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

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  • I was actually kind of disappointed going into this show that SFA seemed to be going back to an Earth centric model for the Federation, so this development is very positive for me.

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

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  • That seems like it’ll be a major issue for future writers to come up with excuses why they can’t just put the characters where they need to be.

    Only a little more of an issue than transporters already were. How often have writers had to add in an exotic atmosphere or cave ore or ion storm or just enemy shields to justify not beaming out of a bad situation?

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

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  • On my list now, thanks!

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

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  • So far I've just watched episode one, but I think we're off to a great start. I don't know Holly Hunter from anything except Batman v Superman, so I didn't know why everyone seemed so happy to have her on board, but I get it now. Nahla isn't much on paper, but Hunter really makes me love the character. She sells the comfort and confidence without feeling at all silly or non-genuine.

    I thought Caleb would be a harder character to like, but he won me over pretty quickly too. His introduction definitely started on the right foot. His mode of escape reminded me of Jason Todd stealing the tires off the Batmobile. Good stuff.

    The other cadets are a mixed bag so far. Jay-Den and Sam seem fun, the others seems like boring cliches, but none of them have been given a lot of time yet so it's still a wait and see situation.

    The episode itself was a little messy, especially the action at the end, but I get that it was the first episode and they felt they had to give everyone something to do. Still one of Trek's better premiers.

  • Trick of the light

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  • I agree I wouldn’t use that word to describe the colour, but it looks just about right the way they print it on the “Uniform Color Code” uniform colour code page, so that’s just a question of what you want to call it.

  • Trick of the light

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  • The colours and cuts laid out in Franz Joseph’s Technical Manual are authoritative. They’ve got authentication stardates and everything.

  • Riker has to fight

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  • The return of the king extended cut additions are straight up trash

    Some of them I could certainly do without, but the fate of Saruman and Sauron's Mouth are worth sitting through the rest.

  • The Real Thing

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  • Good info, thanks!

  • conquer that bread

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  • I can’t read your comment for some reason.

  • The Real Thing

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  • I only recently heard of this one, but it looks like they just used the ship to ship combat system from the 25th Anniversary game?

    I loved that one enough that I think i should find this one emulated just for nostalgia’s sake.

  • Who is the Best Dracula? [UPDATED with 22% more Nosferatus!]

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  • Loved Coppola’s Dracula since I was a kid, but I think Eggers’ Nosferatu is my new favourite. Needs another rewatch before I’m sure, though.

  • Who is the Best Dracula? [UPDATED with 22% more Nosferatus!]

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  • The Real Thing

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  • I need to get my hands on it. I worked in a comic shop once upon a time, but these days I don't get out to them too often.

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  • Shots fired...good thing Storm Troppers can't hit anything

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  • Though I’ve heard not everything is worth watching.

    You heard wrong 😎

    Seriously, if you ask ten Trekkies you’ll get twelve opinions on what’s good, what isn’t, and why. My best advice is to try everything, skip a few seasons ahead if a show is not resonating at first, and if it still isn’t hitting the mark for you at that point move on to the next series. Most shows* take a while to reach their potential, but until the recent stuff they’re all episodic enough that you can feel free to jump around a bit.

    *The original series is the exception, it pretty much hits the ground running.

  • Do they still get stuck in the 32nd century?

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  • Well, just the one purpose, really…

    But it was damn good at it! 👍

  • Zootopia

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  • Yeah, they play “can you feel the love tonight” over it and fade out shortly after the shot in question. The Zootopia frame may be taken out of context, but Lion King’s is absolutely what it looks like.

  • A warrior's name!

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  • Ensign Ricky… will return… in Avengers: Doomsday

  • Do they still get stuck in the 32nd century?

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  • Sure, but now thanks to AR walls the caves will be cavernous tunnels stretching out to infinity, while the crew stick to a small area demarcated by a few conspicuous stalagmites.

  • Shots fired...good thing Storm Troppers can't hit anything

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  • Thankfully most of the science fiction isn’t in that technobabble but in the plot lines; questioning what it is to be human, to be civilised, and what meaning their is to life, post-scarcity.

    This point needs more acknowledgement. Star Trek isn’t a sci-fi show because it does or doesn’t have magic, it’s because it tends to follow the genre conventions of a (very soft, pop) sci-fi show. Easy example, Star Wars doesn’t tend to focus on questions like “hey are these robots sentient? How could we know?” while Star Trek can’t stop litigating that issue.