Nmyownworld

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interview — Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Mike McMahan on Moopsy, Creating the Orion Homeworld, Tuvix, and Much More!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This interview is a great read. I like what I see of Mike McMahan’s thought processes. I’m fine with “the snub” (LD s3e10) as an end to the Mariner/Jennifer arc. Lower Decks is in good hands. Long may it run. With longer seasons! (you listening Paramount?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYCC Starfleet Academy confirmation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Good news. Both that Starfleet Academy is greenlit, and that Tawny Newsome is one of the writers. The part of the DSC episode teasing a Starfleet Academy (DSC s4e4) came across to me as having an ABC Afterschool Special vibe. It didn’t strike me as being sustainable as a series. But, with this new information, I’m curious and hopeful about Starfleet Academy. I’m also very happy that it will be set in the 32nd century. Making room for new characters and possibilities.

  “I’m also pleading 🙏 let David Cronenberg’s Kovich be involved.”

  Yes! As well as Admiral Vance and Tilly as series regulars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Finds New Home At Netflix After Paramount+ Cancellation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Go team Star Trek fans and Prodigy team! I don’t have Netflix, and have no plan to get it. However, I still got your back, Prodigy fans. I’ll keep an eye out for the release of Prodigy season 2 physical media and get that when it’s released. And, promote Prodigy to others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x04 "Something Borrowed, Something Green"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
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  Woot! Woot! My ability to incorrectly guess a storyline remains true. LOL!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone up for a Prodigy Supernova Soirée?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a cute and colorful dessert spread. As far as Paramount Home Entertainment sponsoring the post, I immediately thought of a quote from Captain Rios (PIC s2e1),

  “Confused. ‘Never talk to me again’ was literally the last thing you ever said to me.”

  Yay for the effort to promote Prodigy’s season 1, episodes 11 - 20, Blu-ray/DVD release, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x06 "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoy the exploration of Ferengi society under Grand Nagus Rom, and visiting some of Ferenginar’s hot spots. I also enjoy seeing Rom and Leeta again. I love the subversion of Rom’s doofiness, and how well Leeta adapted to Ferengi society. First Clerk, indeed. Freeman’s frustration was my frustration, but it had a satisfying ending.

  I didn’t enjoy the lower deck gang’s shenanigans as much. There were fun moments, but it felt like a drag on the characters. Mariner’s fighting just to be fighting. She has grown a lot over the past seasons. Her undefined angry outburst in this episode seemed pointless. There’s nothing keeping JG Lieutenant Mariner from her Ensign Mariner renegade behavior and schemes. Boimler has completely backslid into the previously uncertain, twitchy, insecure Boimler. There’s no sign of “Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus’” (s3e8) “I want to be a captain” Tendi.

  Rutherford and Tendi’s discomfort pretending to be a couple made me uncomfortable. They’ve clearly been sweet on each other for a while. I could have done without forcing them into this pretend couple scenario, and let their relationship develop at its previous pace. I think Mariner and Boimler being the pretend couple had the potential to be hilarious. And, what the heck. No T’Lyn? Much disappointment.

  I think Ransom is the standout in this episode.

  The destroyed (maybe? maybe not?) ship of the week is a Ferenghi one. There was the tiniest hint, that one of the crew had been in contact with who or whatever is on that flying ship of destruction. With only 4 episodes left, I hope that ship has a huge payoff after being teased for so long.

  I still love Lower Decks. This episode is a mixed bag for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boldly Be with Star Trek and Kid Cudi⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard of Kid Cudi, but I’m not familiar with his music. That’s not a reflection on Kid Cudi. I’m not familiar with anyone’s music, as I stopped keeping up with music some time ago. It’s good that Paramount is trying something else to bring in new Star Trek fans. Most of Paramount’s promotion of Star Trek seemed to be preaching to the choir (promoting Star Trek to existing fans of Star Trek). This doesn’t set my heart aflutter like an announcement of a Moopsy plush would, but as a long time Star Trek fan I don’t think I’m the target of this promotion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Holograms All the Way Down"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised by this one. I think it is amusing. And, not offensive. This episode seems to actually get Star Trek, while gently poking fun. After the first two Very Short Treks, I wasn’t going to watch anymore of them. Didn’t watch the third one, and I don’t plan to do so. I’m glad I saw this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x04 "Something Borrowed, Something Green"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was hoping the little ship of doom is using unfamiliar tech to transport the people on the destroyed ships somewhere. Mainly because of Ma’ah and the Che’Ta’, and now the Orions. But, I’m leaning more towards destruction, than transporting. On the plus side, I have an astonishingly consistent track record of being wrong when guessing story points. Fingers crossed that my streak continues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x04 "Something Borrowed, Something Green"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Lower Decks continues to shine. I enjoy finally being shown aspects Orion culture, beyond being considered, " … delinquents, pirates, slave traders." (DSC s1e15, although the same perception about Orions is held throughout Star Trek). The expansion of Tendi’s background is great. I’m hoping for more on Orion in Star Trek’s future. Poor Mariner, lol.

