KenJennings

In the streaming era, Section 31 is the first Star Trek anything that I didn't watch within days of release, and I'm not sure I will ever.

They were victorious. But Enkidu fell to the ground, struck down by the gods. And Gilgamesh wept bitter tears, saying, "he who was my companion through adventure and hardship, is gone forever." What a tremendous piece of work. Hats off to everyone who poured their heart into something just for the love of it.

When Enterprise was new, I hated it. The fact that Star Trek went prequel right after Star Wars did Episode One just reeked of copycat desperation, and I was a high school kid at the time who was growing "too cool" for the Star Trek I loved as a kid (although I still had plenty of time for the unmatched comfort of TNG reruns that ran every weeknight when I was going to bed). I blamed Enterprise for killing Star Trek, when in reality, I was just growing apart from the franchise as I became a cynical pain in-the-ass teenager. About ten years ago, I decided to revisit Enterprise, and I found myself really enjoying it. The fourth season is one of the finest seasons of Star Trek in the entire canon (aside from the finalé). That being said, Scott Bakula is just not a great actor. He's a likable person, and by all accounts, a consummate professional on the set and a nice guy to the fans; but he has one speed, and it's just a little bit wrong all the time. I heard a rumor at one point that Mark Harmon was considered for the role of John Archer, and I like to imagine the universe where he was the Captain. But we got Bakula, and in the end, that's ok. Enterprise is a great addition to the Star Trek canon, and it only got better and better until the second-to-last episode. Trip, T'pol and Phlox are tremendous characters, and Porthos puts it over the top (speaking as a beagle owner). I would kill for a new series like Enterprise now, and I regret not giving it the respect it deserved at the time.

"He doesn't carry water for the corporate media agenda. He's a piece of shit!"

Well, at least Scott Grimes is reporting that The Orville begins production on season 4 in January.

Are they trying to kill Star Trek?

Bob Newhart was funny right up until the end. I saw him do a show with Conan a few years ago, and he was still sharp and funny as ever, even into his 90s. RIP

I miss these guys who just brought pure positivity with them everywhere they went. A kind that it feels like we're always losing and rarely gaining. RIP

Sorry I didn't see this til now! Thanks everyone!

I finished season 2 of Prodigy. The fact that this kind of incredibly complex, dense, and overtly technical writing is intended for a younger audience is a big surprise. The biggest downside of this show is the the fact the crew is a group of misfit kids who keep turning back to goofy kid humor. But if you set that aside, you're left with a core of excellent, ambitious, classic Star Trek. Prodigy is an Epilogue to Voyager in many ways, and could easily be rewritten as "The Search for Chakotay", who is lost in both space and time. The legacy characters are all on point, and Chakotay in particular gets some of his best moments as a character ever. I don't want to ruin too much, but on top of being a Voyager epilogue, the series also ties into Picard extremely well, and has cameos from other legacy Trek (Especially one major loose end.) They make some big impacts on the Canon, including the establishment of one particular plot device that I'm still trying to process whether I love or hate. I might label Prodigy "required Trek viewing", and I only wish this kind of writing had been reserved for a more 'serious' presentation.

If got a lot better toward the end. Season two is really taking ambitious swings at the nature of the canon with a lot of legacy cameos. I'm still working my way through it.

Started watching through season 2 of Prodigy on Netflix. Amazing how they make a kids show orders of magnitude better than Discovery.

Kind of Underwhelming. They didn't ruin everything with some colossal display of ridiculousness (e.g The Burn); but it was very much the opposite. They didn't take risks, they just ran out the clock. This season's MacGuffin was built up too high, and the delivery at the end left me wanting. The conclusion of the character arcs left me wanting. It was a safe ending, but largely unsatisfying. On the whole; it was still, by a wide margin, the best season of Discovery. They ultimately landed it safely, but zero style points.

Not dead yet.

If they can stick the landing on the final two episodes, I will say that this has been the first actual good season of Discovery. Not great, mind you, but certainly enjoyable. If they can stick the landing.

Let's go WOLVES!

It's still DISCO. It's not great Star Trek, but at least they seem to have gotten the memo that the Star Trek canon is a huge asset, and that they don't need to buck against it constantly.

This is a totally random song from a prog/alternative band from the early 00s. When I was younger, I grew up on Country music (which I still love). But when I was in high school, I was just getting into bands like Rush, Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree, and it all opened my eyes to another world of real music. This band, Oceansize, created some of the anthems of those years to me. I was always a little surprised that they didn't make a bigger impact than they did. Still, every once in a while, one of their songs pops into my head. Music For a Nurse or Trail of Fire... But this track, Amputee, remains one of my favorite songs ever. And now, 20 years later, I'm still spinning it from time to time. I love this song, and just wanted to share.

Recent events have me thinking everyone should watch the TOS episode "A Taste of Armageddon".

I love the 7th doctor. He was leaps and bounds better than 6, and Ace was a great companion for him. "Unimaginable power, unlimited rice pudding, etcetera etcetera!"

There probably aren't a ton of fans of 90s and 00s country music here, but I grew up on the stuff. In that world, there aren't many more names with as many memorable bangers as Toby Keith. RIP to one of the true white hats and legendary voices in country music. I'll pour one out from my red solo cup.

Maybe check out the episode Flatline. It's one from Peter Capaldi's doctor, and it was the episode that got me into Doctor Who after I caught it at random on BBC America. It's a solid stand alone episode with a fun Sci Fi premise, and a lot of good companion/doctor characterisation. It typically doesn't make lists of all time great episodes, but to me, it was my favorite kind of Doctor Who episode.

It's all pretty campy. I got pretty into it during Peter Capaldi's run though. He and Clara were great together.

Sad to hear the SRX series is suspending operations for 2024. I just bought tickets to the Cedar Lake race in August, so I'm really disappointed to miss out on it. In recent years I've found more excitement from that format than from NASCAR... I guess that kind of old school racing is doomed.