The soundtrack was really outstanding wasnât it? There were several points where I was like, oh damn, this moment has some weight to it, thanks to the music!
I mean DS9 and VOY were shot on film and edited/finished on Beta, just like TNG was. The same restoration processes could be used for them too if they were sure theyâd make up for it in sales.
EDIT: Several BTS shots starting here showing the Panavision cameras used (though you can also just tell from the tonal range of the images in the show, there's no video camera that was capturing that in the 90's).
I freaking love it even though itâs punishingly difficult at times. Everything will be going fine then a couple unlucky developments and youâre in the shit. Gives you an all new appreciation of what Janeway had to deal with. đ
The bg music is a little lame but I just turned off the in-game music and put on the VOY soundtrack collections in the background and it feels great.
I dreaded the musical episode and I was wrong, it was fantastic. I dreaded the Lower Decks crossover episode and I was wrong, it was fantastic. I dreaded this episode and unfortunately, this time it was even worse than I feared.
Iâll admit, it was well made, the technical and performance sides of the puppets were outstanding and I genuinely laughed out loud on several occasions, but holy hell was it cringe from start to finish. Is this what anyone wants from ST??
I was so relieved that
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
it was at least âexcusedâ from canon by being a dream
:::
but ffs, did we really need to waste what precious time is left with this series on⌠this??
The biggest weakness of Kurtzmanâs era was that he granted way too much freedom to peopleâs ideas. Exploration and growth are of course necessary if Star Trek is going to survive (Even the 90âs shows got flak: DS9 stayed in one place and didnât explore like the Enterprise, Voyager was going the âwrong directionâ by coming home instead of going outward), but any artist will tell you that self-imposed restraint is what makes any work really spark. Some ideas should be rejected because they just donât fit somehow and Iâm shocked that no one realized it enough to put their foot down in this instance.
I realize that this was this seasonâs obligatory hijinks episode (the previous entries of which I generally liked and in the case of Spock Amok loved), but for me this one didnât just cross the line, it jumped the shark.
Sorry but this is silly. Itâs like someone saying, âWell the bad guy in XYZ movie was a nazi which is problematic, therefore the movie is.â Like, what?
The presence of problematic ideas is not in itself an issue. In almost any instance that Fio is objectified itâs immediately shown that itâs a flawed perspective of the characters doing it, which goes for Gina too (though sheâs a badass and knows how to use it to work the people dishing it out to her). The movieâs voice doesnt endorse any of it, and if anything rejects those things outright any time theyâre brought up.
I keep thinking that it would be hilarious if as a bit foreshadowing in one of the new episodes of Strange New Worlds while Sam and the others are in the lounge, one of the other characters comes up with a personal pan pizza from the bar and tosses it at him and says âCatch!
Was it though? I could see it if you changed the audio track to a language you donât understand, because it does have a lot going for it; the production design and costumes, set design and construction are all outstanding, sound design is still some of the best thereâs ever been (especially when it came to modernizing legacy sfx), obviously the vfx and novel approaches to cinematography (yes, including the lens flares) are all great, etc etc.
But literally every last thing about the story is stream of consciousness, fever dream nonsense, which in any other franchise might be forgiven, but for Star Trek of all things to have such boneheaded threads of anti-science magical thinking, noxious xenophobia and childish cruelty is unforgivable. Itâs a top to bottom garbage script, ironically produced with one of the most talented film crews in sci-fi movie history, which for my money anyway, makes it even more tragic and hard to enjoy.
Oh yeah, gimme dat corn, mayo, potato with option of shrimp or squid on it baybeeee! đ
âA Bird of Prey IS a starship, ptaQ!â
So are you like able to play games literally every day? If so, then I know itâs at least possible and I have something to live for.
That art style is sweet!
The soundtrack was really outstanding wasnât it? There were several points where I was like, oh damn, this moment has some weight to it, thanks to the music!
