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ValueSubtracted Mod , 6 months ago

I’ll disagree with a couple of points here.

the time jump into a future that absolutely does not feel like it’s a thousand years ahead of the previous season. The jump in technology should be proportional to a Viking longboat rocking up to the ISS, but it felt like a step back.

This presumes that technology always develops at the same pace (it doesn’t), and also ignores the two major cataclysms that the Federation endured, in the form of the Temporal Wars and the Burn. And even then, we see that the technologies we’re used to are faster and more efficient (the transporters are absolutely nuts), and we’ve seen new developments such as programmable matter. The pre-Burn Starfleet ships we’ve seen look like abstract art installations, and I think they absolutely look like they’re well beyond anything we saw 900ish years prior.

As for Burnham…while it’s indisputable that she’s the main character of the show, the entire principal cast gets plenty to do - much more than they tend to get credit for, which is a shame. They’re a great ensemble.

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“Programmable matter” was really just techno babble for hand held replicators, or 3D printers really

From what we’ve seen so far, I don’t think that’s quite true. For example, there’s no indication that programmable matter is edible. It also seems to be able to assume its forms with little-to-no power input, once it’s been programmed to do so. I hope we get to see its advantages and limitations more in the future (heh), but I really do think it’s a unique technology.

detachable nacelles, how does that even work?

Superconductors, according to “That Hope Is You, Part 2”.

I will rewatch the show before the final season, and I look forward to another peek at the pre-Burn ships you mention. As I recall we barely saw them before they exploded but your description definitely makes me want to revisit those scenes!

I should clarify, then, that I’m talking mainly about the ships we saw clustered around Federation Headquarters in season 3. Maintaining the cloaking field around HQ sadly kept them out of the action, but some of them are gorgeous. My personal faves (and I’m going to unabashedly pull from outside sources like STO to get the best possible images):

Eisenberg-class

Courage-class

Saturn-class

Angelou-class

And of course, it turns out that Federation HQ itself is a fully-capable starship:

Federation HQ

ValueSubtracted Mod , 6 months ago

I don’t know if this makes me a radical, but I personally think that the truest sign of an advanced civilization is if they’re building these things because they can.

Art on equal footing with science, y’know?

ValueSubtracted Mod , 6 months ago

Yeah, and those sorts of whimsical designs could even point to exactly where the Federation was before the Temporal Wars and Burn happened and put them into survival mode.

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I think a lot of people enjoyed S4 quite a bit, and would agree with you in saying it’s best of the series so far (I personally prefer S3, but they’re both pretty solid IMO).

S5 should be an interesting project - based on what they’ve said so far, it’s still going to be a single arc, but with more of a scavenger hunt/adventure tone.

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memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Correct_opinions

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

Maybe you should consider the possibility that it’s not as “hated” as you think, considering it spawned three direct spinoffs and generally revitalized the franchise.

I’m a big ol’ dummy.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 months ago

You know what, I misinterpreted your comment.

Though I do think “hated” is a bit much - DS9 certainly was the least popular of the 90s shows, but…it ran for seven years.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 months ago

You could try watching the show and learning their names, if that won’t interfere too much with your lazy hot taeks.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

They picked a fairly average-seeming clip, but hit damn it’s nice to see an actual ensemble cast photo.

The Star Trek: Discovery season 5 cast

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

All we really know about him so far is

spoilerHe’s a Starfleet captain, his name is Rayner, and he’s poised to be some kind of curmudgeonly frenemy to Burnham.

And because Callum Keith Rennie is always great, I could not be more excited.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

The original image as hosted on startrek.com is 2048 x 1106.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

They announced it back in October.

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If you’re in Canada, it’s important to note that it won’t be on Netflix here - instead, it will supposedly be available on ctv.ca and the CTV App, but not Crave as far as I’m aware.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

Nope - the second sentence says:

The global streamer has picked up the animated kids series Star Trek: Prodigy for the U.S. and most international territories in a deal with CBS Studios.

