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Because he'd gotten to rely on universal translators his entire life.

Well I had to make the great decision last night. I was off to the cinema because it was was hot and I have a subscription pass I'm trying to get the most out of for the last week it will be active. I actually went out thinking both movies weren't out for another day and that I was going to see...

I mean... the episode was called "Lost in Translation". I was surprised by aspects of the journey, but the destination was pretty damned clear.

Not necessarily impossible, but it seems unlikely. It did actually occur to me while watching it when his character was mentioned that since they are leaning into him being commander of the USS Kelvin in this reality as well it would be nice to bring the same actor in to emphasize that people...

Very few American schools still have the sort of easy accessibility to parts other than the office, that their respective walking right into the cafeteria and library involved. It's been a direction our schools have been heading since the Columbine Massacre, but naturally it took a long time for...

Uhura-focused certainly, but notable for as far as I recall setting the Strange New Worlds record in terms of bringing the most of its characters in for something or other. Not only every main character, but almost every recurring character (even a dead one!). Having every character in a given...

I just saw it. I'm also not the target demo, which I think makes the difference of whether this is a good movie that gets a bit too ham-fisted at times or a great movie. In any case it is a work of transformatively creative crass commercialism on par with the Lego movie, which is a hell of a...

Here in the US I have had the ad supported version of Paramount+ through Amazon Prime since it was CBSAllAccess, so presumably the deal currently being made has to do with other markets. I got it because subscribing to and unsubscribing from an Amazon Prime channel is trivially easy if you have...

I don't completely agree, though I think these are good points to think with, and I appreciate the framing. I particularly like that tying player agency to a lack of GM rules discretion reminds me of the question of whether free will can exist in a universe with an all-powerful God. But...

The transcript of the week-old interview all this speculation is mostly based on is available at: CNBC Exclusive: CNBC Transcript: Disney CEO Bob Iger Speaks with CNBC’s David Faber on “Squawk Box” Today. In it Iger floats the possibility of partially (or possibly completely) divesting from...

Nope, just one who should explore the "ignore" function.

I think you're just more aware of the trope lineage of Star Wars because George Lucas has been very upfront and public about his influences. But rest assured, there is nothing new under the sun.

Completely disagree. The question was "best" not "most immaculate". But even if it is "most immaculate" you either have to allow cutting off your canon of what is the franchise somewhere, or else we might as well not have the discussion, because all great franchises will eventually meet their...

Was Lolth the instigator? I ran a campaign semi-based on that campaign for six months and never knew she was involved. I thought it was just a rogue Drow archmage who'd messed up and let a bunch of demon princes into the Underdark. I don't really know or care whether I'm right or you're right...

For fantasy, and overall, I'm going to go for the various Tolkien Middle Earth works, mainly on the basis that I don't think any other modern work better and more consistently walks the line of of being functional and satisfying as popular entertainment while simultaneously feeling like it has...

A bold statement, and an excuse to open up the great, 40 year-old debate: Is Cow Tools funny?

I believe Mr. Dustyboots was implying that "Maxperson" is your given or legal name, which would explain why you don't share it with anyone, people with similar names presumably preferring the "Max Person" variation or some such. Presumably he, in fact, believes "Maxperson" to merely be an...

This site doesn't make it particularly easy, and regulars have had to get used to that. The biggest problem on this front is that even when you click on "Community" to get recent posts it doesn't tell you if those posters were thread necromancers (you have to actually look at the rest of the...

Well I am now very thankful that the other Benjamin Olson who was born in the next state over on the very same day as me has never caused me any trouble beyond having to occasionally specify my middle initial or place of birth when fulfilling prescriptions.