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  • The fifty-fifth entry in the Star Trek film franchise, in which the Enterprise Y returns to the centre of the galaxy to enlist the God Thing’s aid in defeating the Borg King. He redeems himself and becomes Captain Kirk the Fourth’s new yeoman, a real full circle moment.

  • Voyager’s bridge really was sweet. Love the enormous navigator’s console. Don’t know how practical it is, but it sure conveys that this is a maneuverable little sonuvabitch.

  • But of course, we worship The Great Bird of the Galaxy, after all.

  • The most polite people I know are also the most willing to stand up against wrong doing when the time comes. They are they way they are because they value good prosocial behaviour, they're willing to sacrifice their own convenience for it, and they're willing to defend it.

  • That’s right, I completely forgot about Worf, and also the O’Briens!

  • That was my one gripe with the episode. I enjoyed the B-plot, but it felt disconnected to the rest. And with this episode otherwise serving as such a lovely coda to DS9, I wish they'd have kept it a bit more focused on that.

  • Keeping in mind DS9 itself opened on a direct TNG tie in, sprinkled TNG villains through the first season, then brought back every Klingon captain from TOS, and finally just went all in and edited everyone into a TOS episode so Dax could swoon over Spock’s eyes and Sisko could sneak Kirk’s autograph…

    Every Trek show since the original has referenced the others like this. I think it’s good fun.

  • Oh you’ve gotta give No Man’s Land a read.

  • You’re talking about the sacred home of The Emissary of The Prophets. I wouldn’t be shocked if they kept the place around just so Bajorans could go there to pray for his return.

  • I’m pretty sure in the second episode of Academy, Caleb tried to distract some guards by pretending there was a Borg behind them.

    So active or not, it seems like they’re still at least thought of as threatening.

  • I’m happy this show doesn’t try to wedge needless action into every episode, but still amused when the preview images are nothing but the same characters talking.

    Last week they were talking behind podiums. This week they’re talking in a cafeteria. Where will they talk next week? We’ll just have to wait to find out!

  • For a time “Trekkie” was seen as derogatory, so “Trekker” was invented by people who didn’t want to be seen as “one of those fans”

    The distinction seems to have slowly fallen away, and now I rarely see “Trekker” used at ask.

  • I’ve definitely maintained that the overarching theme of Discovery was valuing mental health, and so far that seems to be getting carried forward by Academy. I think that aligns with what you’re saying. I’m not sure it applies quite as much across all the other Trek shows. Probably yes, but to a lesser degree.

    Most of the discussions of “wokeness” I see break down into a grievance with white men not being the overwhelming majority of characters, so I never really thought of it in those terms, but it makes sense. It’s definitely something the world needs more of but large chunks seem actively opposed to.

  • Worth it to be rid of Neelix.

  • I don’t know what STD you’re talking about, but I agree completely. They even made a woman chief of security! Obvious political pandering.

    And Picard praising Riker for his insubordination in the very first episode nearly made me gag. It didn’t used to be like this, Captain Kirk would never… well, sometimes… I mean, look, it’s just different when he does it!

  • At the start of Lower Decks, I remember debates about whether a comedic cartoon series could even count as canon. By the end, it was being used as evidence that another, live action show wasn't canon!

  • I hate new Trek. A bald French captain with an English accent? A blind man flying the ship? The first officer is completely unprofessional, trying to bang every woman he sees (Even holograms! The ship has a virtual brothel, now!). It wont survive a year, I guarantee it.

  • It’s not totally unique for sure, there are similar examples like TNG’s Home Soil. But all too often we have situations like Voyager being on the other side of the galaxy and the universal translator just working.

  • I understand, but I feel like they go together as part of a realistic alien encounter. These aliens both look and act different. They don’t register “us” as life forms, there’s a full episode devoted to figuring out how they communicate, fun stuff like that.

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    The Real Thing