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“Life forms. You precious little lifeforms. You tiny little lifeforms. Where are you?”
- Lt. Cmdr Data, Star Trek: Generations
- Comment on Dawn Lewis, given a proclamation from mayor of Cerritos. 11 hours ago:
Engage the core!
- Comment on Dawn Lewis, given a proclamation from mayor of Cerritos. 14 hours ago:
Cerritos strong!
- Comment on Roof top party at STLV 2025 1 day ago:
I’m rather sad to have never attended a convention - I was born in Vegas and lived there the first 15 years of my life.
- Comment on Scott Bakula Eyeing Star Trek Return In President Archer Series Pitch From ‘Enterprise’ Producer 2 days ago:
We could have a convoluted retcon about Trip Tucker surviving somehow, but I kind of just want them to pull a Shaxs; someone brings it up and Tucker says, “We don’t talk about that.”
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 3 days ago:
The early decon scenes are comparatively mild, which is saying something… don’t Google Vulcan Neuropressure; I wouldn’t wish such horrors upon my worst enemy.
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 3 days ago:
I also enjoyed Prodigy, although I will warn the first half of season one is a little difficult to get through, but the rest of the series welds you to your seat!
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 3 days ago:
I second this. It’s basically just an extra TNG-era spinoff that fits really well after Voyager.
The first season is a bit rough (though you’ve got to watch it at least once - important info for the rest of the show’s plot) but then the show starts doing its characters really well and has a sincerity to it you wouldn’t expect from its genre.
When I first heard of the idea of an adult animated Star Trek comedy, I thought it was a terrible idea, but they executed it so darn well, and it’s my second favorite series behind DS9.
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 3 days ago:
Watching Enterprise (currently on season 3), I’m not sure I can blame you, despite the plot getting interesting.
Each 90s series has their fair share of “I want to put Rick Berman in my trunk and [redacted]” moments, but Enterprise takes it to a bit of a disgusting level.
Like, with 7 in Voyager, you learn to tune out the unnecessary catsuit after a while and just enjoy an otherwise good character, but they take the sexualization of T’Pol’s character to such extremes that it interferes with her just being a person on the show.
I’m watching ENT because I’m a sucker for canon, but I totally don’t blame you if you skip it.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour" 1 week ago:
Now I feel like a really awesome thing would be something like Star Trek: Excelsior as an animated series that focuses on Captain Sulu after Generations.
I mean, Patrick Stewart did Picard in his 80s, and Takei’s only 3 years older than Stewart. However, Takei would probably be well into his 90s by the time this hypothetical series went into production; you’d also probably have to audition an understudy from the start in case Takei kicked the bucket.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour" 1 week ago:
I think this is why we need more animated Star Trek. While no recent animated Trek show has really managed to get past the equivalent total runtime to a ~5 season, 10 50-minute episode Trek series, I think animation could be a medium to get past some of the budgetary and labor limitations of a live action show in order to return to something closer to a TNG-style season. Not only that, but you could have the cast doing and interacting with things that would simply be impossible to do with any quality in a live-action show.
Although truth be told, I think half my opinion is just fueled by sourness over the end of Lower Decks and Prodigy. I really think though that animation could be the medium for a serious mainline Star Trek series that isn’t (originally intended as) an excursion into a genre. Unfortunately, we sort of live in an animation dark age because of executive and general stupidity.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour" 1 week ago:
I enjoyed this episode much more than the previous one. It was quite fun. Sure, holodeck episodes aren’t the most original idea in Star Trek, but they’re almost always good, and I think this episode was worth the slight fudging of canon.
Also, seeing the “Last Frontier” bits and how well they captured the TOS feel makes me think, “Why do they need to make modern Trek so fancy? Why can’t we have cheap-looking sets again?” Also, I think this is one of the better Paul Wesley performances in this show.
I was relieved to find they didn’t go to far with the meta this episode. So many of the clips and dialogues of this episode I saw in the initial trailers made me worry this season was going to do a multiverse plot or venture a bit too far beyond the fourth wall.
The only thing is the Spock/La’an romance is driving me nuts. Neither is emotionally ready, and Spock STILL has a fiance. It’s painful to watch it knowing that it’s almost certainly doomed. I don’t necessarily mind them acknowledging that they have feelings to each other, but I would have thought there would be a mutual desire to keep it platonic. In the end though, at least dancing isn’t Vulcan neuropressure - as I get further into Enterprise, I kind of wonder how Rick Berman has evaded the trunk of my car for so long.
- Comment on StarshipGenerator.com 1 week ago:
Here’s my go at it:
Perseverance-class Starship, 45 degree view
My rationale is this is an Intrepid-based Miranda replacement attempt. The boom below the nacelles can be configured for extra weapons, sensors, or even as nacelles to allow an improved warp geometry for towing vessels below the ship.
- Comment on Canon Connections: SNW 3x03 - Shuttle to Kenfori 1 week ago:
But supposedly, as said in the show, the house could regain their honor by someone in the house assassinating Dak’Rah, so I don’t get how using technicalities to graft M’Benga would violate that rule.
