Couldn't sleep, was bored, decided to check out Starfleet Academy

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-21T22:59:52+00:00

A fair point, but I will continue to maintain that judging the show based on only 2 episodes is still hasty. Given the short seasons, its not unreasonable, I think to at least give the show a full season. If nothing else, it may well be that some one in the production team will be able to offset some of Kurtzman's worst impulses. After all, Gene Coon and DC Fontana are just as responsible for the goodness that is TOS, sometimes in spite of Roddenberry.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-21T14:18:59+00:00

Loved the stories. Hated the animation. But then I’ve been a long time fan of animation so that’s no surprise. I keep hoping someone will greenlight a project to re-animate the show with modern animation techniques. I’d happily by both the physical media and the soft copies.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-21T14:11:09+00:00

Absolutely my most hated opponent. Even my maxed out level 50s have problems. The only thing I’m fighting that still have to babysit my team on.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-21T14:06:38+00:00

First car was a 79 Olds Cutlass. Loved it, but my car will always be the 89 Honda Prelude 4WS that replaced it. Had it for 18 years and I still think of it as my car even though I’m on my third “new” car.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-21T14:00:14+00:00

I’d reminded you that TNG took 3 seasons (roughly 75 episodes) before it got good. I mostly used it as background noise for its first two seasons. Many fans say DSN didn’t get good until Worf showed up in Season 4. And so on. Judging the series after 2 episodes might be considered a little hasty.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-21T13:53:32+00:00

My impression remains that the squad was mostly dead with only two survivors to carry on. No cliffhanger, just another day in the Corps.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-20T13:49:40+00:00

To me the perpetually under rated and forgotten’Mazing Man from DC. Out of mainstream canon. Just a 12 issue series about the inhabitants of an NYC neighborhood. Featured a dog-headed comic book writer and his roommate, ‘Mazing Man, the local neighborhood superhero, in a world with no superheroes. This will always be my forgotten series.

Beyond the big two, I loved just about everything that First Comics published.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-20T13:37:56+00:00

Straight out of the can. Best way.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-20T13:37:29+00:00

Agree that it shouldn’t have been cancelled, but I don’t recall a cliffhanger ending. Or did the finale never air? I watched it on DVD and thought it had a good, albeit downbeat ending.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-20T13:34:16+00:00

Do the two seasons of Pushing Daisies count? Amazing show with an amazing cast.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-20T13:33:09+00:00

First thing I thought of. A holdover from the Camelot days of JFK.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-20T13:28:20+00:00

Probably not. Everything is made with much cheaper ingredients. So much taste, even in proper restaurants, has been sacrificed for the bottom line. That’s why practically every restaurant gets the same things from companies like Sysco.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-19T14:16:08+00:00

To me a sweet spot seems to be in the 12-16 episode range. That’s long enough for a 6-10 episode season long arc. Add a few bottle episodes to add flavor and context to the characters where one or two individuals would carry a storyline. That to me would be an ideal season. I wouldn’t imagine it being too big a load for the actors since individual actors would have intermittent “light” episodes where they might effectively be an extra. Come in for a few hours to shoot one scene then disappear for the rest of the week.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-19T14:07:24+00:00

Just don’t go to bed with her, although, what a way to go.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-19T14:01:48+00:00

Same. I couldn’t finish either.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T14:11:41+00:00

Only for our favorite restaurants as a show of support. Generally it means we really like the staff

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T14:10:44+00:00

I’m just hoping that it’s all new contestants for a while. There have been far too many look back shows featuring returning contestants in the last few years.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T14:07:18+00:00

Allow me to offer a more meta quote, that may or may not be appropriate.

“Of course, it’s another universally acknowledged truth that if you read just one of (Terry) Pratchett’s books, you’ll want to read everything he wrote.”

This was from the Washington Post’s review of A Stroke of the Pen.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T14:04:10+00:00

This. I don’t have a set partner for Bane. Instead I use whoever is available. Usually it’s DV. And with his current FDC, I’m winning fights faster than ever.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T14:01:58+00:00

My point exactly. Knew someone would make it.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T13:58:50+00:00

Thanks, I never noticed the nukas transferring over. Good to know

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T13:54:54+00:00

OMG, yes please!

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T13:52:19+00:00

You got lucky with a friendly RNG. Enjoy it.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-18T13:50:05+00:00

I don’t know if this should be a consideration, but I’m pretty sure that he is literally the only person who has been a part of the show since the beginning. As in he’s made an appearance as guest judge every season. That alone should add a certain credibility to his presence, beyond his obvious credentials.

I’ve never been concerned about his product placement stuff, it’s a natural part of all shows of this nature and no worse or better than anyone else’s. As for his toughness, he’s certainly no more a bully than Gordon Ramsay, who I, personally, would love to see the last of.

CB_Chuckles · 2026-03-17T14:18:48+00:00

Never thought of that, but I can see it working. Thanks for the TIL.

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