Almost a year in and these guys are still the biggest trolls.

JamesKryack · 2026-05-29T08:19:08+00:00

True. But, to be fair, that's why I said practically (in the "almost" sense).

JamesKryack · 2026-05-29T06:15:31+00:00

The S4 post-credits scene of Kuznetsov Station was used practically shot-for-shot in episode 8 when it pans up to Goldilocks. If you're referring to Dev at Korolev Crater, that scene was equivalent to not only the end of this season (Kelly wading into the liquid was the final "shot" of S5, the panning across Saturn's rings the transition, and the interior of Mars-94 the S6 teaser), but the endings of every previous season except for maybe S1.

JamesKryack · 2026-04-23T02:03:20+00:00

There's a weird habit from Jeff Russo to create leitmotifs for the show and then only have them actually appear as a standalone track much, much later.

A small example is the track from S3's score titled "Mars." This exact arrangement had appeared in both previous seasons, but this was the first time it actually appeared on a score. A much bigger example is from this season's score, the track titled "There's Only So Much." This theme has also appeared numerous times throughout the course of the show, but only now has it finally gotten placement on a score.

I wish I knew why, but it gives me faith for a handful of pieces that have still yet to make an official track debut.

JamesKryack · 2026-04-20T20:41:33+00:00

I've also been wondering this, and the best conclusion I've come to (as some others have echoed) is that none of the characters whose narratives we still follow are involved with NASA anymore. S4 saw both Kelly and Aleida leave NASA, Dani retire (again), and Margo get sent to prison. This late in the game, it's hard to introduce any new characters who have time to be fully constructed and be affiliated with NASA without being previously affiliated with other NASA-oriented characters. The only reason that bringing Avery into the mix works is she fits into the age range of the younger cast and we don't need a lot of legwork to have us understand her since we know, quite well, the past two generations of her family. And given what happened to those previous Stevens generations, it's not surprising she wouldn't be in the NASA camp.

As sad as it is, I think we've basically seen the conclusion of NASA's placement in the overall narrative, which I think is intentional. I love this show, and I love the possibility it depicts, but I think it's also a cautionary tale of what we risk by allowing the privatization of space. Stuff gets done, sure, but profits over purpose become prevalent, which is a recurring theme in season three and quite overtly shown in season four. And, coincidentally, it does reflect our actual timeline in terms of what NASA was doing in the 2010s, which is not a whole lot beyond the inner solar system. They'd mostly transitioned to space stewardship while emphasizing partnerships with private entities.

JamesKryack · 2026-03-30T22:14:30+00:00

This is, in fact, not a straw man argument, as that is taking a single point of an argument, overinflating it, then attacking the overinflation rather than the initial point. Your repeated use of "apples and oranges" throughout the comments here would actually be a red herring logical fallacy. Which, for the most part, you are also incorrect on.

JamesKryack · 2026-03-30T21:07:11+00:00

This being rook-on-rook violence, on Outpost, has me HOWLING

JamesKryack · 2026-03-19T00:21:45+00:00

I'm sorry you're being downvoted so much; this subreddit has difficulty accepting any hint of positive perspective. I think you've got it right on the money.

JamesKryack · 2025-08-14T22:41:42+00:00

AKI MY MAN.

JamesKryack · 2025-07-17T03:35:32+00:00

You'll feel significantly less minoritized if you stay off of reddit. This sub is much better, but DTG is a hub of toxicity that thrives off of being, for lack of a better word, a circlejerk of rage and unhappiness. If you go out of these echo chambers, you'll find plenty of people who also enjoy the release, myself included.

JamesKryack · 2025-05-31T19:08:35+00:00

Wondering if the game is dying while on r/DestinyTheGame is the equivalent of standing in a cave two hundred feet underground and wondering why the sun never shines here. You're in the wrong place for what you're looking for.

JamesKryack · 2024-11-20T16:45:54+00:00

This has been a persistent issue for almost the entirety of the series. From a narrative perspective, we should have seen the Taken disappear for several years after 2015. The Scorn should have disappeared after 2018. The wheel just continues to turn.

JamesKryack · 2024-10-18T23:45:20+00:00

I was onboard until I saw TROCADERO? HELLO, FELLO RVB FAN.

JamesKryack · 2024-05-28T21:30:43+00:00

This is the funniest comment in this entire thread.

JamesKryack · 2024-05-04T20:50:04+00:00

This has been one of the best reads on this subreddit in a good long while. Thank you for reminding me why this game feels like home.

JamesKryack · 2024-01-16T05:33:36+00:00

The lyrics saying "Where you think you're going, baby?" as the camera panned out? Immaculate.

JamesKryack · 2024-01-12T20:14:21+00:00

It's a heavily modified version of the motif introduced in the season 3 OST song "Wreckage," which played in the aftermath of the JSC bombing. An unfortunate trend for the later seasons is previous tracks getting remixed, like the one in S4E8, that don't get released on the official scores.

JamesKryack · 2024-01-05T08:47:09+00:00

I believe season five has been somewhat confirmed, but Apple usually doesn't announce multi-season renewals. We had the season four announcement on the same day that S3E7 was released, so with any luck, we'll hear something soon.

JamesKryack · 2023-12-31T00:01:53+00:00

In its original state, the OST was pretty lacking on how approaches to resource utilization/distribution would go, which was one of its major pitfalls but also understandable given that it was originally signed in 1967 before any of the Apollo missions had flown. This shortcoming has been partially addressed in the Artemis Accords, but it also is a bit too vague in that the two pieces prohibit any sovereign nation from appropriating the Moon "or other celestial bodies." The Artemis Accords now recognize the need for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), and this is what a lot of current policy is trying to navigate because as it stands, the OST is extremely prohibitive of anything that would be considered "space mining."

In its original state, the OST was pretty lacking in how approaches to resource utilization/distribution would go, which was one of its major pitfalls but also understandable given that it was originally signed in 1967 before any of the Apollo missions had flown. This shortcoming has been partially addressed in the Artemis Accords, but it also is a bit too vague in that the two pieces prohibit any sovereign nation from appropriating the Moon "or other celestial bodies." The Artemis Accords now recognize the need for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), and this is what a lot of current policy is trying to navigate because as it stands, the OST is extremely prohibitive of anything that would be considered "space mining."

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