porthos
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If I abruptly disappear, it isn’t because I don’t love you rather it’s because some jerk used me in his transporter experiment and now I’m stuc… transporter sound
- Comment on [Interview] As a Star Trek Era Ends, Discovery's Mary Wiseman Reveals the Franchise's Greatest Lesson 7 months ago:
Harry Kim, we all want you to be promoted, but it isn’t productive to be upset with other Ensigns for getting promoted more than you.
- Comment on [Interview] As a Star Trek Era Ends, Discovery's Mary Wiseman Reveals the Franchise's Greatest Lesson 7 months ago:
I love how upset some people get about Tilly serving on a big burly masculine warship that sometimes has the serious job of killing people.
If a crew like this didn’t have people like Tilly on it, it would catastrophically fall apart after the 10th crisis or so.
Especially in this season it so obvious how Tilly’s intelligence manifests in being able to bypass entire complexes of prejudice and social norms whether they be human or alien, and get right to the point with somebody. In an organization that is constantly trying to establish trust with a variety of unknown actors, Tilly is an incredible asset.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x01 - Red Directive 8 months ago:
I am loving this seasons so far, does anyone know if I watch the TNG episode that this season connects too if it will spoil anything for later seasons of TNG? I am still in like season 4 or 5 as I am going through TNG, VOY and DS9 all at the same time.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x01 "Red Directive" and 5x02 "Under the Twin Moons" 8 months ago:
Loved the first episode, I think the way they brought Book back made sense and I think the season set up connecting to an underutilized TNG episode is absolutely awesome, I could not be more down for this kind of season of Discovery. On to the second episode!
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Interview: David Ajala And Doug Jones On Saying Goodbye To Book And Saru 8 months ago:
I am really gonna miss Discovery, I am not sure Doug Jones is going to miss dressing up as Saru for every shoot though.
Still though wow he really knocks it out of the park with conveying an alien with a physicality much different than ours, he has to easily be one of the best aliens in the whole series.
- Comment on ‘Section 31’ Movie Director Says It’s A “Different” Star Trek + New Character Details Revealed 8 months ago:
I really hope this is good, I am actually really excited to see how this turns out, I don’t necessarily have high expectations but also I don’t think there is any reason it has to suck so long as Georghiu isn’t let of the moral hook for being an awful, murderous leader.
Also Michelle Yeoh is great so I am excited fuck it.
- Comment on Anon likes bikes 11 months ago:
How about the fact that cars are so complicated now that working on them yourself feels next to impossible but you also have to somehow find mechanics that you trust to fix your vehicle when you really have no objective way to know if the mechanics are just bullshitting you or are actually genuinely investigating the problem, not just tossing away what you are saying with a mental note that you are clueless.
Also the thrill that it only takes a second or two of distraction at the wrong moment to kill yourself and other innocent people and irrevocably send your life down a worse path. To be clear, this experience is happening when you are tired, grumpy and stressed about getting to work or getting back from work. It’s nice that we aren’t driving boats or something where hitting other boats involves making really stupid choices, all you have to do is to slightly in the wrong direction for 3 seconds and boom maybe you just killed someone.
- Comment on Anon likes bikes 11 months ago:
What about an electric scooter? Or honestly tricycles with a big cargo spot on the back are pretty sweet so long as you have the space and aren’t going up any crazy hills (could get an electric tricycle thoo).
At the end of the day though, I love bicycles but they can’t work for everyone… which is why the hope for most American cities at least is in busses. I know everyone hates busses and they are usually considered the least cool thing ever but honestly they are the future for mass transit in the US.
LONG LIVE THE BUS
- Comment on Anon likes bikes 11 months ago:
95% of people don’t live or go to 85% of the country? The problem of mass transit has nothing to do with people driving cars around in the middle of nowhere.
- Comment on When should I start showing someone new to Trek new shows? 11 months ago:
Ok I know people will say this is weird but watch through Star Trek Enterprise with Captain Archer since that was supposed to be a reboot for Star Trek that pulled in new fans. Make sure to make fun of it when it gets too absurd and always have a lighter nearby to hold up during the theme song.
Then go through TNG, Voyager and DS9 jumping between them every episode so you move through all three at the same time. I have been watching Star Trek with my gf this way and it is really fun to compare between the shows and it makes the bad episodes of any one particular series less exhausting because you get to take a break from that show.
Whenever you feel like it watch newer trek and catch up on it, I like all of it and some of it is really good.
Sprinkle in TOS episodes as you go, especially when there are direct callbacks to specific episodes (the SNW episode that echoes a TOS episode is a blast to watch right after watching the associated TOS episode they did such a good job).
- Comment on Star Trek infinite questions 11 months ago:
It took me playing the classic masterpiece designs of board gaming like Agricola, Concordia and Dominion to make me realize how bloated most strategy video games are.
It ain’t about how complex the system is, it is about how meaningful and interesting your choices are and honestly some video games are just horrendous at making you do 1000 little tasks that don’t really matter.
I haven’t played stellaris though.
- Comment on Someone has registered www.bellriots.com it's counting down. 11 months ago:
Something I find funny is that a lot of people who don’t know Star Trek that well and have only seen a couple of episodes assume Star Trek is the super optimistic view of humanity that is unrealistically positive about humanities future when if you actually look at the timeline in the 2000s and 2100s Star Trek is actually seriously apocalyptic. Humanity doesn’t turn to a good future out of some inevitable human kindness, it tries violence over and over again until some crazy guy makes a warp engine out of the rubble of destroyed civilization and the Vulcans show up.
- Comment on Someone has registered www.bellriots.com it's counting down. 11 months ago:
I dunno but damn that Bell guy looks exactly like Sisko its weird
- Comment on Hageman Bros Confirm Star Trek: Prodigy Can Continue Beyond Season Two on Netflix 11 months ago:
Hell yeah it better continue
- Comment on Did anybody watch TOS for the first time AFTER Strange New Worlds? 1 year ago:
No but I did watch the TOS episode Balance Of Terror after watching the associated SNW episode and I HIGHLY recommend it, it is great fun to watch one right after the other.
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Finds New Home At Netflix After Paramount+ Cancellation 1 year ago:
WOOF WOOF WOOF
- Comment on Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2.7 - Those Old Scientists 1 year ago:
I think my favorite part about this episode is any amount of excessive silliness or criticism of being too fan-servicey is completely obliterated by the very next episode which deals with the trauma and horror of war head on. It didn’t feel like whiplash either, which I think speaks to the fact that even though episode 7 was silly there were still very serious emotional beats like Boimler convincing Pike to have a birthday party so he can hang out with the people that love him.
- Comment on 1 year ago:
I am upset they are cancelling Discovery, it had flaws but it is an awesome show with some amazing moments and a very diverse cast.