StillPaisleyCat

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Last day for Star Trek Day sale on Steam (Sept 8-15) in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The sale is supposed to last until the end of today September 15th. Usually, that would be until midnight Pacific time.

Suggest trying through the link on the officials Star Trek website to follow through to Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/StarTrekDaySale

We picked up 3 copies of Resurgence the evening of the 14th from Canada.

Last day for Star Trek Day sale on Steam (Sept 8-15) in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

We’ve tried most of them over time.

Star Trek Resurgence has consistently excellent reviews. It’s about a 25 hour role play where the player makes choices for two different crew - a senior bridge officer and an NCO in engineering. It’s well done and one of our teens and I are enjoying it a lot. Great value for the sale price. My patience on this one was reinforced by its initial release being exclusive to Epic - but on Steam and on sale it’s worth it.

Bridge Crew is an older game. I have had it for a couple of years, and took advantage of the sale to pick up copies for each of our kids Steam accounts. One of them got really into it right away.

Timelines is also older. It held their interest for a bit in middle school but doesn’t seem to be one of the better tie-ins.

Star Trek Online is a long running massively multiplayer game that starts out free but then can cost a lot for in-game purchases. One of our teens is into it, and got fairly far without purchasing much, but the Steam sale is a good opportunity for them to buy things they’ve had on their wish list.

As a parent, I find these better than the endless number of Star Wars mods on Roblox that one of ours got into for a while.

Last day for Star Trek Day sale on Steam (Sept 8-15) in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
It's that time again in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The colours are unrepentantly psychedelic 70s fashionable and so are a few of the plots.

It's that time again in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It’s always a good time to do a watch through of TAS.

Worst examples of Treknobabble in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

The thing is that while the technobabble is just that, the process represents how engineering gets done better than most other ‘serious’ SF, albeit at compressed speed.

Voyager did a better job than any at showing how the thinking and problem-solving work gets done - which to me is more the point.

All this criticism seems to come from folks who’ve never seen nerds working in teams being nerds. They seem to want science FICTION to be locked down to concepts that someone with a mid 20th bachelor’s degree in science would know.

Whereas the real life scientists and engineers in my circle react more like Erin Macdonald did when she was working on her physics PhD and saw Voyager. She recognized the process and thought it was cool that some of the newer concepts in gravimetrics were referenced but didn’t sweat the small stuff.

An Exclusive Look and Poster for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Debuts on Star Trek Day in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Glad to have you mention that here.

So many fans of the older shows assume that Lower Decks isn’t accessible to new viewers who don’t get the references, but it’s quite the opposite. Gen Z and younger viewers are into animated comedies and it’s a successful entry point. And with the number of middle schoolers who got into manga and anime during the pandemic, the portion of the audience that prefers animation as a medium is only going to grow.

Our teens were fans of the Voyager when they were in middle school, and sampled the rest of the classic shows. Despite that they seem to be split on the animated vs live action new shows, and none of them would watch Picard.

It’s a real shame that there won’t be any new animated Star Trek after this season of Lower Decks.

I just finish to see all TNG movies. in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

Star Trek Prodigy is the true sequel to Voyager. It’s all ages / family rather than the ‘kids show’ many fans take it for. I would watch that with your GF next.

Because Prodigy is designed to be an entry point for new viewers, it introduces many of the key legacy characters and much of the lore. It has a Star Wars vibe in the pilot, mainly to draw in viewers from other franchises, but it settles into being some of the Trekiest content ever by the 6th short episode of season one.

New info on Universal Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dave Blass said much of it was packed up in crates and shipped.

To where is the question.

A Gamble: What will be the plot of *Lower Decks*'s Finale? in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

Tawny is already in the writers room for Starfleet Academy as well as working as a cocreator of a new live action Star Trek comedy series in development.

It seems that she’s another alum who will be mostly behind the camera but will show up as a legacy character in other shows.

Happy Star Trek Day! What was your first contact? in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

TOS ‘The Devil in the Dark’ in first run.

I was barely in school, but my slightly older neighbour who’d hooked me on Time Tunnel and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, convinced me that Star Trek must be seen.

I quickly caught up during the hiatus reruns, and have seen absolutely all of it in first run since.

Teen shot by RCMP handed over weapons and then ran away, investigators say in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As someone who sees MS Word forms regularly force Canadians to use Month/Day/Year formats which were never native to Canada and don’t meet the ISO standard either, I am inferring the impetus transition.

But truly, I old enough to recall many standards being harmonized in the early 90s in the wake of the North American free trade agreement.

Whether or not a digital archive document demonstrates that Canada Post intentionally harmonized to match the US is TBC.

But it is a verifiable fact that the two-letter standard for provinces and territories has not been commonly established in all federal regulations or data standards or in provincial and territorial data systems standards.

That is to say, it has not been formally adopted as by Canada or as the ‘Canadian data standard.’

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Analysis - can Prodigy benefit from the writers strike the way TAS once did? (www.cbr.com)
 

Some interesting reflections on how the live action writers’ strike may improve the marketability of Prodigy to a new platform, as well as enable work to begin on a third season.

This would of course been a good reason for Paramount not to cancel and pull Prodigy when they have a gap in Star Trek releases ahead in 2024.

I always appreciate a callback to DC Fontana’s smart employment of writers for TASunder the exception that they could write one animated episode without violating the strike rules.

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OC Transpo can no longer provide an estimate for when its light rail system will return to service, the transit agency says (www.cbc.ca)
 

Sigh.