  Getting to see Boimler and Rutherford settle in as roommates made for a nice B story. That got me wondering again about Mariner and Tendi’s new quarters since their promotions. And, T’Lyn’s.

  The mysterious ship of destruction is getting old for me. When only ten, twenty-five minutes each, episodes are considered a season, there’s little time to dilly-dally around with story telling. I’m just hoping this tease doesn’t continue to be unexplained until another season.

  To bad there wasn’t time in “wej Duj” (LD s2e9) for an Orion Lower Decks segment. Now, I’m just waiting for an appropriate situation to say, " … that makes you more of an Orion plagiarist."

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BTS Video: Not-So-Lower Decks: The Crew Gets Promotions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! I will. And, I’m happy to report that I had no JSON screen just now. 🖖🏾

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BTS Video: Not-So-Lower Decks: The Crew Gets Promotions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I apologize for hijacking your post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BTS Video: Not-So-Lower Decks: The Crew Gets Promotions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll screenshot the next time it happens. I did copy the text from the last time I had a JSON screen and pasted that text to Notepad. I have pasted that info in a PM to you. All that text, with the JSON bar at the top, is what I get at times instead of the startrek.website page I’m trying for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BTS Video: Not-So-Lower Decks: The Crew Gets Promotions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just you. I’m only on the startrek.website instance and more often than not I have to reload the page 2 to 4 times to not get the JSON stuff. I’m on a laptop, and it happens on both Firefox and Chrome. Ever since the migrating of hosts. I thought it was related to wonkiness/slowness that would go away with time. No one else mentioned it before, so I thought is was something about my equipment or connection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨/ Film reflects on Oral History of TNG ‘Unification’ Spock appearance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  " … the story for “Unification” is jam-packed with exactly the kind of dry, political, diplomatic talk that sets Trekkies’ hearts aflutter."

  Hey, I like action, too. But, they aren’t wrong. I do like “Unification’s” premise and execution.

  I think attempting the reunification of Vulcan and Romulus is pretty epic. Because the two are major players in Star Trek. A diplomacy mission between two planets/species of the week wouldn’t hold as much drama to me. No way to know what might have been without something beyond “less talky, more action” about the idea. Learning about the thoughts and concerns at the time is interesting.

  I enjoyed the surprise of seeing Dr. McCoy with Data, and I wanted more along those lines at the start of TNG. I was still craving more of the TOS cast, in addition to the films, at TNG’s start. By TNG’s third season I thought the show stood firmly on its own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Era of Star Trek - promotional trailer for new shows on Paramount+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not an accountant. My understanding is that streaming companies are using accounting alchemy with write-downs to bump up what’s in the profit category for a quarter. A streaming program getting this treatment disappears from the streaming platform. The studio chooses to take a quick on paper profit now, rather than continue to carry a show for a possible profit later. Viewers are left in the lurch – the show(s) they enjoyed or intended to watch are gone. And creators are hung out to dry, as the programs they created and worked on are not only gone from the streaming service, but may never be seen again. Prodigy has the advantage of a vocal fan base. Many shows might never gain an audience because there is no longer any way to see them.

  Prodigy isn’t the only program Paramount+ disappeared. Paramount+ isn’t the only company doing this. Disney Plus removed a lot content earlier this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Era of Star Trek - promotional trailer for new shows on Paramount+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s convoluted and stupid, but running your streaming service as a separate entity is how all the studios have it rigged up. Accounting ftw

  Convoluted, indeed. At this point, Paramount+ has zero say in Prodigy. Maybe Paramount+ even mentioning the existence of Prodigy might mess up their write-off (I’m saying this with zero sympathy for the “creative” accounting, just to be clear). I have no idea where Nickelodeon even factors in the Prodigy rights situation. Paramount allowed a sneak peek at Prodigy season 2, episode 1 before, WOW - Prodigy Second Season Sneak Peek!. All in all, a very frustrating situation. It seems the best we can do is keep Prodigy’s name alive online and in letters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Era of Star Trek - promotional trailer for new shows on Paramount+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It is nice to see Discovery, and my favorites of the recent Star Treks – PIC and LD, getting some love. Paramount continuing to pretend that there is no such thing as Prodigy is annoying. Prodigy is not my cup of tea, but I support other Star Trek fans who enjoy the show.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x03 "In the Cradle of Vexilon”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree. Agree. Agree. There is so much goodness in this episode. And, so much quotable material. Dr. T’Ana is becoming my favorite Star Trek doctor. Love her attitude. I laughed so hard when Dirk sicced Lancelot the ferret on Rutherford that I started coughing. Lower Decks! Lower Decks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x01 "Twovix" & 4x02 "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m late to the party.

