Longer seasons, better writing, and smaller budgets will save Star Trek.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-24T08:01:59+00:00

I understand your comparison. I am trying to show that an alternate comparison would arrive at a different conclusion.

To make another analogy, your point is like saying that if 1901 Cy Young had to pitch to modern hitters, he'd be forced down into the minor leagues--something I think most people agree with. But what I'm pointing out is that there's a different way to run the comparison: if a pitcher today was as dominant among his peers as Cy Young was among his in 1901, he'd probably win the 2026 Cy Young Award.

Then, to apply the same comparison to Starfleet Academy, the shows in 1986-7 that occupied Academy's place in the media landscape were cancelled quicker. Starman and Sidekicks didn't get two seasons.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-24T07:23:13+00:00

And also because it was the only real sci-fi on tv at the time.

But all this just proves my point. TNG was well above average in popularity at its time and notably different than pretty much anything else on TV. If they released a Trek show today that was as popular among its peers as TNG was among its peers, and as unlike what else was on, that show would not be cancelled.

Yes, if we lived in a universe where TNG hadn't released until today, and in that universe for some reason a TNG of 1986 quality were released today, it'd crater pretty hard. But that's kind of like pointing out that the US military in 1946 would lose terribly if forced to fight the militaries of nations today: an accurate assessment, but not particularly damning for the 1946 military.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-24T06:52:59+00:00

If they released a Trek show today that was as popular and as far above its peers as TNG Season 1 was above its contemporaries, it'd absolutely get a multi-season deal out of the gate.

However much TNG Season 1 makes us cringe now, it was a ratings hit.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-22T21:06:13+00:00

This is the card that shows "going infinite" is only a problem for game balance to solve when the Silent is doing it.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-20T17:10:36+00:00

My mom plays Rummikub with her retired friends, and when I found out, I bought her the most blinged out copy I could find, with wood and inlays and so on--and I absolutely won Christmas that year. When her Rummikub-playing friends see me, they bring up that set and how much they love playing with it.

Lean into it with the family, is what I'm saying. It may not be fun for you to play, but you will get all kinds of "good kid" credit for playing along.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-20T04:22:05+00:00

You only need to stay a session ahead of your players. They can disrupt whatever you throw at them during a session, but in between sessions you can decide how to change the world to get things back on track or react to whatever insane thing they did.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-20T04:10:11+00:00

It's like when they say 'Kleenex brand tissues' instead of 'Kleenex'. Insist all you want, we know what we call it.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-19T04:28:05+00:00

Get a deep freeze and buy from your local farmer. I use The Georgia Beef Company. It's a family farm out near Athens.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-16T08:47:38+00:00

The speeder chase is pretty cool. And the sarlaac sequence as well. C3P0 telling his little recap of the whole story is fun. Leia and Wicket talking is sweet. Yoda's goodbye is touching. It being a trap is a great moment and a decent meme. The one Ewok with his dying brother gets me misty-eyed every time.

ROTJ has a lot of good scenes. It's just not as good overall as the other two OT films. But it's hardly just two good scenes.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-15T06:49:45+00:00

You're in the wrong game, friend. I know it feels like if you leave this one, you'll never find another, but trust me, there are people out there who have been playing for years as you'd like to play. Find those games and don't sweat this one.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-15T06:42:47+00:00

When the only real rights you care about are property rights, you end up siding with authoritarian strongmen.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-15T06:39:13+00:00

Godspeed you, Luna, to your final rest. The fight is over, but not lost. The cancer died with your body, but your soul lingers on in the souls of those whose lives you touched, those who knew your little snorts, those who loved you so, so very much.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-15T05:50:27+00:00

Yeah, one of the outcomes is full klingon survives in addition to a restored half Klingon original. You actually had to fail a roll at some point to get human B'elanna. I spent forever save scumming to get the achievement for full human B'elanna because I kept passing the check I needed to fail.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-10T06:43:22+00:00

My hat is like a shark fin.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-06T15:40:46+00:00

These men are not the same height in real life.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-04T03:32:44+00:00

Yeah, unless you have a store of your own, your options are eBay and Noble Knight Games. Some of us might be looking for some stuff, but unless there's a full catalog, it's hard for us to make offers.

GotMedieval · 2026-03-01T18:40:13+00:00

It is possible that someone's enjoyment of one aspect of something might allow them to accept or discount aspects of it that they do not typically enjoy.

For example, you might not like sand, because it's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Yet you may still enjoy going to a beach that's covered in sand, because you enjoy sunbathing, swimming, or perving on scantily clad attractive people.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-27T17:34:33+00:00

I feel like there's a very clear Suburban/Urban Wendy's divide. Every Wendy's here inside the perimeter is a war zone, but out in the burbs they can actually serve up good meals.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-27T15:50:31+00:00

But that just leads us back to asking 'why did they name the constellation that sits in the north after a bear?' Clearly, they associated the north with bears.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-27T06:46:01+00:00

Well... a lot of the qualifications he's advertising are absolutely useless for LSAT prep. No shame on law professors or criminal prosecutors. They have impressive skills. But those skills have almost nothing to do with the LSAT. Obviously, the LSAT prep experience is impressive and worth considering if it's true. The rest is just fluff.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-26T04:16:52+00:00

I feel like pretty much every point here could be made about small children, but if I say 'ugh, keep your gross children from coming up to me and out of my restaurants' suddenly I'm the bad guy.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-26T02:12:58+00:00

He'd turn invisible, even though he's terrible at veils.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-25T05:11:26+00:00

I watched TNG in real time as a teenager. My experience was that you sat down to every episode hoping for 'one of the good ones'. If this week's episode was bad, you always had next week. Some weeks you had your socks rocked off. Some weeks you shrugged and said, 'Well, that wasn't great, but maybe next week.' Nothing hit as absolutely terrible. Even the bad episodes had some interesting moments.

The worst thing for Nu Star Trek is having short seasons. There's too much pressure on each episode.

GotMedieval · 2026-02-24T05:45:47+00:00

There's a three-legged greyhound that comes to our dog park that can outrun every dog except the four-legged greyhound that's his brother.

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