startrek

ikesau , 11 months ago

This is really what Strange New Worlds is most about: giving us precious knowledge about what our heros in the original Star Trek were all doing before we met them on the Enterprise in the TV sets in our living rooms in the 1960s

I respectfully disagree. I don’t think the most important parts of this show are the things it depicts legacy characters doing, though your review mentions little else.

Given your clear fondness for TOS, I’d be interested in reading you compare the two more!

PaulLev OP , 11 months ago

@ikesau Thanks for the comment. To read what I think of non-legacy characters in Strange New Worlds, try some of my reviews of other episodes of the series (for example, the time-travel episode in which Singh and Kirk are the main characters, and I discuss Singh as much as Kirk).

PaulLev OP , 10 months ago

@TotallyNotSpez well, the next episode is superb ... here's my review (chock full of spoilers) https://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2023/08/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-210-young.html

TotallyNotSpez , 10 months ago

I really enjoyed E10 as well. Thanks a mil for the link. I’ll give it a read after work tonight.

quark , 11 months ago

There is an audio project called wolf 359, which is different; I don’t even think that is Star Trek related. That is the youtube page that comes up when you search wolf 359. Google carefully!

Betazed , 11 months ago

Actually this looks like another channel entirely. I’ll have to add it to my list. The short I remember watching had a very TOS type plot where some kind of radiation or energy caused the crew to become obsessed with the object in their own way. The tactical officer wanted to shoot it, the science officer wanted to study it, etc. It was hokey but still pretty neat. The effects were low budget 90s TV movie quality but had a charm about them.

StillPaisleyCat , 11 months ago

Cool. Love the semi-spoilers.

Already preordered my copy.

stant , 11 months ago

I hope we see section 31 boimler

ValueSubtracted , 11 months ago

I think you could follow it, but also mute it.

To be honest, though, I find the overall experience is better with separate accounts for Mastodon and Lemmy.

lxskllr , 11 months ago

@rother_stuebs @apps @startrek

Mastodon 4.1.4 allows hiding list contents from home. The feed is disordered, and is sometimes lacking context, but I find it minimally workable.

AslynnRoe OP , 7 months ago

@Dagwood222 Thanks for responding! I have been a professional writer for years. Here is a link you can read one of them for free! https://medium.com/flicks-tv-hound/star-trek-boldly-going-to-the-future-ef077616c47c?sk=d6fa6fcba9df65fc9a74b91c4a0bd7b3

Dagwood222 , 7 months ago

I’m pretty well-versed in Star Trek lore, but it’s always nice to get another perspective. After reading the article I had a brain storm. Lucile Ball was [amazingly enough] a big wheel at Desilu and pushed for the second pilot. She must have liked the first one because it dared to have a smart woman in a position of power. I’m sure many other people have had that notion, and I think it’s funny that it took me so long to see the obvious.

maegul , 11 months ago

Hey … you’re posting to lemmy from mastodon … that’s awesome!!

Just a few small tips for making it work better on the lemmy side of things (mostly post formatting).

First … you can look at how your post appears on lemmy here: startrek.website/post/363006

Basic formatting tips:

1. Treat the first line of you post as the title. You can see that your whole post, including hashtags, is on one line, and so creates a large messy title over here.
2. Keep hashtags out of the title as they create links that are messy
3. The next lines are treated as the body of the post … you can put everything else here including hashtags (which will work well) etc.
4. If you want to tag anyone else, make sure to tag them after the lemmy community, as lemmy only pays attention to the first tag (which is a measure to prevent spam)

I wrote a little demo of what works here: hachyderm.io/@maegul/110483509521476095

Otherwise … really appreciate the effort to try to bridge these two spaces!

PaulLev OP , 11 months ago

@maegul thanks -- I'll follow that format from now on

Osobanjin , 1 year ago

I hope this takes off. I miss the decentralized internet.

Faceman2K23 , 1 year ago

I use DisqueTV on my Plex Server to do this.

Deebster , 8 months ago

I used to run a plugin on my Kodi that would make TV-style channels based on the original airing channel, complete with EPG and everything.

However, it wouldn't let you add lists of shows and create channels that way. I never got around to making my version, but perhaps someone else has done the work since then.

paulshipper OP , 13 days ago

@ValueSubtracted correct!

Corgana , 13 days ago

Even cooler!

billmason OP , 1 month ago

@usernamefactory @startrek I don't know if I agree with that premise. I've run into any number of people who became Trek fans in general by starting with Kelvin.

That said, I don't know that breaking the movies into more timelines is a great idea.

And I personally would be skeptical that anything from the proposed movies would ever turn into a TV series. They are really operating in separate spaces right now. And P+ is shedding series faster than they're adding them.

usernamefactory , 1 month ago

Now that I’ve thought about it some more, it’s unlikely the movies would be making any decisions based off of what’s best for the streaming shows. That would probably be seen as the tail wagging the dog.

That said, I’ve definitely encountered people who enjoyed the films but skipped the shows on account of not knowing where to start and finding the relationship too confusing. It would make sense to pair a successful “early days” movie with an “early days” spinoff series to lure some of that casual audience to streaming.

Stormygeddon , 2 months ago

I remember liking the caption that any story is improved by the addition of Dracula.

End0fLine , 2 months ago

Could you imagine if that is the long con here? I’d love that.

Transporter_Room_3 , 2 months ago

It’s almost like it was never about being accurate, and it’s based purely in hatred, racism, and contrarianism… almost

I’m sure they’ll be here any minute…

Stormygeddon , 2 months ago

Why release this article now, after like ten months?