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Yep.

May the rest of the galaxy have your healthy perspective.

I think they've managed to strike a balance with the new shows so far - each one of them feels unique enough that I don't necessarily feel any fatigue.

That's circular reasoning, though.

The fact that Alcubierre was inspired by Star Trek to come up with something (theoretically) workable does not mean that the warp drive as originally conceived was somehow "grounded in physics." At the end of the day, the similarities are pretty superficial.

Alcubierre’s theoretical proof of concept for warp drives was created in the mid 1990s nearly 30 years after TOS first broadcast and TNG had completed its run.

Probably the most salient point - one cannot credibly claim that the warp drive was "based on science" that hadn't yet been published, and wouldn't be for three decades.

1. I said nothing of the sort.

2. Star Trek's warp drive isn't really an Alcubierre drive at all.

they dont however operate in a separate space outside of normal reality

Well, that would be difficult to prove one way or the other.

But since we've already got the fictional construct of subspace, the notion of a mycelial species that can extend through it seems...within the realm of truthiness, all things considered.

The part I've never fully grasped is how one travels along the network, but then, I've never fully grasped how the warp coils are supposed to work, either.

Well, it's not closed closed, as far as we know. But filming on SFA is done, and there's nothing active until we hear something about a renewal.

SNW filmed at a different Toronto-area studio that CBS owns directly, but obviously there's no current Trek production there, either.

Oh neat, the cookbook! We did an AMA with Chelsea Monroe-Cassel back in the Reddit days. She seemed cool.

I vaguely remember owning Best Destiny when I was a kid - that sucker was first published in 1992.

I found The Enterprise War tough to get in to, but once I did, I enjoyed it.

I supported Section 31 until I saw it.

Hey, nothing wrong with optimism.

Hell, I still think that story could have been decent, had it been a 10-episode series as originally intended.

But yeah, I think SFA has turned out a very strong first season, so far.

As long as Star Trek remains popular enough, I think it might be advantageous to not be considered one of the "crown jewels" - flying under the radar has its advantages.

David Ellison seems to genuinely love movies - I had high-ish hopes back when he was initially looking to buy Paramount for that reason.

Unfortunately, he also seems to be willing to trample over anyone and their grandmother in order to make those movies.