MalikMuaddibSoong
@MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 2 days ago:
Incredibly well done episode. Not sure others have mentioned these, but I really really liked these things in particular:
- Reno has great presence and delivery. And the sharpest uniform.
- I’m glad the announcer from Children’s Hospital fell through an anomaly and arrived in Starfleet Academy.
- English graffiti and open flames everywhere! J/k how could they get everything else so right but then fumble this so poorly. You’re telling me the venari ral are space romans, but not romulans?
A great first season, I feel like they know what they’re doing and I want more.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 2 days ago:
I was kind of bummed by the explanation of why Discovery couldn’t jump with the spore drive
I loved this episode and the season in general , but I must disagree.
I felt like they respected their audience too much to leave us with freezer thoughts like “what about disco’s magic mushroom warp?”
- Comment on Alex Kurtzman On Starting Discussions With Paramount Skydance Over The Future Of Star Trek TV 3 days ago:
They are in the middle of — it’s not just drinking from one firehose, there’s probably ten thousand hoses. And so everything is just happening slower as a result of this massive time of transition. And that is not exclusive to Star Trek.
As a corporate drone I see this as an absolute win.
The odds are near their highest that Academy will be rubberstamped simply because it passes a triage check and they’re too busy to bikeshed the details.
- Comment on Exclusive Update On The ‘Star Trek: Year One’ Series Pitch And Status Of The ‘Strange New Worlds’ Sets 5 days ago:
This was an problem that Picard showrunner Terry Matalas ran into when he pitched his Star Trek: Legacy spinoff series set on board the USS-Enterprise-G (formerly USS Titan), as all of those sets were destroyed immediately after Picard season 3 wrapped up, adding significant startup costs to recreate everything for a new show.
Ah so that’s why that sets are relevant. No sets no spinoff.
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series Finale With 6 New Images From “Rubincon” 6 days ago:
However, is it only Brakka who is responsible for the con, or is and has Anisha Mir been part of a long con of both Ake and her son from the start?
I like where you’re going. My own hunch is we’ll learn that Anisha (at Nus’ behest after he rediscovered Caleb) agreed to embed malicious code in her encrypted messages to Caleb (and that she only begrudgingly agreed because she lost hope he would read them) and that’s how Nus will snatch victory from the jaws of defeat from Capt. Ake at the very last moment, that he actually won the moment Caleb opened that first message from his Mom.
Probably not exactly that, but something along the lines of discovering that Nus has always been 2 steps ahead.
- Comment on Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content? 1 week ago:
90s Trek was fantastic and did a great job handing off to each other. Even Voyager being stranded was still moving the world forward. Then we reset back to the first Enterprise, absolutely killing all the momentum.
The best thing Discovery ever did (apart from soft launching Strange New Worlds which got lucky) was launch us into the far future and give us a place to build.
I feel this is a powerful argument against prequels in general, not just for star trek.
Like, I cant help but think you’re right. The latter half of disco did indeed move the setting to a place where Academy can pick up and it seems like it’s working.
- Comment on Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content? 1 week ago:
We have to accept that Star Trek is almost like scifi’s version of the Simpsons. It’s done everything.
¡Ay, Dios no me ama!
- Comment on Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content? 1 week ago:
Nowadays, especially nowadays, I’m just grateful that the optimistic spirit/energy of star trek is having a next next generation of its own. I’m here for it. Mostly (sorry disco).
- Comment on When it hits you.... 3 months ago:
Gah what a fucking tool.
Well at least he isn’t getting paid when I rewatch Ace Ventura 2 on plex 😎
- Comment on Creation Entertainment have announced ENT cast members for STLV 2026 4 months ago:
it seems like Trip Tucker was one of the three main characters, Phlox was a constant presence even if rarely the main character, and then Mayweather and Hoshi got like one episode a season in which they were even involved.
Nailed it I’m afraid.
One the plus side, all episodes with Phlox are better for having him, except when he’s clearly pushing the awkward romance plots along.
The real tragedy is Travis and Hoshi; at least they finally get to shine (a little) on the mirror universe episode 😎
- Comment on "The hope is to have a fresh 'Star Trek' movie, though [Paramount] has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot." 4 months ago:
New Star Trek movie you say? Image
- Comment on TrekMovie.com - Rick Berman And Brannon Braga Defend The Controversial ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Series Finale 4 months ago:
we wanted to send a valentine to the franchise, and I still stand by the concept of the episode, which is it’s actually an episode of Next Generation where they’re looking back at Enterprise on the holodeck, which I think is a cool idea
- Comment on Got Banned for Fixing Roku — The Paul Blart Mod Chronicles 4 months ago:
That’s cool sure.
But on the other side: Reddit betrayed the social contract and deserves to rot in consequence.
One droplet of lost engagement becomes an ocean; just stop showing up 🤷♀️
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' creators explain why show was so hard to crack 5 months ago:
It’s hard to come up with a circumstance and a buy-in where you can still have Star Trek adventures with real stakes and real peril, but it’s also a school.