Why does it seem as though admission that they don’t know when the LRT will run again is actually the first glimmer of a hope for resolution?

Even if the price tag will be staggering…

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Anyone have experience with Gripping Beast 28 mm miniatures? (www.grippingbeast.co.uk)
 

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/142613

Looking to fill in some armies not well covered by some of the larger brands.

Would welcome any thoughts.

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Jim Kirk on Pike’s Enterprise - Inverse dives into an analysis of canon constraints and lack thereof (www.inverse.com)
 

A fairly thorough piece.

Whatever your view on whether it’s a pro or con for the ensemble and storytelling, SNW ‘Lost in Translation’ having covered off the ‘met him when he made fleet captain’ reference to Pike in TOS, there seems to be a great deal of flexibility for SNW to keep bringing Jim Kirk into its stories.

Here’s one unexpected take.

So what does that mean for Kirk? We have to wait until 2265 for him to take over as captain of the Enterprise, right? Well, maybe not. Canon is oddly vague on the handover from Pike to Kirk. In fact, only one episode of TOS actually takes place in 2265: “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” the second pilot. There’s also nothing that indicates Kirk didn’t serve on the Enterprise in another role before getting promoted. If, in theory, Pike were to step down and someone else became an interim captain, then nothing is stopping Kirk from serving on the Enterprise before 2265.

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‘I Like Turtles’ Zombie Kid Is Brought Back From The Dead After 16 Years By Paramount To Promote Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (www.youtube.com)
 

There seems to be no boundaries on Paramount’s willingness to bring back obscure legacy characters to help revive and promote its franchises. … And some of us were surprised to see Sybock referenced back in Strange New Worlds last season…

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/913689

We found the Zombie Kid a.k.a Jonathan! He still has an awesome face paint job and is here with the first review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: #MutantMayh...

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Very cool NCC restoration that will benefit local residents (www.cbc.ca)
 

Had no idea this was happening.

It’s great that swimming access in the rivers is being restored. Hopefully, we will continue to have years like this one’s with low E. coli and other bacteria counts so that local residents have opportunities to swim in open water.

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IATSE collaborates with LA food bank (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
 

More evidence that many working in the industry have been in precarious financial circumstances.

While the other production crew unions aren’t on strike, their members are still deeply affected by the shutdowns - in both the United States and Canada.

In June, the crew union contributed $2 million in funds to aid members experiencing financial distress amid the work stoppage. The union’s general executive board unanimously approved the contribution, which was divided up among the Motion Picture & Television Fund, The Entertainment Community Fund and the Actors Fund of Canada.

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Roddenberry Enterprises weighs in with support for Prodigy (movieweb.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website
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In an exclusive interview with MovieWeb, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth identify Prodigy as the best entry point to the franchise. No official comment on the cancellation on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon, but positive energy nevertheless.

"I think we both feel very good about Star Trek: Prodigy being a fantastic entry point because Prodigy came from the standpoint of people who don't know the Star Trek world. The characters themselves are learning as they go what it all means to be Starfleet and be Star Trek. I think from that standpoint, for people who are feeling intimidated by 57 years by the number of shows or episodes, it is a great way to understand what Star Trek is about through the characters learning the same things themselves. I think that was one of the amazing creative decisions the Hagermans (sic) [Brothers] came up with.”

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CanCon getting more primetime US profile - Shifting schedules - linear and streaming release dates are beginning to be pushed back in response to WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. (www.syfy.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/504533

The markers of the strikes’ impacts are beginning to appear.

CTV Sci-Fi Channel/Syfy’s SurrealEstate may not have been on your radar, but it’s one of the first cable announcements pushing back a premiere date (from ‘summer’ to late October). It’s a quirky and fun show that deserves the profile of a peak fall run.

We’ve also seen announcements of Canadian network shows (e.g., Kids Ruin Everything) being picked up by CW and other US linear platforms as they try to fill their schedules. Much the same happened when COVID stopped production, and shows from Canada and elsewhere were given a chance to break into American markets.

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Erin Macdonald: Putting the Science in Science Fiction - Eos (eos.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/scifi/t/249163

The “Julia Child of science” makes science accessible through pop culture.

Editing to add: Dr Erin Macdonald is the science advisor for the Star Trek franchise among other ongoing roles.

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As Stars Strike, Streamers Debate Shelving Shows (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/moviesandtv@lemmy.film/t/17503

With talent unable to do press and content pipelines at risk of running dry, executives at every major streamer are quietly debating the pros and cons of holding back completed series.

Edited to note Paramount+ reference:

Paramount+ has already wrapped production on its Frasier revival.

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The cheques prove it - most SAG-AFTRA members don’t make a living wage. (www.insider.com)
 

Fascinating article, with numerous examples where significant characters make trivial residuals on hit shows with significant streaming runs.

It also has implications in terms of explaining why kids of people who work in the industry are working in the industry. If you’ve got parents in LA and NY and they can help support you, you’re more likely to hang in a business that’s not actually paying a living wage.

It gives a different lens on Mica Burton’s appearance in Picard season three as a recurring character for example.

Burton, the daughter of the "Star Trek" star LeVar Burton, tweeted about how little she got paid when she appeared in five episodes of "Star Trek: Picard" earlier this year.

In response to a thread regarding misconceptions about the union, Mica wrote: "Please read this thread. I said before, there is no way I could survive as a working actor if I didn't have my 100 other side hustles. Yes, I was on Star Trek. I also do not qualify for SAG health insurance and was paid almost the same fee my dad was paid for Roots back in 1977."

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