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“Life forms. You precious little lifeforms. You tiny little lifeforms. Where are you?”
- Lt. Cmdr Data, Star Trek: Generations
- Comment on Podcast Discussion | Star Trek: Khan | 1x01 "Paradise" 1 week ago:
That was a fun listen. We’ll see where this goes.
- Comment on My reaction when there's a new Star Trek show for pre-schoolers 1 week ago:
I think it’s less “I’m not the target audience” and more if you’re going to do a Star Trek [insert genre/target audience] show, do it right.
It’s certainly possible to create an intelligent pre-school show that isn’t painful for adults to watch. Take Bluey, for instance. Toddlers love that show, but it also has a cult following among the adults that watch it with their kids, and the style doesn’t look like every single other kids television series on the air.
In comparison, Scouts has a cheap-looking generic style I’ve seen before, and the plots we’ve seem are absolutely brain-dead and superficial. Sure, maybe we don’t need the kids to talk at length about the subspace plasma inverter matrix manifolds or whatever, but that doesn’t mean the show can’t be more than just bright colors and barely coherent plots. It just doesn’t do any justice whatsoever to what Star Trek is.
- Comment on Star Trek: Scouts ☄️🖖🪐 | Official Trailer | Nick Jr. 1 week ago:
My sister called this an abomination… and she’s the one who sees redeeming qualities in DISCO (I do too, but I think she likes Disco more than me).
From what I’ve read, I agree. This seems to be purely oriented towards iPad babies, which is horrid; these kinds of shows let their child viewers be dumber than they actually are.
I’d much rather have a Craig of the Creek-esque show about a group of kids having fun and going about their lives on a starbase while their parents deal with big Starfleet stuff in the background, hinting at something bigger going on as a mystery for parents and smart kids to solve. The kids never save the entire Federation or something hokey like that; at most, we have something like a Picard stuck in the turbolift with three children and a broken leg during red alert situation every once in a while.
- Comment on Realistic Star Trek by John Goodman 3 weeks ago:
I like to imagine there’s just another Musk that’s better known in the Trek universe…
- Comment on If I had a slip of latinum for every time a Starfleet officer stole a blue mid-1990s Dodge Ram pickup... 4 weeks ago:
Oh, whoops. I guess I made a mistake in the Inkscape export. Guess I’ll fix that eventually.
- Comment on If I had a slip of latinum for every time a Starfleet officer stole a blue mid-1990s Dodge Ram pickup... 4 weeks ago:
In Archer’s case, yes.
However, Paris stole directly from the dealership, apparently.
- If I had a slip of latinum for every time a Starfleet officer stole a blue mid-1990s Dodge Ram pickup...startrek.website ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to risa@startrek.website | 7 comments
- Comment on What do these 3 /(?:United Earth|Star) Fleet/ Officers have in common? 4 weeks ago:
Most aliens have forehead ridges; some, like Tandarand, have giant cheeks. But the humans, they have… pronounced philtrums!
- Comment on What are your favorite Star Trek books? 4 weeks ago:
I was actually going through the audiobook of this trying to gather and classify enough data to fine tune a Piper TTS voice of the Star Trek computer.
Haven’t finished it yet, but maybe one day. While I normally would have ethical qualms about commanding the likenesses of the dead, they actually did try to collect voice data before Majel Barrett died; unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to actually pull it off, but the attempt feels as close to consent for this sort of thing as one can get.
- Comment on What are your favorite Star Trek books? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know. There’s something about the description of the ENT novels that rubs me the wrong way.
spoiler
I just find it really weird to make Tucker Section 31 and add a whole convoluted thing about how he originally faked his death in 2155, but changed it to 2161 for some reason.
- Comment on What do these 3 /(?:United Earth|Star) Fleet/ Officers have in common? 4 weeks ago:
Painfully true.
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- Comment on What are your favorite Star Trek books? 4 weeks ago:
This is more a comic/graphic novel than a proper Trek novel, but I think Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way is possibly the best Star Trek comic I’ve ever read.
It stays true to the source material, and unlike a lot of IDW stuff I’ve read, doesn’t completely shark jump from the source material in an attempt to be mysterious, cool, or interesting just for the heck of it.
Probably the only other piece of IDW Trek I enjoyed this much was the TNG Mirror Universe, which did really well to achieve a “keep me on the edge of my seat” feeling.
I still need to read some other Trek comics, though, especially the TNG/Doctor Who crossover, which a local library branch of mine has. I also have a ton of PDFs from the recent Humble Bundle to burn through.
- Comment on Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More 4 weeks ago:
Are we counting S1 “The Elysian Kingdom”? I know it’s not technically a holodeck episode, but…
- Comment on Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Star Trek: Infection VR - Official Release Date Trailer | gamescom 2025 - IGN 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, I don’t think I’ve met more than 2 or 3 people in my life who even had a headset.
