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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • Vulcans are an incredibly emotional and passionate species.

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  • Based on all of Star Trek.

    The episode I just referenced demonstrates that this is not true.

    If you want to be a canon cop, you can't be selective.

  • Vulcans are an incredibly emotional and passionate species.

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  • On what are you basing this? Because it's not the Voyager episode.

    EMH: There's a definite neurochemical imbalance in the mesiofrontal cortex.

    JANEWAY: Which means what?

    EMH: That's where the Vulcan psycho-suppression systems are located.

    Vulcans have biological psych-suppression systems.

  • Vulcans are an incredibly emotional and passionate species.

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  • Vulcans are an incredibly emotional and passionate species.

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  • perhaps more-so by the current writers of Star Trek

    It was acknowledged in the episode that aired this week...

  • Michelle Yeoh Admits “We Could Have Done Better” With ‘Star Trek: Section 31’

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  • The pivot-to-movie happened well before anything was filmed.

    But it does seem like the "pivot" was trying to stuff ten hours of story into a two-hour bag.

  • Michelle Yeoh Admits “We Could Have Done Better” With ‘Star Trek: Section 31’

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  • I obviously think Georgiou is a more interesting character than you do, but other than that, I agree with this list.

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  • I think that was definitely the idea. I'm somewhat skeptical that it worked, but it would be cool if it was a gateway movie for someone.

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  • it was ambiguous, did it really exist? Was it just one crazy guy?

    This was never credible, and was never how it was presented in DS9.

    Even in "Inquisition", Sloan had two other guys standing next to him, and an entire starship at his disposal. Starfleet Command covered for him at the end - something that was noted by the DS9 senior staff.

    In subsequent episodes, Admiral Ross acknowledged their existence, and Bashir worked out what he believed to be the bare minimum number of operatives required to create the morphogenic virus (73).

    Later, we saw them working for the United Earth Starfleet in the ENT era.

    The only suggestion that it's just "once crazy guy" comes from Koval, who then helps Sloan fake his death and is revealed to be a S31 asset in the very next scene.

    So no, that's not really something Discovery changed. People have had to wilfully ignore the DS9 episodes to buy into that theory.

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  • the characters that we built and the rapport that we had with each other was amazing

    I have to admit, I thought Alok was a pretty interesting character. Sam Richardson was also very charismatic as Quasi, though he didn't have much to do. And Young Garrett was okay, too.

    I wouldn't mind seeing any of those characters pop up again, with a better story.

  • "Through the Lens of Time" was one of the silliest episodes yet [Spoilers]

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  • I liked that episode quite a lot, but it definitely coasts on pure vibes in places.

  • Friday Merch Roundup — Star Trek: Resurgence Comes to Switch, EXO-6's Next Gen Captain Chair, and More Raktajino Mugs

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  • The Resurgence Switch release is the main reason I shared the post.

    It's a shame the dev team seems to be gone, it's a great little game.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"

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  • Y'know, as I typed it I thought, "I should probably fact-check this..."

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"

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  • I don't think that's ever been established - in fact, I don't think we've ever seen humpback whales in Cetacean Ops...

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"

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  • I think that's fair. I think I enjoyed the jokes more than you, but it's a pretty low-calorie episode.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"

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  • At long last, the episode people have been anticipating/dreading since the preview scene dropped a year ago.

    I dunno, I thought it was fine. It signals right from the beginning that we shouldn't take it too seriously, and it maintains that tone through to the end. The comparison that keeps popping into my head is "The Magnificent Ferengi" - transparently ridiculous, but enjoyable if you can get on its level.

    The emotional core is the four "Vulcans" revealing their inner secrets because of their transformation. SNW has gone to that well before, but it works well enough. The dance fight was very nicely done.

    Not a lot of meat on those bones, but there are worse ways to spend an hour.

  • Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ Writer Kirsten Beyer On Balancing New Audience And 800+ Years Of Star Trek Canon

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  • I think that was tucked into the SDCC panel, though it was overshadowed by the SNW and SFA stuff.

    I would imagine writing what is essentially a radio serial is a unique challenge.

  • ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Cast On How Series Was Last Hurrah For “Boys Club” TV Before Me Too Movement

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  • Not that I think going straight to the source will sway you, but...

    Brannon Braga:

    It was late, but I was so excited [...] He [Rick Berman] really liked the idea but he had the stroke of genius, 'Make it a Borg babe.'

    Jeri Ryan:

    I knew exactly what I was in for when I had my first costume fitting. Clearly my character was added to the show for sex appeal, which remains the one way to get attention very quickly. I don't think it's the only way to get viewers to watch strong women, but it worked.

    So no, "spandex are very scifi" doesn't hold a lot of water in this case.

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  • Hmm, I don't know about that. It seems less to me like them trying to "match" TOS, and more like a continuation of the trends established on late-period "Voyager"...

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  • As much as "Me Too" was supposed to be about ridding the industry of sexual harassment (and worse), it also had knock-on effects in terms of storytelling, cast composition, etc.

    I don't think it's controversial to say that "Enterprise" was not terribly progressive by modern standards (or, in my opinion, the standards of the time) when it came to female representation in particular.

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