Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Not gonna lie, the fan service in this episode bought moisture to my tear ducts.
It's a proper next gen film style revival. . . I am enjoying it, but wonder if it's elevated largely because everything trek has been absolute shit since enterprise started. . . bar lower decks and some of those short treks.
LD has really improvedYeah, was v. pleasantly surprised by Lower Decks.
Fridays.Oh, another one is out?
Is it every Thursday? (for some reason it’s not obvious on the PS4 Amazon app when the next one is coming out).
Who are you and what have you done with the real ATOMIC SUPLEX ?Surprisingly alright. I find myself actually looking forward to it.
Thursday in america. Friday in the uk.Oh, another one is out?
Is it every Thursday? (for some reason it’s not obvious on the PS4 Amazon app when the next one is coming out).
We're loving this as well - the sol system line is just a mis-step, IMO.
I think there was a line to explain Q aging in the last season although i can't remember the excuss they came up withAs soon as I saw Data I was eagerly awaiting the one masterfully crafted throwaway line that would explain why he looked like an old man. . . I was not disappointed. I wonder if I would have preferred it if every time somebody new saw him they would say "Is that Data? Why does he look so old and fat?" and someone has to explain why over and over again.
Wharf - "we may have lost one friend in battle, but we have gained another"
Gordie - "Is this data? Why does he look so old and fat?"
Wharf - "Because this time he has a body created with the true human aesthetic of wisdom of age with the hope that in that totality something/someone will rise to be the best of us."
Gordie - "eh?"
Wharf - "Altan Inigo Soong said it in a 30 second hologram he made just before he died"
Gordie - "Yeah but Data always had an ageing chip thingy, don't you remember me mentioning it all 'matter of factly', like everyone already knew it, in that episode where he met his mum. . . why did he say 'This time', every Noonian Soong robot so far apart from B4 has an ageing algorithm/chip thingy. . . and why make him so chubby?"
Wharf - "I don't know, maybe they needed more space to fit the extra RAM. Maybe he can do robocise and work some of it off while he is rising to to be the best if us"
Bevery Crusher enters
Bevery - "Is this data? Why does he look so old and fat?"
seinfeld slap bass music plays
. . . and 'B4'. . . That's a bit on the nose isn't it? It's like actually calling world war one/the great war "The World War Before World War Two".
Probably something like "I wanted to look old like youse lot, I can basically look like anything BTW"I think there was a line to explain Q aging in the last season although i can't remember the excuss they came up with
January 6th DominionNot the Dominion, just some renegade changelings.
Tell yourself it was a rescue.Ah fuck...just started to watch this but the dog! The ears! I am now totally uncertain that I can sustain the teeniest bit of love for Jean Luc for having a dog with cropped ears. Had to come away and moan - not sure I can get on with this at all.
It was a rescue dog: Patrick Stewart’s Dog and His Pit Bull AdvocacyTell yourself it was a rescue.
Isn't this pretty much the rules for Star Trek?I doubt they did two bad seasons on purpose.
Yep, although I think they doubled it for Discovery, for some reason (and nailed it straight from the off with Strange New Worlds)Isn't this pretty much the rules for Star Trek?
No, 'fraid not. I think it is a fucking disgrace that a dog with brutally cropped ears is being given this legitimacy. Programme is finished for me (although I see Patrick Stewart's dog has uncropped ears at least).Tell yourself it was a rescue.
It was a rescue dog that Patrick Stewart specifically requested be in the show.No, 'fraid not. I think it is a fucking disgrace that a dog with brutally cropped ears is being given this legitimacy. Programme is finished for me (although I see Patrick Stewart's dog has uncropped ears at least).
So what. 99% of people watching this programme are not going to delve into some backstory - and even if they did, I fail to see how selecting a cosmetically deformed animal is any sort of message other than approval. I cannot see any rationale behind it and feel it is a massive mistake. I am disappointed as I rarely watch TV or streaming channels, but, having fond memories of watching TNG with my offspring, I had been looking forward to an orgy of Trekkie nostalgia.It was a rescue dog that Patrick Stewart specifically requested be in the show.
So what. 99% of people watching this programme are not going to delve into some backstory…
No, I don't think so. Ear-cropping, tail docking, extreme breeding (especially in the so-called 'bully' breeds) is controversial and damaging. Fashion and celebrity endorsement are strong drivers of this so I am honestly at a loss why this decision was made. It certainly isn't coming across as some sort of challenge to the £££/$$$ behind the many cruelties involved in the commodification of the domestic pet.They’ll overlap pretty heavily with the 99% who won’t be noticing a dog’s ears or paying it any mind when they see a similar one with floppy ears.