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Is it lazy writing to cast a White Jesus? Inquiring theologians want to know!

It's not a question of the quality of the writing, more of the themes and tone. Discovery, in particular, feels like a product of the contemporary culture of empathy, in the same way the original show was clearly a product of the Cold War era. Being openly emotional is normalized (in the same...

Peacock Plus (or whatever the Hell it’s called) comes with my Comcast package, so I’ve seen the first 3 episodes. As god is my witness, I have no idea what to make of it yet, other than the lead actress is excellent and it kinda reminds me of a 90s cult miniseries called Wild Palms. I’m going...

People younger than the average ENWorld poster. (I still like it, though)

The Orville ends up being an effective homage to both TNG and DS9. To be fair, I don’t think many people saw that coming!

That was delightful. Was it just me, or was there a bit of The Princess Bride in the tone, as well as the obvious MCU influence? And the chunky dragon kinda deserves an Oscar for best comedy in CGI.

I’m rationalizing my inevitable purchase of this later today by reminding myself had I gotten off my tuchus and seen it in a theater that serves liquor as originally planned, it would have cost more than $25.

A bar fight, with Fireball.

Speaking of Gibson, I’m finally getting around to reading the Jackpot books. Finished The Peripheral, just started Agency. Despite the languid pace of the first half of the book (two thirds?), I think The Peripheral is the best book he’s written in ages. Fantastic stuff.

The guy created a memorable personality for the Identify spell in Fantasy High. I both admire and despise him!

They sabotaged a tuning fork!

Let me try and sum up my reaction to Picard season in a sentence or two. Terry Matalas and his crew took the least interesting premise and proceeded to knock it out of the park. Possibly over the state line. Bring on Legacy! (as a series, not as movies)

Hey, she was being manipulated by a superior officer. Unlike one Benjamin Sisko...

There's a new trailer out today. Looks great. I feel like they knew what works about the show from the very start. Unlike, for instance, DISCO.

I wonder that, too. He gave us both Pushing Daisies and Hannibal. Could go either way. :) (loved both)

Discovery has persistent... let's say issues with its dramaturgy, but seasons 3 and 4 are a pure and clear contemporary restatement of the Star Trek ethos. Especially season 4, which resolves a Federation-threatening, err, threat with an act of interspecies communication rendered as spectacle.

I like to think it was the events of Discovery season 2 that led to Section 31 being edited out of Starfleet's official history over the next 80 or so years. Then again, I like it when the Federation does things that a real political entity would so. It tethers the utopianism.

How so? They're the bad guys who don't know it.

I appreciated the fact Section 31, while still operating openly as Starfleet's intelligence branch, almost ushered in the AI apocalypse. It was very on-brand.

Master of Orion. The original, not 2. I find the greater level of abstraction works better for an interstellar 4X. Agree that Alpha Centauri is the apex of Civ-style games and long live Lady Diedre Skye and her aforementioned mind-worm swarms. Anyone know the easiest way to get SMAC running on...