Assorted thoughts and observations as I watched (reposted from the other place):

• Oh, shit, we've got a space-ring!
• Don't you hate it when the god-computer starts lagging?
• Ransom: Hidden art critic.
• Boimler leading an away mission. What could go wrong?
• "Everything that has ever occurred is science stuff."
• "And or dismemberment"
• Was that fucking NOMAD?
• Lancelot the Ferret.
• The update is going to screw it all up, isn't it?
• Yep.
• I love how the artists just go and start painting the fallen freeze-cloud.
• Is this the first time that the Kzinti ensign has talked?
• Blindfolded saber fight!
• "A mountain, or possibly a volcano has appeared." (boom) "Ah, it is a volcano."
• T'Lyn is great.
• Move Along Home
• "He overdosed on Ketracel white"
• "BRADWARD, NO!"
• OH GOD, IT'S A KOALA!"
• Very 2001
• "You never forget your first death."

Given Archer's test pilot background, I'd like to think he was from Hammondsport, the hometown of Glenn Curtiss.

I feel like Lower Decks might be able to pull it off.

I kind of thought playing the TOS theme was like meant to be the music played after the final curtain as the actors take their bows and people start leaving the theater.

I think Christina Chong has released some songs on her own and I know Carol Kane was in Wicked.

My personal philosophy is DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION.

Great as always. Especially love the escalation of things you show with "stuff that Kirk is good enough at chess to win money for"

”It would seem that the rules of Starfleet only apply when a captain deems that they do.” Please see “All of Star Trek”.

Ain't that the truth.

Mike McMahon, the guy who wrote that, is LITERALLY the creator of Lower Decks.

If memory serves, they were shutting down for everything except discussion threads. IDK if that plan changed or not.

Alan Sepinwall, generally regarded as the dean of modern-era television critics, has his review up: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-review-anson-mount-ethan-peck-1234766233/

He likes it a lot, but says that he still misses the days of the long seasons and also notes that Wesley's guest performances as Kirk still haven't quite settled yet.

I don't like this. It is strange, and new, and...

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