michaelgemar

@michaelgemar@mstdn.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount Has A Plan To Bring Star Trek Back To The Big Screen, Says Roddenberry Entertainment Exec⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @gregorum @startrek I really think the franchise works best on television.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Star Trek Movie Director Is A Fan And Directed The ‘Black Mirror’ Trek Episode “USS Callister”⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @Carlo @startrek I didn’t get into DS9 until I was older. I think its complexity and more morally grey tone would have put me off as a kid, but as an adult I loved it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @setsneedtofeed @startrek Which never made any sense in any timeline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When should I start showing someone new to Trek new shows?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @CCMan1701A @startrek I haven’t liked Discovery or Picard, but I’ve *really* enjoyed Strange New Worlds, and Lower Decks has been a surprising delight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James McKinnon confirms creatives differences likely a factor in Kelvin 4 failure to start production in 2022⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @Son_of_dad @StillPaisleyCat To be fair, Ricardo Montalbán also didn't have the appropriate ethnic ancestry either...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A touching quote from Nimoy's "I am Spock" book (1995)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @QHC @startrek Ted Danson has done some fabulous work outside of Cheers, but I’m sure that show will be considered his legacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x06 "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @DavidGA @startrek It’s a deep deep cut.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you know there's a Star Trek version of Settlers of Catan? Did you also know Wil Wheaton and Jeri Ryan played it together? Behold.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @ulkesh @startrek It’s a terrific series, and Wheaton is such a great host.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canon-friendly Klingon flags that I can fly publicly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @mycatiskai @startrek I’ve always been uncomfortable with how much Star Wars fandom has embraced the iconography of the Empire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 3 Available For Free On YouTube, Prime Video And Pluto TV In USA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @phoenixz @startrek IMHO, Strange New Worlds is the most “Star Trek” show since TNG. It really captures the spirit of the original show.

  (I am not a fan of Picard or Discovery, largely because I feel they don’t have the elements I liked about past shows — they are too dark and pessimistic for my tastes.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why were the TOS movies better than the TNG movies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @Doug @startrek That scene was pure fan service, and after a decade in the wilderness this fan at least *loved* it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That time Neelix disabled the ship with cheese⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @HeartyBeast @startrek *Please* can we forget them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x10 "Hegemony"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @Continuumguy @startrek If Starfleet has weapons that work against the Gorn, *why keep them secret*?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Gen Xer's Thoughts on Strange New Worlds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @UlyssesT @startrek Yep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Brought Its Delightful Musical Episode to Life: ‘You’re Like, Wait, Spock Is Singing Now?!’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @oocdc2 @startrek I definitely took that as a shout-out to “Once More With Feeling”..

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @poundsignbuttstuff @startrek I thought he says explicitly that it contains adrenaline and pain inhibitors. I’m not sure such a real-world cocktail would have the portrayed effects, but it’s clear they’re trying to ground the concoction realistically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @poundsignbuttstuff @startrek The war scenes definitely reminded me of the serious side of M*A*S*H.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next week is the musical episode. Are you looking forward to it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @lonlazarus @startrek The show The Magicians did a musical episode every year that generally was quite good, but again, the premise allowed that kind of fancy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @stuck Terrific performance, and a great re-imagining of a character that was woefully underserved in TOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @Continuumguy @startrek But in its serious mode, without the wacky anti-authoritarian hijinks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @RootBeerGuy @startrek The transporter is essentially magic. If you think too long about it, you’ll wonder why, for example, *everyone* doesn’t “store their pattern”, and thus become effectively immortal. Or why a pattern can’t be materialized multiple times, to generate an army of clones.

  I love Trek, but it’s much more space opera than hard sci-fi, and often the “sciencey” bits are purely for narrative convenience (see also “holodeck”).