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- Comment on Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, that is sad. I enjoy seeing futuristic aliens and ships too, but I guess I’ve never really understood why a lot of these shows have to look like movies now. I would be perfectly happy to see them cut those fancy effects way back and spend some of that money on some good writers to make a few more episodes. I’ve found I very rarely remember how good the CGI monster or alien building looked, but I often remember what the characters said.
No, I’m not as old as I sound! ;-)
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 3 weeks ago:
All of the above! ;-)
Seriously though, I just like to give things a try before deciding for myself what I think of it.
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 3 weeks ago:
It is a hot take, I know! 😂
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 3 weeks ago:
We’ve seen basically nothing of it other than a short trailer, so it’s way too early for anyone to be deciding whether it’ll be good or not! I’m planning to give it a try, just like I have with every other Trek show so far. If I like it, I’ll continue watching. If I don’t, I won’t!
- Comment on Watch This Documentary About 'Star Trek: Phase II' and See What Could've Been 3 weeks ago:
I personally like 1/2/4! I guess the best way to put it is that none of the Trek movies, even my favorites, have really stuck with me like my favorite episodes have.
- Comment on Watch This Documentary About 'Star Trek: Phase II' and See What Could've Been 3 weeks ago:
From the information I’ve seen of it, I think I would have liked Phase II better than the movies they did instead. That being said, the movies probably brought the franchise to a lot of people it may not have reached with another show. So TNG and the later shows may have been a lot lower budget or maybe not made all.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour" 4 weeks ago:
That would be an intriguing idea, and animation would be a good way to do it too! I would usually prefer that they go the new ship and new crew route, but if they tell stories I’m interested in I would be happy to see it.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour" 4 weeks ago:
I’ve thought about having a more serious animated series in the franchise, and I think it could work. There would of course be a group of people that wouldn’t watch because it’s not live action, but depending on how they do it the costs could be a fair amount less too.
- Comment on StarshipGenerator.com 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Drops Official First Look Teaser Trailer 5 weeks ago:
I haven’t being following news on this show too closely since it’s still a way out, so maybe this has been mentioned elsewhere. I noticed that the Klingon character has a pretty similar ridge structure to Worf and family, especially with Worf’s updated look from Picard. Might just be a coincidence though.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 20th 1 month ago:
I dug my sim racing gear back out recently and have been putting in quite a few hours into the rallycross mode on Dirt Rally 2.0! I’m currently trying to tell myself that I normally only do this for a month or two a year, and that I don’t need to buy a sim cockpit to do it with! 😂 Although I could use it for American and Euro Truck Simulator, so maybe worth it.
- Comment on Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest Performances 2 months ago:
We had seen Garak already, depending on how you would classify him.
- Comment on Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest Performances 2 months ago:
Now I need to see that episode again! I remember that episode really standing out to me when I was first watching the show, I think I rewatched it in the next day or two.
- Comment on Paramount+ Announces Fifth and Final Season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2 months ago:
While I knew we would be seeing Spock, I was also hoping there would be fewer established TOS characters. As you said though, the plan seems to be working so far. I’ve definitely been enjoying it!
- Comment on Paramount+ Announces Fifth and Final Season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2 months ago:
I’m sure they’ve thought about switching over, whether as a continuation of TOS or telling new stories mixed in with it. I would still watch if they kept it fairly similar, as I like the cast they’ve put together.
I would prefer to see them tell new stories in a new era with a new ship and a new crew though. However, if they decided to continue in the same era, I personally would like to see a La’an led show. It could run alongside the TOS continuity, so they could even add in those appearances by Kirk and Spock that you know they would want to do. They didn’t ask me to pitch for them though, so I doubt it’ll happen! :)
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 3 months ago:
I’ve been waiting to see MI - Dead Reckoning until I can see it and Final Reckoning back to back for that exact reason! I’m hoping it’s a satisfying conclusion in case they actually stick to the statement that it’s the last Cruise led movie in the series.
