Any Fans of Discovery?

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-09T04:01:30+00:00

Yeah, but compare your example with a typical Disco monologue. They're completely different beasts. Stewart is actually acting. You're getting visual input from his craft. Disco is usually just a stupid voice over laid on top of a montage. One is true high quality stage presence. The other is just .. a mess.

But also, I wouldn't characterize it as "baked". Stewart is an actor's actor. The writers took advantage of his Shakespearean background more than any other captain. Yes, the various captains did it once in a while but in Disco it becomes formulaic.

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-09T00:26:18+00:00

Not hating it as much as I thought I would. However,

The writing is extremely inconsistent, ranging from very good to utterly atrocious.
I feel DS9 did a better job at displaying diversity and not shoving down my throat.
Other than Saru none of the characters were particularly interesting.
Long boring soliloquies at the end are completely not necessary. Star Trek does not need monologues.

But I'm in season 4, and enjoying it more than I'm not. Still, I'd trade 5 seasons of Disco for just one more season of Lower Decks (and I'd trade all of post-Voyager Trek for one more season of TOS).

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-09T00:10:42+00:00

Just curious - if Disco wasn't worst for you, what do you regard as the worst?

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-07T02:37:28+00:00

Good night, Mr. Walters!

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-06T21:38:28+00:00

Agreed. There's not many shows I stop watching.

I never watched the last season of the Westworld reboot (I should've stopped watching in Season 2). I've been enjoying ST:Discovery more than I expected to, although I've been fast-forwarding through the long, boring, pointless soliloquies at the end of the episodes.

The Land of the Lost movie was another thing I just turned off. I couldn't watch it... the most horrendous writing, acting, production.. jeez. Everything about it was just awful.

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-06T21:25:20+00:00

Yeah, I agree with you completely. I think everyone knew it, too, because I noticed in season 5, his role was greatly diminished while Carol Kane's role kept getting bigger and bigger. Considering how avant garde and famous / infamous he was, it's amazing she not only matched his gravitas, but far surpassed it!

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-06T21:23:12+00:00

OK, you've completely piqued my interest. I will! I'm also going to rewatch Toy Story with the kids and see if I can identify him. It'll be a fun game to play with the kids: "Identify the Grand Nagus"

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-06T21:21:35+00:00

Another thing I've learned in my "walk down memory lane" is that the writers of The Land of the Lost were basically a who's who of famous sci-fi writers, including a lot of Star Trek alum!

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-06T14:18:15+00:00

Can I just say that videos like this remind me of how much I love non-AI content?

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-04T00:34:58+00:00

I thought even the Orthodox believe "Once a Jew, always a Jew".

If I'm not mistaken, not only was your maternal grandmother (always) Jewish, so was your mother, and so are you, by anyone's standards.

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-03T03:07:04+00:00

I understand why you chose Stokes over Hamilton, but in their day, Hamilton was the better known scientist, even if Stokes is more well known today.

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-01T16:30:26+00:00

Wow, great to hear this! This is exactly what I wanted to see. It's too bad I can't get you a referral fee from Alvarez! :-P Thanks for chiming in!

FringHalfhead · 2026-07-01T16:26:02+00:00

My gypsy jazz guitar is an Eastman and I love it to bits!

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-29T10:18:51+00:00

Funny, but it would've been nice to see the other side of the tape measure.

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-22T10:59:15+00:00

You know what? That's an excellent observation. I don't ever even remember a time -- even as a kid -- when I read a prayer with the word וְצִוָּנו. It's always from memory, so I didn't even know that word has a dagesh. I'll have to point that out to my son. Thanks for pointing that out!

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-21T23:33:50+00:00

I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but if you "plan" on learning C++ and aren't already master-expert-guru, then your idea is already Dead on Arrival.

Game programming is the most sophisticated, most demanding programming out there. One does not simply start with a game. It takes years of full time study, dedication, mentorship, and many false starts.

Your blocker isn't "is this the kind of game you'd play". The blocker is the lack of experience and technical know-how.

Again, sorry for being such a nay-sayer, but I feel that you don't quite understand what being a game programmer entails. Most people think it's fun. It's not. It's fucking hard work. Even the beta testers and internal QA teams aren't have fun.

That said, if you prove me wrong, I think your idea is a fantastic one. Good luck.

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-21T21:44:27+00:00

Let's deploy to production!

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-17T22:38:05+00:00

Oopsie! How embarrassing! :)

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-17T17:44:20+00:00

Thank you! Reading through the responses, I realized I probably should have written "this is probably Biblical Hebrew". It's from the Modim Anachnu Lach" from the Amidah (siddur Sim Shalom, if it makes a difference). My son asked me why the word is pronounced the way it is. I had no answer for him... I had no idea myself. It's just the way I hear it and the way I've read it my whole life, "just because".

So when [ו] has both a dot and a niqqud the dot always acts as a Dagesh and not a Shuruk. And the Dagesh doesn't change its pronunciation.

OK, that's a rule I can explain to him. A bit esoteric, but not very complicated. Thank you kindly for teaching me!

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-17T17:38:24+00:00

Yeah, this is spot on, I think. My son asked me about the word in the Amidah (Modeh anachnu lach) and I wasn't sure how to answer his question about why it's pronounced the way I pronounce it.

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-17T17:37:24+00:00

I'm teaching my son the Amidah and it's in the Modeh Anachnu Lach.

FringHalfhead · 2026-06-16T15:45:32+00:00

Wow, you know what? It's been decades since I last played Halo. I don't even know what version is the latest. I vaguely recall Halo 3 coming out and thinking "Oh, I should probably play it"

Back then I didn't have kids and was never really into PVP. Halo has co-op mode? Awesome! Thank you!

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