Akuchimoya

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve written into your mind that he was a competitive asshole, but the entire point is he was not like that until he got to the academy. He had to be perfect for his parents, not an asshole. You can watch that episode again and listen to what he says about his parents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve known very little about Khionian society till now. Darem was competing hard with Genesis becauae his parents would, if we believe he was being truthful, leave when he made a mistake. That’s what that episode was about: him dealing with the insecurities caused by his parents’ neglect (and realizing there was another way). He and Genesis had a bonding moment over living up to their parents’ expectations. They wouldn’t even call him back, hence his going to Reno saying his PADD was broken as it wasnt receiving calls. And Reno saw through the situation and talked about people who do show up for him, referring to Genesis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, have you really never met anyone who’s one way around some people, and another way with others? We should all be so lucky! I’ve had co-workers who are total assholes to colleagues, but become simping ass-kissers in front of higher-ups. Or kids who are angels at home and absolute terrors at school. Or the other around: they’re angels at school and terrors at home.

  Darem was sweet, deferential, and dutiful for Kaira (and his parents’ approval), and then he let himself loose for the first time at the academy when he didn’t have any of that baggage on him. That’s not at all different from kids who grow up in strict homes, then basically go hog-wild when they go off to college, and then later grow out of that wild phase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I hope Jay-Den and Darem become/stay close friends. I think boys and men need more close, intimate, platonic friendships as a whole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The change in Darem was the whole point of the Calica/prank episode. He went from needing to be the best (because of his parent issues) to apologizing to Genesis, supporting her as their team leader (with the prank as well), and telling his parents he’s found another way.

  With the Miyazaki episode, he immediately gave Genesis credit for the idea of how to find the cloaked ship, and while he didn’t have lines for it, when she was getting frustrated with the search, his body language and gestures were essentially encouraging her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand where you’re coming from, but, to put it plainly, this show is not meant for you. Media reflects the times; Enterprise is the way it was because of 9/11. Academy is for the young people of today have grown up in and are facing an increasingly bleak and hostile future. They will have to fight for a better future, because the one that is being handed to them is a dumpster fire. A show that shows them a better future is attainable and models how to do it is what they need, not a fantasy that is unobtainable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched every episode, all the seasons. It does get better over time, and the last season is the best of them (imo). I feel like they started to actually figure themselves out by the last season, but I’d still say it was okay, not “good”. I think I would have liked a sixth season to see if it would have become “good”.

  If we think of Discovery as a drama show that’s about people’s relationships that happens to be set in a sci-fi universe, I guess it’s an okay show. It’s just not what Trek or sci-fi fans want: sci-fi. Was it a good choice to make that kind of show? Well, you know, I wouldn’t necessarily say “no”, but I don’t think it should have been “Star Trek”. You can have drama shows in space, just call it something else. Trek as a franchise has a certain level of expectation, and disappointment exists in the gap between expectation and reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched all of Discovery. It is, by far, the worst of all Star Treks. (Disclosure: I have not seen TAS.)

  The reason is simple: Discovery is really the Michael Burnham show. She is the Mariest Sue who ever Mary Sued. Discovery could have been a really great show if it had been an ensemble show because it has a lot of very interesting characters whom we never explore.

  Instead, everything centres around Burnham. She is the reason for the war at the start of the show. She is the magical, fated solution. She is Spock’s (adopted) sister and had immeasurable impact on his life. Even through timey-wimey things, her (biological) mother comes to save her and the universe.

  And on top of all that is the crying. Oh, gosh, everything is so emotional on this show. There is a time and place for emotions, but Discovery was too much of it, including inappropriate times. Burnham and her maybe-broken-up-boyfriend stop in the middle of an infiltration in a hostile station to talk about their relationship.

  Even the really great characters, Saru and (Emperor Georgiou) centre around Burnham. She is like a sister to Saru, she saved his life, he gives up being a Captain to continue serving under her captaincy. Burnham is Georgiou’s daughter (not actually), and Georgiou’s love for her (as much as she can love) changes her.

  No one has a story unless its actually about Burnham.

  The best thing about Discovery is it brought Trek back on TV and it gave us the rest of this era of shows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Truly, without sarcasm, I invite you to read the gospels and actually get to now about Jesus. The shortest is Mark and can be read through in one evening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Star Melissa Navia’s Spotlight Episode Is So Intense, She Was Told She Could ‘Shoot a Marvel Film After’ It⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The story progression was predictable and the pacing was not the best. Still, I appreciated the focus on Ortegas and Navia’s acting. In this interview she alludes to not being able to dance when others are; I presume she’s talking about the death of her partner late 2021 (which was after the worst of covid restrictions, but not so long after them). When it came to the rescue scene and La’an killed the Gorn, Ortegas’ only friend in a lonely time and place, it made me sad to think Navia was probably going back to that loss.

