[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

We all know the bubbles will still be green

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not a particularly unique perspective, many Trekkies choose to process Star Trek as "historical documents." There's a movie about it.

What I don't understand is why you've assigned this theoretical camera crew the intent of "get the camera on the gay dudes, stat" when "get the camera on the relationship between the two main characters" is a much simpler explanation. There are entire episodes dedicated to Odo & Kira, Paris & Torres or Trip & T'Pol relationship drama. Stamets & Culber screen time pales in comparison, and at least Stamets & Culber have some chemistry.

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago

It’s 24XX, who the hell is still getting bent out of shape about homosexuality 400 years from now?

I'm pretty lukewarm on Discovery, I've seen all of it but most episodes only once, so maybe I just don't remember it. Who got bent out of shape over Stamets and/or Culber being gay?

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of course Janeway made the right choice. Anyone who says otherwise is either trolling or sexist. No one would care if it was Picard splitting Guiker or Sisko splitting Quira.

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago

People don’t hate the episode, they hate the “debate.”

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

This line was foreshadowing Lorca’s origin. You see, mirror Musk was actually competent, making him the precise inverse of real Musk.

I don’t care that the timing is suspect and there’s another Musk reference in Discovery, I’ll die on this hill.

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 32 points 1 year ago

Your memes are fire, post all you want

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 18 points 1 year ago

11 years old

“programmed obsoletism”

Serious question, how old is your laptop?

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[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

sen-sors detect no spelling mistakes, captain

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[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago

What a lovely episode.

I saw a fair amount of skepticism across the Fediverse about how musical episodes are always bad and annoying, to which someone would always respond "well, Buffy nailed it." Apparently the SNW writers feel the same way, because "Subspace Rhapsody" isn't just a homage to "Once More With Feeling," it's a love letter. They may have swapped the demon for a subspace wedgie, but they kept the idea of using music to force the characters to confront their feelings about each other, and they even threw in a bunny callback.

10/10. I hope SNW maintains the tradition of a theatrically silly episode near the end of each season as long as it runs!

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There’s also nothing that indicates Kirk didn’t serve on the Enterprise in another role before getting promoted

Hm, here's an interesting formulation for all or part of a final season:

  • Pike leaves, becomes an Academy instructor
  • Una becomes captain of the Enterprise
  • Kirk transfers in to be her XO
     

Kirk and Spock working together for a year or so would give us a chance to explain the unusual situation where Spock is simultaneously science officer and XO. By the end of this season you'd have the full TOS crew in place. (Minus perhaps Chekov, or maybe he's a cadet like Uhura was in season 1.)

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

PC player complaining about the cost of a PlayStation is new to me. Isn’t it normally the other way around? Isn’t a PS5 about as expensive as a decent GPU alone?

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