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This makes no sense. Just move along.

I like The Orville just fine, but I don't think there is a single episode that is anything other than completely derivative.

I thought the tool was a natural evolution of the exocomp.

Control?

That ExB at the end was like, "Locutus?!" as though he saw a friend at work who just returned from a 2-week vacation. Loved it.

For those wanting more background on Raffi, Laris, and Zhaban, check out the three-issue Picard comic series "Countdown". The third and final issue was just released so the entire story is available. The comics flesh out Picard's relationship with Raffi (and why she calls him "JL") and deal with...

Season one's "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" (nominated for a Hugo).

I loved the premiere episode. I think it's the best pilot of any Star Trek series (not a high bar, but still...). While not as flashy as Discovery, the directing and camera work was what you would expect from a show centered around a man of Picard's (and Stewart's) stature: it was careful, a...

I can tell you that it's becoming increasingly difficult to focus at work :) It's another five hours before it airs here in Canada.

I mean, you are objectively incorrect about the aspect ratio affecting the "theatrical-ness" of a show. The aspect ratio directly impacts, among other things, the headroom and overall framing of a shot, the way you shoot in narrow places like hallways (and to a certain extent whether you can...

Thanks for the reminder about the comic, Josh. I read it today and it was quite good. The ethical dilemma is definitely a modern-era version of classic TNG problems. I suspect the Federation's choice will be equally modern (i.e. dark).

Good point. In fact, David Marcus' utter contempt for Starfleet is one of the more interesting aspects of The Wrath of Khan. That said, I think the "seedy underbelly" of Starfleet--and indeed the Federation--largely comes out in DS9 and more recently in Discovery. I know there is a sort of...

There's an argument there that Starfleet has always been that way. Once Roddenberry died (and to a limited extend when he was alive) the shows evidenced a less-than-ideal Starfleet just below the surface.

This post literally makes no sense. I guess you aren't a real fan.

Great post! Another time Star Trek sort of got this correct is in the DS9 mirror universe episodes. For example, Worf was the warship commander, with a multi-raced crew (including Bajoran and Cardassian officers).

I just don't know how to talk to those people :)

The show looks great from the trailer. Frankly, I'm ready for a true Star Trek "cinematic/television universe". Despite all the shows and films, there is a ton of world building yet to do.

It (like Discovery) will air in Canada on plain old cable TV (Space--our oddly better version of the SyFy channel).

To invoke Doctor McCoy, I'd give real money for a version of that poster without any text.

Oh don't get me wrong: I totally agree with you. All I'm saying is at least they tried to make the deaths dovetail with the central theme of the movie. It's too bad they chose to do so in disregard to a central theme of the franchise. In some shows they literally just kill characters as though...

I'm with you. Deaths make sense in books/shows like A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones where brutality is commonplace and deaths are built into the fabric of the narrative. Even on shows like LOST the occasional death makes sense to reinforce the survival theme. However, many shows kills...

Turns out you were wrong.

In reality, it is.