things we have come to like about Star Trek over the years. And he liked some things that never did become part of it. Star Trek has evolved into something that, he KNEW, would grow into something we value without him. And that’s as it should be. If it can represent the best part of us collectively then Star Trek is doing it’s job. And in this scene, by the prophets, it IS!

@@1978rharris On that point.. I find concurrence! Which means that I am able to agree with you on the point of that.

And you'll get it... I'm friends with a couple of the cast & crew of the new picard season 3. Buckle up!

@@BroughPerkinsMedium - Let me just say that although I'm somewhat more cautious about a season 4 of Picard. Generally I hold a respectful open mind to Discovery and Strange New Worlds There is a lot to commend these series. I will withhold judgement on the 5th Season of the former and the second season of SNW. With these two however. I am quietly satisfied with them.

Because they KNOW they made their choice to help others,like this poor turbulent world that inherited antimatter tech through a mistake.

i agree; for once they have done better than Picard or any other captain.

Picard on a bad speed day is still wayyyy better. But this is by far the best of Nu Trek.

@@jackasslawyer i liked Picard on TNG; i am not so fond of the latest iteration.

@@rlkinnard That is what wokeness does to good and well written characters....it destroys it.

totally agree with you.

Yeah I don't get the Discovery hate, they tried to do their own thing, and made some really good sci-fi, especially seasons 2-3. But SNW is a really nice return to the old formula, while still bringing something new.

Mad props for capturing TOS’s authentic message of hope mixed with a little swashbuckling

I like Discovery too and I love the fact that they go into the future and actually become a Beacon of Hope to rebuild the Federation again. Discovery the reason why it is so Advanced is because it's the Next Generation ship and they tell you in the first season is the most advanced ship and all the fleet so that's your answer why it's so vast why does Holland decks on the ship because it was designed that way it was meant to be Advanced and I have a feeling that's why it's meant to go into the future. Every single series is different from one another every single Series has a little bit of differences that make them so special and it still Star Trek it's just a different type of Star Trek and that makes this show a lot fun. I like the fact that they don't Circle the swearing sorry in what world are you living in where are the tire population will not swear are you living in a rock or something because everybody in the real world does swear

@@hellomark1 the hate is mostly visible online - the majority of us love Discovery - you can see it on the ratings :D and I agree with all that you said about Discovery, it's something new and tbh, after more than 10 years since Enterprise (when Discovery came out in 2017), it was quite refreshing when I first watched it. Can't wait to see more of new Trek!

Count me in.

Honestly, I am moved from this speech.

i feel this may be too possible future but how to stop it from happen is hard look i know we all feel it the unknow of the future the sense of death if we dont try to fix something we cant find but what if this is right we sure go into outer space to save the future we need to leave our home our lifes our world just to save the future that we believe is possible because we living in it maybe not all but we are in the time of peace and too keep this peace we need to fly

@@helperdude8205The problem is, we, ordinary people cannot stop it. Only those in power can do so, but those are too greedy and prideful to do something someone other than themselves. And some of the would rather see the world burn than to be perceived as weak.

Inspired and hopeful. We need Star Trek ideals if we are to survive as a species. We need to reach out to the stars.

I suspect that, if we DO have a nuclear war and come out the other side, this will be our reaction. After every major conflict, there was a period of relief and healing. A point in time where all victorious nations began pulling out and demillitarising the areas they had taken over. I suspect, and hope, that after a war as destructive as that one, humanity will reach the apex of its understanding of war as hell. As a last resort, only to be used when all other avenues have been exhausted.

This whole scene is a must for everyone on Earth today.

That is indeed one of the biggest lessons we need to learn. Acknowledging that we have done terrible things in the past. Not desperately finding ways to justify it, or white-washing it as if it didn't happen, or were someone else's fault.

Amen. I'm from UK. We still put Winston Churchill on our money and that white supremacist toff starved more Indians to death than Hitler gassed Jews. Englands also the only country with sovreinty in the ""union"" same shit still happening today.

