Iced Raktajino
I’m beautiful and tough like a diamond…or beef jerky in a ball gown.
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101·5 days agoI loved PIC S3 and definitely seeing Ro Laren again, but yeah, I did notice the makeup was a lot more subtle than in her TNG appearances.
Now I wonder if it was always supposed to be that subtle but had to be “exaggerated” a bit back then to show up on older TVs. Kind of like how the Addams Family set was mostly pink so it appeared correctly on old black and white TV sets.
11·11 days agoBenjamin Sisqó
It had to be done. I apologize for nothing.
Announced today during Trek‘s blockbuster Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Jordan Canning (who directed season 2’s “Charades”, but perhaps more crucially here, also directed seven episodes of the Fraggle Rock revival, Back to the Rock) will direct an episode in the upcoming fourth season of Strange New Worlds that will see the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise turned into puppets. Anson Mount’s Captain Pike beamed into the convention to let fans know… well, kind of
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Nothing else was revealed about the episode, other than the fact Paramount will be working with the fine purveyors of puppet technology at the Jim Henson Creature Shop to bring Pike and the rest of the crew to fabric life for the episode.
That’s basically me. I watched it, though, lol, but mostly because the premiere is far enough away that I probably won’t remember half of it come July anyway. Otherwise, I’m pretty rigorous about avoiding spoilers of any sort and is why I wasn’t really around when everyone was talking about Academy when it was airing (have since watched and enjoyed it though).
Cool, thanks!
As a con virgin, any highlights for what it’s like? Do you just walk around the venue and chat with other fans? Stand in line for autographs/photo ops? Shop for merch? Do the guests do talks or Q&As?
Like I said in my other comment, I’m seriously considering attending this one since it’s close and I really would like to add and cross this off my bucket list. Also, like you said, I don’t particularly care for massive events or extended travel to Vegas so a regional one that’s also pretty close to me sounds perfect.
They have already started announcing celebrity guests as well. Today Creation revealed the headliners will include Kate Mulgrew (VOY/PRO), Jeri Ryan (VOY/PIC), Terry Farrell (DS9), Nana Visitor (DS9), Denise Crosby (TNG), and Melissa Navia (SNW). Additional guests for the event will be announced each day this week.
I’ve never been to a convention, but Philadelphia is (relatively speaking) right next door to me. I’m seriously considering saving some vacation time and making this my first because I really want to go to one and they’ve got the most powerful women in the galaxy lined up.
Yeah, you got it. The point of the episode was that it was a difficult, near-impossible decision but someone had to make it, and as captain it fell to her. Clearly she didn’t derive any joy from it, and I would imagine it weighed on her heavily for a long time after, but it did let her basically bring her longtime friend (Tuvok) back to life as well as a valued member of the crew (Neelix). Tuvok was both tactical officer and chief of security and was critical (in the grand scheme of things) to getting Voyager home safely. So “needs of the many” applies to both Neelix and Tuvok as well as the rest of the crew.
I’ll make the Tuvix jokes because they’re fun, but “Tuvix” (the episode) explores a really complex moral dilemma that, as far as I’m concerned, has no right or wrong answer.
Edit: Thanks! That was kind of my thought when I registered this username. I thought I was being clever and original, but in the Trek novels I started reading after I had this username, iced raktajino is mentioned many times so it’s not quite as original as I thought haha.
I’d be tempted to dive down and see if I can get her running again. If I do, I’ll sell tickets off this crazy rock.
I can’t even afford to bid on Grudge’s cat collar lol.
4·2 months agoI get that it isn’t the same but when all you have is a garbage version of a memory, I’m not sure or really matters whether the representation is the original garbage or something that makes you feel less regret over not having something better.
In my experience, the worse the photograph the better my memory of it. Probably because my mind is already used to filling in the blanks in the garbage version, so it’s constantly refreshing the memory in my mind to keep it vivid. YMMV obviously. I’m also not much of a shutterbug and prefer to commit moments to memory than try to fight with my phone to snap a photo I’ll probably never look at.
Just got around to this one and finished it last night. Thanks for the recommendation. Was definitely different and fun. Kind of a “breather episode” compared to the high stakes of the rest of the ones I’ve been reading.
Heh, I just watched “The Search” the other day which is actually what inspired this meme. The thought did cross my mind that “Seska” could be T’Rul wearing a Cardassian mask wearing a Bajoran mask.
LOL, yes.
She did, but the Seska episodes were the only Kazon episodes that I enjoyed from the early seasons of Voyager.
I wonder what trek would be like if they’d only ever had shuttles.
The Orville lol
ENT is definitely one of my top 3 Treks. Wasn’t perfect, but I just really like the “everything is new and experimental” aspect of it. That, and the early episodes having to solve problems without relying on the transporters or having to hand-wave away why they can’t use them.
Sometimes clunky problems require simple solutions lol. I couldn’t figure out any other way to represent Pa’nar syndrome in a still.
Adding a few more
That, and they’ve clearly never watched DS9. I think the (mostly) dark and seriousness of it is why I like it so much.
I was initially hesitant about DS9 because I was like “how are they, on a stationary space station, going to compete with the Federation flagship?” Was never so glad to be proven wrong.