I think the script deserves some scrutiny, too.

I’m not one to complain about “quippiness” or whatever - humour in the face of danger is fine! - but there were a couple of moments on the Farragut* in particular that bumped me, with the characters seemingly shifting from somber to lighthearted from moment to moment.

Anyways, I don’t want to turn this into a second episode discussion thread, but it’s pertinent to the interview.

Yeah, I’m glad that the episode has been quite well-liked overall, but it didn’t land right with me. I’m going to give it another look at some point - often, my opinion shifts once I have an understanding of what the episode is and is not.

It’s interesting that she highlighted the tonal challenges in the interview.

I’m fine with the idea of it, and it’s a potential precursor to the wall-mounted intercoms of TOS, but it’s definitely one of the things that made me confused about how seriously to take the story.

As foreshadowed last season.

Ruby: Is that like a matter transporter, like in Star Trek?

The Doctor: We’ve got to visit them one day!

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests a majority of Canadians believe First Nations should be meaningfully consulted on projects deemed in the national interest, but they’re split on who should hold the deciding power.

Forty per cent of Canadians say the government and companies should retain final say, while 25 per cent say First Nations should have a veto if projects infringe on their lands.

I feel like this is an indication that 40% of Canadians haven’t really thought this through.

“Federation Standard” is definitely just English - the people of New Eden spoke it, despite being moved to that planet during WWIII, well before the Federation was formed.

holy hell are spoilers so difficult to use on Lemmy

You’re not wrong, but fortunately these threads are fair game for spoilers - no syntax needed.

I thought this one was a tonal mess - so much so that I was convinced the whole thing was going to turn out to be a training simulation or something.

This show is usually so good at setting a clear mood, but this one was so all over the place, I didn’t know how seriously to take the situations the crew(s) found themselves in.

Before all the BS with CBS News happened, I really thought that Skydance was the best of the potential buyers that were floating around at the time.

He’s got a steep hill to climb, but this might be a positive sign.

I’ll take droid rights seriously as soon as Star Wars does. 😂

If the Dominion has had any sort of reformation at all over the last several hundred years, I would think that freeing the Jem’Hadar would have been near the top of the “to do” list.

It hardly seems fair to compare them to robots.

He’s with the Prophets now

you extremist

It’s lashes all the way down.

It’s the internet. There’s going to be “backlash” regardless.

Though to be honest, people seem pretty high on SFA, both here an in other online spaces I visit.

I think there’s a lot of potential in the concept, and the trailer looked great.

Either way, I’d much rather talk about the show than the people talking about the show.

Much has (justifiably) been said about the merger, and the path to how we got here, but everyone seems to agree that David Ellison is in the business because he loves movies - the whole company was practically a vanity project, rather than a moneymaking scheme.

Yeah, I think the new Paramount TV Studios is basically the Skydance studio, renamed - the Old Paramount shut down their version of Paramount Television Studios about a year ago.

This is barely Star Trek-related news, but we now have confirmation that the franchise will remain under CBS Studios (which is pretty much the only division that hasn’t had a change in management under the new regime).

With that bit of business out of the way, the next step will be for them to make a decision on the renewal of the Secret Hideout deal, which is set to expire next year.

Memory Alpha has a breakdown that must be pretty comprehensive.

I’ve used it a bit. It’s fine, though these things that act through browser extensions are understandably met with skepticism. The e-transfers seem pretty useful to those who use the service.