askryan

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[–] askryan@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago

Their capital city being a bunch of egg-shaped buildings around a giant birdcage building was a hilarious touch.

[–] askryan@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

“Kahless, the first one, the original one, the one who did impressions” is just, I have no words

[–] askryan@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Their capital city being egg-shaped buildings around a giant birdcage building was a hilarious touch.

[–] askryan@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

I have definitely been proven wrong by Star Trek things that look terrible at the outset, but...this looks terrible. I mean I guess we're getting a Deltan, so that's fun? And a chameloid is a bit of a deep cut? But jesus, I could not want to see this less. I hope I'll be proven wrong!

[–] askryan@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Usually contracts have to be negotiated after five seasons. Especially after the strikes last year, studios are committed to never budging an inch on contracts or residuals, even if it means losing money in the short term. To them, it's worth it to cancel even a successful or popular show if it means keeping their workers in a perpetual state of gig work and at a disadvantage for contracts on new shows.

[–] askryan@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

Boims is an indoor kid

[–] askryan@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Judging by Nacelle's website, it looks like once again these will be expensive display figures that kids can't play with.

As a parent of young Star Trek fans, the fact that this is the worst-merchandised franchise in the world is incredibly annoying

[–] askryan@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

Man, they could not have picked a collection of less interesting ships if they tried

[–] askryan@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I usually skip the intros unless I'm really in the mood, but for LD my daughter and I always skip to the nacelle-eating alien (we named him Yum Yums), yell "YUM YUMS!", and then skip to the end.

[–] askryan@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago

Actually this brought up a completely buried memory for me. For a few years I lived in the same neighborhood as him – at the time, cool guy that I was, I had a Starfleet badge on my coat, and one day I was at the grocery store and had an awkward moment with him where our carts got sort of wedged together negotiating the too-narrow checkout lanes. He saw my pin and gave me a Vulcan salute as he moved into his lane. He seemed nice and a bit sheepish. The staff at the coffee shop I used to go to told me he was extremely lovely.

[–] askryan@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, all of the recasts have been spectacular with this one exception; I'm fully stumped by Paul Wesley and his take on the character. I don't need anyone aping Shatner and I love the idea of highlighting the more bookish actual Kirk as opposed to the pop culture image of him, but Ozempic Kirk spends 90% of his time looking bored out of his mind and 10% of his time doing a terrible Han Solo impression that just comes off as creepy. I cannot understand spending so much time on him when literally everyone else on screen sparkles and he has the charisma of wet felt.

 

Oh heavens, whatever shall we do - it seems Legacy is dead

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