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  • I finally caught up so I can read these messages, I’m happy :-).

    I watched all 7 episodes in a few days. So far, I liked this season very much, it’s kind of sad to know it’s the last season when they finally found their voice. Burnham is quite sufferable finally (even if they had to make her linked to the antagonists… at least it’s indirectly) and the rest of the crew receive some light. Moll and L’ak are interesting and rich. I love to see more Breen. And reflections on spirituality touch me personally, it’s refreshing to see Star Trek treating this subject more deeply than “religion is bad duh” (or with “akoocheemoya”s).

    Now I have work to catch up 😅.








  • Zloubida@lemmy.worldtoRisa@startrek.websiteP'takh means Girlfriend
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    I tried to learn English for years. At school, and then outside school, but I couldn’t make any serious progress.

    And then I learnt Esperanto. Because Esperanto is regular and almost logical, in a few weeks I was able to speak to foreigners in a language that wasn’t my mother tongue. And that experience permitted me to speak English, even if I totally stopped to try to learn it. Something clicked in my brain. I’m still no Shakespeare, I’m sure there are tons of errors in this message, but I can now read (even novels), understand, write and speak English comfortably.

    If one is raised in a monolingual environment, the brain begins to believe that there are no other other language it can speak as efficiently as the first language. And it’s true. But this shouldn’t be a barrier; and to make this barrier fall is one of the hardest parts in language learning. But the good news is that once it fell for one language, it fell for all languages. Of course there are other ways than Esperanto to make it fall, but it was the one which worked for me.






  • Almost all series of the third generation are serialized, so it’s harder to just watch episodes separately. Most are best watched one after the other.

    • I’m not the biggest fan of Discovery, but still I think that most fans are too harsh with it. It’s not the best Trek, but it has its moments and grew better and better. I wouldn’t advise to begin with that, though.
    • Picard was good. The first season is maybe a little too unoriginal, but I’d say that it’s a very solid season until the second half of the last episode. The second season is good, and the third is a nostalgia fest (and I loved every second of it). It may be a good entry point.
    • Lower Decks is fun and offer a very different point of view on Star Trek lore. If you like “classic” Trek but are ready to gently mock it, watch it first. I’m in love with this show.
    • Prodigy is for children, and its noticeable. It’s a good show, but still, a good show for children. If that doesn’t bother you, go for it, but pass if it’s not the case.
    • Strange New Worlds is the best one. Simply that. It would be my advice, and, as the show is almost episodic, you can watch it taking your time.