I've lost count, is a great clip

It never will.

I lost count as well. But I don't think I will stop smiling each time he extends his invitation.

offering peace and a uplift in life never gets old :)

what season what episode what title

Gene*

I agree that modern Trek is pretty bleak, but I will argue that it is almost necessary for it to have been so. The franchise has always been, at its core, two things: commentary on what is wrong with our civilization and, after that admonition, encouragement that we can and _will_ get past those things. I think that it is more impactful to watch a man (or a society) claw its way out of a hole into the sunlight than it ever could be to see a man born and raised in comfort, never having known struggle or want, give grand speeches on the human condition. With SNW, I think we are watching Trek claw its way out of that hole. Picard could be self-assured during TNG because he had never known anything but being right (and the writers made sure that he always was.) Now, Pike can be right because he has seen wrong, and can help guide others in knowing the difference.

@@robwilliams6753 thank you

@Searching for Ufos sorry I should have been more specific star trek discovery feels pretty negative to me. TNG has always been an amazing show and holds true to the creators ideas definitely not a negative show. I would say I started seeing the negativity starting around the time of voyager, not all episodes but some and very few at that.

@@aetharan4825 Star Trek had no reason to change. TNG was very successful, within the inevitable restrictions. The producers misunderstood why the ratings declined in Season 7: It was simply that the characters were getting old. We had seen everything. Data with Troy. Riker with LaForge. Picard with Worf. Every combination had been done. Every member had been evil for an episode or two. What was needed was simply new characters. The producers misunderstood. They thought people wanted bleak, and wanted pewpewpew. And so, the Dominion War arc killed the franchise. We will see if SNW can revive it. Also, LD. _

So do I. 🖖🏻🖖🏼🖖🏽🖖🏾🖖🏿

Maybe it just did

We are closer than at any time during the cold war.

No help is coming. We have to save ourselves.

We are closer to midnight than we have ever been. We are the only ones that can reverse the clock, no aliens are coming to save us (not that we'd listen to them if they did)

Perfectly said.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

It's not the people in power that's the issue, but the idiots that put them there in the first place.

It took the Vulcans a millennia and a half to recover from their global war. It took Humans a century. I suspect it'd take these people a decade.

By that time Prime directive hasn't been written yet but General Order 1, it was amended I believe because of what Pike did as we see here

@@MingWLee Well if you're going to break General Order 1 and cause it to be rewritten as the Prime Directive, this is the way to do it.

@MingWLee The incident that caused Starfleet command to reissue "General Order 1" as "The Prime Directive," with double-underlines and a stamp. "We MEAN it! Don't interfere!"

Recruitment never fails, show them what there missing, and the ideas of war disappear. 😎

The Prime directive was already broken. The race of people had detected a battle nearby and extrapolated an antimatter bomb that looked like warp drive to starfleet sensors. They had already been 'damaged' and were on a course of self destruction. Pike was correcting the interference that had already happened. We don't see that race in later shows, perhaps they will turn up in SNW at some point or in one of the next new serieses. But just perhaps they decided to work together instead of against each other, even if they did not join the Federation.

If you don't get the show where you live hit me up on Discord and I'll stream party it for you. I recommend you watch it :)

It was a good 1st season.

@@BroughPerkinsMedium damnnnn 👀

@@zae_xa what-what, You want in on the discord stream too?

@@BroughPerkinsMedium I will if you offered

I'd like to see them appear in Picard, or even Discovery. If only to see that they didn't lose their way somewhere.

Imagine if our species saw that today we'd likely do the same

@@fredflintlocks9445 make a warp bomb? Absolutely.

It's not that weird..The quantum revolution came from staring at the sun with the right telescopes

@@fredflintlocks9445 eh? lol not likely.

Yes. The only other Starfleet CaptainI could see making that speech is the TNG-era Picard.

