• USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM
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    5 months ago

    My excitement at having Paul Giamatti in Trek is significantly tempered by the idea that he’s going to be the season villain for “Starfleet Academy”. Unless he’s going to be the hard ass dean of the Academy that doesn’t want to put up Tilly’s students putting Orion pheromones in the environmental system, and kidnapping the Klingon Military Academy’s targ mascot before the big game, I’m not interested in a villain.

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      5 months ago

      Not impossible. Freeman was effectively the villain for S1 of Lower Decks, despite clearly being one of the good guys.

      And Prodigy demonstrates how a personal vendetta can net some kids a nemesis, despite largely minding their own business.

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      5 months ago

      I was fully expecting a villain (possibly because every press release has referred to a threat), but I hope it’s a unique flavour of villain.

      It sounds like he’s going to play one of the kids’ dad or something - given the 32nd century status quo, a more political antagonist could be fun.

      Maybe a Terra Prime type or New Essentialist type?

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    5 months ago

    I hope that, at some point in the series, they reference his prized bottle of Chateau Picard that he’s been saving for a special occasion.

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    5 months ago

    I wish they had left the 32nd century as a “Discovery - only”. After the jump to the future it felt like the show had no stakes. Everything felt disconnected.

    It feels like an easy excuse for the writers to pull just about anything out of their asses, “because it has been so long” and “tech has evolved exponentially”.

    SNW proved that there was a lot more to explore even in the 23rd century. So much could have been done with the fallout of the Dominion War in the 24th.

    But it’s all up to the writers. If they’re good the show can be good.

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      5 months ago

      I couldn’t agree less re: the 32nd century. They’ve created an interesting setting, and I’m glad they’re going to keep it alive.

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        5 months ago

        Agreed, Discovery has really only scratched the surface of what can be done with the Federation’s rebuilding itself, Earth’s new isolationist tendencies, and the unified Vulcan/Romulan society. It’d be a shame to leave all that behind. Plus, we still need to learn what’s become of the Klingons!

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        The Burn being caused by a magic baby having a tantrum kinda ruined the whole setting for me. There’s a lot of potential with moving to the 32nd century, but if that’s the quality of storytelling we’re gonna get, it doesn’t seem worth it. I’d much rather see a 24th century setting that follows up on the galaxy post Dominion War and the return of Voyager. There’s a lot of untold story there that would be great to see… Although I’d hope it’s not more magic baby style stuff.

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          I think the cause of the Burn is a nearly-perfect example of Star Trek’s humanist values, and find it interesting when people feel the need to go out of their way to misrepresent it with words like “magic” in an effort to justify their dislike of it.

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            We can replace the words “magic” with “strongly telepathic” and it’s basically the same problem.

            It’s a great idea to fuck warp travel right on its head as a concept, but the execution was majorly lacking for me. I would have much rather had a continuation of the plot from Force of Nature where warp had significantly damaged subspace gradually (like a climate change allegory), rather than a universe-wide explosion that happened all at once in a flash.

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            I find it interesting when people who are confronted with disagreement about a plot point they like resort to making implications about the other person’s character instead of discussing anything in the post they’re responding to.

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                I gave my opinion on a key plot point, which you took so much offense to, you ignored everything else in the post. Please, keep living up to your username as you find a place on my block list.

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                  If you have to make things up that weren’t in the episode, I’m going to respectfully suggest that your point is pretty bad.

                  I’m also going to suggest that you know that it’s pretty bad, which is why you chose to employ such a weak rhetorical device to begin with.

                  But sure, I’m the one that’s offended! lol

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    Holly Hunter and now Paul Giamatti. They must have some major money for this project. I can’t wait!!

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    5 months ago

    Between this and the Hostel Tv series announcement… Did Paulie G get divorced recently or something? Is he hard up for cash?