Value Subtracted
Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
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4·2 hours agoI’m not certain I understand the question, but the Breen seemed relatively unscathed by the Dominion War - the front lines were nowhere near their homeworld, as far as we know.
Yeah, good call - I think it should be self-evident that links to the online hate machine are not allowed here. We all know the usual suspects, and they’re generally not hard to spot.
4·20 hours agoIt’s not too difficult. Each player gets six cards, except for the player on the dealer’s right, who gets seven.
These are just the ones that I’ve seen - if you happen across any others, feel free to share them.
At last, I can inform the world of my devotion to the Kosst Amojan!
Well, I should add that I’ve mellowed on both series over time - I think Voyager is fine once you accept it for what it is, rather than for what it’s not, and Enterprise…well, there’s some good stuff in there, but it will never be near the top of my rewatch list.
A decent number of people vocally hated DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, when they first started airing
It me
(well okay, I never hated DS9, and my dislike for Voyager grew over time, but it basically me)
So, putting aside your statements of quality (some of which I agree with and some of which do not, but it’s all subjective so whatever), I personally wouldn’t hold “audience size” or whether a series was cancelled against him, unless you think the shows weren’t any good. Seems like IDIC to me.
He’s not my favourite writer by any means, but I’m in almost total agreement with his overall approach to handling the property.
He wants each series to be unique, hires the showrunners, and seems to let them do their own thing. I think it’s a good approach, even though a couple of the projects fell short of their potential (y’know, in my opinion).
And he seems to work well with the suits, which is probably a good thing overall?
There’s a newer TrekMovie piece
Oh, thanks for this - I think I’ll share the original!
Edit: Never mind, it’s paywalled. I guess I’ll share the trekmovie version 🙄
“Hint” was probably a poor choice of words, when I really meant that a renewal hasn’t been announced.
What’s wrong with comedies?
Star Trek has a long history of comedy episodes, and arguably even a film, depending on how you feel about “The Voyage Home”.
Comedy and morality certainly aren’t mutually exclusive.
On top of that, the Ellison regime didn’t change the personnel directly in charge of CBS Studios (though they did change the people in charge of Paramount+, which is also relevant).
There’s also the lingering question of Kurtzman himself. He signed a five-year extension…five years ago. Not a peep regarding a renewal.
Time travel’s been outlawed by the Temporal Accords, so I hope not - someone could be in a lot of trouble.
I would imagine people are more uncomfortable with the “standing and chanting” aspect - you definitely can’t argue that those aren’t Starfleet values with a straight face.
I know what you mean.
I was thinking about it, though, in the context of the post-Burn setting. A lot of these kids probably didn’t grow up with a strong sense of any of those things, so maybe it makes sense to be pushing those values pretty hard.
This is in no way a defense of the new owners (they’re bad), but the bribe was made by the old owners (they were also bad).
Yeah, like I said, the professional haters are pretty easy to spot.
As far as removing negativity…well, our rules are pretty clear on that. Be respectful, explain yourself, and be truthful, and there’s not going to be a problem.