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Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

Thoughts now.... I have yet to watch Prodigy, and have gone back and forth over whether I would. It's not that I'm antithetical to watching an animated Star Trek show or think it's pitched too young. It's actually very highly rated on Rotten Tomatoes and is actually supposed to be completely enjoyab...

Re: Picard returns!

I realized after posting that I was ambiguous, but by then I was out enjoying our city's annual garden walk on an idyllic summer day.

I have seasons 1 and 2, and would rebuy if they release a complete 4K box.

Re: Picard returns!

I'll pick up just the Blu-ray of the third season. Bill Hunt of the Digital Bits recently had a diatribe about how it should be being released on 4K. He had been hoping that they would do a 4K set of all three seasons of Picard. If at some point they would do that, I would go back and pick up the th...

Re: Picard returns!

In addition to releasing season 3 on home media, in addition to releasing all three seasons in a box for home media, they are also releasing every bit of JLP in a box: 7 seasons of TNG, 4 movies, and 3 seasons of Picard: https://trekmovie.com/2023/06/16/star-trek-picard-season-3-arriving-on-blu-ray-...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

Those are interesting pictures but at the end of the day, I prefer the Monster Maroons in their original maroon color. Uniforms should be, er, uniform after all. I don't recall ever hearing a TNG-era in-universe for the command color swap from gold to red. The behind-the-scenes reason was, for the f...

Re: The War of the Rohirrim

Time to bump this thread.... An article on TORN reports that the movie will be 130 minutes long. I notes that length does not necessarily equal quality but that for Warner to cough up coin for expensive anime of that length, it connotes confidence in the product. There's a lot more to the article bu...

Re: God Save the King!

I watched a good chunk of the coverage after I woke up, so definitely not live. I'm ambiguous as to the existence of the monarchy, and it's a subject that comes up for debate up here in Canada every so often because Charles is now our king. I don't think most people care, and it has no effect on th...

Re: God Save the King!

I woke up at 5 am this morning to watch it live. Even had tea and crumpets, jam tarts, shortbread and Battenburg cake to celebrate as I watched. It was amazing to watch. I think my favorite parts are the anointing and when Prince William gave his oath. Just loved it! I never thought to lay in a sup...

God Save the King!

It seems appropriate on a forum dedicated to fantasy, a genre so often involved in the doings of kings and queens, to take a moment to reflect on the pageantry that just unfolded in the fabled city of London. There has been a lot of discussion in the UK and abroad about the role of monarchy in the 2...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

There is a podcast called Inglorious Treksperts, hosted by the last of the great TOS apostles, Mark Altman, and Daren Dochterman, who has worked on Star Trek in some capacity. Recently they had as their guest Bill Hunt of the Digital Bits, who's been the premier source of information on home video f...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

I was just watching a video from a guy named Steve Shives who does videos on Star Trek. He posed the Ship of Theseus question, or as he smirkingly called it, the Ship of Tiberias question, about the NCC-1701. When it underwent its massive refit prior to TMP, was it really the same Enterprise after t...

Re: Picard returns!

Yes, I always think he would've traveled to Kirk's grave. I'm glad to hear you're as baffled as I was about the later part of the video. It's good to know my brain isn't ossifying...or if it is, it's not doing it alone. But getting back to the earlier part, the fact that the video is entitled Regene...

Re: Picard returns!

The thing I couldn't remember yesterday, an important detail left out of this season because they couldn't figure out how to fit it in, was the whereabouts of Kestra Riker. She supposed to be on Earth at Starfleet Academy, but they said every time they tried to work it in somehow, it seemed out of p...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

https://youtu.be/D7wVF_egnac When this first was announced several years ago, I thought about how incredibly cool it would be to get it. However, there was no way I was going to spend that much money, so I didn't. Watching this video now, I'm glad I didn't. Totally appalling to have a product that ...

Re: Picard returns!

Rereading my post found a badly out of place thought that I have now relocated to its rightful spot, in case anyone wants to search. As a childless man myself, I definitely noted that whatever they may have established previously about Picard's life choices, they gave him a child in the end. I didn'...

