Recent content by Mort

That makes sense, but would make it MORE likely the references would be glowing not damaging. Would references the admiral arranged REALLY disparage the daughter in any way (Star Trek admirals are not known for their kind and forgiving nature)? Of course one of the points was the references...

Certainly agree it wasn't much of a twist, The second they called Braka as "their best chance.." I knew he was behind the whole thing.

I really like how Braka is given a good amount of complexity while still being a REALLY bad guy. Initially I was a bit put off by the twist, thinking Star Fleet would never do that! But then thinking about it, governments (and higher ups in the government) do that all the time, where they...

When my son was in 1st grade (6 years old), we got a note from his teacher to please work with him on toning down the sarcasm, the other kids didn't get it. He's 18 now, it was not toned down!

I really liked the episode and that again it was relatively low stakes (Well not for SAM - but nothing earth/universe/federation shattering). Considering how they are portraying her makers, I'm REALLY wondering if the writers ae going to go the same route the Orville went!

This is a legitimate worry! But Sanderson already employs a massive team of people to help with his work. I don't think he'll have any trouble adding people who are VERY familiar with the process and fully accepting their input. This part, I don't think I'm worried about. The man's work...

Apparently episode 5 will be a love letter to DS9. Whatever that means.

For me, I like everyone except Caleb enough to stick with the show for now. If they make the show too much the Caleb Mir show (like Discovery was too often the Michael Burnham show), I may bail. But I really liked this episode being 1) mostly focused on the other cadets 2) being low stakes. I...

Interesting, but misleading. Are you saying the numbers from Amazon were somehow faked? 2014 wasn't that long ago. I remember the popularity exploding from day one. Now, considering where they were exploding FROM, it certainly makes sense that 5.24 would start stronger (bigger base), but to...

You keep saying that, but 5e was huge upon release. The 5e PHB hit #1 on Amazon, #1 OVERALL not just in games, on the day of it's release. And it went even more gangbusters from there. Your link just shows that 5.24 was prepared for a bigger print run, not that 5e didn't sell exceptionally...

5e had very strong initial sales numbers, larger than 4e's very strong sales. But while 4e couldn't maintain the numbers, 5e numbers just kept getting stronger. And this was BEFORE Critical Role was a huge hit. Source Also worth mentioning. Critical Role deliberately switched from Pathfinder to...

Yep, the entire first episode is available for free on YouTube. Just checked.

Except when they changed the rules, it lost significant market share. And then gained it back (and a lot more) when the rules where changed back to resemble prior editions. It's not nearly that simple, of course, but the rules, and,strangely, people's perception of the rules - matter a lot.

Interesting, I liked everything BUT the main lead and his entire storyline. IMO his storyline will be an annoying distraction from an otherwise excellent series of stories.

Overall, I liked it. But, yet again, I find that I like the main character, his story, and his arc the least of what's going on. I just really don't want this show to be the Caleb Mir show like Discovery was, too often, the Michael Burnham show. IMO the show will be at is best when it's an...