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- Comment on [Prodigy spoilers] 30 Years Later, Star Trek Finally Pays Off Its Strangest Sci-Fi Twist 1 day ago:
Dude, you’re missing out then. I was dubious going in, but Time Lord Wesley was the absolute delight I didn’t know I needed. Wheaton’s performance was probably leagues better than in TNG.
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Premiere With New “Red Directive” & “Under The Twin Moons” Images 2 months ago:
They’re all beautiful shots, but something about them doesn’t leave me curious about their contexts. I wish I could articulate it better….
Like maybe it’s not enough of a tease?
Or maybe that you could’ve told me most of those shots were from S4 and I wouldn’t question it?
Or the lack of a contextual caption maybe?
- Comment on The Future of ‘Star Trek’: From ‘Starfleet Academy’ to New Movies and Michelle Yeoh, How the 58-Year-Old Franchise Is Planning for the Next Generation of Fans 2 months ago:
Maybe maybe not? At the very least least it tells us where Carl dropped Georgiou off.
- Comment on Breaking - Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Is Out Now In France! – Trek Central 3 months ago:
I would recommend two pins.
One being the season one you’re proposing… and a second for a focal episode to discuss and cycle it out every two days.
So for the first two days we’d focus on the first episode (episodes? It’s a two parter) then the pin would be swapped with the next episode.
This would allow more in depth discussion while acknowledging binge watching.
- Comment on Paramount Has A Plan To Bring Star Trek Back To The Big Screen, Says Roddenberry Entertainment Exec 3 months ago:
McMahan has previously tried to garner support for a LD movie, live action at that, but there’s nothing to suggest that it’s been greenlit. If anything, we may have gotten LD S5 instead.
- Comment on Paramount Has A Plan To Bring Star Trek Back To The Big Screen, Says Roddenberry Entertainment Exec 3 months ago:
“There’s every intent of a new movie coming out in the very near future”
I’m reading this to mean that the S31 movie is coming out sometime this summer. Between Discovery and Lower Decks. After October or so doesn’t sound ‘very neat future’ to me.
I’m also not reading much into the ‘trying to figure out’ how to get the movies to the big screen. We know that S31 will be a P+ exclusive. Regardless of if it’s because of some preexisting contract with what was CBS All Access when the original project got green lit all those years ago or because S31’s lore leans too heavily on S1-3 Discovery to stand on its own, S31 was never going to be in major theaters.
The purported Picard, Kelvin 4, or even the pitched Lower Decks movies? Those are probably going to actually be in theaters.
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Cast Pitch Musical Episode And Another ‘Strange New Worlds’ Crossover 3 months ago:
Now this. THIS is an interview. A lot of fun ideas, stealing props, and just good natured nonsense.
- Comment on Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Love on Your Duty Roster" Sing-Along 4 months ago:
It still burns that Prodigy was barely included in the tribute to Trek animation.
- Comment on USS Cerritos Crew Handbook - Impressions 4 months ago:
I got the book too! Did you have any luck de-dacting the Rubber Ducky Room pages?
- Comment on Stream Star Trek Prodigy, Now on Netflix! 6 months ago:
Damn! It’s Aaron Waltke himself! Will do my part good sir! 🫡
- Comment on Think I worked out why I enjoyed Prodigy season 1 6 months ago:
The narrative problem with the kids arriving in Federation territory in a stolen ship was that the Protostar would be impounded and the kids would be sent packing.
They needed a narrative reason to give the kids a chance to command the Protostar and have their own adventures, which means dragging out returning it to Starfleet. But rather than resorting to stalling tactics, they opted to have the kids fight to keep it out of their hands, and for good reason.
With Picard and Discovery, I felt more like that trope was used because the writers had no better ideas on how to keep the stakes high.
With Prodigy, I felt that the stakes were made essential to its premise.
- Comment on Think I worked out why I enjoyed Prodigy season 1 6 months ago:
In Prodigy’s defense, they waited the equivalent of two seasons to play that card, and the execution was IMO, better than what we saw in Picard and Discovery.
- Comment on Nicolas Meyer Gives Update On ‘Star Trek: Khan – Ceti Alpha V’ And Why Making It An Audio Drama Is “Perfect” 7 months ago:
While I’m personally not a fan of Khan, I’m glad this series is going to see the light of day. If this old Variety Article is to believed, it was originally going to be a full streaming series. And we’re almost on the cusp of Academy.
- Comment on Possible headcanon reason why consoles always explode on the bridge 7 months ago:
Inertial Dampeners failing means the ship can no longer remain at warp. (Ship would be fine, the meat bags of mostly water would not) Trek is usually pretty consistent about that part.
- Comment on Your First Look at the Star Trek: Lower Decks - U.S.S. Cerritos Crew Handbook 7 months ago:
The handbook covers a lot of essential ground for new crewmembers ranging from the senior crew, the different divisions and shifts, tech, guide to other species, as well as different scenarios laid out by Badgey. What was your favorite part to tackle?
Chris Farnell: So many candidates here. Shaxs’ “W.O.R.F.” method, the poolside rules for Cetacean Ops, and the (not entirely reliable) history of ships to bear the name “Cerritos.” Like any sensible person given access to a starship, my first question was “What can I get away with?” and the answer was "A frightening amount”
I had already preordered this months ago. And I have less than no regrets.
