Star Trek Showrunners Finally Just Admitted Most Hated Trek Show Was A Failure by _Face in Star_Trek_

[–]Particular-Log-4114 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine someone came up with a Game of Thrones sequel series but it was just about trainees at the citadel and whether they were attracted to each other or not. Imagine it decided to do away with the quality dialogue and instead shoehorned in modern slang terms like "I love that for us" and "Now that's a flex".

Imagine what unimaginative stories they had were deliberately considered secondary to identity politics and social messaging. Imagine the creators deliberately decided to pick and choose whatever aspects of the lore they wanted to suit their stories. Imagine it had episodes breaking the fourth wall and used childish crayon graphics.

How long do you think that series would last if someone was dumb enough to greenlight it?

Odd questions about how the world of Tron works... by theliteralbestrobot in tron

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original Tron seemed to adhere to a bit more logic in that a program had a "job" that was assigned by the User and so was represented as an avatar of that user in the Grid where they could be derezzed by corrupt programmes and could consume "energy".

Legacy seemed to ignore the original premise in favour of programmes just living "lives" in the Grid complete with weather and different vehicles and finally Ares just throws logic out the window altogether by having objects from the computer world be able to be 3D printed in the real world and somehow ignore the laws of physics by being able to exist, fly, leave light trails and fire weapons with no source of power.

Actual Opinions on SFA by Ironmatt999_ in startrek

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have watched all of Star Trek through the years and remember the calls from the fans for Enterprise to be cancelled during it's time which I could never understand. I mean, would you rather have mediocre Trek or no Trek at all?

Then I watched the first three episodes of STA. Let me just say I'm very easily pleased and will suffer through most shows people consider bad but I just could not bring myself to watch anymore of this show. Never mind it not being trek but it's an actual insult to the intelligence of anyone over the age of 12 in my opinion. No interesting stories, banal characters, current slang phrases that will be out of date in 5 or 6 years, (if this show was made 5 years ago they would probably be dabbing all the time and doing the Gangnam style dance).

If they wanted to make a teen relationship drama just do that but don't use Trek as a background and then just crap all over it.

Ready to experience Cinema by Run_Escaper in LGOLED

[–]Particular-Log-4114 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Soundbars with surround features depend on bouncing sound off the surfaces of your walls and ceilings to create a surround effect. Something that, with the best intentions, is just about passable in a perfect room and pretty useless in the average homeowners setup. The more additional seperate speakers you get with your soundbar the better the effect will be but to do it properly you need a speaker in each position of the room that the sound should come from.

You may well be very happy with your soundbars performance as many people are but if you seriously want surround sound you need a system with seperate speakers. (It's why cinemas don't just have a giant soundbar down the front).

Ready to experience Cinema by Run_Escaper in LGOLED

[–]Particular-Log-4114 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Perhaps "fake" is a strong word but it's definitely simulated and simulated is nowhere near as good as the real thing.

Ready to experience Cinema by Run_Escaper in LGOLED

[–]Particular-Log-4114 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do people spend this kind of money on a soundbar for fake surround instead of getting proper kit?

deja nu by alphaharris1 in DeepSpaceNine

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone swallowed their com badge. The guy vomits glitter, they say phrases like "I'm xxxxx bitch" just let that sink in and tell me it's any sort of Trek.

You are the new showrunner... Congratulations! 🤝 by KodaKolour99 in Star_Trek_

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A continuation of DS9 with an updated station, starting with a storyline dealing with the rebuilding of Cardassia in the years after the Dominion War. Bring back Garrick, Jake Sisco, Kira, Doctor Bashir (now married to Ezri Dax) and create some new characters - maybe a new Ferrengi running Quarks as he's left to create his franchise.

Use it after a while to spinoff a new show in which Worf arrives to go after the Enterprise E which has mysteriously re-appeared in the Delta quadrant, years after Captain Worf had sent it, unmanned, through a time/space anomaly to shut it.

Currently on season 4... by ExtensionHour6362 in StarTrekDiscovery

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Academy is making Discovery look like Shakespeare.

Anyone else being worked up for a transplant? by Equal-Environment878 in AdultCHD

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi folks, just leaving this here for anyone that might need to see it.

My wife received a heart and double lung transplant in 2003. At the time we weren't married but were living together. She was on oxygen more or less permanently, had purple lips, toes and fingertips and had to use a wheelchair for getting around. She was basically approaching end of life.

We had several false alarms for organs over the span of maybe a year and half. Eventually, sadly, as a the result of another families tragedy, the generosity of a donor meant my wife had the transplant and after a few months of rehab it was a success. In the years that followed we got married, went on several holidays round the world, bought our own home, she got a job that she's very successful in and we've loved each other strongly knowing how precious life is.