- Comment on Canon Connections: SNW 3x03 - Shuttle to Kenfori 1 week ago:
Did anyone else think, “Why doesn’t Bytha just pull a House Quark and marry, then immediately divorce M’Benga?”
Although I guess M’Benga, unlike Quark, can’t pull the “This isn’t an honorable combat. This is an execution!”
- Comment on Puppets Explained, Sybok Teased, TAS Episode Scrapped, And More ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ SDCC Reveals 1 week ago:
I’m sad about the TAS episode not being a thing, I’m sad about the puppets being muppets instead of practical creatures, but also, this episode just seems like fun.
It almost reminds me of the Christmas episode of Eureka that was really fun, but may have single-handedly brought the series overbudget. That show was fun, with some flaws:
- Some of the worst autism representation I have seen on television.
- It could never decide if it was a comedy or a drama, although that wishy-washiness sometimes worked in its favor, such as when they decided to stir up the plot by creating an alternate timeline… twice.
- Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 | SDCC Surprise 2 weeks ago:
Oh, I too enjoyed the musical episode. In case I wasn’t clear, I meant was the musical episode was placed AFTER a string of really depressing episodes to lighten the mood a bit, and I bet they’ll do the same with this one.
- Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 | SDCC Surprise 2 weeks ago:
Fun, but when I first heard my mother utter the words “Jim Henson collaboration”, I was hoping it would be really cool practical effects alien creatures, though I guess Farscape already did that.
- Comment on Canon Connections: SNW 3x02 -Wedding Bell Blues 2 weeks ago:
Yeh. It’s a very 2000s kid thing.
- Comment on Canon Connections: SNW 3x02 -Wedding Bell Blues 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* 3x02: “Wedding Bell Blues”: 2 weeks ago:
As said on the Daystrom crosspost, the bartender is the first live action appearance of an Edosian, dirst introduced in TAS.
- Comment on What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek? 3 weeks ago:
I personally love DS9 and think that it has aged better than TNG. I think its S1 is not amazing, but certainly one of the better first seasons. It has plenty of good enough episodes that don’t depend heavily on the upcoming plot and leave your brother in a good place if he wants to start watching for himself.
A few suggestions would be:
- In The Hands of the Prophets: Overall an almost prophetic episode, in the most terrifying way possible. A well-done drama episode with great political commentary. A lot of the season built up to it, but it’s such an early period in the show that it’s not TOO much context
- Dax: A full helping of everything Trek, from alien trials to crew collaboration to space mysteries. It basically explains the Dax thing for you, just leaving an interesting story. Vortex: Odo-focused, but also has some “crew on space mystery” bits. Also makes a mystery of core information in the show, meaning minimal canon dependency and once again leaving your brother in a good place to watch.
- Duet: Strong Kira episode that’s also a good summary of the Bajoran-Cardassian conflict.
- Captive Pursuit: I think it’s a solid, typical Trek episode. I think the only impression issues it might give are it’s very O’Brien-centric, and it might register a bit on the “aliens who represent no particular real life ethnicity but are still kind of iffy”-o-meter. But otherwise, it’s a low-canon, medium-quality episode.
- Comment on What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek? 3 weeks ago:
Holes and crap! Measure of a Man might be genius. Intellectually engaging, good acting, but boring (no offense) enough that other parts of the show can impress as well!
- Comment on What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek? 3 weeks ago:
I disagree. I think the Dominion War context is way too important.
- Comment on What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek? 3 weeks ago:
I kind of feel like Prodigy struggles the first half of the first season… as a Prodigy lover, I’ll say it certainly gets there, but even then, let’s say it wasn’t until season 2 that Jankom Pog no longer made me want to find out what Tellarite carnitas taste like…
- Comment on Factory Entertainment's FE Masterworks Announces Four New Studio-Scale Star Trek Models 3 weeks ago:
If I’m paying five figures, that Miranda better have explosives in it for true authenticity!
- Comment on Akiva Goldsman On How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Will End With Kirk In Command 3 weeks ago:
While certainly a weird idea, a TOS continuation series might not be so bad done right. I might love another episode where Uhura takes command, except it isn’t just because all the men on the ship are under the influence of space sirens.
Overall, the idea kind of reminds me of when they considered reusing the assets of the cancelled Secret of Vulcan Fury to make a CGI TOS continuation, though it didn’t work out for several reasons, I’m guessing in part because of the death of DeForest Kelley.
But honestly, I can see the sentiment of not wanting it - I think we do need a purely new Trek era, something like the mid 25th century or sometime in the 26th century.
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- Comment on Humble Comics Bundle: Star Trek Comics Megabundle 4 weeks ago:
What the heck! I might have to go for this one!
Some of them aren’t that interesting to me - I own a lot of these, but some of these I’ve wanted really bad.
Sucks there’s not the Who crossover on here, but nuts anyway.
- Comment on Exclusive: Rebecca Romijn On The ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Cast Learning Show Will End With Season 5 4 weeks ago:
At least they have two whole seasons to wrap stuff up and know about the end ahead of time, unlike Lower Decks, which got the memo in the middle of season development.
- Comment on IYKYK 1 month ago:
I think is is more a c/Risa thing.