Pike sounded a bit sheepish when he first started. Kinda like the aftermath of a bad date, seeing that girl again.

The next best speech in all of Trek was Kirk's at the end of the episode The Omega Glory.

@@Nighthawke70 This "Hi!" was one of the best I´ve ever heard

@@russell5078084 Risk is our businesss!

Exactly the point. He IS Klatu here.

The musical tops this but yes it’s a close second!

@@quentinlemaitre2998 The assignment was "First Episode", not middle of a Season episode. :)

That's what makes SNW special. In the cases of TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT it took three seasons until they found their footing. SNW hauled ass out the GATE.

Anson Mount is *perfect* in this role.

I'm 53 and it brings a tear to my eye too. Nothing to be ashamed of. ScottReacher, tears, flowing. (Bonus points if you get the reference.)

Same, buddy. Same.

Pike has always been the better character, since Jeffrey Hunter played him. He was the hero we deserved, but not the one we needed at the time, for the 60's was all about rough 'n tough cowboys. But that time has passed, and now Pike is EXACTLY the hero we need right now.

I never thought about it like that. Thank you.

There are parts of Earth that are isolated and recovering even in pikes time. In the original series it was Earth reaching out to Alpha Centauri who had technology for radiation elimination, it was the tellerites who showed humans how to mine in space, and humans shared their unique warp drive so those races no longer needed 'jump drives'

Interesting take. I accept that notion. But, in channeling the thoughts and opinions of Star Trek fans from years past, I like the series because it presents a positive vision for the future. It may not be realistic. Yet it’s an aspirational theme that I like.

@@Murderbot2000 well that’s always been the theme of Star Trek. From our darkest hour, we made our brightest future. It shows us what humanity is capable of, first in evil then in good

@@Murderbot2000 The best example of this sentiment is in DS9's 'Badda Bing, Badda Boom' when Cassidy tells Sisko about her opinion of Vic's: she fully understands what Earth culture was like in that time, but they're not trying to remake it as it was, but as it could be. That, if anything, is the core of 'Star Trek': accepting the flaws of humanity, but always striving for the idea that we can be more than what we were before. Equally as important: it's not the destination that's important, but the journey we make there that shapes us into being better, and the idea that we can't do it alone... so make new friends along the way, who also have their own ways, challenges and hopes for the future.

And "That right up to the very end, Life is to be worn gloriously."

I've have heard the SAME thing in the "Back to Future" movies. " NO ONE is so blind...as someone who DOES NOT want to see"

@@williampyle8635- "the future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one" Doc brown back to the Future 3.

“Right up until the very end, life is to be worn gloriously.”

I concur entirely 🖖

a better star trek in my humble opinion

I agree 🖖

I agree, except for the word "almost".

Agreed. It's been definitely a long road getting from there to here It's been a long time But Pike's time is finally here And I can feel the change of the franchise right now Nothings in its way

Joining the Federation is the only logical and sensible conclusion....anything else is suicide and they knew it.

"Endless possibility." We don't have to end the same way.

Your destiny is still your own

That’s what makes Trek great though, it IS a hope for a better tomorrow. It may seem like we’re headed down the dark path Pike shows, but just like the aliens, we have a choice: keep fighting over dwindling resources and ideological differences, or find a way to come together to make things better for our descendants. It seems like there’s a lot of division online and in society, and there’s an economic incentive to fuel that, but it’s really ok in a lot of cases to say “I don’t agree with you, but I don’t have to hate you.” I’ve started doing that recently and actually had some nice discussions with people on topics we’re both passionate about. It’s helped me understand why I feel the way I do but it’s also given me an understanding of where they’re coming from.

The point is to build toward that world we want instead of accepting the one we are in. Defeating hate and the rising fascism today isn't easy, but keeping that idea of where we are trying to go in mind helps.

