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Well, at first people complain about delays: "But you said X! Then it was X+2 Months. Now it'S X +4 Months! We hate you!" In the mean while, pre-orders go up. Then they release: "But this is just an alpha release at best! We hate you!" In the mean while, game breaks concurrent game logins on...

And not just in fiction.

I seem to remember they found debris of the ship and some rebel ships at the location, but maybe I am wrong and it was only debris from rebel ships.

I did actually have to shout out a "Nooo" when The Tragedy happened. What an aptly named title. The Empire still has no respect for the life of their own men. naughty word armor, no protective measures... It was like the Normandy.

Yeah yeah, I get, Ashoka Tano is pretty interesting and all, but I am still seeing no Mandalorian stats. What's that about? And what about Baby Yoda or Thrawn?

Well, First Officer apparently is typically more used in aviation and sometimes merchant ships. In aviation, the first officer has basically the same skill set and tasks to do as the Captain, but the final responsibility for everything lies with the Captain In military terms, often the term...

I've heard about that.

Saru says it increases maneuverability. So I guess that's what it does. I colud easily see it at warp speeds - you can alter the position of the nacelles to change direction instead of turning the whole ship. At sublight, I am not so sure, maybe the nacelles are really just dropped (maybe with...

I was actually talking not just about "mentioning" stuff, but showing/playing it. Mentioning they tend to do, usually in the style of "two old Earth things we already now, one future/alien thing that we don't". Like that Elon Musk reference two seasons ago.

Yeah, some people got angry when they mentioned Elon Musk alongside "historical" figures. But I think there is a challenge in creating a fictional popular culture across several centuries. And referencing actual modern stuff - you can't just reference anything modern without paying some...

Things could have changed, but I think there is one practical argument against the idea of shipyards relying on matter-antimatter reactions, which seems to be at least suggested by stuff like the Technical Manual of the Enterprise and is a pretty popular stance on r/DaystromInstitute: Creating...

I think the challenge might be that the 900 years of technology relied on ample availability of matter/antimatter reactions in warp cores, facilitated by Dilithium. If they suddenly lose a major source of power, their advanced tech might still be advanced, but they can't use it as often, or at...

That name was actually given in the first season. But it's almost never used, as Stamets points out.

I don't know Fresca, but I moved to Coke Zero a while ago, and also started mixing it with carbonated water. You still get some of the waste and sweetness, but not as much, making it also easier to enjoy less sweetened food and beverages. Some will find this sacrilegious, of course. Not sure...

I mean the new movie, not the old one. I suspect you're right about the old one.

I liked it. Particularly important to me that they said the time travel tech was banned after the end of the Temporal War. I always dreaded visiting this "future" of Star Trek, because constant time traveling just isn't what felt like solid Star Trek to me. Limited time travel is okay, but...

I think the biggest problem with that Man of Steel "Kill" was that ... we didn't know enough about this Superman to know whether he would go so far or not. The emotional impact on him killing someone would be bigger if he had seen a movie or two where he went out of his way to not do it. The...

I seem to remember there was some guy on the writing staff for the show that didn't like Gates McFadden or something (possibly because she didn't like some of the more sexist stuff that was written for the female characters), but they got rid of him again after season 2 and could get Beverly...

I believe the "logic" behind the money films make is a bit changed during the Corona restrictions - they will look for top performers, but they might not necessarily expect them to be actually profitable because the cinemas are forced to operate at reduced capacity and a lot of people are not...

Hmm. I think I've heard all of that before, and it remains very vague.