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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • Is the town hall disappearing from Canadian politics?

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  • It's a shame, but I can also understand why - council meetings and other open events are increasingly security risks, full of wingnut conspiracy theorists.

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

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  • But, the way we designed the transformation of Sam, we called it sort of colloquially in the writers room, “Sam 1.0” and “Sam 2.0.” Sam 1.0 was just a couple months old and was a baby in so many different ways. And the contrast that you start to see in episodes 9 and episode 10, but in a big way in season 2, is that Sam 2.0, while she does carry the memories of Sam 1.0, she really is a totally different person. She feels things that Sam 1.0 never felt.

    I'm very curious to see how this plays out.

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

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  • That is helpful - setting a series after King of the Monsters would be...expensive.

    While it seems unlikely that Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston will reprise their roles as Mason Weaver and James Conrad, Monarch can mine plenty of unexplored story between the isolated events on Skull Island and the eventual world-changing events of Godzilla in 2014.

    Seems like a good candidate for the "Cold War thriller"?

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x08 “The Life of the Stars”

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  • it is weird that they did not introduce a trained psychiatrist/counselor

    Ake did say the cadets had been attending counselling sessions, and that they weren't working (actually, I think she said that they "weren't enough").

    Maybe they could have included a scene or a montage of those ineffective settings - IIRC, the most comparable "classic" episodes, "Family" and "It's Only A Paper Moon" showed them, however briefly.

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x08 “The Life of the Stars”

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  • It's wild to think that this SFA season finished filming a year ago, and was written even earlier than that.

  • Assorted thoughts on "Godzilla: King of the Monsters"

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  • Yeah, I'm not sure it quite worked in this one - it seemed about as well thought-out as Thanos' plan in the MCU - but it's interesting ground to cover.

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    Assorted thoughts on "Godzilla: King of the Monsters"

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

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  • just cool af stylistic vision.

    Yeah, this can't be emphasized enough. It's just fun.

  • Interview: Mary Wiseman On Tilly Settling In As A ‘Starfleet Academy’ Teacher And Dealing With Toxic Fans

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  • True, I did forget the Must Reply To Everything in the Hot Feed rule.

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

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  • Skull Island has had a lot of negativity from longtime fans.

    I can see that - I'm a big fan of the 1933 film, and enjoyed the 1976 and 2005 versions well enough. But I didn't have any expectations that this movie would bear any resemblance to those. Taken as its own thing, I thought it was fun. And if you have to build a Cinematic Universe, you're going to need some kind of point of origin for all of these monsters.

  • Interview: Mary Wiseman On Tilly Settling In As A ‘Starfleet Academy’ Teacher And Dealing With Toxic Fans

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  • Wandering the internet to loudly declare your disinterest in things?

    Besides time-consuming (it's a big Fediverse, so you must not get a lot of sleep)...yeah, kind of toxic.

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

  • Interview: Mary Wiseman On Tilly Settling In As A ‘Starfleet Academy’ Teacher And Dealing With Toxic Fans

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  • Hey look, it's the guy from the article!

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    Interview: Mary Wiseman On Tilly Settling In As A ‘Starfleet Academy’ Teacher And Dealing With Toxic Fans

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  • Forgive me, Doctor, for I have sinned: I haven't watched anything Trek in almost 2 months

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  • Understandably so.

    Here's my question: is it better to boycott the company outright, or to show them that you are willing to pay for progressive content?

    I don't have an answer. I think you can make a good argument for either.

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    Episode Discussion | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | 2 x 01 "Cause and Effect"

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  • Confident is the word that comes to mind after watching this premiere.

    This community has convinced me to start delving in to all of this stuff, but I'm nowhere near this current season, but I just wanted to say that I love this.

    You can really tell when a show knows what it's trying to be, and executes it.

  • Good content

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  • If they downvote, it means you're an unappreciated genius.

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x08 “The Life of the Stars”

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  • A second watchthrough is on my to-do list this weekend, there's always something I missed the first go-around...

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x08 “The Life of the Stars”

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  • What you said doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so I'll grant you that.

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  • Sam wasn't present for the theatre classes that are being criticized here, so I'm not sure what the relevance is.

    It’s isn’t science-fiction at all, it’s drama set in a techno-fantasy world.

    This, however, is hot nonsense.

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  • That’s the perfect scenario for science-fiction.

    I don't agree at all - it sounds rather soulless to me, stripping the humanity from the story.

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  • I would find some sort of magical "mental health technology" not only unrealistic, but rather insulting.

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    Sixty years on, a Star Trek writer is still creating strange new worlds

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    David Ellison Wins. It Doesn’t Yet Make Him a Winner.

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    'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Team on Bringing in Mary Wiseman's Tilly for 'Our Town' Episode

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    Paramount Skydance Poised to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery After Netflix Bows Out of Bidding War

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    PC Patch Notes for 2/26/26

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x08 “The Life of the Stars”

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    Fanhome Announces Expansion to Star Trek Starships Collection, with Additions from Starfleet Academy, Strange New Worlds, and More

    blog.trekcore.com /2026/02/fanhome-official-star-trek-starships-collection-expansion/
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Exclusive Clip | IGN Fan Fest 2026

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    'The War Between the Land and the Sea' surfaces on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK

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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Wraps Filming on Season 2

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    Tilly Returns In ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Ep. 8 – See 17 New Preview Images For “The Life Of The Stars”

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    Podcast Recommendation: The Star Trek Academy

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    Star Trek: TNG But It Was Released in 2026

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    Hockey Canada ordered to pay nation's therapy bills

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    'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy': Bella Shepard Reveals How Genesis' Setback Just Set up Season 2

    www.tvinsider.com /1246868/star-trek-starfleet-academy-genesis-captain-season-2-details-bella-shepard-interview/