bgainor
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- Comment on Podcast Discussion | Star Trek: Khan | 1x05 "Imagination's Limits" 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I am really appreciating the new complexity to McGivers’ character in this series.
- Comment on Is Star Trek Discovery that bad? 3 weeks ago:
One thing I did hate, though, is the epilogue on the last episode. I will skip that when I rewatch the series.
- Comment on Is Star Trek Discovery that bad? 3 weeks ago:
Star Trek Discovery is not “that bad”. Like Picard and some of the seasons of Enterprise, each season is a self-contained story arc, which I get is not for everyone. It also has a black female main character, which apparently is also not for everyone. IMO, the fifth season was not quite as good as the first four (I actually like the fourth the best), but there was still a lot to like. I do think they did better after they moved to the 31st century so they weren’t as constrained by canon gymnastics. It also (for a single season) gives us our only non-human main ship captain to-date, which I think is a good thing in a series centered on the idea of friendship with other worlds. There are definitely things I would change about the show if I could, but on the whole I think it’s a great addition to Trek.
(Also, Michelle Yeoh, Mary Wiseman, and Tig Notaro each steal every single scene any of them is in. Worth watching for those three alone.)
- Comment on Podcast Discussion | Star Trek: Khan | 1x01 "Paradise" 5 weeks ago:
Maybe a bit premature to say this after only one episode, but I feel like so far this show is accomplishing what the documentary episode of SNW tried to do. It’s effectively making us think about the “established Starfleet narrative” of most Star Trek, and has a frame device that advances the story without being too intrusive.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans" 1 month ago:
It’s been established as far back as TOS that M’Benha specializes in Vulcan medicine, so it’s surprising they didn’t even mention it in this episode
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans" 1 month ago:
I want to see the Spock/Pike dream dance!
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* 3x08: “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans” 1 month ago:
I’m 99% sure that the “sandwiches from Purmantee with the fries inside the sandwich” are a reference to Pittsburgh sandwich chain Primanti Bros.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans" 1 month ago:
I thought this episode was a lot of fun. Haven’t really been feeling this season of SNW as much for some reason, but I think this is my favorite episode yet. Managed to fit some character development in around all the craziness, and the post-credits scene with Patton and Ethan was great.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x07 "What Is Starfleet?" 2 months ago:
The part about the officers’ ethical decision should have been the A-plot, but the episode basically forced the documentary angle on us as the A-plot. I think that’s the fundamental problem; if this had just been an episode about them wrestling with the ethical ramifications of using a sentient creature as a weapon, it would have been top-tier Star Trek.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x07 "What Is Starfleet?" 2 months ago:
I feel like there was a kernel of a good episode in there, or maybe kernels of several episodes. I’m not opposed to the documentary angle per se, and it fits in with SNW’s general willingness to experiment, but I have a difficult time imagining that a documentarian would actually edit the finished product that way, on top of the other stuff. There’s definitely room to critique Starfleet and the Federation, but this episode really feels like it was missing some important chunks.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x06 "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" 2 months ago:
Writers’ Room: “We need a name for a mineral these scavengers could be looking for.”
“Uh… (glances at Italian takeout) aldentium!”
- Comment on Robert Picardo Talks Getting “Dramatic” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’; ‘Discovery’ Actors Want In Too 2 months ago:
Me watching S5: “Ok, this episode is going to have Detmer and Owo, right?” End of episode: “Dammit!”
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x05 "Through the Lens of Time" 2 months ago:
I would not have released Patel into Pike’s custody after how she lost control when confronted with “Gamble”. Like, clearly the being inhabiting his body was malevolent, but “the enemy of my enemy” doesn’t make it ok that she basically got taken over by a consciousness besides her own. Leaving her alone with the captain of the ship feels especially dangerous (and letting her captain her own ship again, for that matter).
- Comment on Star Trek: Khan Audio Series Releases Official Trailer, Poster, Premiere Date, and Additional Voice Casting 2 months ago:
Finally! I feel like this has been “about to come out” for years
- Comment on Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest Performances 4 months ago:
I don’t know what you’re talking about. He’s just a simple tailor.
- Comment on does captain Picard snore in Star Trek tng? 6 months ago:
Someone asked Patrick Stewart about this once, and he said that in the 24th century, no one would care about baldness anymore
- Comment on Robert Picardo Confirms It's Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor In Starfleet Academy 6 months ago:
It would be cool if we get to hear from the version of the Doctor that was in “Living Witness.” I think the timeframe would be about right.
- Comment on Warp Five: The Lower Decks Cast on the Cerritos' Future 8 months ago:
A few minutes ago out of nowhere, it suddenly clicked in my brain that I had called “Strange New Worlds” “Brave New World” on here, so I had to come and see people making fun of me. Thank you all for not disappointing 😆
- Comment on Warp Five: The Lower Decks Cast on the Cerritos' Future 8 months ago:
I don’t know how, but I would love to see more of these characters in live action. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid were fantastic in BNW.
- Comment on Alex Kurtzman Gives Live-Action Comedy Update, Says Star Trek Can “Broaden” 8 months ago:
Tawny Newsome is awesome, so I’m sure this will be good, but there seems to be a fundamental tension between Kurtzman saying Trek can broaden, while Paramount seems to be trying to contract it.
- Comment on The Stars of Star Trek: Section 31 Know Why You're Nervous About the Movie 8 months ago:
Ironic that the actor who seems to be the biggest Trek fan also played my least favorite character. Zeph was a cartoon.