Robyn Stewart, an expert in the Klingon language, and linguist Rea Nolan worked closely with the Klingon actors to ensure they could both speak and understand their lines in the language, having the actors practice while their makeup and prosthetics were being applied, which took three hours each day.[74][73] They would first rehearse their lines in English, and worked to "inhabit [the lines] emotionally".[85] Chieffo felt that "it makes sense that when we are speaking to each other we are speaking in our native tongue and really adding a fluidity and nuance", while Mitchell said, "It's an incredibly complex language ... it feels alien. Because it is incredibly difficult and I don't speak the language it takes a lot of muscle memory to memorize each separate syllable over and over and over."[74] For a sequence where L'Rell and Tyler are shown having sex, Chieffo required full-body prosthetics which took four hours to apply. Though these are only seen for around 30 seconds in the episode, Chieffo felt strongly that she film the scene rather than a body double.[86]
In August 2020, CBS announced that it would be broadcasting the full first season of Discovery beginning on September 24, 2020, alongside other older or acquired series, due to the lack of television content available to the network due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[109] Also in September, ViacomCBS announced that CBS All Access would be expanded and rebranded as Paramount+ in March 2021.[110] Existing episodes of the season remained on Paramount+ along with future seasons of the series.[111] In November 2021, ViacomCBS announced that it had bought back the international streaming rights to Discovery from Netflix effective immediately.[112]
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Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture praised the series' premiere, feeling it "stands tall alongside the best-regarded incarnations of the Trek franchise... with an almost entirely new slate of characters... and casts them with actors you can't help but like".[121] Writing for Vox, Emily VanDerWerff noted "the best thing about Discovery is that Michael Burnham, played beautifully by Martin-Green, does stuff. She gets in trouble. She breaks rules. She violates Starfleet protocol. She has emotions that get the best of her, even as she knows they shouldn't. She is, in other words, very human". Overall, she declared that "Star Trek is best when it's hopeful, but hope shines brightest amid horror. On some level, Discovery knows both of those things".[122] Writing for TVLine, Dave Nemetz graded the premiere episode a B+, saying, "The nail-bitingly tense premiere delivered a cracking good action story, eye-popping special effects and a number of gasp-worthy twists" that was worth the wait.[123] Maureen Ryan of Variety, after watching the first two episodes, said the series "has yet to prove itself a worthy successor to The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine. But there are reasons to hope that Discovery will be a promising addition to the Trek canon".[124]
Methought I saw a mighty conflagration, plunging and heaving, surging and seething, smoking and rolling over this American continent. Strong men and wise men stand helpless in mute consternation. Empty headed Page 169babblers add the din of their bray to the crashing and crackling of the flames. But the hungry flood rolls on. The air is black with smoke and cinders. The sky is red with lurid light. Forked tongues of fiery flame dart up and lick the pale stars, and seem to laugh at men's feebleness and frenzy. As I look on I think of Schiller's sublime characterization of fire: "Frightful becomes this God-power, when it snatches itself free from fetters and stalks majestically forth on its own career--the free daughter of Nature." Ingenuity is busy with newly patented snuffers all warranted to extinguish the flame. The street gamin with a hooked wire pulls out a few nuggets that chanced to be lying on the outskirts where they were cooked by the heat; and gleefully cries "What a nice fire to roast my chestnuts," and like little Jack Horner, "what a nice boy am I!"
