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

• heiligerbimbam@lemmy.wtf ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh, really? Which other captains do that? Did Picard or Janeway lounge in their seats like 13-year-old schoolgirls? I don’t remember that.

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  • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Did Picard or Janeway outlive all their friends family and comrades.

    I personally have several issues with the show; but Ake’s posture is certainly not one of them. In fact I kinda like it… she’s giving me Guinan or Dr Who vibes portraying an outward silliness that hides an inner sadness and seriousness.

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    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Guinan and Dr Who weren’t captains. I don’t think anyone would take issue if it were the bartender portraying a laid back vibe, but you kind of want the captain to give the crew confidence that they’re alert and on top of things. Of course that’s not possible at all times, but that’s why the captain has quarters and a ready room. Some other officer should be sitting the the chair keeping an ey on things if the captain wants to read a book or whatever.

      It breaks immersion to have characters that are supposed to be ding serious jobs acting like teenagers.

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      • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I don’t see it as acting “like a teenager”. These eccentricities seem more to me as being representative of a person who knows all the rules (both formal and informal), and has decided which ones are worth breaking – whether it’s for personal comfort or if it’s for a more purposeful reason, that I can’t say.

        Complaints about her demeanor remind me of people who complain about nurses with tattoos or dyed hair for being “unprofessional”. They clearly have the resume and skills for the role.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Damn, what has you so aggressive here? The other comment wasn’t venomous. Hell, it wasn’t even a little snarky.

    Something going on you want/need to vent about? Legit asking, I’ve had days where I got shitty to people that weren’t doing anything, and having a quick vent would have helped.

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    • heiligerbimbam@lemmy.wtf ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Lol. Aggressive, huh?

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  • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I chill in chairs like that all the time. It’s comfy. Don’t be so self conscious you let schoolgirls have all the fun.

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    • heiligerbimbam@lemmy.wtf ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sure, but you’re not a Starfleet captain. It just doesn’t work for me for that role. That’s all.

      If she does that in her quarters, great. But it just looks unprofessional to me in the captain’s chair.

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      • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        But it just looks unprofessional to me in the captain’s chair.

        That’s what I love, though. A boss today might feel the need to cultivate a “professional” work environment to maintain discipline among their underlings, or to appear trustworthy to their clients.

        Ake doesn’t doesn’t need to worry about discipline among her officers. They aren’t working for a paycheck, they’re there because they feel a calling and a duty to be there. She trusts them implicitly, and is confident enough in having their respect that she can enjoy her time on her bridge. And her “clients” are university age kids, who generally don’t respond to the pomposity of performative professionalism.

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  • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sisko sure did…

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