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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 Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 1 hour ago:
I assume you’re referring to Kurtzman, but it seems to be like that’s exactly what he’s doing? Of the six series we’ve had under his watch, he’s been the showrunner of two of them. The rest of them seemed to be fairly free to execute their creative vision, for good or ill.
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 1 hour ago:
That, I’m not so opposed to. No sense in visiting that time period if you’re not going to check in on the status quo of the neighbours!
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 1 hour ago:
The Rios one is a lot of fun if you enjoyed “A Piece of the Action”…
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 2 hours ago:
almost an anthology of legacy characters being visited by the Titanprise with the bridge full of offspring.
Oof, that would be real uninteresting, to me.
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 2 hours ago:
I’d watch it, and I’m sure they could do great things with it…but as presented, Terry Matalas’ vision left me pretty cold. Captain Seven was definitely the most compelling part of it all (and Raffi, I do like Raffi), but it mostly just seemed to be, “here’s a new Enterprise in that era that you miss!”
And that’s fine…but it doesn’t really point to a compelling story on its own. But take the basic premise, give it to another showrunner, and jettison Jack Crusher into the nearest black hole, and you have my attention.
thanks for the recommendation, BTW
Hey, you’re welcome! I stalled out on the Riker one, which I guess is the third one. I should pick it up again one of these days.
- Comment on Star Trek: Legacy Series Fans Want Most Is “Never Gonna Happen,” Says TNG’s Marina Sirtis 2 hours ago:
I don’t particularly want it to happen, based on what we saw in PIC’s third season, but I feel like Sirtis is a little…confused here.
The oldest cast members of the hypothetical series would be Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd - everyone else would be a recurring guest star, at most…
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- Comment on ‘Strange New Worlds’ EP Talks S4 Release Date, S5 Characters, And A Return To “Classic” Star Trek 5 days ago:
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 6 days ago:
Why would you need to put on a show?
Well it was a literal show to establish himself as the leader of his little pirate society, so I thought the ridiculous show trial worked. But I also think his motivation to be that sort of leader was a little out of left field.
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 6 days ago:
Yes, good call. I can’t believe I forgot to mention it, too!
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 6 days ago:
I also wonder if a completely stabilized Omega molecule would even be viable as a power source - the original VOY episode doesn’t seem to really touch on that, but it does seem like its energy potential comes from it being destabilized.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 6 days ago:
not seeing Discovery blipping first right as the blockade is lifted, at least a few seconds or a minute before all other ships warping in.
I had the same thought - let the first responders be the first responders!
Hopefully we’ll see Stamets or someone show up as a guest lecturer at some point.
- Comment on Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon 6 days ago:
does anyone actually care about a gay character on Star Trek in the year 2026?
Well, yes - plenty of people care about, and celebrate, representation.
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- Comment on Alex Kurtzman On Starting Discussions With Paramount Skydance Over The Future Of Star Trek TV 1 week ago:
I am absolutely okay with Star Trek being just one of many franchises they’re managing, and not the largest or most prominent.
In the case of SFA, I do think they’ll be looking closely at the demographics - are they actually reaching the younger audience they were hoping to reach? I think that’s far more important than “was it a top 10 show” or whatever other limited metrics are available to us.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 1 week ago:
I could go on a whole rant about how that should be impossible, but I think I’m happy to let a gag be a gag in this case.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 1 week ago:
It’s going to continue to gather strength, and will eventually be the villain of season four.
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- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Bosses Explain Finale Ending 1 week ago:
You have Nus in custody, but we saw how well that went last time. So will we see Paul again in Season 2?
Kurtzman: No, not in Season 2. There’s nothing we want more than to bring Paul back and there’s nothing Paul wants more than to come back, so we are going to figure that out in Season 3.
This is the kind of confidence I’m looking for right now.
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 1 week ago:
Okay yeah, I knew it was ringing a bell. I think they probably should have called that back at least once during the season. I can barely remember things for one week, let alone nine.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" 1 week ago:
A pretty solid finale to a pretty excellent season.
I liked a lot of it - Reno and the cadets having to solve the problem using their wits alone, Nus Braka’s ridiculous show trial, and the ultimate resolution of de-weaponizing the minefield (which one would think has long-term implications, if they’ve truly found a way to permanently stabilize Omega). The cast was stellar, which we’ve come to expect at this point.
I’m not completely satisfied with the resolution of the individual story arcs. I don’t think we got enough of Sam 2.0 for her inner conflict to really land, and while I assume ther and Genesis’ made-up language is a callback to something, but I honestly don’t remember it clearly. And I thought Anisha came around to Nala and the Federation too quickly at the end - I would have liked to have seen her a little angstier in that final scene.
The overall theme of the season has been identity, and choosing who you want to be. The cadets all went through that coming-of-age process, but so did the Doctor, and arguably Ake as well. I do hope we get to know Genesis better in season two, and Darem deserves more as well.
And I do hope they find Ocam - I assume he wandered off into the woods or something after episode 8.
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- Comment on Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EP/Director Talks What’s New For Season 2, Why He’s Optimistic About Season 3 1 week ago:
I think there’s a lot of potential.
You get a couple of episodes to get attached to the Deltan character before she gets killed off. You get about four episodes to get attached to Fuzz before his betrayal, which would actually give it some weight. You can actually spend some time exploring what it means for Han to have crossed over to the Prime Universe, and how it affects Georgiou (and maybe explain why isn’t way older than he appears to be, that’d be nice). You get enough time to make Garrett’s arc actually work.
It really seems like ten hours of story stuffed into a two-hour bag.
- Comment on Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EP/Director Talks What’s New For Season 2, Why He’s Optimistic About Season 3 1 week ago:
I…enjoyed the S31 movie on its own terms. I wouldn’t call it particularly “good” or recommend it to anyone. Mostly, it just made me sad that we didn’t get the full 10-episode season, since it seems apparent that they didn’t really change the story - just compressed it to an extreme degree.
a personal preference for flash over substance
The wonky camerawork that people like to single out definitely seems to be a trend that he set. In interviews, he talks a lot about letting the emotion of a scene guide the direction, but I can’t really say it shows.
