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The Paramount press site is…not as reliable as you would think. It’s not uncommon for sites like Trekmovie to run episode previews that obviously came from press releases, while the actual Paramount site lags behind by a day or two.

Signed,

The guy who sometimes loses his mind trying to set up the episode discussion posts.

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Something like the Shawshank Redemption

In the original Stephen King novella, Morgan Freeman’s character is a white Irish guy. I look forward to hearing all about your newfound hatred of this forced diversity.

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Could you please point me in the direction of the goalposts? I swear you had them right here a moment ago…

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shrug

There are few things more futile than being concerned about downvotes.

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This is more of a c/quarks topic.

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Always nice to see a STO ship get some love.

Needs more detached-nacelle, 32nd Century action, though.

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Well it truly looks terrific!

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I keep thinking about a series that’s part of a franchise being cancelled and sold to another “network,” and how rare that is…when was the last time that happened?

Has it happened since BtVS and Angel got split across UPN and The WB?

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Several the officers on the planet are wearing excursion jackets, and we get close up enough on Batel to see that the patch on her shoulder reads “USS Enterprise”.

Fake it 'til you make it!

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Nice…to be honest, I want even sure if they still had the license.

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This comment manages to violate Rules 1, 4, and 6, all in one go.

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Accepted - there are generally more productive and thoughtful ways to criticize something than slinging mud at actual people, regardless of whether they’re users.

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It’s 338 words…

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The more I think about the Chapel plot, the more I think it was a blunder.

If she survived the initial attack on the Cayuga, it’s likely that others did, too - at the very least, it should give Spock a reason to look before hot-dropping the saucer onto the planet.

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I’m fine with Chapel being stuck there - I think the tension comes from the overall Spock/Chapel emotional arc, rather than wondering whether she will survive - but the sequence practically demands a second scan with the newfangled tricorders to verify that there are no other life signs on the ship.

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The anti-Gorn tricorders seemed to cut through the interference on the surface well enough.

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All that being true, I think the discovery of a single survivor should have scuttled the entire mission.

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Yeah…Star Trek has never been particularly good at one-off romance episodes, and this is certainly one of those.

For me, Gideon Seyetik is by far the most memorable part of the episode - Richard Kiley nails his particular brand of annoying charisma.

The episode also has Dax asking O’Brien to boost the top speed of Seyetik’s ship to warp 9.5 to avoid a potential supernova, a prominent example of Star Trek supernovae being apparently able to travel faster than light. So there’s that.

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Lol now that you mention it, yes that is quite silly.

You know, I kind of like that. It’s a little touch of the rules of the ST universe being just a little bit different, and it sheds light on how something like the Romulan supernova can be so devastating.

Subspace, y’all.

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This is more appropriate for c/quarks where it had been posted.

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They often don’t release them online until Wednesday, and even then it’s spotty.

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Alternatively, how about now?

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It was also more in-line with the story - Klingon opera doesn’t really belong in American-style musical theatre, while it’s easier to slot this sort of pop into that style.

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It’s very interesting that startrek.com hasn’t acknowledged the cancellation even once.

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When the cancellation was reported, it was also said that the second season would be completed, and that the studio was actively shopping the series around for a buyer.

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This content is more appropriate for c/quarks.

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We’re definitely open to it, but aren’t usually in the habit of hounding people over it, if you know what I mean. As we become more established, we might be able to make some organic connections, and follow up on some from the Reddit days.

As for a Treklit community…it’s probably too soon for one, but the best way to make the case for one is to have a lot of Treklit engagement in c/startrek. We want to see that in general, which is why we’ve been trying the weekly comics post.

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I’m okay with what they did - they were tapping into the Broadway Musical Universe, after all, not the Epic Klingon Opera Universe.

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Anyone else convinced Captain Batel is kinda doomed?

spoilerThe preview clip from “The Ready Room” suggests she’s about to have a very bad day, but maybe it’s a fakeout.