We never find out exactly what happens to Benny Russell beyond this point, as after the breakdown occurs, Captain Sisko wakes up. Back on Deep Space 9, it seems as if his experiences as Benny Russell were all just a fantasy.
Yes, we do. He ends up in an asylum. He is shown briefly while Sisko approaches the Orb of the Emissary.
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
Of course the real-world reason is that it’s cheaper to shake the camera and set off a firecracker than to build a scale model just to paint a burn scar on the side....
Clearly if the architects had seen [any] [sci-fi] [ever] they would have come up with the idea to shunt that excess energy into ad-hoc shields for poor Ensign Redshirt.
Okay, I didn’t expect all of the examples to be from Stargate. But they certainly like that trope.
Lucas made such a mess of the original Star Wars movies with his changes over the years that I’m sure a lot of people are probably sour in general on the idea of unnecessarily changing anything in a remaster....
In a world of “humanoid/android/AI/chair/lawnmower explores what it means to be human” it was very refreshing to see “human raised as not-human explores what it means to be human.”
• The episode title, “Caves” is a call back to the frequency in which caves or cave like structures are featured prominently in episodes of “Star Trek”, going all the way back to the original pilot, “The Cage”. Caves have been a significant part of the following episodes:...
Interview with Mike McMahan> “There’s one line I cut at the end of this episode when the Vendorians show up and they’re like, ‘Give them a little minute.’ Originally, they said ‘… after this, it gets a lot harder for them.”’ The Vendorians kind of know where it goes and I cut it in the edit because it was such a beautiful friendship moment at the end of the episode. I didn’t want to fly in the ointment at the end, it just felt wrong. It felt right on the page, but people are only going to have to wait a week to find out for themselves to see it… It’s better to end on a happy note.”
Have you de-Googled or something? They only really nail you when you don’t have a signed-in Google account with real-world web usage, particularly if your connection originates from a flagged IP.
Are we heading toward a Crystalline Entity type situation here? It looked like Badgey was orchestrating attacks/salvage but wasn’t necessarily behind the actual mystery ship.
Antivirus and firewalls aren’t as useful when you can bypass shields and either physically beam or holographically project something directly into the override circuitry. You don’t need to take over the computer if you can take over the controls.
It was really great to not only see Leeta again, but to see her as quite the shrewd negotiator. DS9 played them both as a little naive at different points, so it was extremely gratifying to see the continuation of their growth as well as the very sharp skills that Leeta picked up along the way on Ferenginar.
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.
Seems realistic to me. Have you never watched someone spend so long fighting that even peace starts to make them uneasy?
It’s hard watching your loved ones go through it. You do all you can to get them on the right track. You show them that you believe in them and that you support them. They start making progress. They get to a good place. And then inevitably they run into the identity crisis where they have to make a conscious decision to unlearn all of their unconscious insecurities and defense mechanisms.
They literally start fighting their progress for no reason.
Mariner’s depiction with a physical fight was a little on the nose, but it hits really close to home for anyone who has ever supported someone in that way before.
It’s a fear response, and it’s extremely difficult to break the cycle. “Everything is okay! Wait, is it too okay? Something bad is coming.”
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.
If anything it felt a little like a reality check for all the shippers. I was afraid they were going to play it the other direction, with the two of them actually falling for each other once they were in the position of role-playing. Feels like they set the record straight that the romantic chemistry is not there right now and that it won’t be forced.
Orbs - This card is based on the Ten of Pentacles and depicts ten orbs, but in canon there are only nine orbs ; the recent “Star Trek” ongoing comic has added a tenth
Was the tenth not the Orb of the Emissary that Sisko found?
My partner and I have just binged TOS-Enterprise last year and we are starting Discovery today. I was just wondering if we can also start LD or will there still be jokes from Discovery (and the later shows) that we might miss out on? I have really bad FOMO anxiety and am worried there will be references in LD that we will miss...
I let people rate how much they like different things on a scale of 1-10. How do I actually tell if people like one thing more than another thing if the sample sizes are different? This is not about any real scientific study, more like a personal test :)...
People are inherently bad at rating things. Why not run a “This or that?” style study instead?
Given a list of items to rate, pair them up randomly. Ask a person which item they like better out of each pair. Run through Final Four type eliminations until you get down to their number one preference.
