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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 10 hours ago:
I’ve never been convinced that the ear-grabbing actually did anything. Bareil certainly had no patience for it.
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 16 hours ago:
It’s funny - I knew he would be wearing it at some point, sort had my eye out for it…and didn’t notice it at all when I actually watched the episode.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 18 hours ago:
I wonder if there was more to it that got cut for time. I think it’s…fine as it is, if only because Holly Hunter’s physicality in the role is a sight to behold. But it doesn’t have much to offer besides the further development of the relationship between Ake and Kelrec.
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 day ago:
It’s not a video, but thanks for playing.
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 day ago:
Who are you asking? Do you have an opinion of your own? Is there any chance at all you have something to say about the interview you’re ostensibly discussing?
- Comment on 1 day ago:
DS9 was not a UPN show - it was syndicated.
The residents of the Institute are a bit of a minefield, not least because the show didn’t do much to sketch out exactly what challenges they were living with. We’re unfortunately left to assume that they would be at risk of harming themselves or others were they living on their own.
I do think Lauren was portrayed as having delusions more than any kind of “sex addiction,” and you could make the case that Patrick may not be able to safely care for himself.
But a lot has happened in the deinstitutionalization movement since those episodes were produced, so it’s pretty tough to justify way they were treated. It is, however, a decent mirror to the way society was at that time.
- Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’trekmovie.com ↗Submitted 1 day ago to startrek@startrek.website | 16 comments
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 5x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" 1 day ago:
I’ve been pretty excited for this one ever since it was highlighted as a “love letter” to DS9…but I was pretty nervous about a couple of things.
I wasn’t sure how the hell they would make it relevant to the cast of this show, and keep them rightly front-and-centre. There was no obvious connection for them to do so, and it wouldn’t serve them well to just do a full-on nostalgia fest.
I also wasn’t sure how to explore Sisko’s fate in a way that felt substantial. It seems like any story about his return would have to be pretty significant (or, alternatively, so insignificant that it would be hard to make an episode about it).
As it turns out, I needn’t have worried. They threaded the needle pretty perfectly. SAM was the central character from beginning to end, and her “connection” to Sisko was uniquely intertwined with the character’s motivations. And they sidestepped my second issue entirely, but in a way that I still found satisfying.
I feel bad for Ben and Kasidy’s kid, though - apparently completely insignificant to the history books.
And I do hope he was able to visit them from time to time.
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- Comment on ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connection 2 days ago:
DS9 ran on fusion power, so in theory there wouldn’t have been any dilithium in use (though the same couldn’t necessarily be said for docked or orbiting ships).
But I tend to think the station itself should be gone by now, unless they decided to preserve it for historical reasons or something.
- Comment on ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connection 2 days ago:
At least we’ll always have Turner.
- Comment on ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connection 2 days ago:
You don’t think the mysterious disappearance of a war hero who was also entangled with non-linear, godlike beings would be interesting?
- Comment on ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connection 2 days ago:
It’s only sitting next to a portal to the other side of the galaxy that also happens to be the home of a species that exists outside of linear time - nothing significant there!
- Comment on ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connection 3 days ago:
They seem to be tailoring the SFS previews for the social media crowd, with no “standard” formatting.
I suppose you could argue it’s targeting a specific audience, but…it’s weird.
- Comment on What happend with the the new and old Borg after Picard season 2 and 3? 3 days ago:
Oh of course, you’re absolutely right!
- ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connectiontrekmovie.com ↗Submitted 3 days ago to startrek@startrek.website | 27 comments
- New Star Trek Comic Reveals The Dark History Of The Klingons Before ‘Starfleet Academy’trekmovie.com ↗Submitted 3 days ago to startrek@startrek.website | 0 comments
- Comment on What happend with the the new and old Borg after Picard season 2 and 3? 3 days ago:
The Borg have only been mentioned once in the 32nd century, unless there’s something I’m forgetting:
At the conference discussing the species behind the DMA, someone raises the possibility that they could have a collective intelligence. President Rillak says, “like the Borg?”
In my opinion, her tone is a little fearful. Make of that what you will!
- Comment on What happend with the the new and old Borg after Picard season 2 and 3? 3 days ago:
They are both in the “prime” Star Trek universe, but the “classic” Borg Collective is dead, leaving only Jurati’s splinter faction (as far as we know).
- Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown - Official Game Mechanics Deep Dive: Rebuilding Traileryoutu.be ↗Submitted 3 days ago to startrek@startrek.website | 3 comments
- Comment on Preview Episode 5 Of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ With 13 New Images From “Series Acclimation Mil” 3 days ago:
Oh yeah, the publicity stills are often laser-focused (phaser-focused) on being as boring as possible - if it weren’t for the logline and information on the writers and directors, I’d consider them almost completely worthless.
- Comment on shared without context 4 days ago:
This is now an Avengers: Doomsday spoiler community.
- Comment on Preview Episode 5 Of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ With 13 New Images From “Series Acclimation Mil” 4 days ago:
As a cadet sets out to solve an ancient Starfleet mystery, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and learns the value of forging her own path. Meanwhile, Nahla agrees to help a fellow chancellor with an elaborate alien ritual.
I have a strong suspicion that this shot from one of the early trailers wasn’t a throwaway easter egg as many of us assumed:
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- Comment on The recent Star Trek series are often criticized for "not being woke enough", but I've come to feel the envelope they are pushing is much more radical, bolder, and important to our specific time... 5 days ago:
The show was from a time when the U.S. thought they had beaten fascism
I think all the time about how early TNG largely reflected the falsehoods we were being sold at the time - that all of these things were Past Problems.
- Comment on The recent Star Trek series are often criticized for "not being woke enough", but I've come to feel the envelope they are pushing is much more radical, bolder, and important to our specific time... 5 days ago:
Early Picard seemed to be going that way,
Discovery went there in its first season, with the Federation prepared to sell its soul to win the war until they found another (problematic) way.
The post-Burn 32nd Century is coming at it from the other side, with SFA in particular reckoning with some of the choices that were made during the period when everything was falling apart.
- Comment on The recent Star Trek series are often criticized for "not being woke enough", but I've come to feel the envelope they are pushing is much more radical, bolder, and important to our specific time... 6 days ago:
The latter too closely resembles “American exceptionalism”
Yeah, I’ve always found the “Starfleet must always be in the right” mentality to be patronizing at best, imperialistic at worst.
