No matter when/how this show ends, it’ll be the same way, and it’ll be far too soon.

Also: is Pike aware that he’s functionally immortal until the clock runs out? There’s ample evidence that his future is unavoidable, so he’d have to come to this conclusion by now, right?

The quarterback, when he became toast.

Considering what goes into the more hard-core outfits, they deserve respect for their dedication. And there are lots of outlets for that too, which is great (e.g. SCA).

However, if someone gets their tabbard in a bunch because some sci-fi cosplayers ruined their sense of immersion, at what is arguably a pay-to-enter medieval-themed shopping mall, they may deserve what they get.

A lot of the Faire folk I have met are just happy people are participating and having a good time, and if you put effort into a costume, even better.

These people are the backbone of every Faire. Huzzah!

Don’t know where that comes from, but I think it has to do with the institutionalized authoritative power that comes with the job. Both are positions that can be abused, and can negatively impact people’s lives.

On the other hand, my past landlords were nowhere near as helpful about noise complaints, as the police. So there’s that.

I’m all for it.

Janeway: beam Ensign Smartypants back on board. I want to have a little chat about attending staff meetings in uniform.

This guy gets a gig where he plays an instrument. That only has one note. That you don’t even have to play in time, or with any particular sense of rhythm. For man-period induced deathmatches and Vulcan speed-dating ceremonies.

OP’s deduction is quite logical.

Here’s another one. Although their EU cookie compliance workflow is kind of bonkers to use.

Yup. If you want me off the ship that badly, you’re gonna have to come down here and push.

Thank you! I never saw this one before.

This sketch has everything: Patrick Stewart, Peak 1990’s SNL cast, licensed music, garbage special effects, celebrity impressions, a surprise cameo, Chris Farley flubbing his lines, and Sulu.

(To be fair I’d probably flub my lines too if I had to share the stage with Patrick Stewart on less than a week to rehearse)

This is most evident in the TOS episode “The Galileo Seven”. It’s a horrible scenario: Spock is in command of a marooned crew on a hostile planet. He fails to take both a scared crew and an aggressive native species of spear throwing giants, into consideration. He makes one logical survival choice after another, failing to address everyone’s irrationality at every turn, which ultimately costs two lives. Nothing more than the crew’s faith in the chain of command (and perhaps faith in Scotty’s engineering skills) holds this disasterpiece together.

And Vulcans in Trek kind of just get worse from there. You’d think they’d eventually learn to take “irrational actors” into account with assessing situations, but they don’t. While that seems far-fetched, our economists here in 21st century Earth don’t either.

I bet the pizza was served cold by the time it got there.

Director: RIcky? Can I call you that? Ricky, look, we have to get all your scenes during this shoot since you are using all of the bronzer we could find in the whole LA area. We can’t do this tomorrow.

Capt. Jellico approves.

$0.02:

We used to get plenty done with much less screen area, so there’s isn’t really a driving need, per-se. There’s nothing wrong with that workflow, even today.

That said, more pixels does enable some useful possibilities. IMO, the major difference comes down to using your peripheral vision (which wasn’t possible before) and less background tasking. Both converge on less cognitive load since you don’t need a mental map of what’s in the background (everything is “foreground” now). Instead, you can scan your immediate environment (screen real-estate, physical devices, etc) to find what you want. And I think it’s ultimately a matter of taste: some people will find that overwhelming instead of helpful or useful.

Production reason: without a stylus it looks like he’s reading, not writing. Without one, dialogue like “I’m writing a book” would come across as lying, which can completely change a scene for the worse.

In-universe lore reason: Jake is a romantic and probably feels that the more tactile approach is better for his creative process.

That sounds amazing. Honest question: how much more screen would it take before a full VR setup would seem more practical? Not everyone has a battlestation like this, and I’m genuinely curious where the line is. Thank you.

Reminds me of the paper printouts in the very earliest TOS episodes. Like, what do you do when you run out of paper in deep space? And do you really have the storage for 5 years worth of computer printouts? Logistically, even an etch-a-sketch makes more sense.

Lower Decks has the Tamarian lexicon dialed in, and I’m here for it. Especially when it’s explained that the universal translator can’t always figure Tamarian out, suggesting that Kayshon is speaking in more simple terms half the time.

But the single greatest use of this meme has to be in “Crisis Point 2” (S3x8).

In that episode, we see Ransom, Shaxs, and Kayshon break into the science lab to get the drop on Romulan invaders. Kayshon fires the first surprise shot shouting “Temba!”.

What I love about this is that “Temba, his arms wide” is a fond greeting. But in context, gives his remark more or less the same energy as “say hello to my little friend” or “surprise, motherfuckers!”

Edit:

Kayshon, shooting first, when the Romulans invaded.

You sonofabitch, I’m in.

Uh, where’s craft services?

What, food? Naw, this cast eats the scenery. But there’s a grill in the back alley if you wanna cook something.