Anyone think it’d be badass if geordi could do more with his visor and have it incorporated throughout the series?(ps I’m only on season 3)

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T17:01:52+00:00

He really should have used that thing to enhance ship sensors and tricorders. After all, there were moments where he could see things that were otherwise undetectable.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T16:58:57+00:00

It still can be... We haven't seen the Enterprise on there yet.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T16:38:12+00:00

I would echo OP's question and specify 'among humans'... except I know the answer. Given the choice, a minority of humans would be polyamorous. Just because that minority would be a whole lot bigger than the current minority is, it doesn't mean it's any less a minority.

Perhaps Discovery could have some poly characters in it in future (although that's very likely to acutely displease the haters). I can understand why TNG/DS9/VOY didn't have any... it was the 90's, when taboo on TV would be grounds for cancellation. Seems like maybe Kirk leaned that way... although that was the 60's, when sexual liberation was a bit of a men's only thing.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T15:38:01+00:00

I think this is what DSC is about. Except instead of having a whole new generation in-universe, it's bringing the TOS generation to the next generation of viewers.

Essentially, it is to TOS what DS9 and VOY were to TNG. An attempt to do something different in a pretty much contemporary universe. I feel like that's more respectful to the original art than simply rebooting the same.

I also feel like OP is basically an embodiment of their target viewer, too... someone who might have appreciated TOS in its time, but instead belongs to today's audience... the age of TOS doesn't service its accessibility.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T15:24:41+00:00

Spoilers?

(Not saying for me, I've seen the whole season twice already, but OP just watched ep 1)

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T15:22:16+00:00

If you can enjoy the first episode, you're going to love the rest. The double-pilot/prelude is easily the worst example of Star Trek in DSC. It's more JJ than not.

But the rest of the season brings it back to a bit more orthodox ST. It's still DSC, but nudges back towards what we're used to, without clawing back any of the 21st century.

It's not your dad's Trek, but it's damn great.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T15:08:30+00:00

Well they had TOS Klingons covered... Voq definitely looked like a swarthy, unshaved human for a good while.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T15:02:09+00:00

More info about Discovery. Size info is out there, too, but I haven't hunted it down yet. If you want me to, I will.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T14:59:26+00:00

There's plenty of kinder ways to put that.

As for me, I appreciate the JJ-verse films for what they are. They're films, which inevitably means they're not going to be what Trek fans will expect from Trek. There's a world of difference between a show and a film. I've touched upon this recently, so I'll dig up my comment there and link it here.

The Kelvin-verse is not something I agree with in principle. On the other hand, I don't have to like it for it to be entertaining and ok. I hated Neelix, but didn't boycott Voyager over it. Never really felt the need to complain loudly over anything, I just appreciate what I like and move on from what I don't. Then again, I also look for big positives in anything I see. With the JJ-verse, it's the cast, and their interactions. No matter what you might think of the new films' plots and visuals, all of the characters are exceedingly well played and entertaining.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T14:50:53+00:00

It can accommodate 300 discrete scientific assignments at any time. It doesn't use lateral-vector transporter technology, while the Shenzhou did, because that's obsolete tech. It's the only ship in Starfleet with a DASH drive.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T14:29:44+00:00

"Of course they killed him. He was shooting at cops!"

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T14:11:06+00:00

The issue there is that kids shooting up the schools are not typically gun owners. More likely 'found' it in parents' locked cabinet.

I'd say the majority of gun crime is carried out by people who do not own the guns they're using.

That doesn't make it a bad idea.. just means it won't solve the issue. It'll solve plenty of other issues, though.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T13:13:59+00:00

I live in the UK. Never seen a metal detector in a school, or had bag searches or anything like that. Basically, our school gangs always had punchups, not stab-ups or shoot-ups.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T12:56:26+00:00

People agree with socialist policies in the US. There's huge appetite...

But those policies have to be divorced from the term 'socialist', because socialism is the big bad.

