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  • I’ve done it through DDG on my phone. Still get weird thumbnail.

    When I can get on desktop, I can try again but it really makes me wonder about CBR.

  • Even with the now corrected link, it still wants to show the image from the ad.

    I stripped the tracking code from the end but the other image won’t clear.

  • Corrected it. I initially seemed to have picked up the ad instead of the actual interview.

  • I’m not sure why anyone ever thought it would be?

    Other than the naysayers who were looking not to like it and had to be ‘shown otherwise.’

    Even Prodigy ended up an ‘all ages’ show.

    Not saying you’re one of them, it’s unfortunate that the new shows seem to have to push against negative labels and narratives that are brigaded before the first casting announcements.

    In this case, despite the idea of an Academy show kicking around since the 1970s, it was fairly clear that no senior network/streamer executive were ever going greenlight it until someone came up with a concept that was more than a college soap in the Star Trek universe.

    What I didn’t expect was for the other perennial ‘failed to make it to pilot’ franchise idea of a hospital show also got rolled into it. That’s one that Roddenberry first tried to spin off with M’Benga in the second season of TOS.

  • I’m finally getting back to this.

    Had a work push and then a virus. I really find I have even less attention for listening and podcasts when I’m ill.

    One thing that I’ve figured out is that the audio quality varies widely depending on the service one is getting podcasts from or the delivery app.

    The base recording is excellent and the sound effects are there. Some of the players have so much noise that you’d never realize that.

    In any event, I tried out different players and found that Cassidy’s delivery was much less mumbly on better audio players regardless of being on the same device.

    Something to consider when getting podcasts even through open source players.

  • We can disagree on that.

    I will never love TMP but I will never claim it’s not Star Trek.

  • I agree. These folks have no perspective or are dishonest with themselves.

    I can acknowledge that it can be jarring, and it can take time to accept a major visual design update.

    I felt that in 1979 as I sat in the theatre watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

    I had no heads up whatsoever that the Klingon design had changed. I was completely confused in the opening scenes with the Klingons. I couldn’t figure out what species they were.

    But I got over it. Quickly.

    I still think TMP is disappointing, long boring movie that rehashes the Nomad plot from TOS. The Klingon redesign wasn’t its problem though.

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    David Ellison still eyeing Warner Brothers - Discovery but their CEO seems to have other ideas

  • Celia’s hair for the panel suggests they’re evolving Uhura’s style in season five towards the one in TOS.

    Which is interesting because Celia really wanted to avoid wigs and keep a natural hairstyle.

    I’m wondering what kind of hair Jess will have for Chappel in the final season.

  • There are a bunch of the perennial brigading naysayers on other platforms already venting that this young Klingon is too skinny/lanky.

    Seems that they never saw Tony Todd as Kurn or considered that TALL is an important Klingon physical characteristic.

  • This comes across as gatekeeping…

    — from the perspective of someone who’s been watching Trek since the 1960s and has seen the same old ‘ahem, not Trek, it’s stealing from …’ chestnuts since TAS was announced, I am alway surprised how little older fans recognize that Trek has ALWAYS adapted other media (movies, television, radio plays, Shakespeare!) into its episodes.

    Sigh.

  • I’m also thinking about the massive CRA data breach for electronic filers - it’s not a decade since that happened.

  • They’re making sure they’ll hit the February sweeps for advertiser data (which weirdly remain a thing in the streaming era).

    Perhaps the new ownership are going to give the franchise more of a chance to thrive.

  • The Starfleet Academy trailer doesn’t seem to be available on YouTube in Canada yet and isn’t on StarTrek.com.

    Sigh.

  • Exclusive footage is being blacked out by the content owner.

    So, I guess we’ll need to wait until the featurettes show up on StarTrek.com?

  • New footage

    Exclusive news

    And SNW and Starfleet Academy cast and producers.

    GO!!!

  • Al the moreso since Paramount offered nothing this year for Star Trek Day in September.

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    Stranger Things creators move to exclusive deal with Paramount, focussed on theatrical releases

    Quark's @startrek.website

    Paramount Skydance reportedly preparing takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery

    Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    Why doesn't Star Trek use TrekLit for streaming shows?

    Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    Fans (and some Picard cast) won't let the Legacy concept die

    Quark's @startrek.website

    Last of Paramount Co-CEO triumvirate signs off

    STO Alliance @startrek.website

    Last day of Star Trek Day sale on STEAM - includes Star Trek Online

    Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works

    Last day for Star Trek Day sale on Steam (Sept 8-15)

    Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    Confirmed! - CTV has the Prodigy season 2 licence

    Quark's @startrek.website

    Variety - Top Marketing & Communications Executive leaving Paramount Global

    Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    'Ivory Tower', likely aka 'Starfleet Academy' preproduction rumoured to start in March

    Risa @startrek.website

    Friends don't let friends try. . .

    Risa @startrek.website

    Thank you, Lucy!

    Risa @startrek.website

    No one has ever known we were among you... until now.

    Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    James McKinnon confirms creative differences likely a factor in Kelvin 4 failure to start production in 2022

    Risa @startrek.website

    'The Trial never ends . . .' Global premiere! Migleemo - Hemmer : Fix that which is broken #1

    Risa @startrek.website

    Tired of 'Car Talk' with Gowron? Here's the podcast c/risa really needs...

    Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    Paramount+ confirms series order for 'Starfleet Academy'

    Risa @startrek.website

    What kind of weird really engages and trends with Trek fans?

    Risa @startrek.website

    Kevin + Moopsy meme challenge - because why not?