It’s arguably only Prodigy that has faced a similarly unfortunate fate
This is certainly true by the standards laid out, but I'm struck by the fact that the only new series that was more-or-less free of studio fuckery was Picard (which certainly had its own issues).
I think Shatner is complicated because (a) he's 95 years old, and can't be expected to be fully "in touch," and (b) he has definitely had some questionable people handling his social media over the years.
Well, he's certainly in a better position to know than any of us in the peanut gallery.
Let's hope they get it over with and make an announcement sooner, rather than later.
Couldn't read your comment beyond the first few letters, 0/10.
Hmm, that is a very interesting data point.
It does seem like Paramount+ has a problem with drawing younger people - stuff aimed at younger demographics doesn't seem to last long (with the exception of Spongebob). I always thought SFA's success was a bit of a long shot for that reason.
And ironically, merging with HBO Max might actually help with that, but it won't come soon enough.
Well, damn.
There's inevitably (and understandably) going to be a lot of speculation about what, exactly, led to this decision, but...in the absence of any further information, I'm just going to be bummed about it.
I don't have a satisfying answer for that one - wireless power transfer is NBD in the TNG era, so maybe it's just an extreme version of that?
Reno once had a line about replacing the warp plasma conduits with "polaric" ones, so maybe they don't use plasma at all?
But the Athena seems to, so 🤷
I’m assuming it makes sense in-universe, but my brain is still trying to figure out how.
In "Scavengers", right after Discovery gets her refit, Saru says, "even her nacelles are now detached, improving maneuverability and enabling us to be more efficient in flight."
I found this pretty puzzling, but it eventually dawned on me that the explanation is probably seen most clearly with Book's ship. There are a few times when we see his ship rearrange itself on the fly to navigate the many, many debris fields present in the post-Burn galaxy - it looks like the detached bits let them dodge debris without actually changing their course or speed.
We do get a glimpse of Discovery doing something similar late in season 5, when they ram their way into the Breen dreadnaught - the nacelles tuck themselves up and behind the saucer, reducing the ship's profile.
I'd like to see a little more scrutiny of the way the media reports on and frames these things, too.
There are far too many stories that basically start and end at "this government project will cost X millions/billions/whatever," without putting any effort into exploring whether that's a lot of money in context. It's always going to sound like a lot without proper analysis.
Hell, LaGuardia has ASDE-X installed. The fire truck in question did not have a transponder, rending a significant portion of the system pretty useless in this case.
It's unclear whether any of the ground vehicles at LaGuardia are equipped with the transponders, or at least it was unclear the last I heard.