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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not - and it's a damn shame, since I agree that it's one of the better ships-of-the-week. Maybe some day...

The way they've been talking, it sounds like they're playing with the idea that Kirk seemed pretty comfortable on the Enterprise in his first episodes, so there may be unseen stories to be told before TOS season one.

I think we're good to go now, albeit possibly still catching up.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have I got bad news about Ellison's overall vision for the company...

Though to be fair, he said:

"I don’t think AI is a replacement for creativity. It’s actually quite the opposite. The thing that has been really problematic from my perspective in media, is people thinking that technology is something to be feared. It’s not. The artists and the filmmakers that we work with are first, second, third, fourth, fifth on our priority list, we are a storytelling company first.”

That...may or may not be terrible?

In any case, this position seems more concerned with licensing and stuff like the Universal Fan Fest nights from last year, and the upcoming parade float. As much as they've been a little better with that stuff lately, I don't think new blood is a bad thing in this case.

 

In the role, he will oversee consumer products, live experiences, publishing, partnerships, and e-commerce for physical products, reporting to Paramount President Jeff Shell. In announcing the hiring, Paramount said Silverman would team with leaders at their key brands, including Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, in an effort to “bring stories to life in new ways.”

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yep, looks like you're right - looking into it.

 

I'm mainly sharing this because of the attached interview with CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnston, but the overall discussion of the state of the league as the playoffs approach is good.

I don't mind the reduced end zones (they're already inconsistent), the moved goal posts (I find the "safety issue" framing more compelling than the argument that teams need the field opened up), or the modified rouge.

The 100-yard field upsets me in a visceral way.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If I'm Winnipeg, I'm pretty pissed that it's a bye week. It's going to be hard to sustain the momentum from the Hamilton game.

Calgary/BC will be one to keep an eye on. The Stamps are in QB trouble at the worst possible time, and the Lions seem to have figured some things out since the beginning of the season.

Off the field, it will be interesting to see whether the buzz generated by the rules changes translate into ongoing interest, or if it was a flash in the pan.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah...it would be nice if they could give it a permanent home, or maybe do a touring exhibit.

Paramount got rid of its theme park division back in 2006, but is some Prodigy(!) content at a theme park in Turkey, and there were plans for a Paramount park in China that included Trek content, but I have no idea if it's still in the works.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It was temporary, after regular park hours - they had a bunch of IPs that aren't normally part of Universal.

They're already planning one for next year, but details on what it will entail are scarce.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Bombers turned in their first unquestionable success of the season, in a dominant performance against Hamilton. Good to see, but can they keep it up?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As the series continues, I find I'm a lot more interested in the worldbuilding than the story itself.

There's a lot of cool stuff in there - I hadn't considered the fact that Khan and his people were unfamliar with Federation technology, and the fact that McGivers uses that to her advantage is a lot of fun. I enjoy listening to them go about the day-to-day business of survival - maybe it's the Naveen Andrews of it all, but it reminds me of the first season of "Lost".

The framing story continues to be pretty irrelevant, but it's nice to hear them diving into the burning questions surrounding TWOK. How could the Enterprise crew have missed the fact that one of the planets in the system was about to go critical? How could the Reliant crew not have not noticed a missing planet upon their return? Now that these questions have been raised, I assume answers will be provided...

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

we don’t have the technology or the expertise to perform the procedure here

I would say this is the part that's unreasonable. Being the only G7 country unable to perform proton beam treatments isn't exactly a point of pride.

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