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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I call this one "Gene's Vision".

A Star Trek branded tank from "World of Tanks" featuring warp nacelles and the registry NCC-12810.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They got my many, many letters!

Any time the Tzenkethi aren't on screen, the characters should be saying, "where are the Tzenkethi?"

Note: The Tzenkethi will never be on screen.

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

It's kind of funny that this big reveal happened while Discovery is sitting in the territory of another famously mysterious species, the Tzenkethi.

Understandable, but this is better than your average screenrant content.

It was a pretty big red flag when they announced that every episode this season would be 1701 minutes long...

There was also the stuff in this episode about "two faces," one of which they say they have evolved past (or whatever their phrasing was). The Breen of this time could be a little more complicated than the Breen of the DS9 era. I assume we'll learn more about what that's all about later this season.

Does the problem that Georgiou had due to the drift between the two universes not effect the ship?

Probably not - it sounds like it didn't actually travel through time the way Georgiou did - it just sat derelict in the wormhole for a few hundred years.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I mean, was Burnham so incurious about mirror Spock that she never checked the records?

I don't think that's far-fetched - I probably wouldn't be Space Googling the alternate versions of my loved ones.

As for it being the Enterprise...I guess it's to give us a bit of closure regarding Spock's rebellion. Personally, I think it would've been fun to have seen the modified version of the Defiant that was teased in season one.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I thought that one was...fine. A perfectly acceptable unit of Star Trek.

I probably would have found it more interesting if Moll and L'ak had been the main protagonists of the episode, spending more time with them on the Enterprise in addition to their flashbacks, with Book and Burnham as the antagonists of the story.

On the other hand, I enjoyed Rayner's B plot, so maybe not.

Edit: and pour one out for our man Rhys, famous Constitution class fan who doesn't get to go on the mission to deliver the Enterprise to Federation HQ.

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

If chronophages are outlawed, only outlaws will have chronophages.

 

The critical anthology ‘Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier,’ edited by Amy H. Sturgis and Emily Strand, will surprise and inform readers from beginning to end. In the foreword, science fiction scholar and novelist Una McCormack asks, “Why ‘Star Trek’?” These essays answer that question over and over again with original perspectives, scholarly research, and thorough analysis of the ‘Star Trek’ media universe. Divided into three sections, “Exploring the Series and Films,” “Exploring the Ideas,” and “Exploring the Multimedia Storytelling,” this collection features deep dives into characters like Jonathan Archer and Seven of Nine, as well as broader investigations of the political, imperial, ecological, and linguistic systems at work on the futuristic Final Frontier. The essays range widely in content, from discussions of ancient Greece and Rome in the ‘Original Series’ and conspiracy theories in ‘Voyager,’ to series-wide studies of the creation of fictional languages and the consequences of imagining a future with infinite energy resources. Despite its range and variety, the anthology provides a rich, coherent understanding of how the series’ creators, writers, actors and fans have worked together to develop the most popular and challenging speculative fiction series of our era. Ultimately, and in the best tradition of science fiction, these critical essays on ‘Star Trek’ provide insight not only into this franchise but into our present, very human selves—our struggles, our prejudices, and our dreams.

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Andrew U. Thomas Professor of History Chair, Department of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Gender Studies Marietta College

 

Inspired by the ongoing Resurgence giveaway, I thought it might be fun to discuss some of our favourite Trek games. Underappreciated gems are particularly welcome!

 

It should also be found at the official site, but the actual clip doesn't seem to be working right now.

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