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Quark's has received a stay of execution until summer significant bugs with the private communities can be fixed in a future Lemmy update.

As much as I'd prefer to keep discussion of Quark's going private restricted to the original thread, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that your concerns have been the most compelling ones expressed so far. I think we're coming at the community from slightly different angles, but you have been heard!

Okay, I didn't actually care for the song-and-dance number...but this cut scene wouldn't have helped.

I just didn't like the song.

The full announcement says Omari Hardwick, Sam Richardson, and Kacey Rohl will be repping S31.

The Academy portion just lists Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau for now. I think a surprise guest isn't out of the question, but it's probably best to keep expectations low.

I'd actually love to see even some photos of the giant set they're reportedly building...

Direct link to "Enterprising Young Men" from Star Trek '09 on YouTube

Nice to see that "Lower Decks" is being given some panel time in the face of its impending doom.

Oh yeah, didn't the Hartnell Doctor once wish the viewers at home a happy Christmas?

I tempered my expectations quite a bit when they announced he was coming back. He can produce some stellar individual episodes, but I've never cared for his big, "event" stuff.

He's being his usual cheeky self, but I have to assume the fourth wall bit will make a kind of sense once we know what her deal is, right?

...right?

Indeed, Trek seems to do very well in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and Germany. After that it drops off pretty quickly.

While I certainly wouldn't want every show to be like that, I would absolutely not call it "bad".

It was...transcendent.

"Riverdale" is an odd comparison - like it or hate it, it was one of the most high-concept "teen shows" of all time. Absolutely bonkers.

I doubt it - "Academy" was officially announced on May 30, 2023 (and was rumoured to be in development dating back to 2018). "Prodigy" was cancelled on June 23, 2023.

I'll grant that the dates are pretty close together, but I think in a perfect world the two shows would run together, with "Prodigy" targeting the tween crowd, and "Academy" skewing a bit older.

I think the problem is really Paramount+.

This, I completely agree with.

The aging fanbase has been an issue that's been highlighted recently by Jonathan Frakes, among others.

Ah yes, the eternal sin of "trying to attract new viewers."

Why can't they continue catering to the original, immortal fanbase? That's just good business!

Good to know - frustrating, but hopefully we'll get it sorted out.

I've noticed the same thing, but inconsistently - the link will often load after the second or third try. Can you confirm?

Never.

That’s why they needed to get the Protostar to the right place, to protect the present.

Right, but they've engineered a "present" in which Gwyn shouldn't exist, which is exactly what they spent the bulk of the season trying to avoid, down to her having to wear the armband to stabilize her.

IDK, at best I think it's way messier than he should be.

”Borg is short for cyborg!” While perhaps Dal is correct metatextually, that’s never been previously stated in Trek. In the Borg’s first appearance, “Q Who”, Guinan simply states, ”They’re called the Borg.” The Borg refer to themselves as such, there would be little reason for them to have named themselves after a term that originated in 1960s Earth science fiction.

There's a distinct possibility that it's Swedish.

Unfortunately, this has bugged me more the more I've thought about it. I think it undercuts the urgency of the entire season, which repeatedly emphasized how important it was to send the Protostar through the wormhole and making things exactly the way they were in season one.

Except it's apparently fine for Solum to never have its disastrous civil war, and never train soldiers to go back in time, even though that was absolutely critical to the story.

It seems like an effort to have their cake and eat it, too. Even if you can make it work logically, I don't think it works thematically.