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Okay, okay.

Suboptimal.

There may not be snow (snow by Halloween is neither unusual nor a given), but the temperatures should be comfortably around 0 - good enough to maintain the ice, and be comfortable for spectators.

That said, Winnipeg hit 16 degrees on October 25 this year, which is not ideal.

Xenophobic military propaganda?

Okay, I'll bite on this.

I'll grant that it's been a long time, but that seems like the opposite of the message of both that episode and the season as a whole...

I agree, but also this was a 2700 km trip, as the crow flies.

On the Canadian side, it's still technically up in the air, but you've got your sure-thing players like Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.

But there are a lot of players who would love a spot - it's a once-or-twice in a lifetime opportunity, so it's a bit of a subplot around the league as players are hoping to impress their respective Olympic Committees.

It's worth noting that it's an Olympic year, which is always a nationalistic good time.

Wrestling's an interesting..."sport" isn't quite the right word, but I can't think of what else to call it right now. I wouldn't call myself a fan, but it was also pretty inescapable in the late 90s, so I've seen my fair share.

It's absolutely a performance, but especially over the last couple of decades, the industry has shifted away from maintaining "kayfabe" and mostly just embraces the phoniness (though they still play it absolutely straight in the ring).

At the end of the day, it's a very unique type of performance art that requires both athleticism and, for the most successful wrestlers, acting chops.

And yeah, there are definitely toxic aspects to it and its fan base.

What are the chances that Alberta just agreed to an increased industrial carbon tax in exchange for a pipeline that never gets built?

A bunch of people in pyjamas flying around at faster-than-light speeds? Seems like a gimmick to me...

I would love them to continue the continuity of the previous series, but...that's a lot of continuity...

And the third reason for the Klingons and their inclusion in The Last Starship is connected to Starfleet Academy, so we can’t really talk about it except to say that we’re laying some exciting groundwork for that series.

Hmm...

At this point, I'm comfortable assuming that the Beeb wants it released in December, Disney doesn't, and neither party cares to budge.

Well, euthanizing 1/3 of the population would certainly help alleviate the housing crisis...

Congratulations to the Riders - this team deserved it, and their fanbase certainly does.

This was a very entertaining game, lots of fun to watch. The Riders were the better team for the vast majority - nearly flawless, outside of a handful of penalties.

The Als brought the fight, and even after Alexander re-aggravated his hamstring injury, there was still a sense that they could pull something off.

That is so 90s it hurts.

Yeah, it's a difficult topic, but I think it's important to re-examine it from time to time.

I have a personal policy of not altering headlines, but the style that Radio Times uses is awful on many levels.

I'm the first aboard the "Star Trek contains multitudes" train, for sure.

Discovery never had a connection to Abrams/Bad Robot, unless you were to count Alex Kurtzman, but he's been involved with every series of the new era, so...you kind of can't?

In any case, I agree - the D&D movie was a lot of fun, and while I wouldn't want a ST movie to strike that tone, I'm interested to see what they cook up.

After breathing new life into high-profile IP like the Spider-Man franchise and Dungeons & Dragons, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are looking to boldly go where no directors have gone before with a very popular franchise. Sources tell Deadline, the duo are coming on to write, produce and are attached to direct a new original Star Trek film for Paramount. They will produce under their GoldDay banner.

Based on this, it seems like they've completely broken from JJ Abrams/Bad Robot - they were seemingly always connected to previous projects.