Oh yeah, great idea. Kinda like the Simpsons gag or so:
When I drive and the missus is in the passenger seat and I have to break harder than usual because an idiot in front of me, I sometimes yell "Brace for impact!"
I must confess that I don't get the reference. Where was this from?
One time the company I worked at, they were expanding life insurance benefits for all employees, and I sent out a meme with Worf and the words "TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE" on an internal fun forum. It was highly upvoted, lol.
I confess that some of my emails about the project status sent to my manager was just entitled "Status Report".
Some of the lyrics were really clever and fun:
Spock: "I solved for the Y in my computation ... but the variable so devastating: I'm the ex / X".
At the same time: "When we gain control again, I confess"
I feel like poor La'an is in a worse place now. She just doesn't get a break. :(
Wait, what? I didn't realize the Klingon captain was Bruce Horak!
SNW continues to break new ground really well. This was a really refreshing episode and very well done. I for one loooved this episode.
Alright, I get that musicals are not everyone's cup of tea, but as a person who watched multiple dozens of Broadway musicals, I must say that the songs were really on par with actual musicals. The cast can really sing well -- I expected many great things from Cecile Rose Gooding and wow she did not disappoint. I was very pleasantly impressed by Christina Chong, Rebecca Romijin, Ethan Peck's performances as well.
I think the director made sure to highlight those actors that can sing well and put those that can't sing into secondary positions. Clearly Grammy-Award winning/Tony Award-nominated Gooding was at the center of the story, and they cut off Anson Mount's song, because well, he isn't the greatest singer. They even fully acknowledged that Babs Olusanmokun can't sing in universe as well. :) The ensemble pieces in the teaser and the finale were superb though and was a lot more entertaining than the solo pieces (which I get is probably much easier to rehearse/record and produce).
I loved that the episode intertwined music as a piece of the story, pushed the character arc forward between Spock/Chapel and La'an/Kirk. I am not so much of a sucker for La'an/Kirk but the alternative universe scenes were really a nice touch. The only cringey part was the Klingon K-pop/rap, but I suppose it was intentionally cringey/funny.
Whether you like this musical episode or not, you gotta admit that SNW really boldly goes where no one has gone before.
I know Cecile Rose Gooding is the Grammy winner from Broadway. Who is the other Broadway performer?
Oh that's cool
Yeah, I guess.
But also, jealousy can be a difficult emotion to deal with, and La'an already had to deal with a lot this and past season. But then again, she's a tough one.