Run through this process for each person, beginning with different random pairings every time.
Record data on all the choices - not just the final ones. You should be able to get good data like that.
For example, there will probably be a thing that is so disliked that it gets eliminated in the first round more frequently than anything else. The inverse will likely be true of a highly-preferred item. And I am sure you can identify other insights as well.
A Closer Look at Benny Russell's Library ( www.startrek.com )
Star Trek: Discovery final season will premiere at SXSW; logline released ( schedule.sxsw.com )
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
Voyagers writers and Memory Alpha don't know when Voyagers final 3 episodes are set. ( lemmy.world )
Doing another Voyager rewatch and something caught my eye that I hadn’t noticed before....
The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors ( arstechnica.com )
Possible headcanon reason why consoles always explode on the bridge
Of course the real-world reason is that it’s cheaper to shake the camera and set off a firecracker than to build a scale model just to paint a burn scar on the side....
Thoughts on fixing production mistakes in remasters?
Lucas made such a mess of the original Star Wars movies with his changes over the years that I’m sure a lot of people are probably sour in general on the idea of unnecessarily changing anything in a remaster....
Who's your favourite character and why?
Are Romulans just Vulcans with emotions?
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x10 "Old Friends, New Planets"
LoglineTop Secret, again. Edit: well, this was certainly worth waiting for: Mariner faces her past in the season four finale....
Sneak Peek at Lower Decks’ Finale by IGN ( youtu.be )
Canon Connections: Lower Decks 4x08 - Caves
• The episode title, “Caves” is a call back to the frequency in which caves or cave like structures are featured prominently in episodes of “Star Trek”, going all the way back to the original pilot, “The Cage”. Caves have been a significant part of the following episodes:...
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x08 "Caves"
LoglineThe Lower Deckers go on a classic cave mission....
Canon Connections: LDS 4x07 - A Few Badgeys More
• The episode title is a reference to the spaghetti western, “A Few Dollars More”....
Cloudflare Unveils Free Privacy-Friendly Replacement to the Annoying CAPTCHA System ( news.itsfoss.com )
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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More"
LoglineThree computerized villains return to cause problems for the Cerritos crew....
Ever wonder why a TNG Styled Voyager theme would look like? Well, awesome as it turns out [JTVFX] ( www.youtube.com )
Seeing Voyager at warp from that angle is really nice. It’s cool seeing the front end with the nacelles raised....
Canon Connections: LDS 4x06 - Parth Ferengi's Heart Place
• Like many Trek episodes, this one’s title was inspired by a great work of art, specifically “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace”....
The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway's Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence ( apnews.com )
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x06 "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
LoglineThe Cerritos visits the Ferengi homeworld....
Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Walk, Don't Run" ( www.startrek.com )
Direct YouTube link
Canon Connections: Lower Decks 4x05 - Empathological Fallacies
• Captain Sokel and the VCF Sh’vhal were both introduced in “wej Duj” the same episode in which we first saw T’Lyn....
You have a organizational identity right? ( lemmy.zip )
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x05 “Empathalogical Fallacies”
LoglineA trio of Betazoids cause chaos on the Cerritos....
Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Worst Contact" ( www.startrek.com )
Here’s the direct YouTube link, though the latest issue of the accompanying comic can only be found on the official website.
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x03 "In the Cradle of Vexilon”
LoglineBoimler leads his first away mission on an alien megastructure....
Star Trek: very Short Treks | "Holiday Party" ( www.youtube.com )
StarTrek.com link featuring the second chapter of “The Scheimer Barrier”.
Play “DECKD,” The Free Weekly ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Word Game ( trekmovie.com )
Have watched TOS - Enterprise. Will watching Discovery-SNW increase my enjoyment of Lower Decks?
My partner and I have just binged TOS-Enterprise last year and we are starting Discovery today. I was just wondering if we can also start LD or will there still be jokes from Discovery (and the later shows) that we might miss out on? I have really bad FOMO anxiety and am worried there will be references in LD that we will miss...
How do I calculate if a test like this is statistically significant?
I let people rate how much they like different things on a scale of 1-10. How do I actually tell if people like one thing more than another thing if the sample sizes are different? This is not about any real scientific study, more like a personal test :)...