I kinda wish that I still had a Paramount+ subscription to cancel over this, but I think my previous reason for cancelling, that it sucks ass, is still valid too
I'm not a Paramount subscriber but was thinking of getting it to watch Picard. Now I'll just wait til there's a free 30-day trial, or til they put it on Netflix or whatever.
But strange new worlds is really really good. The plot, the acting, photography, direction, everything. They even had a crossover with lower decks which is another series, they're hilarious!
I'm not particularly sad that Colbert is canceled as he really grated on me during the pandemic series with the incredible sense of requiring attention, to the point his wife was involved as an audience. The reason for canceling him, however, is definitely a bullshit excuse for bending over to pay the Taco Tax.
The only thing that Star Trek has been good for for the last forty years is slapping a brand on science fiction stories that otherwise wouldn't get funding. Some of those stories were good, but pretty much all of them would've been better without the baggage of the Star Trek universe. As long as science fiction is being made there's no need for Star Trek.
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ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 1y
oppy1984@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 1y
Paramount when it spreads the cheeks
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
That's not a knee...
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 58 pts · 1y
I think we have a lot more to worry about when our government can elicit bribes in the form of censorship.
But this particular instance won’t affect Trek but capitalism ruins everything, eventually.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 43 pts · 1y
Capitalism has already ruined trek like 4 times.
marlowe221@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
This right here
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
"Elicit," but your word is pretty accurate too!
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
If anything, it could greatly help combat censorism.
Let's see how brave Colbert is.
sirblastalot@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 1y
The bribe was the settlement payout. The censorship is just a bonus.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y
you can't tell me that the cancelation isn't related to the $16m payout to Trump and the Paramount sale.
I just hope the next 10 months Colbert goes hard on Trump.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Pull a Mon Mothma and make them want to kill the transmission mid-show.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y
America, when it voted for its own ruin.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Voted for freedom, but wants to take away everyone else's freedoms instead
misteloct@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Uncle Sam, his foot shattered, his gun smoking.
Gotta be more metaphorical.
PlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 1y
I kinda wish that I still had a Paramount+ subscription to cancel over this, but I think my previous reason for cancelling, that it sucks ass, is still valid too
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 1y
But it’s a mountain of entertainment!
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
It's a mountain of something alright
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Honestly? Mediocrity. It had maybe two things. I just waited for the dvds to drop and borrowed ST from the library.
Archer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I’m still mad that they weren’t content with making a new and bad Star Trek show but tried to retroactively drag TNG into the abyss
taiyang@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
In an ideal future, Paramount goes under, sells the IP to someone who actually cares about it. Can't say it's likely, but one can dream.
galoisghost@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 1y
Maybe now we’ll get Captain Seven of Nine just that now she will rejoin the Borg and the show will explain how good it is to be Borg
thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y
"Hey, the Ferengi might just have the right idea!"
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQcGzbpN7s
hallettj@leminal.space · 17 pts · 1y
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Aeron, his head shaking in disapproval.
hypeerror@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
I just watched strange new worlds season 1 and was about to pull the trigger on paramount+. Not going to happen now.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
Yohoho, you could still watch it
misteloct@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
sundray@lemmus.org · 11 pts · 1y
Murrow, his heart breaks.
Good night, and good luck.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 1y
Stewart and Colbert,
together where the rivers join.
As apes together strong,
before the reptile house.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I'm not a Paramount subscriber but was thinking of getting it to watch Picard. Now I'll just wait til there's a free 30-day trial, or til they put it on Netflix or whatever.
trolololol@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Picard plots were pretty weak.
But strange new worlds is really really good. The plot, the acting, photography, direction, everything. They even had a crossover with lower decks which is another series, they're hilarious!
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
PP is basically the Strange New Worlds app for me now.
Sub for a month, whenever the new SNW series is almost finished.
BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Don't have to stress about high seas if you have a browser and an ad block sail the Grey seas and check out the streaming other sites.
aramova@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 1y
Sail the high seas my friend. Yarrr
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Too much trouble, I'm in no hurry.
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
I'm not particularly sad that Colbert is canceled as he really grated on me during the pandemic series with the incredible sense of requiring attention, to the point his wife was involved as an audience. The reason for canceling him, however, is definitely a bullshit excuse for bending over to pay the Taco Tax.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.website · 8 pts · 1y
Trek is dead. It's legacy will be what it inspires in us.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
:(
We still have Strange New Worlds for now, at least.
verdigris@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
SNW is the least bad but it still blows compared to anything pre-2009.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I might have agreed, except Enterprise exists.
ijon_the_human@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Well said.
StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Maybe that's why they made the Section 31 movie.
notsure@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
...there are four lights...
Teal@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
Bazminti when he pulled back the veil. The beast at Tanagra.
nexguy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Epstine when he pulled back the veil. The beast at Mar a Lago.
Teal@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Well played! lol!
verdigris@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
More worried than about its present?
yarr@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
You're just getting worried now?
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 1y
The only thing that Star Trek has been good for for the last forty years is slapping a brand on science fiction stories that otherwise wouldn't get funding. Some of those stories were good, but pretty much all of them would've been better without the baggage of the Star Trek universe. As long as science fiction is being made there's no need for Star Trek.