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michaelcharles , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

I don’t suppose anyone knows how I can watch it in Japan without making like an Orion?

CodingAndCoffee ,
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As this episode will remind you, it’s rude to assume all Orions are pirates.

Kaloi ,

Some of them haven’t been pirates for at least five years!

abff08f4813c , to RedditMigration in What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?

Yeah we figured that out like a month and a week ago, during the time of the protests themselves.

Fuzzy_Dunlop , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I know very little beyond its premise.

kitonthenet ,

I haven't seen the episode so take that into consideration, but probably not very. Lower decks hasn't broken that much new ground

pjhenry1216 ,

Boimler is ambitious but kind of clumsy and awkward and stickler for rules (despite the boimler rule). Mariner is basically Ferris Bueller with the mouth of a sailor until her friends/family are in danger and then she's MacGuyver/007. (I also just realized I'm dating myself a lot of those references and I hope they still work.) The show is definitely written by fans of star trek that also are comfortable enough to poke fun at the source material.

Edit: that's probably enough to enjoy it, but I haven't seen it yet so don't know if they reference any lower decks story arcs heavily.

andrewrgross ,
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Let me help you out: Boimler is a Feliz, and Mariner is an Oscar.

Now can someone explain all four LD characters based on their M* A* S* H counterparts? I want to make the joke but I’m literally not old enough to.

BeardedSingleMalt ,

I haven't watched past S2 of Lower Decks, but if you like slapstick humor busting at the seems with fanservice and callbacks then you might like it.

deepthaw ,

You don’t need to. It might even help you figure out if you’d like Lower Decks.

JWBananas ,
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Jack Quaid plays Jack Quaid.

Hyacathusarullistad ,
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0% important. I haven't gotten around to Lower Decks yet and I thought the episode was fantastic.

Fuzzy_Dunlop , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I’m not familiar with it at all beyond the premise.

Benfell ,
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@Fuzzy_Dunlop @Madison_rogue

Actually, the Lower Decks series makes numerous references to previous series on an ongoing basis and should be regarded as a spoiler.

I would recommend especially The Next Generation before Lower Decks.

jasep ,

I’d also like to know if there are specific Lower Decks episode(s) that should be watched first to fully appreciate the crossover.

CodingAndCoffee ,
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Almost every anachronistic reference the Lower Decks characters make are references you’d catch from DS9, TNG, or Enterprise. You probably won’t enjoy the campy silliness as much as fans of Lower Decks, but it’s a great episode regardless of the crossover.

bestnerd ,

None. If you haven’t watched it it’ll make you watch it

jasep ,

I have watched a chunk of the first season, but for some reason it didn’t click for me. Which is weird because I love The Orville. Loving Strange New Worlds so I’m looking forward to this.

Thteven ,
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It gets better, they were still finding their stride in the first season.

arusso ,

Haven’t seen it so I can’t say for sure, but I would at least watch a few episodes to get to know the characters. You may end up getting hooked and binging it, it’s a great show.

monsterlynn ,
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@Fuzzy_Dunlop
It's more like if you find the Lower Decks characters in the crossover amusing, then you'd probably enjoy Lower Decks, but the episode isn't written in a way that you have to know that show to enjoy it.

danlikesstuff , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

This season has been great, but I have been hanging for this episode!!

mplewis , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early
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HYPE

sarcasticsunrise , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

What?!? Hell yes! Just about to start my weekend and the wife is out watching Oppenheimer. This season kinda started off sluggish with the opener, but every episode since has been solid

lemick24 , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

That’s awesome!

StillPaisleyCat , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early
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This is one of the rare times that I wish we had Star Trek on Paramount+ in Canada.

I guess we’ll just have to wait until Thursday.

tqgibtngo ,
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FWIW, "this episode is live on Crave," someone noted at: https://startrek.website/post/460864

StillPaisleyCat ,
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We’ve got CTV Sci-fi channel which means our other Trek content won’t be vanishing in August.

Who knows, perhaps CTV will add it ‘On Demand’ early.

ValueSubtracted Mod ,
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Space CTV Sci-Fi has a “special presentation” on the schedule tonight - I’m guessing it’s this episode.

StillPaisleyCat ,
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Brilliant thank you! It’s showing in the schedule for 22:30 EDT.

Now if I can figure out how to get Bell Fibe to schedule a recording of a ‘Special Presentation’. (Or just brute force it.)

thejohnr ,
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@StillPaisleyCat @tqgibtngo
Pluto streaming service has 2 channels that play nothing but Star Trek every day. The service is free.

StillPaisleyCat ,
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Yup. It’s a help.

But everything new other than SNW is going away at the end of this month. It looks like Bell Media’s streaming licence is winding up and all the new stuff will be on Paramount+ in Canada rather than Crave.

@ValueSubstracted has confirmed with Bell Media that CTV Sci-fi Channel will continue to have everything - including Prodigy!

So, we’re sticking with linear for this.

And Bell Media knows it’s audience and is delivering a ‘Special Presentation’ to CTV Sci-fi Channel tonight so we’re golden.

andrewrgross ,
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Wow, thanks!

CodingAndCoffee , to Star Trek in Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early
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Holy shit, thank you!

Madison_rogue OP ,
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Definitely a treat! You're welcome!

Bipta , to RedditMigration in Reddit’s r/Place is going about as well as expected

I think everyone here should head back to Reddit to ensure the final canvas has as much black/white "FUCK SPEZ" as possible. Going back for a day isn't going to save Reddit from itself, but you can maybe save some Redditors from Reddit.

lackadaisy ,

I was really bummed about missing r/place, I had so much fun last time. Definitely going to add my efforts to the cause.

xc2215x , to RedditMigration in Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now

Spez copying Musk ?

ThatOneKirbyMain2568 , to RedditMigration in Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now
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I think that this is just for r/place (and even then it's still scummy), but if the Reddit executives have shown us anything, it's that they don't act according to rational thought. I could easily see them keeping this pixel icon as the default, no matter how stupid that might be. Or they might keep coming up with things to make new icons for so you always have to pay if you just want the default original.

You really never know with Reddit.

FixedFun , to RedditMigration in Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time
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I hope this year's place has both Lemmy's and Kbin's logo.

Inamin , to RedditMigration in Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now
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Apple don't let you change app icons outside of the app? I'm not sure what's stupider, apple or Reddit. On Android I can set my icon to whatever I like in my launcher.

Untitled_Pribor ,

Yep, you can't change app icons. The only good way to change them is to jailbreak and use a tweak or install cowabunga

glacier ,
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You’ve been able to install custom icon packs on iPhone for a couple of years now.

Untitled_Pribor ,

Are you talking about shortcuts?

glacier ,
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I have not had a iPhone in a long time, so I am unsure of exactly how it works. But it has been a feature since iOS 14 to be able to change app icons on the home screen.

Untitled_Pribor ,

Then you are probably talking about shortcuts. The way it works is you make a small program with your icon, which just tells iOS to open the program you want. The problems with that are that it doesn't display the notification count, it only applies it on your Home Screen, it will show up separately when you search for your app (the original app and the app with your icon) and it will show an annoying pop up every time you open the app

glacier ,
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Thank you for explaining

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