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  • I love SNW but this show is held back by the low number of episodes per season. With 10 episodes it's just not possible to develop all your characters and still try out weird storytelling ideas. Although some of that is self-inflicted. Nobody forced them to bring on Kirk and Scotty, when they haven't even managed to give Ortegas something to do in 20 episodes. By season 4 we'll probably have a junior Doctor McCoy, Ensign Sulu and Cadet Chekov on board, and then it'll get really crowded.

    But back to the topic: I loved the humorous episodes this season but 3/10 is really the maximum amount of funny episodes. On the other hand, I'd love more thought-provoking stuff like "Ad Astra Per Aspera" and "Under the Cloak of War". 2 out of 10 episodes was not enough for my taste.

  • You should tell your cat more often that he/she is a pretty cat. And a good cat. And provide them with feline supplement number 25.

  • With my level of grumpiness I'm a T'Ana.

  • A lot of people criticized Insurrection for being like a two-part episode of TNG (as in: doesn't feel like a movie). But isn't that ... good? It's TNG. We got more of TNG. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I like Insurrection. It's not my favourite Star Trek movie but it's a damn good movie for being Star Trek. Except, you know, when Picard beams off the exploding vessel and lets the villain die because that's what Movie Picard does.

  • Interesting. For me it only works with the backslash. (I use Sync for Lemmy)

  • The alien zoo (3rd to last picture) has an Alfa 177 canine. 😁

    EDIT: oh, and T'Lyn has one of those provisional rank pips on her uniform. The ones that the Maquis crew members on Voyager had.

    I love those obscure references.

  • Does anyone know if they, or another company, (will) produce a replica of the NCC-1701 from Strange New Worlds?

  • What's up with the numbers in brackets?

  • Is this podcast worthwhile? Are there any new insights into 90s Trek that we didn't have before? I'm asking because 1½-2 hours per episode is a bit too long for my taste, so I'd only listen to it if it's really good.

  • Depends on whether they put in a completely new gearbox or one of the gearboxes they've already used. If it's the latter they don't get a penalty.

  • I've been a Star Trek fan since I was in primary school, back when TNG originally aired. (my favourite is DS9) I love Strange New Worlds. It has reignited my love for Star Trek, even more than Lower Decks already did.

    And I can't say this often enough: I have a friend who grew up with TOS when that originally aired. And he never really liked any Star Trek that was produced after 1969. But he too loves Strange New Worlds. It's a great amalgam of TOS (by being episodic and not taking everything too seriously), 90s Trek (by tackling important societal issues here and there, and being really serious when it needs to), and modern Trek (the production quality and the storytelling).

    Also, the entire cast is super talented. Personally, I'd say that Christina Chong is the breakout star because she's always giving everything, even if she's just there for a quick reaction shot. But it's hard to pick because they are all so good.

    The only thing that bugs me is that they barely have the time to do something with all of their characters (with only 10 episodes per season) but keep adding new characters to the ensemble.

    tl;dr - yeah, it's a great classic Star Trek show mixed with modern elements

  • Ah yes, from the TOS episode "Elaan Elon of Troyius".

  • The first picture shows real dialogue from the show. It can be somewhat explained by >!the character who said it eventually turning out to be from the mirror universe!< but it's still a terrible writing decision.

  • Data is the artist of course. Or are you implying he's just a toaster, Commander Maddox?

  • Thanks!

  • Which episode is this from?