And this is from the footer of this, more recent, article:

Additionally, the animated children’s series, Star Trek: Prodigy, is coming soon to Netflix and in Canada on CTV.ca and the CTV App, and is currently available on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Central and Eastern Europe.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

I would imagine Australia is covered by the Netflix deal.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

Meyer summarized the situation at Star Trek Day 2022:

“Alex Kurtzman made an interesting suggestion to me. He said, ‘I wonder what happened during those 15 years’ that Khan was marooned or exiled or transplanted, take your pick, to Ceti Alpha V, which was at the time of flourishing planet. I thought that was a really cool idea. I wound up writing three one-hour episodes for a Star Trek television show that for reasons beyond Alex or my control hasn’t been made until now. So it’s going to be a podcast. It’s going to start life as a podcast. I will take those scripts, adapt them, expand them, and as with all writing, get a chance to make them better. So I hope you’ll all tune in for them.”

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

Dude magic crystals are real. Everyone knows that. I’ll PM you a URL.

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Seldom has so many words been used to say so little.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

This has been published as new, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it before…

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

Startrek.com videos typically are never geo-blocked, though they refuse to play nice with ad blockers.

I think P+ might be loosening their geo-blocks on YouTube, though.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

“Early 2024” is the most specific they’ve been so far.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

L’ak is a former courier turned outlaw, who is tough, impulsive and fiercely protective of his beloved partner, Moll. So long as he knows she’s safe, he doesn’t care about collateral damage or its consequences – a perspective that makes him very dangerous at times and will put him on the opposite side of Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery when they come into conflict.

[Eve Harlow’s] Moll is a former courier turned outlaw, who is highly intelligent and dangerous, with an impressive strategic mind and a sharp wit. She goes into every situation with a clear plan and stays focused and clear-headed on her goal, even when things go awry. She’s not intimidated by Captain Burnham or the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery, and will face down anyone who stands in her way in order to get what she wants.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 7 months ago

That’s good to hear - I’m more familiar with Eve Harlow, who excels at playing off-kilter characters.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

An actual top 5 list is likely to be fluid from moment to moment, but right now I’m going to give some love to the small, functional ships that don’t get a lot of attention.

• Danube class runabout
• Nova class
• Raven-type
• Intrepid class (okay this one gets plenty of love)
• Yeager-type (you know you love it)

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

Literally how the Constellation class got its name.

The Stargazer was originally a Constitution II-class starship and would have reused the refit USS Enterprise model from the first four Star Trek films. However, it was decided after the episode was filmed to change it from a “Constitution-class” starship to the similar sounding “Constellation-class” cruiser. This was so that when LeVar Burton dubbed over the line, the new dialogue would closely match his lip movements on screen. Wesley Crusher says the ship class when making his announcement on the bridge; his lips also appear to say “Constitution”. Data also mentions the ship’s class by name when reading from the dedication plaque, but his back is turned to the camera; when he says “Constellation” the closed captions say “Constitution.”

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

I’m personally of the belief that a remaster should be the best possible version of whatever was originally produced, so I suppose that means I’m not in favour of correcting mistakes like those. It’s not a hill I’d be willing to die on, but I would prefer it to accurately reflect the work that was done at the time.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

There is no spoiler protection here for episode that aired more than a week ago, let alone…

checks notes

nearly four months ago.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

Some of the rules are not particularly clear, and some are outright missing. Basically things would come up, and I would have to patch in a rule based on what I felt made the most sense in the moment.

I once bought a “Lost” board game that seemed a lot like a twist on Catan, except the rules were so unclear I never did actually play it. Must be a licensed game thing.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 months ago

It was still unknown whether it was Stafleet

In what way was it unknown? Sloan had the active support of Starfleet command, access to at least one starship, and full authority to do whatever he wanted. None of this is ambiguous, and is in fact directly stated.