yeah, it’s jus gone. it’s a good thing I have my trusty Plex server so I can still enjoy it. otherwise, it would be lost to the depths of my frequently-stoned memory! lmao
I think they’re cutting back on releases. I heard about one project getting cancelled, the one show with Jude Law and the crew of kids. But Andor and Mandolorian are amazing, although both will probably be ending soon (I know Andor only has 1 season left). Ahsoka looks like it will be amazing, and sort of bridges a couple of time periods (pre- and post-rebellion), tying heavily into Rebels. But Star Wars still seems to be cooling it a bit now.
but I agree with @whiskeypickle-- the viewer fatigue is real. There’s just SO MUCH SWEU content out there, it’s hard to keep up, and eve when you do, it’s a lot. Star Trek, by contrast, has less, and even Trek has slowed it down a little, although I’m pretty upset that they both cancelled PRO in the middle of production and pulled S01 the way they did. That’s just terrible all around.
if nothing else, it’s proven to cause irreversible insanity at far fewer than 1000 hours.
They really knocked I out of the park with park with this one. I’m not a huge fan of season-ending cliffhangers, especially two-parters with he whole “To Be Continued…”, but this was pretty great!
I also like how they scaled-back the Gorn in this episode to make them more of an existential threat and seem more like the intelligence species they’re supposed the be rather than a pack of wild animals a la Aliens where it makes no sense that they’re also and advanced, space-faring civilization.
I’m a little surprised that we didn’t get more ground action (or even dialogue) from the colonists who were, literally, wall dressing the whole time. 99% they even had their faces buried. And the whole “they picked the format of an old-timey midwestern American town” thing just screamed, “we drove to NoCal to shoot in a small town to save on budget.” Or, possibly, Paramount’s backlot. I miss the creative sets they had for Federation colonies in TNG and DS9, even if they were mostly one small courtyard with a fountain and lively market surrounded by a huge, gorgeous matte painting. Fake or not, they were always much more imaginative than trying to pass of some rural 21st-century town as a 23rd-century colony on an alien planet. like, why are there huge roads and parking lots everywhere?
Also, while I’m glad they saved Nurse Chapel, it would have been nice if they had tried to save some other possible survivor from the Cayuga’s saucers section before flinging it at the planet, but whatever. They probably weren’t important!
Overall, I think this was a petty good episode, although I think getting Captain Batel all egged-up was a bit obvious, but, of course, Pike has to have something to be extra conflicted about, ya know, more than just saving the Cayuga crew, his own crew, and possibly battling 4 Gorn ships against the orders of Starfleet. Because that’s just not enough tension...
thanks for the warning. I think’m gonna skip this one.
My argument is that anything the government grants you can also be taken away… and if the counter is “But it can be restored too…”
it’s easy to win your own arguments when you put words in my mouth. why even bother pretending to have a debate when all you want is to put on a performance?
you can wallow in defeatist nihilism. I have better things to do.
what does that have to do with government funding of journalism?
I’m sorry you don’t like that I think you’re being ridiculous, but getting upset and doubling-down every time I say so isn’t likely to change my mind.
move on.
I was happy to see him. I was worried they were going to lay it on a bit thick with the “miracle worker” schtick, wut it turned out ok. and thank goodness is has accent is real!
the “hi, professor…” thing with Carol Kane made me laugh