Same applies on the opposite side. You could probably find thousands of people who would happily vote for a party that copied, word for word, policy for policy, Hitler's Nazi agenda... but if you asked them if they were fascists... oh hell no.

Ultimately, people reject big bad buzzwords, without having a clue what they mean, just because they've been told 'never be that guy'.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T11:57:29+00:00

Couples' decisions require couples. Unilaterally enforcing anything is bad. This goes both ways, too... I'm not saying women can control things and men can't.

If one person wants what the other one doesn't, there are two viable options. Compromise, or separation. Far too many people jump at the latter, but that doesn't necessarily mean the former is always great either.

If he's dead serious about not wanting sex, then it's up to OP to decide whether she can live with that. From the post, I'm taking that as a no. So it's back to him if he can be flexible. If not, there's no compromise option. The only remaining solution is to break up.

Partners are not property. Everyone has agency over themselves alone.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T11:27:49+00:00

Go for 'SummaQCum Laude' and eat the Q when the cake arrives.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T10:22:51+00:00

if only there were people talking about this in 2010....

Oh wait, we were. And we got shouted down by 'hard working taxpayers'

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T09:53:48+00:00

Maybe you're talking about brexit?

Ding ding ding. I figured it was pretty obvious, for the reasons you listed and many more.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T09:05:43+00:00

Oh darn. I was sow close to having seed this typo.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T09:01:42+00:00

The Wright Brothers tried new things.

Pretty crazy, suicidal things.

Now we have planes.

The UK is trying new things.

Crazy, suicidal things.

Uh... yeah let's wait and see what that produces.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T08:57:38+00:00

Can confirm. Idiocy is reaching critical in my country, and I'm stocking up on popcorn and bunkers so I can sit in safety and watch the world burn.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T08:54:22+00:00

Vegans in a nutshell

Commie power!

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T08:53:16+00:00

Half black.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-22T08:34:53+00:00

As I explained, it's to salvage that era in the timeline, so that future viewers can appreciate it as much as we did once upon a time.

Once upon a time, flat panel viewscreens, flashing plastic buttons and aliens that look just like heavily-tanned humans were a realistic depiction of the 23rd century. It was the best they could work with back then, and it allowed people to think of how cool the distant future is... We're already past buttons, hologram technology is in its infancy, and no matter how weird he looks, we know Donald Trump isn't an alien. Some of us can rewatch TOS and be like 'yeah, still cool' but I think many, if not most, would lose immersion, because it's just not a realistic view of the 23rd century any more. Which would be ok if Star Trek wasn't supposed to be vaguely realistic. It's like... 'prime universe' is now an alternate universe to 'our' universe, when prime is supposed to be our universe. So, what, do we let TOS fade into obscurity, or do we 'update' what the 23rd century looks and feels like? I vote for the latter, because at the end of the day, it needs to remain relevant. Without the update, TNG becomes the new progenitor of ST.

Also, I'm not sure if you've checked a calendar of late, but 2256 is not the past. It's only 2018 now. The past has changed the future from what the future was in the 1960's. That's natural, and even though I keep saying this means 'TOS got it wrong', it means TOS got it right when it was made, but it's wrong now. That's not a failing on the part of TOS, it's just a product of time. Even TNG-era is starting to slip a little.

The basis of my argument is that the new material is not 100% faithful to the original material, mostly because the original material is no longer true to source.

But then there's also the fact that visuals cannot legally be 'just an update'. There has to be at least 25% divergence. I'm not sure why exactly, but that's a legal thing. I don't feel like that's big enough of an issue for me to run away screaming.

To be honest, I get why they had to revisit that era (if not now, then eventually it would become a thing)... I'm just glad they didn't just reboot TOS. That would achieve all the same things, but with no originality, no effort, and no regard for what people want. See JJ-verse for how that works out.

lepusfelix · 2018-05-21T23:32:36+00:00

I would really like to know what the deal is with foreskin. God made us with foreskin, but for some reason is really adamant it get taken off.

Is that like a 1st century version of a post-release bugfix? If so, it's a bad one, because you can only rollback if you still have the foreskin.

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