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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Ah yes, the eternal sin of "trying to attract new viewers."

Why can't they continue catering to the original, immortal fanbase? That's just good business!

Good to know - frustrating, but hopefully we'll get it sorted out.

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

I've noticed the same thing, but inconsistently - the link will often load after the second or third try. Can you confirm?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That’s why they needed to get the Protostar to the right place, to protect the present.

Right, but they've engineered a "present" in which Gwyn shouldn't exist, which is exactly what they spent the bulk of the season trying to avoid, down to her having to wear the armband to stabilize her.

IDK, at best I think it's way messier than he should be.

”Borg is short for cyborg!” While perhaps Dal is correct metatextually, that’s never been previously stated in Trek. In the Borg’s first appearance, “Q Who”, Guinan simply states, ”They’re called the Borg.” The Borg refer to themselves as such, there would be little reason for them to have named themselves after a term that originated in 1960s Earth science fiction.

There's a distinct possibility that it's Swedish.

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

Unfortunately, this has bugged me more the more I've thought about it. I think it undercuts the urgency of the entire season, which repeatedly emphasized how important it was to send the Protostar through the wormhole and making things exactly the way they were in season one.

Except it's apparently fine for Solum to never have its disastrous civil war, and never train soldiers to go back in time, even though that was absolutely critical to the story.

It seems like an effort to have their cake and eat it, too. Even if you can make it work logically, I don't think it works thematically.

It's hard to characterize mergers of this type as good news, but if Skydance is actually going to be "creative-first", it might be the least-bad of the potential outcomes that have been in play over the last year or so.

The interview goes into how Voyager-heavy this series is, so I suspect it was very deliberate.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's actually from season one...I don't remember them getting into it too much, but

Season 1 spoilersIt seems Starfleet liked the quantum slipstream drive enough that they built their own version of the Dauntless from Voyager's records as a testbed. There are some subtle differences in the design.

To be honest, I have no idea how they even calculate what "makes money" in the streaming era. With ad-supported TV, I can see how you could calculate the relative value of each viewer, but for a streamer? I'm baffled as to how you would even do that math.

If Paramount had better infrastructure for a tween audience, and/or if the original plan to air it on Nickelodeon had come to fruition, maybe things would be different.

 

With Prodigy season 2 poised to drop 20 episodes on us on Monday, we're trying to decide how to manage the discussions. Each option has its pros and cons, so why not put it to the group? The way I see it, we have three options:

  1. One discussion thread per episode, with an index pinned to the community for convenience.

  2. Four discussion threads, breaking the season into 5-episode blocks, with an index pinned to the community for convenience.

  3. One megathread to discuss the season, with no episodic threads.

  4. Individual episode threads, dropped at a rate of two per day.


Edit: Based on the response, we'll go with Option 1. I might space out the actual posts somewhat, though, to avoid spamming the "All" feed too much.

 

The so-called "intelligence to evidence" dilemma involves striking a balance between the need to shield sensitive intelligence and law enforcement's use of that information, along with the need to protect an accused's right to a fair trial.

Duheme added the RCMP has an "excellent relationship" with CSIS but the problems involved in using intelligence as evidence have plagued the two agencies for years.

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