Star Trek Prodigy Pre-Season 2 Rewatch
Lost and Found Part 1 and 2
I know there was a lot of crap about the opening episodes being too Star Wars-y, and I really don't know what they're complaining about. Is it just too jarring that we don't start on a starfleet ship? Because I can think of at least three other Trek shows that don't. And it's predecessor, Voyager, also starts with a group of non-starfleet officers running away from a larger enemy. What have you got against scrappy purple boi, internet critics!
I love seeing Dal here. Knowing how much he grows in one season. I also forgot just how dangerous Tars Lamora was. The surface is deadly. the deep mines are deadly. Even the main area Dal starts in, which seems well trafficked, he is nearly crushed in a random rock fall in the first escape attempt. It does a lot to emphasize just how high the stakes were!
As always I lost track of time the minute the ship's escape sequence started. There are so many details and so much beauty animated into every shot. The sequence makes the ship feel like a tangible real thing, a character in and of itself.
Some of my favorites:
Then this shot of the shields protecting the Dal from Drednok makes me gasp every time!
And, even after so many rewatchs too, hearing Hologram Janeway speak for the first time right before she appears at the end still makes me squeal. It was the first new time I'd heard Janeway's voice in like 20 years and it continues to be as exciting as the first time!