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This has been a huge surprise for me about the show. Hemmer really only appeared in two episodes I think, maybe three. On the upside, Hemmer is one of the few characters I don't care for (the other is Ortegas) so him being AWOL most of the time is fine with me.

This seems to be failing across the franchise. I just chalk it up to the heavy fantasy nature of the franchise and assume there is some odd in-universe reason, like the existence of the Force caused people to not develop those skills for some yadda-yadda... reasons.

The twist with the councilor was pretty obvious but that's ok, the episode was tons of fun. I'm really enjoying that T'Pring and Spock's relationship is being explored in the show. And Jess Bush is amazing, the way Chapel looked at Spock when the kiss was over made me believe she was heads over...

@Retreater You mentioned you were married; do you have kids? When I was a Boy Scout I was able to convince my scoutmaster to let us play D&D. Maybe indoctrinating the local scouts into gaming is an option? Mold those young brains..... Having typed that it now sounds like a lot of effort.

I also have the Cthulhu but haven't played it either, I totally forgot I owned it until just now. :p https://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1356

Finding an in person group can be challenging these days. When I moved 12 years ago I didn't want to stop playing with my friends so I bought Fantasy Grounds and we have been playing that way ever since. I eventually found other people at work in my new city who played and ended up in a couple...

Gloom is awesome, I kickstarted the new version but haven't played it yet.

I have my Sunday RPG group. I rotate with another player as GM but my campaigns tend to run longer. I primarily run Savage Worlds but change it up with other stuff (will be trying Blades in the Dark for my next one) and the other GM runs Pathfinder 1E. I also have a Thursday board game group...

A set schedule. My RPG group meets every Sunday and my board game group every Thursday, I usually just send a text early in the day to make sure everyone can make it.

He started out as a villain but moved to the role of an antihero a long time ago. I think he was even a recent member of the Justice League.

I would say not very free. As you say, he is just a boy and we get to see the look of horror on his face once he sees the corpse of the previous child and realizes what's going to happen to him.

I think this is what makes it a good episode, that people just accept abhorrent things all of the time and are good at justifying it. Take slavery as an example, in the west we find it horrible but we still buy and eat seafood and if reports are true then Thailand, one of the world's largest...

It's only the first episode so we will see what changes but if you are willing to put your life's truths on a TV show then expect it to be reduced. TV/movies aren't about realism, this is fictionalized TV and not real life. Most viewers aren't going to read interviews by the writer and...

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I like that "hijinks" is now becoming how we talk about this show. I was ok with Pike's reaction. I think his reaction to the treatment of a child was normal human one and in character for him. I thought the story did a good job of examining a complex philosophical problem. We saw Pike's...

It wasn't so much that I didn't like them, it was more that it's a really old trope that just seemed lazy to me.

I thought it was Teth-Adam. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Teth-Adam_(Prime_Earth)

Why mess with a money-making formula? ;) I agree though. I love superhero movies, in large part because I have been reading comics since the late 70s/early 80s so I am all over any chance to see even a mindlessly entertaining superhero movie. The problem is, with Marvel specifically and...

I really enjoy this show. I went back and rewatched the first two seasons before starting the third and, all of the insane and gross stuff aside, the show fits a fair amount of social commentary into its stories.

I really wasn't expecting to like the show but it was better than I thought. I didn't care for the parents though. The serious parents who try to dissuade their kid from embracing their artistic tendencies fell flat for me. My only other issue was the FX for Kamala's powers, it just looked off...