This is a pretty dogshit take, homie.
Still doesn't work for me, just tried again a couple minutes ago
I was using Jerboa until I got booted due to the server upgrade, and now I can't log back in. A couple folks here have offered steps to help get back on it but it doesn't seem to be working for me.
I hear good things about Liftoff tho
I'd love it if this were true, and sure, only time will tell - but I have very little faith that Paramount will be able to weather the next two or three years of industry shakeup.
With the WGA and SAG strikes (which I fully support) stopping all production, as well as Zaslav turning streaming into a killing ground, AND the looming threat of a Netflix acquisition or merger, Paramount isn't in a good position to maintain a corrected course. Their market cap is alarmingly weak compared to their competition, and they haven't even been able to fully coalesce all ST content under their own platform.
The only way Star Trek is going to survive, much less thrive, is if those in charge do a solid return to form; Star Trek needs to be less expensive and more subtle. Chris Pine hit the nail on the head recently when he called out Paramount's stubborn desire to compete with Marvel, Star Wars, et al:
"We always tried to get the huge international market [with ‘Star Trek.’] It was always about making the billion dollars. It was always this billion-dollar mark because Marvel was making a billion. Billion, billion, billion.
We struggled with it because ‘Star Trek,’ for whatever reason, its core audience is rabid. Like rabid, as you know. To get these people that are interested that maybe are ‘Star Wars’ fans or think ‘Star Trek’ is not cool or whatever, proven to be … we’ve definitely done a good job of it but not the billion-dollar kind of job that they want.
I’ve always thought that ‘Star Trek’ should operate in the zone that is smaller. You know, it’s not a Marvel appeal. It’s like, let’s make the movie for the people that love this group of people, that love this story, that love ‘Star Trek.’ Let’s make it for them and then, if people want to come to the party, great. But make it for a price and make it, so that if it makes a half-billion dollars, that’s really good."
I'll do "so far" instead of "all time" because all time has not yet elapsed, but I'll shut up and list the current roster:
- Werckmeister Harmonies
- Fellowship of the Ring
- The Dreamers
- The Wind Rises
- L'eclisse
Honorable mentions go to Casino Royale, Ashes and Diamonds, The Empire Strikes Back, Paprika, and Vanilla Sky.
She's really good at the whole Cartoon Villain thing
Any time you make any amount of money, put 5% of it into a savings account. If you don't have a savings account, make one. If you can't make one, put the money somewhere safe in your house.
5% doesn't sound like a lot, and for broke/poor people it can often mean the difference between eating that day or not, but if you're able to do it, really seriously do it. I recently calculated where I'd be right now if I had done that, and I would have saved over $20,000 in the last 15 years if I had listened to my own stupid advice.
Also, wear moisturizing sunscreen every single day.
Life is only getting worse for pretty much everyone, all the time, so yeah, that makes sense.
Growing up homeschooled in a cult in the American South, escaping, and then moving to Brooklyn. Kind of a roundhouse-kick to the id, ego, and outlook on literally everything
This is such a uniquely bizarre bummer. WHY would they remove the show from the platform? I seriously don't understand that at all. Cancelling it, while a terrible move, at least has some potentially extant reasons - but it's literally a new Star Trek show and they're removing it from Star Trek's home? I seriously don't get it!