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Yep - in the absence of any further information, I'm just here to enjoy the ride.

Not my neighbourhood, but I'm really glad to hear that - things were sounding pretty dire there for a while.

Yeah, the Bible Belt has been the hotspot since measles came roaring back.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

As far as I know, the scanners at the Millennium Library are just old-fashioned metal detectors, but I could be wrong.

Downtown's definitely having some tough times these days.

Even though I mostly watched the main CBC feed, I really enjoy the Olympics being handled by the broadcast consortium.

There was a small moment at the end of the hockey tournament where Elliotte Friedman turned to his fellow panelists and thanked them, acknowledging that they may never actually work together again, since they were a hodgepodge of Sportsnet people and TSN people, amongst others. Kind of a unique* thing.

*okay, probably not unique, but somewhat unusual.

typical coastal elite

I don't think anything he's talking about in the video is particularly unique to the way TV production was 30 years ago.

From what I understand, the showrunner was secretly fired in 2017, but they just can't stop him from showing up to work!

 

I had some time to fill yesterday, so I decided to check out The Star Trek Academy. It's a Trek podcast co-hosted by an ethics professor and a college professor. They cover Trek, both old and new, doing quick recaps, and then digging in to both what they thought of the episode's execution and its themes and messages.s execution and its themes and messages.

It's arguably a little dry, but engaging, and the episodes clock in at anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes.

AAnd hey, they can be found on Mastodon - always nice to see!

If you're looking for a slightly more academic take on Star Trek, they're worth a listen. They can be found on any podcast app - the Spotify link is just the one that they seem to promote.

Kate Mulgrew has a very unique confidence about her in the role, it's a lot of fun.

I dunno, for all the noise around the show, the response from people who are actually watching the thing seems pretty darned positive. Time will tell.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was always going to be a coin flip, at best. They're both great teams.

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