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Finale: Strange New Worlds, Season 2

Helluva cliffhanger, almost as good as “Mr. Worf… fire.”

Now, since the Gorn are more prominent on this show than they were in The Original Series/TOS/Those Old Scientists, would it be too much to think that we’re gonna see the Metrons in place of the Organians in next season’s Season 3 premiere, where they put a stop to hostilities, but not before having Pike fight the Gorn Captain?

Because you sure as hell can’t tell me this takes place in the TOS/Prime timeline if Starfleet is about to go to war with the Gorn, years before the Cestus III incident.

Also, yay, it’s Scotty!

Looking forward to next season.

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Anything Goes

So that was a thing.

Can’t say I loved it, but it was a lesser episode compared to the previous two week’s offerings.

Personally I think “Once More, With Feeling” and “Duet” were better musical episodes in their respective series.  And like those two episodes, “Subspace Rhapsody” was a character-centric piece.  Character story arcs were moved along, relationships developed and in one case, ending?

I do like that they are still trying to connect the dots with The Original Series and even the TOS films with the mentioning of a couple of characters who are quite important for the characters associated with them.

And the song that Spock/Ethan Peck sang?  Hell, that could have been me describing my past relationships.

I eagerly await the soundtrack.

Also, I nominate Christina Chong as title sequence singer for the next Bond film, based on her performance not in this episode, but from this music video that she has released.

And now I wanna see Bruce Horak leading a Klingon Boy Band.  K-Pop takes on a new meaning, eh?

Give it a shot.

Recommended!

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Jacket

Bowing down to peer pressure, I’m actually getting one of these jackets.

Though I’m going to be making a slight modification to this patch:

 

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Star Trek: Outpost Delta Tioga

I got a bug up my butt to create a new Star Trek role playing campaign that takes place concurrently with Lower Decks.

Circa 2380, Outpost Delta Tioga is located on the Romulan Neutral Zone.  It is the former site of Science Station Delta-05, which was destroyed by the Borg in 2364.

ODT is now a Federation Listening Post, but is still listed as a science station in Federation records.

The station is home port for the California-class USS Colma NCC-94014.

Occasionally personnel from ODT are assigned to the Colma for intelligence gathering missions along the Romulan Border.

The Romulans have long suspected the true nature of the outpost, but have so far turned a blind eye regarding ODT.

Until now.

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Keep On Trekkin’

I think I figured out why I liked Star Trek The Motion Picture so much when I was 12 years old, and continue to enjoy it to this day.

I’ve been a Star Trek fan since as far back as I can remember.  It was a staple of my childhood, alongside The Six Million Dollar Man and Underdog.

In 1977, a movie called Star Wars came out, and I was not interested in seeing it, mainly because it wasn’t Star Trek.  Reluctantly, I went to see it with my immediate family and a couple of my aunts.

It fucking changed my life.

But that’s another story.

For two years I was more gung ho for Star Wars than Star Trek, though Trek was more readily available to watch because of syndicated television.  All we got for Star Wars on TV was a Holiday Special, which, incidentally, introduced my favorite Star Wars character of all time. 

But that’s another story.

When The Motion Picture finally premiered, it seemed to ‘make things right’ in my mind.  Star Trek made it to the big screen.

And it’s not like there was ever a competition between the two franchises in my mind, I just seemed to shift focus from one to the other over time.  Nowadays I watch both equally, whether it’s a episode of TOS or TNG or one of the films, or introducing my niece to the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series, or the latest episode of The Mandalorian.

But back to The Motion Picture.

Sure, it can be a boring film, but to me it’s as captivating as 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Depending on your mindset.

And as I’ve gotten older, I seem to be in that mindset more and more.

But that’s another story.

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Compartmentalization

In Fandom, we all ask who/what are favorites are:

  • Favorite Show
  • Favorite Movie
  • Favorite Character

Each can further be quantified buy genre or specific show or movie, in the case of characters.

In the case of Star Trek, for example, my favorite characters are Spock, Data, and Odo in TOS, TNG, and DS9, respectively.

In Star Wars, my favorites are Han Solo, Boba Fett, Captain Rex, Kanan Jarrus, Jyn Erso, and The Mandalorian.

But if I had to chose an overall favorite in each?

Spock, obviously, for Star Trek.

In Star Wars, it’s trickier, for me, but if pressed on it, Boba Fett would be chosen over Han Solo.

That is, until now.  3 episodes in and The Mandalorian is fast becoming my overall favorite character.  He’s what Boba Fett should have been, had the prequels never been made and his backstory changed from what had been written or speculated.

This comes from a comment/thread on a friend’s timeline on Facebook, where it was asked if Boba Fett was cool or just looked cool.  I replied that some of the Expanded Universe stories with Fett were cool.

I still think Fett is cool, though.  The Mandalorian is simply better.

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Randomness

I don’t recall if I ever read “Call of the Wild”.  And if I did, I can’t recall most of the plot.

At the moment, I’m about as enthusiastic about the announcement of the new Star Trek film as I was about the announcement of the first J.J. Abrams Star Trek film.

I blame Star Trek Beyond and Discovery.  Maybe Into Darkness as well.

Project: Blueberry Pie was a semi success.  The pie was okay, just more watery/runny than I was expecting.

The little voice in your head is wise.  Listen to it.

Come ON, you Spurs! #mourinho #really

The Saga ends in a month.  I’m ready and not ready for it to end.

Star Wars will live on.

Buh.

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I Don’t Get It

When the reimaged Hawaii Five-O premiered, I watched it for a couple seasons.  I got bored of it and stopped.

I’ve stopped watching the DC shows on CW, because I got bored of them.

I’ve drastically cut down on the number of comics I read on a monthly basis.

I don’t watch Star Trek Discovery.

I’m didn’t watch a full NFL football game once this season.

In all cases, they went on without me.

I see lots of people bemoaning Disney and their upcoming Star Wars projects, or people upset with Doctor Who because of the way the show is now.

So why can’t they simply walk away?

The whole ‘childhood ruined’ excuse is stupid for a myriad of reasons.

Hell, any excuse is stupid.  Walk away.

Being a consumer doesn’t mean that you HAVE to consume everything.

And shouting at the wind won’t make any of these corporations change their minds.