Re: Picard returns!

Ha ha, I thought about that too. Obviously they have the oxygen encapsulated in the thing somehow. Either that, or it's something wild like antimatter. I remember some reference in Star Trek one time to antimatter fireworks. Sounds a little more dangerous than the normal kind, if you ask me…

Re: Picard departs!

OK, my thoughts on the final season.... The first two seasons, at Stewart's behest, mostly avoided giving the fans what they wanted, which was a TNG reunion. I'm guessing that due to fan reaction to the first two seasons, especially the second season, and knowing that this was likely the last opport...

Re: Picard returns!

BladeCollector wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:08 am If Strange New Worlds is any indication, fan demand might get that show rolling.
Showrunner Terry Matalas has discussed this with Alex Kurtzman and said Kurtzman has heard the fans "loud and clear," but it depends on fitting it into the overall plan and being able to do it justice.

Re: Picard returns!

I forgot to mention something good that came out of season two: an explanation of why the supposedly French Picard has a very British accent. The Picard family moved to Britain when the Nazis took over France. Apparently their stay in Britain was long enough that they retained the accent forevermore...

Re: Asimov's Foundation novels

I don't think it's licensing issues. I think it's simply that streaming companies don't want to release their shows on physical media, because then people don't have to keep subscribed to the service to watch it again and again. I think Apple is releasing a few things in the UK probably only because...

Re: Asimov's Foundation novels

Yes, I will definitely get that book. Thanks for alerting me to it! The second season is coming this summer sometime; they haven't given a precise date yet. The trailer they released actually has very little footage from the second season; most of it appears to be sourced from the first season. I st...

Re: Adam Savage unboxing video for Sauron and WK helms from Purearts

OK, Jasmine finally moved and I went to the basement and looked at the helm. Fortunately I kept it in not only its original packing but also the original shipping container, as in pulling the huge heavy thing off the top shelf of the storage rack, I lost my tenuous hold on it and flung it across the...

Re: Picard returns!

Nearly five years after we first learned of Picard's return, it is all done, so it's time for some thoughts on it. For now I won't say anything spoilerish about Thursday night's final episode, in case anyone hasn't seen it yet, but will circle back to it in a week or so. When it was first announced ...

Re: Adam Savage unboxing video for Sauron and WK helms from Purearts

When I posted earlier, I couldn't get up and go check mine, as I was sitting on the couch and my cat was on my lap. Later she moved and I got up and moved around a bit, but didn't think of the helm. Now I'm in front of the computer and seeing this again and thinking, yeah I should go look at mine......

Re: Adam Savage unboxing video for Sauron and WK helms from Purearts

I saw this video the other day. I think they both look very nice but yes I was also disappointed with the open back on Sauron’s helmet, not sure why they did that? I think though that their Sauron helmet looks better painted than the UC one but that’s reflected in the price. They’re also doing a mo...

Adam Savage unboxing video for Sauron and WK helms from Purearts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADD8A8K5ws There are some cool aspects to these, but personally I think the UC Sauron helm (I have one of those) is much better. For one thing, UC's is the full helm while Purearts is little more than a face mask. Purearts WK helm looks cool but it looks like it is e...

Re: Picard returns!

I kind of wondered if you had that misunderstanding. The table scene didn't really give me the feels, though I did pick up on it. Maybe it's because it's just so damned dark on this ship that you can't see anything! One thing that really did give me the feels was first season when Picard went to vis...

Re: Picard returns!

Right, it was never supposed to be a TNG reunion. Patrick Stewart had no interest in doing that. They lured him back with offering him the opportunity to explore a totally different phase of life for Picard. And after two seasons whose reviews were mixed at best, everybody, including presumably PS, ...

Re: Picard returns!

I don't know whether to flag this as a spoiler for tonight's episode or not, because if you don't know in advance that it is there and don't look for it, you won't know. So take that as you will and proceed if you wish… Amongst the other things in the Daystrom Station's vaults that were not focused ...

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