StillPaisleyCat

I’m still boggled that they pulled it to write it off.

Great to see the event getting amplification in major industry media.

Previous years were better but still not well done. ( I recall a pair of social media personalities one year leading the social media side who clearly didn’t know the franchise.)

Having Jerry as a host with some prerecorded bits sounds like a better plan, but in previous years the hosts had to cover for a lot of disorganization.

Beyond the fact that SAG-ACTRA is not calling for audience boycotts (yet), I am wondering if Jerry is exempt from the strike conditions when performing as a host. Hosting or reality TV aren’t covered by the union (although they would like it to be). If he doesn’t speak at to his role in Lower Decks (which is covered under a different animated writers union), it’s possible that live hosting is permitted.

I’m glad to see two Canadian cities included in the Lower Decks screenings, Vancouver and Calgary. And in London for the UK too.

Paramount’s communications and marketing folks seem to be struggling still with messaging outside the US. It’s a beginning, if unfortunately happening during a strike.

Vancouver seems a natural given the USS Vancouver appeared in the show, and as Titmouse Animated works on the show there. Curious why Calgary got the nod, other than its being Bruce Horak’s home town. With the event falling on the second day of the Toronto International Film Festival, it not surprising that they weren’t able to book a screen there. Hopefully, there’ll be a future 70mm live action season premiere at the original IMAX at the Science Centre near where SNW has filmed at Ontario Place.

I find that with French too. The dubbing is adjusted to match the lip flaps while the subtitles are more of a direct translation.

I’m finding all the pilot episodes and most season premieres in the current era rough. It seems a pattern with all the shows

One definitely gets the sense that there are so many senior executives at Paramount and CBS Studios giving notes as they seek to differentiate the shows that the creators’ ideas get muddied.

As they get into the seasons and get more seasons the EPs and writers find each shows voice, I suspect that they suffer fewer notes telling them to adjust to some executive’s idea of what the show is supposed to be and who it is targeting.

The song was originally written for Stewart as ‘Faith of the Heart’ and for another recording.

It’s worth reading the article for the history. It was another British singer, who was briefly popular but past his peak, who did the recording.

I had understood it to be more like a year. There was a significant period of several months, for example, when Boimler served on the Titan between seasons.

I’m relieved to hear that the group will be promoted. 3 years is a fairly long haul as ensigns, even on a second tier ship. The humour and credibility would begin to wear a bit thin if they at that rank throughout the show’s run. (… yes, I know about Ensign Kim and that was inexplicable - he should have been given an acting promotion to lieutenant at minimum.)

It’s interesting that TrekMovie has this article up before the news release has been posted. (I checked the Paramount+ press site and the most recent posting for Lower Decks is for the trailer release July 22nd, and these details aren’t in that one.)

I posted this because it is incorporating the oral history, and puts to bed some unfounded speculation.

The full books are reportedly excellent, but not that many of us have read them as yet.

And no matter how great some fans found it, the song really contributed to the perception that the franchise shifted to be very American oriented over the course of Berman’s leadership. It was a real barrier to growing the international audience.

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