hallettj

@hallettj@leminal.space

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to watch next after ST: Voyager?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Strange New Worlds is great! Since you’ve already seen DS9 and TNG that’d be my next pick for most enjoyment.

  Discovery and Lower Decks are good too! But Picard doesn’t get my recommendation.

  Watch order isn’t important. There’s a little crossover between Discovery and Strange New Worlds, but you there are only two details from Disco that carry into SNW, and those are recapped thoroughly in SNW.

  There is a little interaction between SNW and Lower Decks

  SNW / Lower Decks

  There’s a great crossover episode in SNW season 2. It’s worth getting to know the Lower Decks characters first to get the most out of that episode.

  There are three TOS episodes that are especially relevant to SNW from what I recall. The one I recommend watching is Balance of Terror.

  SNW / TOS

  SNW has lots of references to Pike’s “fate”, which you see in the TOS episode Glass Menagerie. It’s optional IMO. Btw Glass Menagerie includes a recut / retelling of the unaired pilot, which is my favorite episode of TOS. But the pilot doesn’t have the beep chair. Season 1 has an homage to the TOS episode Balance of Terror. It will make more sense if you’ve seen that episode. And it’s one of the best TOS episodes. Season 3 has an appearance from a character who first appeared in the TOS episode The Squire of Gothos. It might add some context. Also optional IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree that The Visitor is a great choice! Although depending on OP’s goal I’d argue for Duet because,

  • It’s another excellent, self-contained story
  • It keeps the story in the usual space station setting
  • You get more time with the regular cast (IIRC)
  • There is less hand-wavy scifi stuff going on

  So it might be a simpler introduction to the rest of the show.

  Those factors aside, yeah The Visitor is probably the more compelling story.

  Either way, DS9 has the best character writing, and is therefore the way to go!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The beginning of my Pinguicula on mosses project⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  May I ask what brand of LECA you use? I’ve read contradictory things about pH of LECA being basic. I got a bag of Growit, and tested it with tap water - the water is indeed very basic compared to my control even after lots of rinsing and repeated soakings. I’m wondering if some brands are better at living up to claims of being pH neutral than others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tawny Newsome, Eugene Cordero and Jerry O'Connell were contestants on After Midnight (+ cameo by Rebecca Romijn)⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks like there is a playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-cwa6ZvflaDvviwm8JqO6…