I got to that part the other day and I was curious to spare him just to see what would happen but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Did a manual save point and killed him, then reloaded the save and did it again. No regrets.

“A Bird of Prey IS a starship, ptaQ!”

That art style is sweet!

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 they’d 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).

Oh yeah, my comments weren’t directed at you specifically, but at the general notion.

Sorry but this is silly. It’s like someone saying, “Well the bad guy in XYZ movie was a nazi which is problematic, therefore the movie is.” Like, what?

The presence of problematic ideas is not in itself an issue. In almost any instance that Fio is objectified it’s immediately shown that it’s a flawed perspective of the characters doing it, which goes for Gina too (though she’s a badass and knows how to use it to work the people dishing it out to her). The movie’s voice doesnt endorse any of it, and if anything rejects those things outright any time they’re 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 “Catch!

It really was obnoxiously enjoyable

Was it though? I could see it if you changed the audio track to a language you don’t 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 there’s 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. It’s 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.

She’s from the Rebuild films, which are abominations best left unwatched.

In this list, I’ve only heard of Devs and Our Flag Means Death, but those two alone are so goddamn good that you have my complete trust on the rest! Definitely going to check them out.

This x1000. Cobra Kai never dies!

Ew, no.

I’ve been trying to remember what those were called, would love to try and get my hands on one.

I still can’t believe that all they needed was one more season to bring it all home, and stupid fucking HBO canceled it. I’m still angry whenever I remember it.

No way! 🤯

And Adam Scott is in that scene.

Wat?

This feels like the makings of a good one-off SciFi short in an anthology book or something.

This could be even funnier by at least 8.3% if the second frame was rear view on the main screen and the credit appeared mirrored from Enterpise’s perspective.

My last TNG rewatch was right after a TOS rewatch and the transition is actually quite smooth.

Oh yeah, I’m aware. But there are plenty of dudes down here that probably wouldn’t have hesitated anyway had they crossed paths with this idiot.