In fact, whenever I see a VR headset in a TV show or film meant to depict the present day, it makes it abundantly clear that the writers are well off older people who are going to whine about the youth and are out of touch with how the majority of Americans live their life (or they’re being forced to make these choices by geezer executives that fit my description).
It’s kind of similar to how the 1980s-2000s sitcom archetype of weird hyper best friend has been replaced by the “my whole personality is social media” archetype that is frequent in lower quality media these days.
- Comment on Star Trek: Lower Decks Wins Two Hugo Awards, Celebrating Series Finale and 'Warp Your Own Way' Graphic Novel 5 weeks ago:
I know. It seriously just felt like a top tier episode out of the series - the ending is such a tear jerker.
- Comment on "Shut Up, Wesley" [Remastered in HD] 5 weeks ago:
Huh. Maybe I can look into it.
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 5 weeks ago:
I was hardly the target audience for Lower Decks; in fact, I was a little mad they had made an adult animated Star Trek comedy. However, after watching it, it has become a favorite. Season 1 is a bit difficult to get through, but once you get through that, overall, it’s a show that’s very sincere to what Star Trek is while still being a comedy. And it should have gotten 2 more seasons.
Same with Star Trek: Prodigy: it takes a second, and it’s still technically a kids show, but when it gets there, it’s worth it.
Honestly, I’m half hopeful for the show just because it’s a “We’re going for the {X} demographic” kind of show that sounds a little like a stupid idea that will actually turn out unexpectedly good but get cancelled before its time.
- Comment on Master Replicas Debuts New Star Trek Light-Up LCARS Displays 5 weeks ago:
You know what would be really awesome, though? A Cali class MSD!
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 5 weeks ago:
I think part of it is people are so annoyed with entertainment companies in general that it’s hard to know if you’re worried about something real about the show or you’re just fatigued.
Also, personally, I feel like people have actually been relatively quiet about STA, although maybe it’s just the community I’m in. Personally, with headlines about Robert Picardo’s character being “deeper”, I’m almost certain he’ll be 100% comic relief, and the show will be unexpectedly great, if Star Trek: Prodigy is anything to judge by.
Mostly, I just hope they don’t do the most basic Klingon plot they can think of - I think it would be great if the Qo’nos Klingons were relatively well off post-burn due to a philosophical shift, but they’ll probably have something like they were devastated by civil war after possibly being a Federation member.
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 5 weeks ago:
I mean, I think you have pretty based reasons to sail the high seas, frankly.
- Comment on Dawn Lewis, given a proclamation from mayor of Cerritos. 1 month ago:
Engage the core!
- Comment on Dawn Lewis, given a proclamation from mayor of Cerritos. 1 month ago:
Cerritos strong!
- Comment on Roof top party at STLV 2025 1 month ago:
I’m rather sad to have never attended a convention - I was born in Vegas and lived there the first 15 years of my life.
- Comment on Scott Bakula Eyeing Star Trek Return In President Archer Series Pitch From ‘Enterprise’ Producer 1 month ago:
We could have a convoluted retcon about Trip Tucker surviving somehow, but I kind of just want them to pull a Shaxs; someone brings it up and Tucker says, “We don’t talk about that.”
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 1 month ago:
The early decon scenes are comparatively mild, which is saying something… don’t Google Vulcan Neuropressure; I wouldn’t wish such horrors upon my worst enemy.
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 1 month ago:
I also enjoyed Prodigy, although I will warn the first half of season one is a little difficult to get through, but the rest of the series welds you to your seat!
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 1 month ago:
I second this. It’s basically just an extra TNG-era spinoff that fits really well after Voyager.
The first season is a bit rough (though you’ve got to watch it at least once - important info for the rest of the show’s plot) but then the show starts doing its characters really well and has a sincerity to it you wouldn’t expect from its genre.
When I first heard of the idea of an adult animated Star Trek comedy, I thought it was a terrible idea, but they executed it so darn well, and it’s my second favorite series behind DS9.
- Comment on What to watch next after ST: Voyager? 1 month ago:
Watching Enterprise (currently on season 3), I’m not sure I can blame you, despite the plot getting interesting.
Each 90s series has their fair share of “I want to put Rick Berman in my trunk and [redacted]” moments, but Enterprise takes it to a bit of a disgusting level.
Like, with 7 in Voyager, you learn to tune out the unnecessary catsuit after a while and just enjoy an otherwise good character, but they take the sexualization of T’Pol’s character to such extremes that it interferes with her just being a person on the show.
I’m watching ENT because I’m a sucker for canon, but I totally don’t blame you if you skip it.
