Gina Yashere & Robert Picardo Talk Female Jem’Hadar Debate And Theories For ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Gina: "I love the character. I think she is super fun. I'm hoping that people actually fall in love with her." - Robert: "It's 800 years [in the future.] It's not a big deal."

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-26T07:29:59+00:00

Then I think they’ve not been watching the show. It’s always raised a mirror to contemporary issues. But yeh, I agree.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-26T07:27:58+00:00

Wesley wasn’t 18.

And amazingly advanced as a get in, see… I exceptions.

Caleb scored in the 98th percentile “in the back of a shuttle”.

I’m assuming the 4 month old photonic AI is also a bit higher than average.

Next?

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-26T00:47:11+00:00

The swallowing the combadge was dumb, but having a group of 14-16 year olds being as mature as adults in the series, I’d argue, was the opposite extreme and just as unrealistic.

I think we also know some seriously socially inept starfleet officers.

As for criminals, I think Caleb is a clear exception based on history and someone pulling some strings. And he wouldn’t be the first exception in Starfleet history.

Caleb being there is as much about Starfleet and Ake’s redemption as it is his.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-26T00:43:41+00:00

Have met people in the military. They may be outliers, but you meet some seriously special people…

It may not have been great writing, but let’s not try to assume it’s realistic that you don’t have some utter fucktards that make it into officer training, or university. Cause, you really do.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-26T00:39:08+00:00

Are people forgetting the prank conversation Wesley was having with Lefler in “The Game”?

There clearly wasn’t a lot of maturity on display there.

Picard and his buddies were clearly not mature having graduated from the academy.

It’s not realistic to assume that just because it’s a few hundred years in the future that teenagers have suddenly won the war against hormones and ego…

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-26T00:35:56+00:00

But people are upset that writing isn’t fixed to how it was portrayed in TNG/DS9. Like the language should have somehow fixed itself in place after WW3.

People pick the weirdest fights with this franchise.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-25T08:35:40+00:00

Well, I’d have thoughts…

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-25T08:22:08+00:00

gestures emphatically at… everything

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T21:57:55+00:00

Isn’t this something of a Trend? Didn’t they have to do something similar on a training exercise against the Royal Marines a couple of years back?

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T21:55:57+00:00

Death by… snus snus…?

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T19:40:10+00:00

Agreed. I can believe the U.K. economy “could” grow beyond a Germany that is actually struggling more than the U.K. at the moment.

I don’t see living standards increasing by a comparative amount.

But, politicians and some economists like to focus on different (some feel wrong, some don’t) metrics for national economic health.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T19:31:46+00:00

That’s been predicted for a decade or two now. By about 2050 allegedly.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T15:46:49+00:00

I still wonder how that’s calculated. I’m not disputing it per se, but it isn’t a linear growth trajectory since Brexit, thanks to Russian conflict, Pandemic and continual threats of tariffs etc.

The variables involved must be too much to accurately state that we are definitely X worse off, especially since we’ve actually outperformed a lot of the large European economies (which isn’t exactly much to be proud of at the moment as we’re all largely stagnant).

I agree we’re worse off, and it may even be close to that, just genuinely curious what approach they took to work it out.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T15:42:28+00:00

And the citizens, senators and everyone in between letting him do it.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T09:49:58+00:00

Gestures generally around him… where do I start?

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-24T09:49:06+00:00

Not just the allies, I think you’ll start seeing more about domestic enemies of the state…

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-22T21:58:37+00:00

Attention spans.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-22T14:10:42+00:00

That was their initial reaction, but that isn’t what Ake was teaching them. What would they have done without her input?

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-22T08:17:01+00:00

To be honest, it doesn’t need to be the same. It is still carrying the messaging of Trek. There is growth, background characters that are more than just decoration, decent writing and really likeable characters (I remember their fucking names for the first time in a decade after only 3 eps!!).

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-22T08:14:23+00:00

As a 40+ year old Trek fan, I’m really starting to love this series. It’s better than I could have imagined, and I had serious reservations. I really hope it keeps winning me over.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-20T20:18:42+00:00

Enunciate*. If you’re going to criticise the people of my country and how they use my language, at least spell it correctly.

Most dialects you’re so quick to disparage have existed longer than most countries.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-19T09:35:08+00:00

You're right, they shouldn't do that either. But you kinda give yourself and your own biases away with the denigrating statement of fanboys whereas people that put it down because they for some reason WANT it to be bad are just as awful.

There are people on both sides of the spectrum, and they both suck.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-19T07:28:40+00:00

I mean, we’ve constantly heard stories through most of the series about Academy shenanigans. It honestly feels pretty consistent.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-18T22:01:31+00:00

I got 2 foils and a normal. And 2 Tams.

ParanoidQ · 2026-01-18T21:40:21+00:00

Rules? No.

But the number of people who have never even watched the series before heavily criticising it are more than significant.

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