StillPaisleyCat

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5m ago

Annotations for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08: “The Life of the Stars”
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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5m ago
I wish that they’d provide just one anchoring standard date reference in-universe.
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9m ago

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 9m ago

Well, here’s another angle — Business Insider reports “Paramount won't say whether Middle East money is funding its WBD deal”.

12m ago

Union urges federal government to halt early retirement program for public servants

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 12m ago

The headline and post summary are somewhat misleading in their incompleteness.

From the article:

The federal public service’s largest union has filed official complaints asking the government to "cease the unilateral implementation" of its early retirement incentive program until its parameters are negotiated with the union…

By offering separation packages to public servants to reduce its workforce, the employer is "bargaining directly with PSAC members on terms and conditions of employment," the union says.

22m ago

Gardening season reminder: look for local seed libraries!

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 22m ago

Also, if you have saved more seed than you need yourself, put it into your local seed libraries now.

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1h ago

What Audiences Loved in 2025: How Audience Demand Became the Industry’s Most Reliable Signal

www.parrotanalytics.com /insights/what-audiences-loved-in-2025-how-audience-demand-became-the-industrys-most-reliable-signal/

2h ago

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2h ago

Flix Patrol just compiles the public rankings from the streamers themselves as far as I know.

Parrot Analytics used to make public their rankings that incorporate everything available, including social media volumes, and presumably ‘alternative views’. They were excellent leading indicators and covered many markets that the other metric companies didn’t. However, they stopped making their top ten streaming shows list available, let alone their show by country details, and we don’t see them reported in entertainment media as we once did.

3h ago

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 3h ago

It has its ups and downs but many of us view it as the strongest live action first season in this era.

For older fans, episodes 5, 6 and 8 seem to be the favourites so far.

In fact episode 8 is so important for 90s fans, that I would argue that it’s worth hanging in until then at minimum.

4h ago

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 4h ago

I have no issues with the ‘dots’ given this is the 32nd century. It really puts the fine point on assigning physical labour as a disciplinary measure.

The lens flare is part of a directional code that’s getting dated at this point. I notice that in the premiere - which Kurtzman directed himself - he went for long camera pans with fewer jump cuts, and fewer lens flares.

As long as Osunsami remains the supervising EP and supervising director in Toronto however, I don’t think that it’s likely we’ll see Kurtzman’s own style of direction reflected in the shows.

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4h ago

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters • FlixPatrol

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4h ago

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 4h ago

Oh! That is an interesting pair of indicators.

Nemechek tends to draw the old guard. If he’s seeing his reach increase, it would be a leading indicator for a shift.

4h ago

The new Voyager game was pretty bad.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 4h ago

Thanks for this.

I think I should focus on finishing Resurgence.

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4h ago

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

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5h ago

Preview ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Episode 9 With 5 New Images For “300th Night”

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5h ago

Giametti has said quite unequivocally that he is not in this episode.

Big bridge scene with the senior officers.

5h ago

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5h ago

Not sure. It’s his father Larry that is concerned about the news media.

It seems that David Ellison wants to control the entertainment industry and is willing to sacrifice every and any scruple he may have to get that, letting the news media be captured by whatever agenda in order to get what he wants.

Also, this way David is indisputably the victor in the succession competition that Larry set up between his offspring.

5h ago

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5h ago

Seeing how that photo came up in the thumbnail took me aback too.

6h ago

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 6h ago

There is also this from David Ellison via The Hollywood Reporter:

“By uniting our iconic studios complimentary streaming platforms with a global footprint, our cable and linear networks, and our world-class IP, we have the opportunity to help shape the future and build a next generation media and entertainment company. This has been our goal since day one,” Ellison said Monday. “This is not about consolidation, it’s about reinventing the business. We want to expand our reach and enhance our ability to create the world’s most compelling stories and experiences. And we’re incredibly excited about this transaction, and it will accelerate that ambition.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/david-ellison-talks-warner-bros-deal-comments-1236519395/

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6h ago

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

www.cnn.com /2025/12/22/media/paramount-warner-bros-ellisons-revised-deal

7h ago

Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EPs Talk “Sam 2.0” And Honoring The Doctor’s ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ History

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 7h ago

You’re right!

And I’m very curious to see where this takes the curmudgeonly Doctor we’ve come to love as fans.

After the Doctor’s rapid development in Voyager, his relatively frozen state of psychological evolution — through Prodigy and on for 8 centuries — needed an explanation.

At a meta level, I don’t think that fans would have accepted a very differently tempered Doctor at the beginning of the show. So, this allows both the writers and Picardo to take the character into new experiences and development.

As an aside, American screenwriters are so stuck on trauma being necessary for character development that it sometimes feel they are celebrating it or suggesting it is necessary for greatness. It’s good to see instead a situation where a significant trauma causes a lasting paralysis in development that might never be overcome without taking emotional risks.

23h ago

Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EPs Talk “Sam 2.0” And Honoring The Doctor’s ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ History

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 23h ago

Why it didn’t really register that SAM will now be the Doctor’s daughter — formed by an environment where he shared his preferences and 800 years of experiences — I can’t say.

That’s on me. But surely, this will be a wild ride for all.

23h ago

Where 'Monarch' Season 2 Fits Into the Epic Monsterverse Timeline

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 23h ago

I’ve really been hoping to see Mothra this season since it’s her 65th anniversary year.

We know that Legendary has the rights to use Mothra, and she was shown in cave paintings in Skull Island (2017).

At this point, despite it being what should be Mothra’s year, it seems a long shot.

On one hand, some of the full drone show videos on YouTube taken by fans seem to show Mothra which suggests she might appear.

On the other hand, when specifically asked if Mothra would appear this year in one interview, EP Tory Tunnell quipped that they’d had a casting call with Mothra for this season but she didn’t work out.

I had been wondering if Cate and Kentaro might have some special tie to the kaiju in season one when they first encountered one and it seemed to be contemplating Cate. If so, a connection to the protector of Earth would be a fit.

1d ago

Where 'Monarch' Season 2 Fits Into the Epic Monsterverse Timeline

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 1d ago

One never knows with Tom Hiddleston. Some creative control seems to be a priority for him now that he’s moved on from his Marvel role as Loki.

He’s recently taken an EP role in the continuing series based on the Le Carré novel The Night Manager, picking up a plot line 10 years later. I could see Hiddleston being willing to play some role in a television series or movie set in the 1980s.

Brie Larsen would be more challenging for a movie but, given that she’s appeared in The Bear a recurring appearance in one season of television isn’t out of possibility.

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1d ago

Where 'Monarch' Season 2 Fits Into the Epic Monsterverse Timeline

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2d ago

Assorted thoughts on "Godzilla: King of the Monsters"

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2d ago

I have Godzilla vs Hedorah on disc and have been meaning to get back to it. It’s a weird one.

There have been takes on the polluted world in animation. And there’s an 2021 animated short film rematch between Godzilla and Hedorah.

2d ago

Assorted thoughts on "Godzilla: King of the Monsters"

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2d ago

Once you’ve worked through the more recent films, is you’re interested in another ecologically themed one, Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) is a Showa era morality story on the dangers of pollution.

2d ago

Assorted thoughts on "Godzilla" (2014) and "Kong: Skull Island"

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2d ago

Interesting.

Skull Island has had a lot of negativity from longtime fans. However, the creators of the continuity of the Legendary Pictures / Monsterverse era clearly had some distinct ideas about the island, its importance and about Kong.

We’re seeing that picked up on in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. It doesn’t seem they’re done building that out yet. The presence of an longstanding Apex research station raises sooooo many questions.