  “Twovix.” Love it. From Jack’s advice to Shax at the start through the end, I enjoy this episode. Voyager becoming a museum was a great way to cram a lot of VOY escapades into an episode. I’m going to miss Mariner’s, Boimler’s, Tendi’s, and Rutherford’s time together in their hallway bunks, but the promotions are well deserved and bound to happen. I think T’Lyn is a great addition. The ending though, oh, no. Not Ma’ah and the Che’Ta’! I’m betting their demise (seeming? seems likely?) is because of William Boimler or Badgey. Maybe both of them. Keep in mind I’m terrible at guessing.

  “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee.” Also love it. First and foremost, yes, I, a grown woman, want a Moopsy plush. Preferably one that says, “moopsy.” I was wondering if Mariner’s being promoted would go smoothly, and I was not disappointed with how it played out. For all his goofiness, I think Ransom is a great commanding officer. I’m pretty meh on the potential of Rutherford and Livik being adversaries. It seems out of character for Rutherford. But, LD continues to pleasantly surprise me, so I’m keeping an open mind. Boimler’s tribulations with his new quarters were funny, and very Boimler. With what happened to the Romulan ship at the beginning of the episode, I’m wondering if the whatever it is will take out a different ship every episode this season.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Holiday Party"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this one is better than the last one, but that’s a very low bar to clear. The animation is done well in TAS style. This episode is like a Saturday Night Live skit that falls flat. Not innovative, just tepid. I’ve now learned to temper my expectations for the rest of the Very Short Treks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: very Short Treks | Skin a Cat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m hoping Very Short Treks started with their weakest showing. Who okayed this? I’m imagining someone who when asked what their favorite part of Star Trek is, responds, “the lightsabers and the Wookies.” How else would the not at all representative of Star Trek whinge, “omg, I can’t say anything without offending someone!,” get put on repeat for nearly the entirety of the short. Except by someone who is clueless about Star Trek. And then ending with the Captain getting his imaginary girlfriend wish fulfilled. What the hell did I just write. What the hell did I just watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Day 2023 Special⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I just watched it. It was a nice bit of Star Trek-ness. I was shouting out answers to Jackie Cox’ questions to passerbys. And, now I want an outfit like Jackie Cox wore – sequins and Star Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kirk's smile of success.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I call my cats by pet names of, sweetie, bunny (I have no idea why I call cats bunnies), love. I also call them by the pet names of bogan, hooligan, and ruffian. “Which one of you hooligans did this?” is an often used phrase in my home. My cats are very good at looking innocent when they are guilty; and looking guilty when they’ve done nothing wrong. They drive me crazy. I love them with all my being.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kirk's smile of success.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  When I last had a dog (I still love and miss you, Ali) he would eat whatever I wrapped his pill in and spit out the pill. I had to put the pill in his mouth, gently hold his snoot close, and massage his throat until he swallowed the pill. Cats I’ve lived with? I tried to give a pill to one of my cats. The cat became a whirlwind of anger, fury, and indignation. I think they bent time-space and opened a wormhole. I wound up taking them to the vet, and having a vet tech give my cat the pill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worf and Riker Have a Heart to Heart in Star Trek: Picard Deleted Scene⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad this scene was omitted. I think that it starts as a “beautiful little moment,” but then it just goes off the rails. I thought it would be about Worf reconciling his Earth upbringing with his Klingon heritage, finding a balance that suited him, or something along that line. Nope. Using killing a random woman (or anyone) as a plot point. Always tiresome, and very not Worf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where We Last Left Off with Star Trek: Lower Decks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like LD, all the seasons. I think season 3 is where the main characters take steps towards their future growth, beyond being ensigns. I think that Mariner has the biggest character growth and change. The season 3 finale, “The Stars at Night,” is pretty intense for LD, but I think it is so very well done.

  On the petty side, I hope that Mariner does not get back with Jennifer in season 4. She ignored Jennifer at the end of the season 3 finale, so here’s hoping.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Preview: ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan – The Making Of The Classic Film’ With Authors Interview⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “We have always believed that The Wrath of Khan is the fulcrum movie upon which Star Trek turned.”

  I think that this cannot be overstated. TMP did not get the reception, recognition, and bucket loads of money, the studio was banking on. It no doubt took a lot of work, and luck, to get the studio to back a second Star Trek film, even with its much lower budget. There are many reasons we have the current choices of Star Trek series and movies, but I don’t underestimate how vital TWOK’s success is with the situation. This sounds like a fascinating book, and is definitely on my “I want” list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Random lukewarm takes with no consistency of posting? Want it? That’s exactly what I’ll be doing on my Mastodon account! Occasionally sharing some of my tepid observations with the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekend Star Trek Merchandise Roundup — New Trek Movie Figures, UK Model Starships, and a 2023 Advent Calendar!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Second the high cost of the advent calendar. Some of the items look cool, but for me, not the cost.