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Stormygeddon

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  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x05 "Series Acclimation Mil"

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  • The B-plot with the ambassadorial dinner thing felt a bit incomplete, and too comic-relief without quite landing. I guess it might keep going with the next episode, but overall this one was a decent exploration about the expectations of life and bearing being thrust into a role.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso"

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  • Thok moving of the piece of clothing to the side had me really chuckling.

    I see they decided to address the more foul Language in this show compared to other Star Treks. I would have liked if it was addressed as a cultural shift regarding the evolution of language over centuries but instead they "Effed it up."

    I never really took debate in school, but is that really how it goes? One student winner debating everyone for practice until they "lose?" Constant citations of things like they were called out anime punches? It seemed more like it school debate as written by someone who never did a debate club/class, but I never took one neither so I felt I should ask.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • I think I might have liked this series more if it came out like 15 years ago. Right now it just comes off as immature and overly quirky/comedic.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x01 "Kids These Days" & 1x02 "Beta Test"

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  • Protostar mentioned! A little too much Shakey Cam. A little too much swearing. Cuss words still feel weird in Star Trek. Sound mixing in the Xenomythology scene of Episode 2 felt off. So, did they forgo green makeup for some of the Orions(?) because it's hard to apply? Some of those looked digitally colored. Apparently, they heavily considered making Gamora blue instead of green because of such problems with application, so I don't blame them. Episode 2 got real cheesy near the end. I'm glad to see a love for what seems to be all of trek, with cameos of species like Brikar from Prodigy, the Exocomp, old style Klingons, DS9, and so on. Overall though, it just seems like the priorities are skewed and much of it looks kind of cheap.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x09 "Terrarium"

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  • Finally an Ortegas episode that isn't a simple "I fly the ship."

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"

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  • I was worried that a high five was relegated to habits of the ancient past when the Lanthanite was initiating with no reciprocation, but then the post credits scene with Spock teaching human mannerisms showed it's still a thing.

    When I noticed that this week's intro was being done in a Vulcan manner, I was hoping they would take the opportunity to fix the infamous grammatical mistake1 and say "to go boldly" with an unsplit infinitive just this once.

    Vulcan Pike's hair reminds me of my old Dark Eldar figures.

    I was wondering if the federation ban on advantageous genetic manipulation would have been implemented as a rule to stop the "four Vulcans" from choosing to remain Vulcan, but the episode didn't go there.

    I found the use of bacon/cheese/animal products a little un-Trek-like in this episode. Comments against veganism felt a little weird in an era of food synthesizers and the general vision of "we don't enslave animals for food." It's not like vegan food is disgusting. Spock confirmed humans still eat inordinate amounts of cheese and meat with implications that it's often to the point that it's unhealthy. Is it still illogical to have some animal protein if it's problems regarding ecological efficiency are a solved issue (beyond the saturated fat and caloric arguments)? IDK, something felt off.

    I didn't appreciate that despite the extra long (and extra long feeling) runtime of this one they had three of the Vulcans return to human off screen. I was kind of hoping for a Steven Universe type situation where they emotionally explore the core of these beloved characters and get reminded of who they are.

    Overall, this episode was pretty cringe inducing. I'm kind of shocked to say I straight up did not like this episode. The secondhand embarrassment was too much for me to handle. Painfully unfunny scenes went for too long. The conflict resolution wasn't to my liking, feeling like a missed opportunity to explore character instead going for cheap gags—dinner with the boss sitcom, overbearing girlfriend, lie holding up more lies until the lies implode, pretending to be married, "we want our jerk back"—stuff we've seen thousands of times. I wasn't a big fan of the previous episode either so I'm just kind of put off that they've had two "duds" in a row where SNW usually had bangers in my opinion. Maybe I'll be kinder to this one upon a rewatch.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"

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  • What even is he eating? A taco?

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  • The secret ingredient is crime

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  • I feel like this parallels the story about spending of $10 million to research and develop a Space Pen vs just using pencils.

  • What is the last video game that you were completely hooked on?

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  • Completely hooked on: Baldur's Gate 3.

    Completely hooked on in the past tense and stopped playing: Overwatch.

  • Non-European countries closest in land area to each European country

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  • Here I was thinking about how Madagascar must be smaller than I thought if it's the same size as Ukraine. It looks so big on a map, like a quarter Australia.

    I also thought Switzerland being the same size as Bhutan to be rather interesting, as they both have famous mountain ranges and tend to be a neutral while sandwiched between bigger powers.