White Squall. In space. 🤞
- Comment on Legendary Star Trek Designer Inspired To Sketch President Archer’s Starship For ‘United’ Pitch 5 months ago:
Fuck yes, sign me up! ENT fans want to get fed!
The show ended right as Archer entered his prime, just after we saw him broken and beaten by a real year of hell. I want to see that prime era Archer (of which we were robbed) in flashbacks as the current one is once again broken and beaten by another year of hell.
I really hope they get this off the ground 🙏
- Comment on Punch Time 5 months ago:
Meanwhile, Final Fantasy Tactics with the translation-so-bad-it’s-might-be-a-masterpiece.
Actually interesting and novel ability names
Japanese: Dance with knives
1997 Localization: Wiznaibus
WotL Localization: Mincing Minuet
Dialog that pulls no punches
Japanese: My bad, but it’s between you and your god
1997 Localization: Tough luck…Don’t blame me. Blame yourself or God.
WoTL Localization: Forgive me. 'Tis your birth and faith that wrong you, not I.
Other gems lost in the improved localization:
- “heavens wish to destroy all minds”
- “the doom of a planet”
- “evanescence, such a sad word”
- “time, save your kindness for the worthy”
All that being said, the final fantasy gang is generally spectacular with English mastery. It’s like you can tell which books they like to read when they choose obscure words like Eidolon.
- Comment on Could you though? 👀 5 months ago:
Hey I’m actually growing a black sapote!
Here’s a blurry pic of the fruit forming Image
- Comment on ‘Star Trek’ is headed to the Rose Parade. Here’s an exclusive first look at the float 5 months ago:
the float will feature an homage to Vasquez Rocks, the local landmark where “Star Trek”
Yes 😎
- Comment on Is Star Trek Discovery that bad? 5 months ago:
ENT 4x23 Archer vs Shran fight 👌
- Comment on Is Star Trek Discovery that bad? 5 months ago:
Gul Dukat
Maybe you drew too fast shot yourself in the foot?
Gul Dukat is arguably the most wellformed villain in ST canon. He is a delusional maniac pursuing a twisted vision of greatness. He even works alongside our heroes for a time!
Can I offer you an Armus instead?
- Comment on Is Star Trek Discovery that bad? 5 months ago:
I have 0 desire to ever rewatch a single episode
If there’s one thing I’d like to peek behind the curtain to see, it’s the streaming metrics for each trek.
My gut instinct is that almost nobody wants to rewatch it unless it is their own favorite trek. I know I don’t.
- Comment on oh cool 5 months ago:
Watching the two on the left go from hardnosed atheist commandos to saying “Praise Sol” with conviction, what a wild fucking trip of a show.
- Comment on Where do you guys start in a Lower Decks rewatch? 5 months ago:
Buffer time! It’s the episode I feel where LD comes into its own.
TIL the episode is actually called Temporal Edict and “Buffer Time” is a lower decks board game they made based on the episode.
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters 5 months ago:
That feeling when someone makes a really good point and makes me wonder if S3 was not as good as I thought it was.
- Comment on Gates McFadden Talks Ghost Candle Orgasms And Jean-Luc/Beverly Relationship Status After ‘Star Trek: Picard’ 5 months ago:
That was an interesting read.
I wish someone would’ve asked her about Remember Me, one of my favorite episodes and one of the few Dr Crusher episodes.
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Producers Promise Season 4 Will Be Better 5 months ago:
a season that veered largely in quality from one episode to the next, including a particularly notable nosedive in its back half
I greatly enjoyed this season (no really, the good ones are so good), but I must agree here about the nose dive.
That documentary episode is probably my least favorite Star Trek episode of all time.
And that finale? Too much unwelcome Mass Effect 3 energy in this ending for me to enjoy.
Ley lines. Hey, they’re real!
Absolutely my least favorite treknobabble of all time.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x10 "New Life and New Civilizations" 5 months ago:
How does three sets of DNA in her - Gorn, Human and Illyrian - translate to having all the abilities of all races that have faced evil?
That bit right there is like a glob of glue along the seam where this Beholder plot was glued to the gorn cliffhanger.
Is any of this Beholder stuff foreshadowed before Batel fights Gamble the first time? I try to be a careful watcher, but it came outta left field for me.
Wish they would have leaned harder into reimagining Inner Light and less into boring chosen-one-stuff.
- Comment on It's a whole genre! 6 months ago:
Also every Ben Stiller romcom (and most his other movies too). Dude’s got a hangup on cute blondes, we get it already.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x09 "Terrarium" 6 months ago:
I finally got a chance to watch it and I thought it was great.
An overdue homage to both Enemy Mine and The Arena, feels like they really cooked with this one 🔥
I love the ending with Ortegas’ epiphany that her new reality is that one of her friends killed one of her other friends.
Other than that bizarre found-footage episode, this entire season has been fire. Somehow they’ve managed to give us more of the crew in 3 seasons than disco ever did, and I’m loving it.
I have such high hopes for the new academy show after what I’ve seen in S3, bring on the next trek golden age!
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Cast On Their Characters’ Fates, Nudity, And Not Getting A Musical Episode 6 months ago:
Hey it could still work as a high school musical episode of the new academy show
