Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks

DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• themoken@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes, but in context it’s not a big deal. A lot of it is contrasting her with her peer, the chancellor of the war college, who is uptight. Ultimately, she’s less military commander, or even explorer, and more chancellor of a school full of students and in that capacity it makes more sense to generate a relaxed atmosphere. When the situation calls for it, she can be serious as well.

  She just has her own style, but people want to be negative because she’s not Picard-ing hard enough or some dumb shit.

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  • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    On the contrary it is a big deal, it makes Ake extremely endearing and likeable.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Just remember, Star Trek ships don’t have seat belts. Gonna be fun when someone slams on the brakes and Captain slouchy goes flying out of her chair, across the freshly waxed floor, and into the viewscreen. At least the nextgen crew knew to put carpet on the floors.

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    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      These ships all had inertia dampers, otherwise the crew would be paste during most maneuvers. Seatbelts would just cause a different kind of mess. And even if they didn’t, are you suggesting Picard’s grip is sufficient to combat those forces? Because he didn’t have a seat belt, either. Maybe it was the force of his presence that you think was going to keep him seated?

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    • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      oh hey its the guy from the article

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  • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t even know the premise for the show… If the captain of a flagship was lounging in the chair, I would lose lock pretty fast. Apparently this is an academy and she is more like a professor?

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    • themoken@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I encourage you to watch it and form your own opinion (just make sure to get past the first ten minutes of the pilot, the tone shifts dramatically).

      Captain Ake runs the Academy and commands the Academy ship, the Athena, which is used to do more hands on training but isn’t the flagship by any stretch. She’s more like a principal than a professor. The other main characters are cadets, with some strong supporting characters too.

      IMO it’s the first live action Trek show in the new era to come out firing on all cylinders and it’s great to see.

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    • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The Academy is a fully-functional starship, so she’s both the captain and the chancellor. She’s 500 years old, is a bit of a hippy, and is happy to lounge around when they’re not facing a crisis.

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      • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Jimmmy Kirk lounged around when there was a crisis so I don’t know what these people are upset about

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