ValueSubtracted

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To commemorate Star Trek Day, I thought we could share our entry points to the franchise. I expect we'll find the full range of experiences.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I might actually pull the trigger on the Klingon flagship bundle - I have yet to find a KDF ship that I truly enjoy, but I do like ships with a lot of gimmicks.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea if I'm going to like it - it's definitely not shaping up to be the story I had in my head - but I'm interested in seeing them do something different.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I missed the typo in the blog, but I did notice that German words have started to creep into English-language tweets.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I try not to begrudge YouTubers for playing stupid algorithm games, since it's apparently a necessity of one is to try to make an actual living over there. I also don't mind long-form content, in principle.

That said, I don't know this guy from a hole in the wall, and did not watch this video.

I agree, but I think the mystery of Ruby's mother is actually one of the better efforts. At least there was a point that RTD was trying to make, albeit an anticlimatic one.

There's a crossover going on with the DW and Lower Decks mobile games, but that's it.

Really, it was just an excuse to have a panel with Kurtzman and RTD taking about the respective franchises, and do some cross-promotion. It was low-impact, but in a way that was kind of charming?

Many years ago, my partner at the time and I used the previous iteration of the water bus to spend a day out.

It started to rain, and the boats stopped running, stranding us at the last dock we'd disembarked at. There was no warning provided, nor was there an easy alternative available.

So...I guess I hope this new company can clear that extremely low bar.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For now, I'm pretty content letting this just be a goofy mystery - I normally despise fan speculation, but I don't mind runaway fan theories in this case, probably because it hasn't been central to...anything, really. At least not so far.

A+ reading comprehension; I am ashamed.

No, it makes sense - a lot of what makes them so important is that they did a lot of things first, but they have been done since.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

their music is sort of meh

Careful...

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

the climax that is apparently just about finding the right “anti-chord” to banish Maestro?

I think this is the most "magical" episode of the season by a large margin, and as much as this sort of resolution makes sense for that kind of story...you have to really nail the emotional truth of the story to make the anticlimax works. In that sense, I agree that this episode doesn't quite make it there.

And the woefully underdeveloped Lennon/McCartney just happens to wander through the halls of Abbey Road and hit the right note to fill the CGI power bar?

I actually kind of liked that moment, though it would have been nice for the Beatles to be more involved prior to that point.

the silent moment where the Doctor’s sonic cancels out all sound

Definitely the high point, dramatically speaking.

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