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According to the official site, the final schedule won't go up until the week of the convention.

I'm sure it wouldn't work for , but this is the unfortunate consequence of treating it so casually in season one...

It's definitely a case of NORAD working as designed. Which is good!

The fact that we're borderline amazed that it's working as designed is much less good.

I was mainly responding to the claim that there's no base, but I really don't see the value in stationing a combat squadron there.

In the case of an actual foreign invasion, there would be enough time to redeploy from elsewhere.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

As I said downthread, that's a very sensible use of a coastal air force base.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah, the most imminent air threat has historically been over the pole, which is why CFB Cold Lake exists.

The squadrons on Vancouver Island are for surveillance and search-and-rescue, which is entirely sensible for the coast.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

CFB Comox is located on Vancouver Island.

Possibly, but looking at the episode titles, episode 9 "Terrarium" seems like it could be a good candidate for a Gorn return.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It really didn't seem like it, but:

You will see more of the Gorn. The Gorn are not gone, but the Gorn are not the primary adversary for season 3.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The entire series is set in a snow globe on Sam Kirk's mantle, in the home where he lives to be 147.

Camera spin continues to be a big part of the visual language.

I was genuinely surprised that Olatunde Osunsanmi didn't direct.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Hegemony, Part II

I appreciated the continued exploration of the Gorn as a truly alien alien species. All the stuff with their different sensory modes, and solar-associated life cycles, is a lot of fun to me.

It also seems like they've written the Gorn off as a going concern, which I think is fine. This is a good place to leave it until "Arena" - they even added some dialogue about the various Gorn stories being somewhat vague, so there's some wiggle room for them to seem a little different when they're encountered again in the future.

They managed to film the AR wall in a way that didn't just seem like a round room, which I appreciate.


Wedding Bell Blues

Give this show all the makeup and costuming awards immediately.

It was a fun romp, and I always like it when two opposing characters have to team up against the universe. I could have done with more dancing at the end - it seems like the actors put in a lot of work for a fairly brief scene.

I've never been a big fan of drawing a connection between Trelane and the Q, so I'm glad neither was mentioned by name (Edit: I think...?).

Please give me a Sam Kirk spinoff that runs for 50 years.

 

Hegemony, Part II

Written by: Davy Perez

Story by: Henry Alonso Myers & Davy Perez

Directed by: Chris Fisher


Wedding Bell Blues

Written by: Kirsten Beyer & David Reed

Directed by: Jordan Canning

 

I fell down this wormhole while I was home sick a few months ago. Pretty incredible to see footage of these search-and-rescue operations.

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