Anger had suscitated a fresh crimson in the cheeks of Amenia, and she had answered these speeches had Clotuthe staid to have heard her, but finishing her discourse she would not stay for a reply, but left Amenia somewhat disturb'd at her words. Amenia saw not Clotuthe after that, but retiring to her chamber, considered her disasters with much weeping. In this she continued till a surcharge came, which I thought would have been the greatest, it was the news of your last overthrow, she heard the valour of the General recounted, but she could not learn whether he was slaine or no, or whether he survived that cruel encounter. Truly this consideration more then the losse of her Countrey made her finde [Page 92] new springs of teares, which she thought her former grief had wholly exhausted, and the Flood-gates of her eyes were hardly wide enough to let forth those torrents which impituously gushed out thereat. The next newes she heard did not so much trouble her; being fore-seasoned with a greater, as otherwise it might have done, and it was the approach of our enemies towards Asturica, having taken Lancia, and our own men who were left to guard it abandoned us to their fury. This disaster was hardly considered when a greater befell us by the meanes of Clotuthe, who had most maliciously sent for Mandone, and given him notice both of the Letter, and of your Love to Amenia. I was sitting that morning that the Romans entred Asturica with Amenia in great heaviness considering our disasters, and what would become of us in that confusion, and in a very sad posture were we when Mandone entred the Chamber with two or three more. This sudden and unexpected coming of Mandone's so surpriz'd Amenia that she was not able to rise from the seat where she sat, which gave him liberty to use all those civilities which he was accustomed to pay her. Madam (said he) Although the gods are resolved to subjugate these Countreys to the Romans for an addition to their glory, yet have they had so great a regard to your person, that they have sent me for your preservation, and for that end only have they preserv'd my life, that I might preserve yours in this extremity. Our fortunes are alike Madam, and I hope our affections are not unequal, since by the will and command of both our Parents we were accounted individual: if you have lost your father, the gods also have taken away mine; if you have lost your Countrey I have also lost mine; if you have been abandoned by your friends, and are in danger to be ruined by your enemies, I have run the same fortune, and my life is solely given me for your preservation. I am come therefore in this very exigent to carry you forth of the jawes of these cruel Romans; make not now my endeavours fruitlesse, nor sacrifice both our lives to our foes by your delay, for our safety consists in a speedy departure, the Romans are even at the walls and there is scarce time for these words. Amenia by this time had recollected her self, and rising at that time from her feat; I am not Sir, (said she) lesse daunted then I thought she had been) so afraid of death but that I can embrace it joyfully, having already tasted too much misery to desire life: I had rather be buried in the ruines of my Country, than to flye it in its deepest misery, and offer this life to the hands of those, that have sacrificed the lives of my Country-men, slain my friends, and taken away the life of my father; to be slain by their swords than leave this place. I am very sensible of your care of me, and render you many thanks for your paines, but let me desire you to leave me to my disasters, and not engage your self in them, nor look that you are obliged to it for me, more then any other woman, since I am about to leave all the world, that all the world may leave their pretensions to me. I desire not, nor care for safety, therefore leave me to receive death the chief object of my desires. Madam (replyed Mandone suddenly somewhat startled at her resolutions) the consideration of your honour ought to festinate your abscession, for you cannot continue here but that must be contaminated; they will sooner aim at that then your life, there is no way left to save it but by avoiding that, (by a sudden flight) which their fury will make them perpetrate. Think not (answered Amenia) but that nature hath given us that liberty of dying when we please, and she hath not been so nigardly of giving us meanes to effect it, as to use other instruments but our own. You need not fear that the Romans shall contaminate my honour, my death shall prevent them; Besides, I cannot perswade my self but that it is more dishonour to flye my Country then to die for, and with my Country. It is impossible for me to survive all these disasters, it is better then for me to die quietly than with a languishing life to be daily dying in misery. Mandone, seeing his perswasions in vain, and being a very [Page 93] passionate man, and foreangred by the relation of Clotuthe concerning your Letter, he could no longer hold from exhibiting it. What is your chiefest disasters (said he, anger sparkling through his eyes) is it in out-living Euripedes? I doubt not but you would change your Resolutions if he were the supplicant, no, you shall not die for Euripedes, but live for Mandone. What, will you force me then? (cryed out Amenia) seeing he led her by the arm forcably towards the door. It is not force Madam (said he) when it is for your own safety, but if it be, and that I am irreverent, I hope you will not blame me for it one day, when that you have more reason then now you have, the other of his men did the like by me. When Amenia seeing they would have her away by force, had recourse to her teares, and desired Mandone to give her so much time as to take her chiefest Jewels with her, and to give her some small liberty in her Closet. He could not deny her this, having made her swear that she would not do her self any hurt, they gave me liberty likewise to accompany her, when I had also sworn not to let her do any injurie to her self. She craved this liberty only to write you that Letter you last receiv'd, and in that perturbation she gave you the greatest proofs of her affection you could have required. When she had wrote it and seal'd, I gained so much liberty as to pack up the chiefest Jewels that she had which were exceeding rich, and after that I got from them as they were leading Amenia out of the Pallace at a Postern, and in descending the Pallace staires I happily met Lascaris, I had no sooner given him that Letter but those who belonged to Mandone came to seek me, for Amenia would not enter the Charriot without me, this made them use those words to me which Lascaris did not understand. After I was come to Amenia we entred into the Charriot in great haste, for that we heard the Romans were so near that we doubted our escape: we could not imagine the reason why Clotuthe would not leave Asturica, but now we no longer doubt it, since by the relation of Lascaris we understand it was but to make a prey of you to her self. 2ff7e9595c
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