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 3 months ago:
Godzilla Minus One (2023) 9/10
- I finally got around to watching this one, and I quite enjoyed it! I prefer the movies where Godzilla is the antagonist and the only monster, so having a movie like that with memorable characters was a breathe of fresh air! The atmosphere of dread Godzilla evoked when on screen was very good, and that lingered even when they were gone. I really liked a lot of the characters, and although I don’t understand Japanese I thought the actors did a good job. I’m also a plane fan, so seeing a J7W portrayed in a movie was a treat as well! Other than a few minor nitpicks I enjoyed it a good bit, and I watched it for the second time the next day, which is something I rarely do.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 6.5/10
- Star Wars as a franchise has never really clicked with me, although I did think the original movie was pretty good as a standalone. However, I did get hooked on the Andor series and really enjoyed it, so I watched this movie after finishing season 2. Due to watching it as a follow-up to a very good series I may have rated it a bit lower than I would have otherwise, so I may revisit it later.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 7.5/10
- This is a film I’ve seen several times, and I think it holds up pretty well. It does a good job of building the tension throughout, and the atmosphere was good as well.
- An interesting, although somewhat predictable, time loop story. I did feel like they overdid some parts of the loop just a little bit, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. If it would have surprised me a bit somewhere along the way I would have been happy, but it kept me entertained, which is the important part!
- Comment on After 25 hours of the Dune: Awakening beta, I'm sold on it as a survival game but still a bit iffy on the MMO parts 4 months ago:
I’m watching it from a distance to see how things go. I’m a fan of the Dune books and the new movies as well, so the world would be interesting to explore. Unfortunately everything I’ve seen of it gives me the feeling that it should have been a single player game instead.
What they mentioned about the player built houses was the first thing I thought of when I heard you could build your own. There’s going to be huge amounts of clutter everywhere you can build!
- Comment on Season 3 Teaser Trailer | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 5 months ago:
No, it just says summer.
- Comment on Adam Savage's Tested: Star Trek Filming Models from The Next Generation to Voyager! 5 months ago:
Thanks! I’ve heard some mentions of it, but never dug into it much. I’ll check it out.
- Comment on Adam Savage's Tested: Star Trek Filming Models from The Next Generation to Voyager! 5 months ago:
Looks interesting! I saved it to look at later, I’m curious about the information on the Voyager prototype model. It might have to go in my archive of interesting Trek info.
- Comment on Weyouns, Ranked 5 months ago:
That’s the best part! Although in rare cases the flicker of recognition the other person has can mean you found an interesting person to talk to!
- Comment on Weyouns, Ranked 5 months ago:
I have been known to do the same! It’s a lot of fun to work Trek references into everyday conversation.
- Comment on Weyouns, Ranked 5 months ago:
The “Well Hello!” he gives Weyoun 8 when he walks in is good too!
- Comment on Weyouns, Ranked 5 months ago:
Weyoun 5 was my favorite. His scene where he plays dabo, drinks the poisoned kanar, and watches Sisko and Dukat argue is great.
Damar’s first meeting with Weyoun 8 always gives me a laugh though!
- Comment on CherryTree Introduces Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Inspired "IYKYK" Raktajino Mug 5 months ago:
It’s still a lot of money for a mug, but compared to the $150-$300 they’re selling for on eBay it’s a great deal!
- Comment on CherryTree Introduces Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Inspired "IYKYK" Raktajino Mug 5 months ago:
Is the wider section actually hollow? I was imagining they might just have a normal round shape inside due to it being more difficult to mold.
- Comment on CherryTree Introduces Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Inspired "IYKYK" Raktajino Mug 5 months ago:
Very tempting! All the other ones I’ve seen are quite expensive.
- Comment on New Promotional Photos of SNW Cast 5 months ago:
Yes, we already know what’s supposed to happen with him, I was thinking about Una, La’an, and Ortegas! Of course, all that is contingent on them showing the transition rather than ending a bit before that.
- Comment on New Promotional Photos of SNW Cast 5 months ago:
Yeah… I’m not looking forward to the show ending! It’s the first Trek I’ve watched as it was airing, so I’ve been enjoying it. Anyway, I’m hoping they let them go off on other adventures rather than killing them off.