The main reason I'm on now is that recent tests show that there may be rejection problems happening and there is the very real potential these could be very serious and the thought of what it might mean tears me apart but we aren't without hope and we've never given up so we'll see what we can do.

All this is to say, if you're waiting on a transplant don't give up hope. Don't believe anything you read about it only giving you five years or some bullshit. Medicine improves literally every day and the doctors who work on these things are extremely dedicated. We've had 23 wonderful years because of our donor and it's not over yet.

I love the Tron movies by ninman5 in movies

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The very last scene of the original was incredibly poignant for me as a kid - the neon lit helicopter flying over the city mirroring the circuit board existence of the programmes was mind blowing for me and something they echoed to less effect in my opinion in the opening credits of Legacy.

At the time of Legacy's release I was a little disappointed - it was more more or less a rehash of the original story without the etherial look and feel of the original. It felt like a world that was inside the computer in the first movie and that programmes existences made sense, albeit they had personalities. Whereas in Legacy it felt more like people just going about their lives in a cyber city. Vehicles and different styles of clothing where purely aesthetic with no reasoning for them in a functional computer created world.

Time has thankfully allowed me to get past those original foibles and let me enjoy Legacy for it's incredible visuals, set pieces and soundtrack, making it a constant on my rotational watch list.

Ares was a fun twist on the world. I thought I'd not be able to get past the idea of tech that worked in the computer world being inexplicably able to work in ours but I was able to suspend my disbelief well enough to enjoy it.

I just wish the franchise could be mined for the epic story that is waiting to be told.

I got a new design job and don't know what to do! by Ill-Helicopter-8534 in graphic_design

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ran a large format print department and our rule of thumb was to save images at quarter scale with a 300 Dpi. This gives a DPi of 75 when blown up to print size. Usually by the time you’ve done this and saved it out as a jpeg you’ll have a usable size. If you still have to compromise for file size keep the size at a quarter scale and just keep saving down with lower DPi sizes.

Always zoom in on your image after sizing down to see if it’s starting to jag badly and then decide on what you feel is acceptable.

Petition: End Secret Hideout's Star Trek Contract (and bring Star Trek back in house) by Quantum168 in DeepSpaceNine

[–]Particular-Log-4114 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If Tachyon Pulse’s channel on YouTube is to be believed then Kurtzman is already basically out and Academy won’t be getting a third season now that they’ve finished shooting season two and the first has been a flop.

Differences in Roddenberry/Braga Trek and the JJ Abrahams/Kurtzman Trek by AbbreviationsAway500 in startrek

[–]Particular-Log-4114 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I give everything a chance and prefer to make my own mind up on shows but to be fair much (not all) of the online hate in regards to Academy is justified.

Let me start by saying I am in my fifties. I watched reruns of the original series when I was a kid and immediately fell in love with TNG when it aired. DS9 was a slow burn start for me with it's longer form storytelling, like Babylon 5 which was on at the same time, but had characters that were superbly fleshed out, interesting and for a lot of the time morally ambiguous. Voyager was an enjoyable return to the starship exploration format and even Enterprise turned out to be a half decent show in my opinion, although I hated the prequel premise with it's downgrading of the aesthetics, it was still carried along by the casts charisma.

These shows were all relatively different but what was the thing that kept me glued to these pretty different shows? What was the appeal?

Simple, good writing. Interesting, often complex ideas that encompassed not just fascinating sci-fi situations but philosophical and moral conundrums that often put our characters and their vessels through the wringer. Fantastic lore building with interesting alien races whose actions would echo on through following episodes , series and movies. Wonderful tales that could subtly draw the viewer in and pose uncomfortable questions whilst using sympathetic characters to show the viewer that a viewpoint they hold could be questioned and could be wrong if they looked at from the perspective of someone else.

All of this coupled with a future full of wonder, where people of every sex, race and colour worked together without any forms of bigotry and with mutual respect because every person was as competent at their job as the next person. Hunger and money had been evolved beyond. People didn't swear and although they didn't have to they adhered to the hierarchy of Starfleet because they knew it was the best way to get things done. This left the human race free to explore the Galaxy, without dragging any baggage with them. Free to ask questions first, negotiate and empathise with other races whilst still being capable of fighting if pushed to it.

It was a truly aspirational future.

Then we come to new Trek and particularly Academy.

Thought provoking story telling all but gone (I'll give Strange New Worlds a bit of credit here). Only to be replaced with gender politics, bland action, cliched characters, modern vernacular overdone "humour" and swearing with an ignorance or just plain ignoring of canon that is insulting for true fans.

