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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • It was never officially stated as such, but...it seems pretty obvious?

    It really seems like something happened/changed along the way.

  • Of all the cast, it seems like he would have the most reason to be there as a guest instructor - he's an expert in a field that no one else gives a damn about.

    I guess the biggest knock against it in-universe is that Starfleet's first responders still need him to Make Them Go.

  • Professor Stamets would be a sight to behold, second only to Professor Rayner.

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  • I agree, but...legally speaking*, I think they have a decent case?

    *I'm not a lawyer, just your standard online idiot

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  • I didn't expect Ceti Alpha VI to go "boom" quite so soon but here we are.

    If anyone was still concerned that Khan would be somehow lionized by this series, his immediate decision to attack the crashed aliens should put that to rest.

    Marla continues to be the most interesting character, trying to be the voice of Starfleet in the situation.

    The framing story is beginning to get more interesting, as well, continuing to explore what the heck caused Ceti Alpha VI to explode in the first place.

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    Podcast Discussion | Star Trek: Khan | 1x05 "Imagination's Limits"

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    Fanhome Brings Star Trek: Prodigy Creatives and Cast to NYCC, Eaglemoss XL Models Return

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  • The way they've been talking, it sounds like they're playing with the idea that Kirk seemed pretty comfortable on the Enterprise in his first episodes, so there may be unseen stories to be told before TOS season one.

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    ‘Star Trek’ is headed to the Rose Parade. Here’s an exclusive first look at the float

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    Sask. apologizes, agrees to pay $40M to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse residential school

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  • Yeah...it would be nice if they could give it a permanent home, or maybe do a touring exhibit.

    Paramount got rid of its theme park division back in 2006, but is some Prodigy(!) content at a theme park in Turkey, and there were plans for a Paramount park in China that included Trek content, but I have no idea if it's still in the works.

  • As the series continues, I find I'm a lot more interested in the worldbuilding than the story itself.

    There's a lot of cool stuff in there - I hadn't considered the fact that Khan and his people were unfamliar with Federation technology, and the fact that McGivers uses that to her advantage is a lot of fun. I enjoy listening to them go about the day-to-day business of survival - maybe it's the Naveen Andrews of it all, but it reminds me of the first season of "Lost".

    The framing story continues to be pretty irrelevant, but it's nice to hear them diving into the burning questions surrounding TWOK. How could the Enterprise crew have missed the fact that one of the planets in the system was about to go critical? How could the Reliant crew not have not noticed a missing planet upon their return? Now that these questions have been raised, I assume answers will be provided...

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    Podcast Discussion | Star Trek: Khan | 1x04 "Magical Thinking"

  • we don’t have the technology or the expertise to perform the procedure here

    I would say this is the part that's unreasonable. Being the only G7 country unable to perform proton beam treatments isn't exactly a point of pride.

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  • Sure, I think the key is balance in all things. I absolutely loathed the third season of "Picard", but I'm not going to jump into every conversation about it I see just for the sake of saying so.

    But if it makes sense, and is relevant...I might, if I feel like it. There's room to talk about what you disliked about something, and why. It just shouldn't be your entire personality, y'know?

  • I think it's completely possible to enjoy a flawed creation.

    And in this case, I think La'An's story this season was fairly strong, even though it was heavily (if not entirely) tied to her relationship with Spock.

    Ortegas got an entire episode devoted to her, but the criticism about her experience with the Gorn being largely overlooked prior to that is completely fair.

    Uhura certainly had less to do, and I think Una was pretty short-changed this season.

  • She sort of sidestepped the question in the interview...my answer would be "no, but who cares if the story's any good?"

    Interestingly, I see someone at Memory Alpha has been incorporating stuff from the first two episodes into related pages...we'll see if that sticks.

  • See, I meant what I said last week about being bad at listening to podcasts!

  • That's an interesting question. Kirk seemed pretty determined to let Khan and his people have a real chance on Ceti Alpha V, so it makes sense that he'd allow them some tools, and even weapons.

    But this episode also makes a bit of a big deal out of Khan's reaction to Starfleet technology that's much more advanced that what he's used to. Some kind of throwback/antique weapon would make sense.

  • I thought this was a decent one. They continue to walk the line of adding depth to Khan without necessarily casting him in a positive light.

    I'm a little surprised they dropped the Sulu/Tuvok framing device, but I didn't really miss it.

    RIP Joaquin, I guess the guy in TWOK is your kid.

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