  But this episode was really made to retcon people not knowing the Gorn in TOS. The writers needed to make up a reason for people to forget a species they’ve now encountered several times, including medical breakthroughs (Batel). Still, more Ortegas, please. And still more range, please.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Since La’an doesn’t make it to TOS, my guess is she dies by the end of the show and the pain of losing her drives Spock to push his humanity aside. I was expecting that to happen with the Chapel break-up, but then they brought La’an into things, so I transferred the theory onto her instead 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neville Page On “Unsustainable” Original Saru On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ And Inspiring Future Generations⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Forgive me for saying this, but the final Kelpian design looks much, um, tastier than the original one. I can’t imagine Terrans looking at a green and brown multi-eyed triangular headed alien and think “delicacy”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To whom it may concern⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So credit card issuers are bad now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Religions have some of the wackiest rules⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bloodletting is therapeutic… for some very specific conditions. For example, hemochromatosis, where the body has too much iron, and there has been some preliminary study that blood donations are a way to reduce the amount of PFAS in blood.

  But everyone has PFAS in their blood; not every male has (beyond normal) phimosis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What TV cancellation are you most upset by?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, we do eventually find out what G stands for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What TV cancellation are you most upset by?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Firefly and Pushing Daisies are staples in these conversations, so I’ll throw in a less common one: NCIS LA.

  I watched that show for over a decade. It was something predictable and comfortable. The show ending was like losing my favourite hoodie I’ve had for 14 years. Does it really impact my life? No. Do I miss it nonetheless? Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you guys heard this about Paramount⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DEI can still be achieved without using that terminology directly.

  I agree that not longer having a policy or metrics around diversity doesn’t mean that the people in a company won’t still value it. I’m a part-time student and the school’s director recently did an AMA. He said an upcoming event was renamed to avoid the threats that are being directed at “DEI”, but the event itself is still about cultural diversity. I forget what the new name was, something about the stories of our people or something like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Master Replicas Reveals New Line of Star Trek Action Figures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been waiting five years for Ruthie!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Film Discussion | Star Trek: Section 31⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The movie ended up being what I expected from the trailer: a disappointment. This should have been a movie just about Georgiou, and a movie about Section 32 should have been something else a entirely.

  The Hunger Games concept was kind of dumb, but I actually liked the San story. It gives Georgiou more depth and complexity, but it could have been a lot more. Unfortunately, it was just sandwiched in between an action-whodunnit with a lot of new characters (who were not adequately developed on their own rights) instead of being a drama with some action scenes, as a story like it should have been.

  I love Michelle Yeoh, and I’ll watch her in anything, but this was a poorly written and directed movie that didn’t know what it should have been.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x10 "The New Next Generation"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The showrunners said from a very early point that the two would not get together during the shows run

  I had missed this. I’d hung five season’s worth of ship-hope on them, but I regret nothing because they’re adorable and they had better get together in the comics!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x10 "The New Next Generation"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This makes this season’s Rutherford make a lot more sense. I am definitely a Rutherford-Tendí shipper, but even my friend who is significantly less so of one than me noticed that the two of them seemed to barely interact after she returned from Orion. They didn’t have a lot of screen time, but even the screen time they did have was more being in the same scene together than interacting together which seemed so unlike them. But I thought the whole Tendi-T’Lyn rivalry was very unlike Tendi, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x10 "The New Next Generation"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I am very displeased that they left the Rutherford and Tendi relationship hanging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL Connor Trinneer & Dominic Keating have a podcast called "The D-Con Chamber". Here they are interviewing Nana Visitor on her new book!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How deeply disappointing. Yes, Nana will make money from sales, but it’s so clearly not about money. The idea of women viewing other women as competition is just another thing that keeps women down. This reflects so poorly on Sirtis, especially since she could have so much to say about how Troi’s character was treated and eventually became (a little) more than just feelings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Still Plenty of Strange New Worlds for Star Trek to Explore: Interview with Bob Picardo⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, you know, there are a few dozen Star Trek fans in Ontario. Dozens!
  I actually quite enjoyed that it wasn’t a typical entertainment-type interview, and what other interviewer is going to ask him about taking the subway? 😆

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annotations for *Star Trek: Lower Decks* 5x03: “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (SPOILERS)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The one comment I’d make is that Toronto and Vancouver are major Canadian cities, while Manitoba is a province. It’s corresponding major city is Winnipeg, which is the name I’d expect of a ship of the same class. But while I expect most people around the world have probably heard of Toronto and Vancouver, Winnipeg is probably less familiar a name outside Canada. At this point I’m expecting every little mention to pay off in the finale, so perhaps we’ll find out then.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Emmy Award Winner Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What I’d love is if her brother showed up with her too. (I love the rel-life connections.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is martial arts really that useful?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s be honest, most people who learn Tai chi as an exercise also don’t realize that it’s joint locks and throws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do I accept I'll never know why any employer rejected me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t take it personally, applying for a job is a game of chance as much as a game of merits. It’s simply a numbers game and luck whether your resume even gets looked at in the first place, even if you’re résumé how all their keywords. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of other resumes also hit their keywords.

  If you’re lucky enough to get through the first sifting and get an interview with the hiring person (not an HR screener who doesn’t know anything about the job), then you can ask and maybe get a response on how you could have improved. (Don’t ask why you weren’t hired.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nubeo Watches Announces Star Trek Franchise Collaboration⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Except I’m not really sure what the look is, it doesn’t really feel like any ST aesthetic. The delta is obscured at all times, and the rest is not really Star Trekky.