[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

I'm your host Will "T-Bone" Riker and welcome to Deltas, Directives, and Docks. Today we're checking out the Sisko restaurant, they've got gumbo so good it makes founders grow frosted tips. The only war in this Dominion is the one I'm going to wage on these succulent crawfish.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago

Strange New Worlds definitely still has the "optimistic" viewpoint of old trek. I think that's why it has been doing so well. I think the problem in other modern Trek shows like the first 2 seasons of Picard or all of Discovery was that there wasn't enough of the hopeful optimism that made Trekkies fall in love with the franchise. There doesn't need to be a universe ending plot calamity, exploration and interesting sci-fi plots that actually drive character development are enough.

Even "grittier" old trek like DS9 (my favourite trek show) had optimistic undertones of recognizing similarities between cultures, forging alliances, trying to be ethical in the face of war, and addressing social issues.

Even the underlying theme of Voyager was to maintain the ideals of the federation against all odds in the face if hopelessness.

I just hope studios see the success of Strange New Worlds and make more trek like it.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Looks like you saw right through the marketing. Seems like that product failed to materialize. It fairs to reason those claims were intangible.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

Depends on your tastes. I personally really liked it because it represented philosophical absurdism and various existential concepts in an interesting/comedic way. I laughed really hard at things like the "everything" donut and Michelle Yeoh's big fight scene where she used "compassion" to solve all the henchpeople's life problems and "defeat" them.

Despite it's fun/weird/comedic exterior it was very clearly written with these philosophical concepts in mind. If you like thinky/philosophical stuff you probably like this movie too, that said if you don't like that kind of vibe you probably just viewed the randomness/oddness of some of the scenes as strange.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

Riker, his face bearded.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

I mean, they have a transporter right? Couldn't they just beam waste into a holding container or out into space? In discovery they say they recycle everything so maybe it just gets beamed to Kieko's Arboretum lol.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You have no xmas warrior spirit Alexander. You're on my naughty list you little P'takh, dishonor on your w-HOHOHO-le family.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Posting the shit you are, the rule of poo you follow.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Whose relatives are we talking about and what positions are they in?

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

You can't tuna fish otherwise you risk it becoming a bass.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 73 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Side effect: your voice cracks in an absurd way every time you use this power. Both parties find it too funny to continue fighting. They instead laugh at you.

[-] Greenknight777@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Interestingly about 100 years ago it used to be the reverse. Pink was seen as a masculine colour while blue was considered feminine. Goes to show how arbitrary a lot of the gender norm rules are.

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