I don’t hate this. Seems like Skydance has less conflict of interest (i.e. alternative franchises) than the Warner Brothers merger talks from December. Remains to be seen if this is a good thing from a Trek point of view but… Could be worse.

So cool, thanks for sharing.

I’m okay with it. My problem with Disco is how high stakes breathless it is all the time, visiting the timeline with a lower stakes Academy lens could be cool. Being far future means it won’t be a TOS/TNG cameo fest (SNW’s biggest flaw) and I wouldn’t mind being able to do some actual character development on Tilly / other Disco crew if they weren’t just constantly in mortal danger.

Of course it’ll probably end up being flashy bullshit again, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.

I am about 80% through it as an audiobook (waiting for it to come back from the library) and I agree. Great to listen to him, tons of non Trek info I didn’t know that is still quite interesting.

Not the best husband to be sure, but I do like that he’s pretty up front about it. Seems like his first marriage was effectively over as soon as he found American success and his wife (understandably) didn’t want to abandon her own career in the UK. Hard to listen to Capt. Picard be unfaithful (with Vash no less!) but I felt for him more than most egomaniac rock stars who fuck anything that moves.

EDIT: Also loved how he hates Thatcher for demolishing all of the programs he used to get trained as an actor coming from a poor background. There was a lot of mutual aid in his early life that seems non-existent today.

Is the right vs. left ear thing head canon? I like it, but I’ve never heard of that distinction…

Hahaha, definitely not

Andorians are shown at least once in TNG… Lal has an Andorian appearance in the running when choosing her non-android avatar.

One Take Frakes returns, you love to see it

Came here for the Discworld reference, was not disappointed.

I agree with this. Maybe this is a consequence of binge watching SG1/SGA over the course of 3-4 months, but their episodes ended up feeling very repetitive, formulaic, and too often leaned on Carter/Rodney being super geniuses to get them out of trouble. SGU was a much needed shake up and, even though it did get too soap opera drama sometimes, I appreciated that it kept that BSG back-to-the-wall energy up from episode to episode. It may not be as good as SG1/SGA, but it never dragged like those shows did mid-season.

Stargate is… its own thing, but if you like it then Stargate Atlantis is good.

Personally, I never felt like any of it was ever as good as even mediocre Trek, and it definitely has this military fetishism / combat focus that I didn’t care for as much, but there are some pretty good and fun episodes as well and there’s a ton of Trek/90s scifi alums you’ll recognize (including Connor Trinneer playing a big bad that is definitely not Trip Tucker).

It’s hard for me to imagine Robin Williams’ take on that character. I know he was a great actor and wouldn’t necessarily be playing it as a comedian, but his energy is usually so manic compared to Frewer who did a great job being reserved and subtly manipulative.

I legitimately can’t help tearing up when Picard tells this to Lily in First Contact. It’s pavlovian at this point.

I love IV and it’s definitely the Trek movie that cheers me up the most, but Undiscovered Country is the best TOS movie. Great cast, huge canon implications, great sendoff.

I always felt bad for Beltran because Chakotay sucking wasn’t really all on him, but after his recent attitude regarding the writer’s strike I hope he never works again.

Who needs context when your toes curl up?