I mean DS9 and VOY were shot on film and edited/finished on Beta, just like TNG was. The same restoration processes could be used for them too if they were sure theyâd make up for it in sales.
EDIT: Several BTS shots starting here showing the Panavision cameras used (though you can also just tell from the tonal range of the images in the show, there's no video camera that was capturing that in the 90's).
Leslie Knope wouldâve knocked this out of the park!
I freaking love it even though itâs punishingly difficult at times. Everything will be going fine then a couple unlucky developments and youâre in the shit. Gives you an all new appreciation of what Janeway had to deal with. đ
The bg music is a little lame but I just turned off the in-game music and put on the VOY soundtrack collections in the background and it feels great.
In Japan, still Ontario from here too.
Iâm down, I still remember my number!
I dreaded the musical episode and I was wrong, it was fantastic. I dreaded the Lower Decks crossover episode and I was wrong, it was fantastic. I dreaded this episode and unfortunately, this time it was even worse than I feared.
Iâll admit, it was well made, the technical and performance sides of the puppets were outstanding and I genuinely laughed out loud on several occasions, but holy hell was it cringe from start to finish. Is this what anyone wants from ST??
I was so relieved that
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler it was at least âexcusedâ from canon by being a dream :::
but ffs, did we really need to waste what precious time is left with this series on⌠this??
The biggest weakness of Kurtzmanâs era was that he granted way too much freedom to peopleâs ideas. Exploration and growth are of course necessary if Star Trek is going to survive (Even the 90âs shows got flak: DS9 stayed in one place and didnât explore like the Enterprise, Voyager was going the âwrong directionâ by coming home instead of going outward), but any artist will tell you that self-imposed restraint is what makes any work really spark. Some ideas should be rejected because they just donât fit somehow and Iâm shocked that no one realized it enough to put their foot down in this instance.
I realize that this was this seasonâs obligatory hijinks episode (the previous entries of which I generally liked and in the case of Spock Amok loved), but for me this one didnât just cross the line, it jumped the shark.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk. đ
That kitty nuzzle tho⌠â¤ď¸
I thought you were making a wooden Enterprise and this was the neck connecting to the secondary hull. My disappointment is immeasurable. đ
Carla was the prom queen!
Heâs gonna get a gob full of ketracel white, Iâll tell you what!
Oh yeah, my comments werenât directed at you specifically, but at the general notion.
Sorry but this is silly. Itâs like someone saying, âWell the bad guy in XYZ movie was a nazi which is problematic, therefore the movie is.â Like, what?
The presence of problematic ideas is not in itself an issue. In almost any instance that Fio is objectified itâs immediately shown that itâs a flawed perspective of the characters doing it, which goes for Gina too (though sheâs a badass and knows how to use it to work the people dishing it out to her). The movieâs voice doesnt endorse any of it, and if anything rejects those things outright any time theyâre brought up.
Is media literacy even a thing anymore?
I keep thinking that it would be hilarious if as a bit foreshadowing in one of the new episodes of Strange New Worlds while Sam and the others are in the lounge, one of the other characters comes up with a personal pan pizza from the bar and tosses it at him and says âCatch!
Omg, Erika Moen from Penny Arcadeâs Strip Search? Wow, I havenât thought about that in years! She was great!
Was it though? I could see it if you changed the audio track to a language you donât understand, because it does have a lot going for it; the production design and costumes, set design and construction are all outstanding, sound design is still some of the best thereâs ever been (especially when it came to modernizing legacy sfx), obviously the vfx and novel approaches to cinematography (yes, including the lens flares) are all great, etc etc.
But literally every last thing about the story is stream of consciousness, fever dream nonsense, which in any other franchise might be forgiven, but for Star Trek of all things to have such boneheaded threads of anti-science magical thinking, noxious xenophobia and childish cruelty is unforgivable. Itâs a top to bottom garbage script, ironically produced with one of the most talented film crews in sci-fi movie history, which for my money anyway, makes it even more tragic and hard to enjoy.