ApostleO

@ApostleO@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount and Skydance agree to terms of a merger deal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get the hate for those movies, but I honestly enjoyed them all.

  They are what got me to watch TOS, finally. Then I did a full watch through of the series. They were great for revitalizing the fan base and making new fans.

  I honestly love having the movies as a different universe/timeline. Saves us from tone whiplash, like Shakespeare TNG Picard vs Rambo Movie Picard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Cloud accidentally deletes $125 billion Australian pension fund⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Horrible article title, obviously written to be misleading clickbait.

  They didn’t delete the pension fund.

  They deleted the Google Cloud account running the management of said fund.

  It was inaccessible for a week, but has been fixed.

  Big fuck up, and big news. But on the level of “hurts Alphabet stock and panics people for a week” not “bankrupts countless people, maybe crushing a whole nation’s economy.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A question about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. [Spoilers]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That, or she should be named “Mary” instead, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welsh Senedd members consider criminalising lying by politicians⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! I’ve said for a while that any public statement by a politician should be treated as being “under path”, punishable as perjury as applicable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  US billionaires hold a collective. $4.5 Trillion. A 2% wealth tax would be $90 Billion. That’s simultaneously a shitload of money that could do so much good, and also a drop in the bucket for the US budget and deficit.

  We need to raise taxes on the wealthy so, so much to save this country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As disappointing as it is to see it end, 5 seasons is a decent run, and I’d rather it end before they “jump the shark” or just fizzle out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who would you rather hang out with: Romulans or Vulcans?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vulcans.

  As a regularly stoic person (maybe on the autism spectrum), I often struggle to show appropriate emotion. Or, at least, it is exhausting.

  Having a conversation with a Vulcan would be a breath of fresh air.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you agree with this assessment of picard and sisko⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s pretty true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Irish unification referendum by 2030, Sinn Fein leader tells Sky News⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One step closer to Star Trek future!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tom Morello - A Metalhead's Guide to 'Star Trek'⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never understand how someone reconciles conservative politics with being a Star Trek fan. The cognitive dissonance is astounding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greece to legalise same-sex marriage, adoption⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, wait, wait…

  Greece is just now getting around to legalizing gay marriage?

  Greece?

  Greece?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone has registered www.bellriots.com it's counting down.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It should have an option to add an event to your calendar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I personally liked Ruon Tarka. He felt like a good foil for our protagonists. Sympathetic, believable, but still squarely in the wrong. I did not, however, believe Book siding with him for so long.

  But I agree the coolest parts of S4 were at the end, trying to actually learn about the 10-C for first contact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  All the more sad.

  I honestly would love to see a “Utopia-Realized Level Federation” series, even a limited run, where all the plots are interpersonal or scientific.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, nice. I’m glad we aren’t ending with another stress-fest. End on a more fun note.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s fair, and I think Starfleet HQ fits that bill. But I think (at least in my opinion of architecture as an art form, which I think starship design falls under, since people live and work there), I’d be frustrated to work on a Saturn class if that big hole did nothing, and made navigating between any two places on the ship more of a pain. That said, with personal transporters, maybe it’s not an issue (assuming this ship isn’t near any action that could make personal transporters inoperable). Maybe it would work well as a sort of diplomatic vessel, where having all these rooms with windows facing into the ring (like a giant round table) could be artistically conducive to discussion. Maybe they have a bunch of huge holo emitters in the ring, and they use it to project the current speaker, or just cool holo-art when not in session.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve read through two threads recently on DIS, and I have found nobody talking about S4. Did everyone just give up at S3? Did we all forget about “growing the beard” and how long it can take a show to get it’s legs?

  S4 is my favorite season of DIS. Species 10-C was some of the coolest new sci-fi for Star Trek in a while. The overarching plot was interesting in that it had high stakes, but it didn’t feel oppressive like other seasons. It still had a sense of hope and optimism. A lot of the characters got to expand their roles and relationships, feeling more like an ensemble.

  I know there was some stuff that didn’t hit well in that season, but I can’t recall the details off hand (like I can for S1-S3). In my memory, the good outweighed the bad.

  I am hopeful that S5 meets at least that mark, and hopefully glides into a graceful ending for the show. If I had my wish, S5 would make a switch to a more episodic style (rather than a big season-long central plot).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw a lot of hate for the Saturn class, and the arguments made sense assuming classic Starfleet designs and concepts.

  I, however, love it because it begs the question: why? What is that for? And my mind jumps to all sorts of cool technobabble uses for such a weird ship design.

  Some weird portal experiment? Evacuation ship made to maximize shuttle bay access? A specialized science ship designed with tons of inward-facing sensors? The mind boggles with possibilities.

  The people who hated in it see wasted space. I see an unopened techno-mystery-box.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is Jankom Pog design inspired by Neelix?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s weird, he doesn’t really look like a Tellarite, but he doesn’t really look like a Talaxian, either.

  I will concede he looks more like a Talaxian than a Tellarite, but still, very different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James McKinnon confirms creatives differences likely a factor in Kelvin 4 failure to start production in 2022⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, as much as I actually loved those movies (they were the gateway drug that got me back into Star Trek after only watching random episodes on syndication), I think their window of relevance has passed. Making another one would be pointless, unless maybe if it was some crossover with Strange New Worlds. But I imagine that would confuse general audiences horribly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x10 TBA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, in-universe, Starfleet seems to have a real nepotism problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x10 TBA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I asked the same question out loud to myself when I saw Boims in the captain seat. Best guess: since the plan was just to tow the destroyer and throw it, they knew he wouldn’t have to do much, and it’d give him a shot. Plus they might have taken his relationship with Mariner (and his rapport with the rest of the Lower Decks gang) into account. Lastly, it might have been a tactic for if the admiralty went through with court-martials. Whomever answered that hail in the captain’s seat would be in more hot water than the rest of the crew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aw sweet! The Cerritos made it into the ships of the line!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Borg Sphere - best ship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Now we know why he was so popular on the raisin farm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  With the revelation that they are being taken, I immediately thought of Pria, from The Orville. Essentially, she was an agent from the future sent to steal The Orville for future collectors. The unidentified ship is clearly extremely powerful despite its small size, which screams time traveller to me. And they seem to be taking examples of ships from all different empires, as if for a collection.

  My other thought is that it’s some party trying to turn all these empires against The Federation, as, to date, no Starfleet ships have been attacked. It’s not unreasonable that our neighbors could see that as suspicious, and conclude it’s an advanced Starfleet attack vessel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel declares state of war, launches retaliation strike after deadly Hamas attacks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Russia vs Ukraine

  Israel vs Palestine

  Military coup in Niger

  China vs SE Asia

  Worldwide economic, social, political, and environmental unrest.

  Certainly feels like a powder keg waiting for that one lit match to finally set it all off. I am not looking forward to the rest of this decade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Star Trek Need Starfleet?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you’d probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

  I could see a series in the vein of “The Love Boat” centered around Risa.