@ArtPhotosDesk@flipboard.social @ScienceDesk@flipboard.social I love the preview pic - Iâm sure they are mouth parts or something, but it looks like a weird Star Wars alien is challenging someone to put up their dukes đ
@triktrek Oh, boy - Can we talk about âPicardâ?! Data dies in Nemesis, a great and noble sacrifice. Which is then diminished, because we brought him back for Picard! The staff didnât think the Nemesis sacrifice was a worthy sendoff, or perhaps *they* wanted to do the sending off. So weâll kill him again, this time with feeling! But, season three, the old gang is all getting together again. Maybe we can resurrect him one more time? (Iâm aware of the supposed differences, but really. It was Data.)
And they killed off Picard! Another great and noble sacrifice! But no, not really, letâs bring him back as an android, youâll never notice the difference! đ
Itâs really at the point where a character's death is robbed of all drama, because there's always a way to resurrect them. It was a dream, they were in the Mirror universe, the mycelium network made a copy, etc.
@arod48@startrek For me, it breaks the suspension of disbelief. The whole âcatchphraseâ conversation was, for sure, a writerâs room thing that leaked into the scripts. It might be an interesting thing to reflect on for the writers and the fans, but it rings untrue when the characters spend so much time on it.
It reminds me of all those âLetâs put on a show!â situations in various movies and TV shows. The characters in those programs probably wouldnât be inclined, but for the the entertainment community that produced the show, itâs second nature, and often allows them to entertain the audience by letting the actors show off their other talents (viz Picard lustily quoting Shakespearean sonnets to impress some Ferengi). Sure, itâs entertaining, but if you want to suspend disbelief and get into a story about highly trained people helming a starship, bristling with weapons and technology, itâs jarring.
@StreetcornPips@startrek I like the shuttle idea. I almost stopped watching when Spock said, âsteal the ship,â and then again when everyone said âHunh. Okay!â It always kills me when a story revolves around an organization as large and powerful as the Federation allowing stuff like this (or the myriad of examples of rule breaking, insubordination, etc.) to happen.
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Mystifying that "Hippomobile" didn't catch on with the marketers đ
@ArtPhotosDesk@flipboard.social @ScienceDesk@flipboard.social I love the preview pic - Iâm sure they are mouth parts or something, but it looks like a weird Star Wars alien is challenging someone to put up their dukes đ
@triktrek Oh, boy - Can we talk about âPicardâ?! Data dies in Nemesis, a great and noble sacrifice. Which is then diminished, because we brought him back for Picard! The staff didnât think the Nemesis sacrifice was a worthy sendoff, or perhaps *they* wanted to do the sending off. So weâll kill him again, this time with feeling! But, season three, the old gang is all getting together again. Maybe we can resurrect him one more time? (Iâm aware of the supposed differences, but really. It was Data.)
And they killed off Picard! Another great and noble sacrifice! But no, not really, letâs bring him back as an android, youâll never notice the difference! đ
Itâs really at the point where a character's death is robbed of all drama, because there's always a way to resurrect them. It was a dream, they were in the Mirror universe, the mycelium network made a copy, etc.
@arod48 @startrek For me, it breaks the suspension of disbelief. The whole âcatchphraseâ conversation was, for sure, a writerâs room thing that leaked into the scripts. It might be an interesting thing to reflect on for the writers and the fans, but it rings untrue when the characters spend so much time on it.
It reminds me of all those âLetâs put on a show!â situations in various movies and TV shows. The characters in those programs probably wouldnât be inclined, but for the the entertainment community that produced the show, itâs second nature, and often allows them to entertain the audience by letting the actors show off their other talents (viz Picard lustily quoting Shakespearean sonnets to impress some Ferengi). Sure, itâs entertaining, but if you want to suspend disbelief and get into a story about highly trained people helming a starship, bristling with weapons and technology, itâs jarring.
IMHO, of course đ
@StreetcornPips @startrek I like the shuttle idea. I almost stopped watching when Spock said, âsteal the ship,â and then again when everyone said âHunh. Okay!â It always kills me when a story revolves around an organization as large and powerful as the Federation allowing stuff like this (or the myriad of examples of rule breaking, insubordination, etc.) to happen.