StillPaisleyCat @ StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

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Lowest rate by whom?

We shouldn’t let brigading fans who just can’t bear the idea of a musical episode spoil it for the rest of us.

When there’s a weird spike at the 1/10 on IMDb, it’s clear that it’s a campaign of gatekeepers not an assessment of any validity.

You know that is my own daft mess. Didn’t check the article date last week when it arrived fresh and new in my feed with 1 day old stamp.

Thanks for the catch, and hey perhaps there’s some Shatner fans that missed this when it was released.

This instance and community it doing well, but is far from the half million base on the old place.

The mods have been really positive towards establishing new communities as volumes pick up. Many of us would like to see the one for Treklit (books and comics) split of, but we just don’t have the numbers to make those kinds of communities viable yet.

Also, there’s really benefits to a crosscutting discussion. Things are civil enough here that it’s working.

We see a lot of people here finally becoming persuaded to give shows they’d passed on a try, including Lower Decks.

I’ve recently become aware of mulesing, an appalling practice used on Merino sheep in Australia and NZ due to a specific fly problem. The problem is that most merino wool is from those countries.

Also, most fabric generically labeled ‘wool’ is mostly merino from mulesinged sheep.

Ethics conscious knitters, crocheters and weavers are aware, and merino yarns certified as mulesing-free are on the market now.

Knowing country of origin and wool type is another reliable way to avoid endorsing this practice, but again most manufactured clothing or even fabrics will not give the necessary information.

I’m not seeing the coming in 2024 notice on my Netflix in Canada nor the option to be reminded when it’s released.

CTV’s app is still showing all 20 episodes of Prodigy season one listed as available for CTV Sci-fi Channel subscribers.

Weird that it’s excluded in Canada - since it won’t be streaming on Crave as well as broadcast on CTV Sci-fi.

Up to now, Netflix has been able to get the streaming rights to CTV Sci-Fi Channel shows if Crave doesn’t take the complementary streaming portion of the Canadian market.

Actually there’s both metric evidence and statements by senior Netflix executives that a show has to do well in the first few weeks to be renewed.

They’re also very committed to their drop it all at once, or at most in 2 parts per season.

So it creates an environment where shows are rarely renewed unless they are top of the streaming charts.

They may have a different decision criteria for kid and family shows though.

Paramount and WB, unlike Disney, never gave up on releasing physical media.

It was a billion dollar business in 2021 despite ideas that it’s dying out, and the advent of 4k releases is boosting that.

I saw an article in the metrics industry press last year saying that it was a major source of revenue for both, one that doesn’t get sufficiently taken into account on metrics for movies or television (whether originally linear or streaming) when making greenlight decisions.

Paramount Home Entertainment is a significant revenue generator and seems to know its marketing. Perhaps the people at the top of the firm should take them more into account.

Not a reboot, more a continuation with most of the same cast. But the characters aged with the actor.

I stand corrected.

But in one image the Drookmani has an apparent implant?

Fun fact. Canadian Thanksgiving originated in the old CofE harvest thanksgiving but got secularized, made statutory and fixed on the second Monday in October.

Pondering…🤔

If they are giving a special showing of Lower Decks S4E8 at NYCC, will it get the early release on Paramount+ and appear as a ‘special event on CTV Sci-Fi Channel?

Also, if they are promoting ‘news for Star Trek fans in attendance’, what do we hope to see?

• release of Discovery S5 new trailer?
• news on Saving Prodigy!
• announcement of longer season for SNW S3?

Not just Bagey, not just assorted evil AI escapees from Daystrom security, but assimilated Klingons and Binars too.

Fun!

And perhaps a win for Rutherford?

Just realized that pricing is shown only in the body of the email.

Here’s a screenshot.

Thanks for asking.

I’m the same with screencaps.

We may have noticed. 🤫

Kzinti have notes.

One of the things that I consider most important about these sales is that the discount is being borne by the retailer and the publisher.

The contracted tie-in writers still get their full (if small) payment per book. Author @DavidMack@wanderingshop and others have confirmed this point in social media posts.

So, it’s your opportunity to get Treklit content at affordable prices while still ensuring creators are compensated.

Be ready for mid 20th attitudes, special effects and theatrics style production…and camp.

At nearly 60 years old, TOS is actually more bearable for me again than it was watching it in the 1990s - 30 years in it seemed cringey.

But what it does have is wild and trippy Star Trek energy, the kind of vibe SNW is recapturing for modern audiences. Lower Decks too.

TNG was going for a more professional cerebral vibe, and less fun. It was a nice contrast to TOS, but it’s nice to have something new with that vibe. Voyager really leaned into the weird in its journey across the Delta Quadrant, but played it straight more often than not.

Who knows?

Just before Picard had its run, Alex Kurtzman was talking up the idea of having one-shots, movies and limited series focused around established (legacy) characters. He argued that the franchise has matured to the point where this was now possible for the next phase.

The Georgiou S31 movie was supposed to be a show, but with Yeoh’s star power, it seems impossible to schedule. So, it’s become the rest case. I hope it’s successful and smooths the way for more.

With Paramount retrenching and Matalas pushing his own Titanprise nepotistic nostalgia tour for an early 25th century show, the window for this seems to have past. Not to mention Paramount’s overall turning away from CBS’ focus on diverse representation.