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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
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- Comment on 'Starfleet Academy' Star Karim Diané Is Heading to IDW's 'Star Trek' Pride Comic 6 days ago:
Seven’s bisexuality was definitely an invention of “Picard” (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
In Mariner’s case, I wouldn’t be surprised if her bisexuality was intended from the beginning.
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- Comment on 'Star Trek': Andy Weir Apologizes To Alex Kurtzman Over Podcast Remarks 2 weeks ago:
Let’s not expect miracles…
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- Comment on "It's gone baby... it's all gone"| Sigh .....‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**” 2 weeks ago:
It’s probably worth noting that this is what he had to say about fiction in general, and Star Trek in particular, a few years ago:
I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that.
Yeah, I didn’t really like the political message aspects of those stories [Stranger in a Strange Land, Brave New World, 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale]. Not that I disagreed with the political point. Just that I didn’t like the political points being there at all. Now, those writers are so good they make compelling and addictive stories despite the political messaging. But that’s often not the case with other stories and other authors.
You’re not mis-reading me, though. I deeply dislike social commentary. For instance, as a lifelong Star Trek fan, it’s always bothered me that there is a presumed “responsibility” within Star Trek shows to talk about social issues. I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other.
- Comment on "It's gone baby... it's all gone"| Sigh .....‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**” 2 weeks ago:
I would argue that very little good science fiction tries to have nothing to say about humanity or the human condition.
I’ll take it a step further and say it’s impossible for any fiction, let alone sci-fi.
If you’re writing a story, you have something to say, and to claim otherwise is either a cover-up or profound ignorance of your own work.
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- William Shatner And ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Actors React To News Of Series Endingtrekmovie.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to startrek@startrek.website | 66 comments
- Comment on 'Starfleet Academy' Deserved Better Than This 2 weeks ago:
It’s arguably only Prodigy that has faced a similarly unfortunate fate
This is certainly true by the standards laid out, but I’m struck by the fact that the only new series that was more-or-less free of studio fuckery was Picard (which certainly had its own issues).
- Comment on It's sad that people completely misunderstand what Star Trek is about. 2 weeks ago:
I think Shatner is complicated because (a) he’s 95 years old, and can’t be expected to be fully “in touch,” and (b) has definitely had some questionable people handling his social media over the years.
- Comment on What's your favorite ship or class of ship? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t have a satisfying answer for that one - wireless power transfer is NBD in the TNG era, so maybe it’s just an extreme version of that?
Reno once had a line about replacing the warp plasma conduits with “polaric” ones, so maybe they don’t use plasma at all?
But the Athena seems to, so 🤷
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- Comment on What's your favorite ship or class of ship? 3 weeks ago:
I’ll go for a deeper cut and say the Nova class. Small, purpose-built, and pretty cool-looking.
- Comment on What's your favorite ship or class of ship? 3 weeks ago:
I’m assuming it makes sense in-universe, but my brain is still trying to figure out how.
In “Scavengers”, right after Discovery gets her refit, Saru says, “even her nacelles are now detached, improving maneuverability and enabling us to be more efficient in flight.”
I found this pretty puzzling, but it eventually dawned on me that the explanation is probably seen most clearly with Book’s ship. There are a few times when we see his ship rearrange itself on the fly to navigate the many, many debris fields present in the post-Burn galaxy - it looks like the detached bits let them dodge debris without actually changing their course or speed.
We do get a glimpse of Discovery doing something similar late in season 5, when they ram their way into the Breen dreadnaught - the nacelles tuck themselves up and behind the saucer, reducing the ship’s profile.
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- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 3 weeks ago:
I assume you’re referring to Kurtzman, but it seems to be like that’s exactly what he’s doing? Of the six series we’ve had under his watch, he’s been the showrunner of two of them. The rest of them seemed to be fairly free to execute their creative vision, for good or ill.
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 3 weeks ago:
That, I’m not so opposed to. No sense in visiting that time period if you’re not going to check in on the status quo of the neighbours!
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 3 weeks ago:
The Rios one is a lot of fun if you enjoyed “A Piece of the Action”…
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 3 weeks ago:
almost an anthology of legacy characters being visited by the Titanprise with the bridge full of offspring.
Oof, that would be real uninteresting, to me.
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 3 weeks ago:
I’d watch it, and I’m sure they could do great things with it…but as presented, Terry Matalas’ vision left me pretty cold. Captain Seven was definitely the most compelling part of it all (and Raffi, I do like Raffi), but it mostly just seemed to be, “here’s a new Enterprise in that era that you miss!”
And that’s fine…but it doesn’t really point to a compelling story on its own. But take the basic premise, give it to another showrunner, and jettison Jack Crusher into the nearest black hole, and you have my attention.
thanks for the recommendation, BTW
Hey, you’re welcome! I stalled out on the Riker one, which I guess is the third one. I should pick it up again one of these days.
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 3 weeks ago:
I don’t particularly want it to happen, based on what we saw in PIC’s third season, but I feel like Sirtis is a little…confused here.
The oldest cast members of the hypothetical series would be Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd - everyone else would be a recurring guest star, at most…
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