This scene was also a message to the humans of our era - we don't have to die like this. We can choose to go beyond. Leave our savagery behind and reach for the stars.

Allof history? Really?

We probably need a benevolent alien intervention to tell us to stop it. We still see the differences in our many different races and suspicions, greed and power is still a problem we haven't overcome.

Have heart my friend. Us Star Trek Fan's embody and represent the dream Gene and co. gave to us. If we remember to act as a Starfleet Officer would in our lives, we will bring it alive on Earth today. That's the higher point. Entertainment was just the sugar but the characters and morals and ideals and methodologies are the medicine for us... I think we will avoid Nuke War ultimately. But we have never been closer than this even when near misses occurred. I predict an emissary from the West (not sure which country exactly, could be USA) will meet with Putin, make many good offers, and find a way forward. In the meantime let's keep being the Federation in our own lives... It does actually make a difference. I play Star Trek Online, the free to play online game. I find it calms me and gives me a little "home" in my psyche on my off hours. Lots of the original actors lent their voices to the game and we can fly and play through missions. It's 12 years old now so it's a very mature and well fleshed out game. If you have a decent computer and internet and get sad, download it and e-mail me and I'll fly with you Yeltsin.

@@BroughPerkinsMedium don’t worry. I’m not suicidal or nothing. I just feel like our society has moved thru various phases throughout our existence but now we have the technology to wipeout the entire planet. I think our destiny is to basically destroy ourselves and then the survivors will rebuild the way of the federation I think this has happened with some earlier civilizations that perished as well. Just a cycle n

@@BroughPerkinsMedium I do appreciate your thoughts though! LLAP!!

Sure does feel that way.

I'm impressed with Anson Mount.

@@BroughPerkinsMedium So am I. Anson improved a very great deal on what Jeffrey Hunter established in The Cage/Menagerie.

...Yeah, actually. You're right. Thank you. I've just finished the first episode, and I was just thinking that it felt a little... generic. At the very least, it felt like a good 2-parter that had been squeezed into 1 episode. Like, I didn't *hate* it, but I didn't love it either, and there were certain moments that stuck out as red flags for me (Pike giving his speech that, in universe, would have just been him quoting Cochrane's address to Star Fleet from ENT, and getting that painfully 21st century reaction from Uhura like she's hearing it for the first time? And those very unsubtle character & relationship introductions... felt like a really good example of discovery writing, and why so many people have a problem with it). I was leaning towards the idea that it felt too much like Discovery writers trying too hard to recreate Classic Trek. But, this is the 'classic trek style' series, that's how it's being marketed, and it makes sense that they'd be trying to push that impression right off the bat, even if it's to the episode's detriment in places while they're trying to find their balance. And you're right- they were trying really hard to stick to the format, and it shows in places my mind was too preoccupied with the flaws of other Nu-Trek shows to recognise as anything but bad writing. Like, I was comparing the stirring speech at the end to Picard's speech at the end of season 1 of his show, a Deus ex machina that solves a really interesting ethical dilemma instantly with perdy words to pay lip service to the Trek legacy... but I shouldn't be comparing it to Picard, I should be comparing it to Kirk. And they *nailed* it. That's exactly how he'd handle that situation. I still don't know if I like the show, but bad first episodes are a running theme in Star Trek. And like I say, I didn't *hate* this one. It just felt... mid. And that's not *bad.* It's certainly not episode 1 of Lower decks bad, and I gave that show more than one episode to win me over. So I'm gonna keep my subscription. For now.

Just avoid the first star trek movie and your good it's mostly 2 hours of watching the ship move

@@gracecookie4604 Star Trek: The Slow Motion Picture

Strange New Worlds does in certain ways seem to boldly go where no Star Trek series has gone before.

You’re not wrong, but it’s not that subtle. They literally showed footage from the January insurrection in Washington DC.

@Cursalock: You forgot the BLM rioters who worship a criminal who overdosed on illegal drugs.

