Indy

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[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Either way works for me. Better than the options currently available on planet Earth at this point in history.

Furthermore, any civilization able to have matter reassembly and wormhole travel available as convenient means of travel will be amazing to experience and live in.

Beam me up, Scotty!

[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

I had similar thoughts, especially since the main game has been out for a while. I've played the main game multiple times, 100% it, helped others play it, and I've even done speedruns in various difficulties just to see how long the "core" story would take.

Does that mean the DLC will scale for me due to my 100%-ing? Will it be based on my various difficulty settings? Will it be my most recent playthrough? We shall see. In the end, it'll be interesting to see what they do with the story; the main game's story was a little odd for me in one particular case since Indiana Jones

spoilerencountered Noah's Ark
in the novels at an earlier stage of his life.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago

It made me smile thinking of how amazing it must have felt for Celia to say the lines about the inspiration from a TV show (i.e. "The Last Frontier"... meaning, Star Trek), considering how much of an inspiration Nichelle's Uhura was for her (Celia) and her career.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago

Groundhog Day

[–] Indy@startrek.website 6 points 7 months ago

I watched this the other day and loved it. (Also, I have all of the Klingon books mentioned in this video.)

[–] Indy@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

I second many of your points. And, also...

"the purple D"

Had me immediately thinking, "Well, STO vanity shields are canon now, I guess."

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

The mugato was an excellent choice!

[–] Indy@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago

The intent behind my original reply was to complain and hope for a change in how dark recent Trek shows have been, except SNW. I know we all have our favorites; I'm just not at all a fan of this trend of the bad guys being cool in Star Trek. Again, in Star Trek. The casts, the acting, the production are all great and I'm glad more Trek exists; I, personally, just wish it was a bit more shiny.

Do I want those shows not to exist in the first place? No. I just don't rewatch them like I do others, thus I don't care to make pumpkins about starring characters who are not the characters I'd want in humanity's future.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's great! My original en-edited reply congratulated you, but then I thought, "This is the internet. Burrito Trucks can't carve pumpkins...." LOL

My favorite is the Mugato.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Fair point and well done (to the artists)!!

[–] Indy@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

How about we carve a Spock or Picard or Mariner or really anyone else who isn't a genocidal dictator? Hmm? Maybe?

No? Perhaps my dream for Star Trek has too much hope for humanity's future? Not enough grit, tears, and flashy booms?

[–] Indy@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. I would have loved to have that kind of callback to the story.

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You've heard of the "Bechdel-Wallace test" and its potential value to some people in measuring various media in a given context.

I propose a measure we'll call the "Captain and Crew Test"....

I was enduring -- yes, that's the word I'll choose -- an episode of a certain Trek show and found myself thinking that I seem to enjoy Star Trek shows where the captain isn't the center of attention for the continued story, rather the crew as a whole (including the captain as professionally and relatively required) works together on the story of the day or is portrayed in multiple dimensions without the commanding officer present.

So, here's my attempt at codifying this "Captain and Crew Test":

  • The episode/show has to have at least two crew members (i.e. not the captain) essential to the story,
  • who interact with each other without the captain,
  • about the story without specific direction from the captain

I think these "rules" could use some adjustment and addition, but I think you get what I'm proposing/suggesting/inciting.

UPDATE 2024-07-04 04:35:34 UTC: Check out the quick and amazing work by @danielquinn@lemmy.ca to compile a subset of the percentage of lines for each character in a few Star Trek shows.

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Happy First Contact Day! (startrek.website)
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Happy First Contact Day!

LLAP

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