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Creator Breaks Down That Epic Season 4 Finale, Surprise Cameos, and More 7 months ago:
Hmm… Lower Decks tends to deal as reverently to Trek stars as it does one time TNG minor characters.
For a minor character cameo… I think I’d like to see one of the TNG S1 chief engineers. I bet they have a story to tell about working on the Enterprise then.
For a major character cameo… how about Chakotay? I’d like to see the Protostar prior to its launch and tie forward instead of backwards.
- Comment on Season 1 of Star Trek: Prodigy to Stream on Netflix on December 25 7 months ago:
Glad to see this show sprouting on another platform. Easily the most underrated Trek of the new era.
- Comment on Paramount+ confirms series order for 'Starfleet Academy' 8 months ago:
And more importantly, Boothby.
- Comment on New Images and Preview Clip from This Thursday’s Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Finale 8 months ago:
I wonder why they bothered to include two bridge shots.
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- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x09 "The Inner Fight" 8 months ago:
But the mystery ship is already built… implying they’ve had him for quite a while now. Why search for something they already have?
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x09 "The Inner Fight" 8 months ago:
Hmm… according to Freeman’s intel… the Mystery ship was seeking out Lorcano… but as far as I can tell… he’s the mastermind.
Why would he want to find himself?
- Comment on Aw sweet! The Cerritos made it into the ships of the line! 8 months ago:
My problem with ship designs in general, canon and not, is that they all tend to be so flat. Like… vertically speaking. Flat.
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- Comment on Star Trek: DS9 Was "Never Going To Go Into A Movie" Says Kira Actor 8 months ago:
IMO, it wouldn’t work well.
The DS9 set was complicated. You had obstructions and levels. Those would need to be replicated with green screen props and they tend to not bother with those. At best you’ll get uncanny valley like the Romulan Bridge in S1 Picard. Works for a specific scene, but isn’t something to dwell in.
- Comment on Interview: Mike McMahan Talks “Caves,” Season 5, And Trying To Bring ‘Enterprise’ To ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ 8 months ago:
McMahan confirmed the season plot will come into focus in the next two episodes:
“The finale does. Episode 9 does to a lesser extent. But 10 is like a movie. It’s wonderful.”
I’m guessing either the Cerritos or the Sh’Val is disabled at the end of the next episode, then the remaining ship has to rescue the other in the finalé.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x08 "Caves" 8 months ago:
It was nice to see a somewhat T’AnA centered story. Assuming she appears at all, she’s either making out with Shaxs or doing cat things.
Surprised it took so long to meet Levy. It played out as one might expect.
Glad we got some quality time with Delta Shift. We’ve had a few episodes featuring them, but they’re mostly off screen or limited to short exchanges.
As a whole package, I don’t think this episode worked as well as Veritas. There wasn’t a central story tying the four tales together. You could probably cut the hub tale, and possibly Tendi’s turbo lift tale, and not lose anything of value.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More" 8 months ago:
The Parliament class we first see in Cupid’s Errant Arrow is 2D illustrations. It’s not until Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place that we get a 3D model.
The chaotic battle we see in the opening credits are mixed. The Romulans and Borg are 2D. Starting in S2 we add 3D Clumpships and Birds of Prey. S3 adds 3D Crystalline Entity. S4 adds 3D Breen ship, and 2D Whale Probe.
The Parasite scene is mixed. The Cerritos is 3D. The Parasite is layered 2D giving the illusion of 3D.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More" 8 months ago:
Is it extremely powerful though? The ship doesn’t begin its attack until after an inside job has been completed, not unlike in Star Trek: Generations.
You do bring up an interesting point with the lack of Federation ships being attacked. Though the BIA and the Bynar ship throw half a wrench into that idea. Not technically Starfleet, but not unaffiliated either.
My personal suspicion as to why we haven’t seen a Starfleet Vessel being attacked yet is because the Cerritos is ultimately going to be one of its victims… and that’s best saved for the finale. My second guess is that a Parliament ship will be a casualty. We saw a CGI model for the first time in the Ferengi episode, but the CGI models are typically reserved for fan service (Titan, Crystaline Entity, Voyager, DS9, Soverign Class), have a lot of use (Cerritos, Shuttles), or are engaged in combat (Bird of Prey, Sh’Val, Clumpship, Texas Class, Breen Vessel).
Also note the CGI Bird of Prey being added to the LD intro in S2, which foreshadowed the CGI battle in 3 Ships.
The Parliament class, to date, has not really fulfilled any of those roles—which has my attention in a conservation of detail sense.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More" 8 months ago:
An odd number of Binars… and we find the missing pair operating a bridge console at the time of the attack.
Certainly fits the profile of the other acts of treachery followed immediately by betrayal.
I have to admit, with the revelation that the ships are all being stolen with fake debris left behind… I’m at a loss as to what the endgame is.
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I seriously doubt they’re being salvaged for parts. Lower Decks has already done that with the Pakleds.
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The ships don’t really fit a profile. We have the huge vertical warbird to the tiny Orion vessel. The militant Bird of Prey to the sciency Binars.
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Only the Orion and Ferengi vessels could be argued as sharing a mission—with their sorting of random weapons. But even if the ship is after weapons, there are better targets.
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Taking the crews prisoner seems impractical.
Really, the only things the ships all have in common is a lower decker that is vindictive and gullible enough to commit treachery. But that’s not an objective, that’s a means to an end.
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