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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 New Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 107 Photos — “Ko’Zeine” 3 hours ago:
As our cadets return home for their first school holiday, they must choose between what their families expect of them and their own dreams for the future — including an aspiring captain who’s secretly willing to risk everything to re-write her own past, and an aristocratic cadet called to serve his planet way before he’s ready.
So, definitely a Darem episode, and maybe Genesis as well?
I can’t help but wonder what Caleb’s going to do for a “home for the holidays” episode. Staying at the school is possible, but it would be interesting to see him connect with B’Avi’s family.
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- Interview: ‘Star Trek Voyager: Across the Universe’ Developer On Giving Players “The Weight Of Command”trekmovie.com ↗Submitted 3 hours ago to startrek@startrek.website | 0 comments
- Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks 21 hours ago:
For the record, if anyone reading this is that sort of person, you can save us a lot of time and just go away now.
- Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks 21 hours ago:
The Academy is a fully-functional starship, so she’s both the captain and the chancellor. She’s 500 years old, is a bit of a hippy, and is happy to lounge around when they’re not facing a crisis.
- 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... 1 day ago:
The implication is that the portrayal of bad things is somehow an endorsement of bad things, so it most certainly is not.
- Comment on The Undiscovered Country: Why is the galley set so worn out? 1 day ago:
The one that bumps me most is the Totally-Not-Ten-Forward Office of the Federation President.
- Comment on The Undiscovered Country: Why is the galley set so worn out? 2 days ago:
That’s a good question. I found this on Memory Alpha:
A desperate scramble among the creative staff ensued to trim as much as possible of the budget as possible; the entire prologue was (albeit painfully) scrapped, scenes were trimmed, all planned set construction for new starship interiors was abandoned (though a new Kronos One corridor set did get build ultimately), the planned live-action shoots in Alaska for the Rura Penthe scenes were scrapped as were plans for new studio models and other visual effects elements. Starship sets were to be entirely recycled from Star Trek: The Next Generation, which was concurrently in production, but was slated for its summer hiatus, when filming of The Undiscovered Country was planned to start, and only existing studio models were to be used.
I’m guessing this set was simply not built to hold up under feature film-level resolution.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 3 days ago:
Jettisoning the nacelles was considered in TOS’ “The Apple” and “The Savage Curtain”, but in both cases they never actually did it.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 3 days ago:
I’ve always been a heretic.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 3 days ago:
Oh man, I couldn’t agree less. Detach everything!
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 3 days ago:
She also did an episode of “Enterprise” so I guess it’s all Trek canon.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 3 days ago:
That’s why Marissa isn’t in season four.
- Comment on Kira asks Sisko for a runabout... again 3 days ago:
heavy sigh
Major…
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 3 days ago:
spoiler is ok in these threads
This is correct - honestly, spoiler protection in the community in general is minimal, but there is none at all in these threads. I can try to add that to the post body moving forward.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 4 days ago:
I think Braka and the Venari Ral are an interesting contrast to Osyraa and the Emerald Chain, which was an entirely different flavour of tyranny.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 4 days ago:
I thought about that, and concluded that the comic book probably took a lot of liberties with reality. Caleb did dismiss it as propaganda, after all.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away" 4 days ago:
It did look like a fun read.
Definitely a darker episode. I thought it was a bit of a mixed bag, but I enjoyed the Ake/Braka development.
I have to admit, I didn’t expect them to kill off a (guest star) cadet. Earlier in the episode, I’d been thinking about how nice it’s been that they’ve kept the supporting cast of cadets so consistent, but now we’re down one. At least we still have the Delta Swallower.
I didn’t love the basic setup - using a derelict ship that people died on as a training ground didn’t really sit well with me - but it was a decent story in that setting.
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- Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia? 4 days ago:
I get that - if not nostalgia, certainly familiarity goes a long way.
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- Comment on "And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?" James Cromwell announced for STLV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of First Contact. 5 days ago:
Yeah, it’s only the Vulcan encounter in the MU episode that’s archive footage, with a stand-in wielding the shotgun.
- Comment on "And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?" James Cromwell announced for STLV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of First Contact. 5 days ago:
- Comment on "And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?" James Cromwell announced for STLV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of First Contact. 5 days ago:
A fan convention, formerly known as Star Trek Las Vegas, now known as ST:LV Trek to Vegas ever since they lost the official license.
- Comment on "And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?" James Cromwell announced for STLV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of First Contact. 5 days ago:
At last, Jaglom Shrek!
- Comment on Tim Russ And Robert Duncan McNeill To Reprise Their ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Roles In ‘Across The Unknown’ Game 5 days ago:
Finally, the branching storylines we’ve been demanding!
- Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia? 6 days ago:
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to hold onto a belief that things will not always just continue to be shitty forever.
Neither does Star Trek. But neither the franchise nor I are so naive that we think that there’s a “mission accomplished” state in which bad things don’t happen any more.
- Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia? 6 days ago:
Personally, I think the message of “things could be fine without struggle or setbacks” would go up like a lead balloon in the year 2026 (or really, any year since at least 2014, probably much earlier). I don’t see anything inspirational or hopeful when it seems like pure fantasy.
- Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia? 6 days ago:
yeah but thats different
- Tim Russ And Robert Duncan McNeill To Reprise Their ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Roles In ‘Across The Unknown’ Gametrekmovie.com ↗Submitted 6 days ago to startrek@startrek.website | 2 comments
