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  1. Mustrum_Ridcully

    Rewatching the Batman movies

    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...
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    Star Trek TNG Re-watch

    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...
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    Dune Official Trailer

    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...
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    New Battlestar Galactica

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

    Maybe a rabid Yorkshire Terrier? Mustrum "I will stretch these analogies until they fit the Apocalyptic Narritive I need!" Ridcully
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    Space Combat (starship systems)

    For my D&D 4 based Star Wars, I have created a space combat system as well. I first thought about using some kind of 2D space combat thing with fancy maneuvers like in the X-Wing miniatures game, but it seemed too involved, and doesn't really work so well if the player characters are controlling...
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    Anybody know Starcraft?

    I am trying to remember the plot of Supreme Commander or Universe at War. I think Supreme Commander had some characters involved, but I don't remember whether there was any space opera stuff to it. Maybe check out if that would that be more to your liking? Or maybe Grey Goo? (Made by the people...
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    (Rumor) Disney Stars Wars Could Be Removed from Canon (or simply ignored)

    It's kinda a problem, yes. But I think it was a bigger problem for TLJ and its successor movie, because that was supposed to be trilogy. It might still be a problem for the future of Star Wars, because... there isn't really anything that could direct us to what the new story would be about...
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    Best Superhero

    Doctor Who is a good non-traditional pick. I am tempted to say names like Captain Jean-Luc Picard or Captain Benjamin Sisko or... Admiral Adama and Captain Apollo. They take risks and always find a way. But of course, they lack superhero costumes and superpowers. Maybe I should pick Data, at...
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    Star Wars: reboot/remake?

    I think that's it. If you can have all of the cool powers but don't need to adhere to any weird (or terrible) moral or ethical rules to do so, being a Jedi or falling to the Dark Side is dumb. Just do the gray thing and you're fine! The only way "Gray" Jedi or Force users seem to work is if they...
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    I welcome our new robot overlords

    I mean, ultimately, hasn't a goal of technological advancement always been to make things easier for us humans? The problem is mostly that our system still relies on everyone having a "job" to get a "living wage". If we didn't need that because the machines produce enough of the basic stuff we...
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    Star Wars: Top Gun

    Or should it be Star Wars: Danger Zone? And here we are, still waiting for a new X-Wing/TIE Fighter game. Or maybe at least an X-Wing TV Series? If you forgot why it could be worth waiting for:
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    "Why the Empire Strikes Back Is Overrated"

    I enjoyed Rogue One, but maybe for the same reason you enjoyed Han Solo - it wasn't imitating Star Wars either - it's basically a war movie.
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    What did Hubble see on your birthday?

    No, I did not - and since you can't pick a year, I didn't expect it to pick the right year - but I did expect it to hit the right month!
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    What did Hubble see on your birthday?

    Except? Late August 2009? That's not my birthday. Odd.
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    Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

    I think once Picard had a witness like Jurati on his side, a Synth, and a dead Maddox, it would put Commodore Oh under too much scrutiny. If it's not Commodore Oh and security people under her direct supervision investigate the attacks on Dajh, they might find stuff that is suspcisious. And if...
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    Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

    True. The standard gear of Star Trek officers is sometimes fantastic, but kinda uneven. Tricorders that can scan everything at any range the plot desires, phasers that can stun, kill, disintegrate and turn stones into heaters... But no personal force shields or anything. But the Jem'Hadar have...
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    Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

    At least Worf had Deep Space Nine going for him, there he got to show off his combat skills. (Less so other Klingons - the DS9 command staff and Cardassians like Dukat and Garak were clearly superior to the average Klingon in melee combat. Cardassian Officer and Federation Officer are clearly OP...
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    Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

    Seriously, DS9 was the only show that did make any longer lasting story arcs. But even DS9 was much more episodic, a big part of the story of the episode was still self-contained - it's the Dominion War, yes, but this is the one particular episode where they have to recover the Dominion ship...
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    Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

    If you want to see how much of a Star Trek spaceship you can get done within a single hour, here is one example: I believe the estimation was something like 4 weeks of work in Star Trek Online to get a ship model ready. Though that includes everything, even the ship mechanics. YOu don't need...
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