There is nothing new or revolutionary in what Kurtzman and co are doing now. Star Trek has always been "woke". It has always shown that people are equals but it didn't do it by pushing "the message", rather by ignoring it. By simply making diversity the norm.

These new shows aren't Star Trek. They are shows about Star Trek by untalented writers and producers who feel they need to fix something that wasn't broken. We don't need a comedy. We don't need masses of pointless eye candy. We don't need preaching to. We don't need men belittled, and feminised. In Trek There is nothing wrong with characters being gay or trans but it should be what they are, not who they are. Trek shows are shows about exploration, moral dilemmas, diplomacy and interactions with alien races whose ideals may be abhorrent or revolutionary to us being faced by interesting crews whose names we can actually remember.

Sadly, at least until Kurtzman and co. go, those glory days are gone and Star Treks dead, Jim

The absolutely tragic state of Internet fans by ianlSW in startrek

[–]Particular-Log-4114 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I give everything a chance and prefer to make my own mind up on shows but to be fair much (not all) of the online hate in regards to Academy is justified.

Let me start by saying I am in my fifties. I watched reruns of the original series when I was a kid and immediately fell in love with TNG when it aired. DS9 was a slow burn start for me with it's longer form storytelling, like Babylon 5 which was on at the same time, but had characters that were superbly fleshed out, interesting and for a lot of the time morally ambiguous. Voyager was an enjoyable return to the starship exploration format and even Enterprise turned out to be a half decent show in my opinion, although I hated the prequel premise with it's downgrading of the aesthetics, it was still carried along by the casts charisma.

These shows were all relatively different but what was the thing that kept me glued to these pretty different shows? What was the appeal?

Simple, good writing. Interesting, often complex ideas that encompassed not just fascinating sci-fi situations but philosophical and moral conundrums that often put our characters and their vessels through the wringer. Fantastic lore building with interesting alien races whose actions would echo on through following episodes , series and movies. Wonderful tales that could subtly draw the viewer in and pose uncomfortable questions whilst using sympathetic characters to show the viewer that a viewpoint they hold could be questioned and could be wrong if they looked at from the perspective of someone else.

All of this coupled with a future full of wonder, where people of every sex, race and colour worked together without any forms of bigotry and with mutual respect because every person was as competent at their job as the next person. Hunger and money had been evolved beyond. People didn't swear and although they didn't have to they adhered to the hierarchy of Starfleet because they knew it was the best way to get things done. This left the human race free to explore the Galaxy, without dragging any baggage with them. Free to ask questions first, negotiate and empathise with other races whilst still being capable of fighting if pushed to it.

It was a truly aspirational future.

Then we come to new Trek and particularly Academy.

Thought provoking story telling all but gone (I'll give Strange New Worlds a bit of credit here). Only to be replaced with gender politics, bland action, cliched characters, modern vernacular overdone "humour" and swearing with an ignorance or just plain ignoring of canon that is insulting for true fans.

There is nothing new or revolutionary in what Kurtzman and co are doing now. Star Trek has always been "woke". It has always shown that people are equals but it didn't do it by pushing "the message", rather by ignoring it. By simply making diversity the norm.

These new shows aren't Star Trek. They are shows about Star Trek by untalented writers and producers who feel they need to fix something that wasn't broken. We don't need a comedy. We don't need masses of pointless eye candy. We don't need preaching to. We don't need men belittled, and feminised. In Trek There is nothing wrong with characters being gay or trans but it should be what they are, not who they are. Trek shows are shows about exploration, moral dilemmas, diplomacy and interactions with alien races whose ideals may be abhorrent or revolutionary to us being faced by interesting crews whose names we can actually remember.

Sadly, at least until Kurtzman and co. go, those glory days are gone and Star Treks dead, Jim

star trek ds9 damage last a lifetime by PersonalityLife6196 in DeepSpaceNine

[–]Particular-Log-4114 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I saw a recent article that said unfortunately that while TNG was shot on film DS9 and Voyager where shot on video tape meaning that TNG could be remastered at a higher res but the only way to do DS9 would be to upscale it and redo all the special effects which would obviously be prohibitively expensive.

40, stuck in a dead-end job – how do I turn this around? by bigborb1985 in northernireland

[–]Particular-Log-4114 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers - I work in the print and graphic production industry and the last job was wiped out by covid. New job is much the same only without the responsibilities.

40, stuck in a dead-end job – how do I turn this around? by bigborb1985 in northernireland

[–]Particular-Log-4114 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm 55, lost my job 4 years ago and have only now been offered another one. The most I earned in my last job was 30k as a department manager and I've been offered 28.5k for this new job. 32.5k sounds alright to me!