All of us should learn to be.

Everyone should aspire to be more like Captain Pike. He's a genuinely good man.

I totally agree 👍

I can do that!

I agree completely. The show just feels like Star Trek and the cast is killin it. Anson Mount is a perfect Captain Pike imo.

Our political leaders aren't thinking of us.

@@allanhansen6458 Trump sure as fuck wasn't.

They can, and do. You just don't vote for them. The problem isn't politicians. Its the electorate. If we actually voted for people like Pike, more would run and it would become the Norm. Sadly, thats not what happens. Often the loudest, most in you face guy wins. Then, big shocker. . . He turns out to be as asshole

Whether you enjoy the other shows or not, we needed them in order to find the proper footing. If Discovery was the "Apollo 1 Fire", the lessons learned were necessary for Strange New Worlds to stick the "Apollo 11 Landing"

I had to go back to look, but you're right. I saw it most on M'Bega's face even the first time through, but it's there. And not a raw grief. One that's been carried for a very long time, long enough that it doesn't weigh you down but you also never, ever forget because it's part of your soul.

It's definitely up there.

Definitely better than Kirk talking a computer to death!

Definitely not "ever".

Damn good speech. Not as good as Kirk's speech about risk.

This 2nd for me after the first contact with Vulcans and the phoenix warp drives

Actually it didn't. But you didn't bother watching either series, did you.

I watched discovery only for Captain Pike

@@Sathish_12 Pike made Discovery season 2 worth watching

Add me to this list.

@@arnelarboleda2870 I cry every time I watch that monologue.

So did I.

Enterprise was a good series as well.

@@lamarravery4094 don't think they were referring to Classic Trek, but the more recent and divisive ones that tried to stray from what made Stat Trek great. SNW is a return to form, while mixing in new elements of production and story telling. It isn't a grimdark dystopia, but a hopeful look at the future, with a dash of camp as tribute to the original series. The writing isn't always perfect, but unlike anything else recently spawned by CBS/Paramount this show embodies the true spirit of Star Trek.

@@stryletz I was referring to Jonathan Archer's Enterprise series. That was my favorite.

@@stryletz we could call it "post-grimdark"

My most beloved is STNG :) And this is a very good Star Trek, or as I call it, Star Trek Pike

I can't think of a first episode of ANY series being this good, before this.

It certainly does. Probably just the way that Gene Roddenberry would have most originally wanted Star Trek to be.

@@mikebasil4832 It took technology some time to catch up to his vision on the visual side of things...lol

@@mikebasil4832 I keep coming back to this scene...it's for lack of a better word perfect.

I’d so much like a Galactic Federation to come to us now and give us the same inspirational speech that Captain Pike gave these people.

That we know of. Pike may have named the Medal of Honor, but Kirk may be named in a medal of Valor or Gallantry, and Picard may (eventually) be named in a medal of Exploration or Diplomacy.

sadly I feel its going to take world war 3 and the deaths that comes with it to change this world and wake people up....because only when humanity is faced with Extinction are they going to learn

And that Life is to be worn gloriously.

@@danielhaire6677 amen to that.

I started loving his version of CPT Pike in Season 2 of Discovery when he gave this speech: "Starfleet is a promise. I give my life for you, and you give your life for me. And no one is left behind. Ensign Sylvia TIlly is out there, and she has every right to expect us. We keep our promises..."

I adore your comment and view thank you for lightning up my expectations as well.🖖 Live long and prosper, Dave.🖖

Yesss, exactly. So many people overlook the greater picture. Yes it's depressing, but the point is humans went to their very lowest point/near extinction and united finally after thousands of years being divided through history. Achieved the final goal of earth of working together as one tribe, and set about working with the Vulcans and in time a federation of planets formed. All protected by the civilian led navy we call starfleet.

But being ready for it.

And so you too must do better, by not being a bit late to the comments.

It still teaches us how to be the better version of ourselves!