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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
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Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Canadian Football League@lemmy.ca•CFL 2025 - Week 3 Discussion ThreadEnglish2·10 hours agoOkay, I haven’t seen much of the week’s games yet, but I did see that game-ending kick return by SASK.
Holy smokes.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Hockey@lemmy.ca•Jonathan Toews joins hometown Winnipeg Jets in return to NHLEnglish31·10 hours agoToews is a relatively legendary player with a proven record…who’s pushing 40 and hasn’t played in about three years.
It’s a bit of a gamble, but there’s a lot of potential, and a one-year contract isn’t too risky.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Canada@lemmy.ca•U of R professor found liable of defamation for calling a book ‘racist garbage’English211·18 hours agoI’d like to know more about the ruling than what’s presented in the article. And I guess I’d need to know more about Canadian defamation law.
Not reading the book is unfortunate (sort of)…but it seems like a person could form a sincerely-held beliefs about a book without reading the thing cover to cover.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Doctor Who boss defends Omega changes after fan backlash – justifies reinventionEnglish61·18 hours agoI didn’t have any problem with Omega’s appearance - his whole deal was that he could reshape his universe at will, so…sure, giant bone monster, why not?
How easily he was dispatched is another matter. It’s sort of what I expected from the episode, but still not exactly satisfying.
“There was plenty of fuss made about Winston Churchill being in Doctor Who, when there’s plenty of history to suggest he wasn’t such a good guy. And that’s always the way.”
He added: "Our history of slavery, our way of walking through the world is constantly being re-analysed. So I like to think it’s the same on Gallifrey… Omega has been re-contextualised, and the story gets bolder and changes over time.
“We don’t want to repeat the past, we want to push it forward.”
This seems like a very odd train of thought, though.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Talk Season 3 Premiere And “Retconning” The GornEnglish61·22 hours agoThe SNW Gorn literally pulled the classic sitcom “stay on your side of the line” routine - basically the same motivation as “Arena”.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Risa@startrek.website•What's the difference?English91·23 hours agoI know just the anomaly.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Talk Season 3 Premiere And “Retconning” The GornEnglish61·23 hours agoI prefer the goofy-badass-Gorn over the scary-quick-incubatin’-Gorn.
They’re iconic for a reason.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Talk Season 3 Premiere And “Retconning” The GornEnglish111·23 hours agoThe recon is to the timeline and initial encounter with the species
Fair enough - I’ll backtrack slightly and say that if there’s a retcon, that’s where it is, rather than in the Gorn’s behaviour.
But there is a bit of wiggle room in “Arena”, I think. Kirk certainly seems unfamiliar with the Gorn, but they never really say it’s the first contact, and Spock doesn’t really say anything one way or the other (a very Spock-like thing to do in any situation).
They definitely have massaged that canon, but I don’t think they’ve really contradicted it.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Talk Season 3 Premiere And “Retconning” The GornEnglish101·23 hours agoIt’s really none of our business…but are they?
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Talk Season 3 Premiere And “Retconning” The GornEnglish271·24 hours ago“What I loved about the Gorn was it was an opportunity to retcon something into a real monster. What we do in Star Trek—and you’ll see we’ll even do it with the Gorn—is we start by seeing the other and often we end by engaging our empathy and understanding common ground. And that’s great, and it doesn’t mean that there isn’t real evil in the world. And so what we wanted to do with the Gorn was to give you a monster, and a monster that at least at first, seemed irredeemable.”
I find this statement a little aggravating, because in my opinion they really haven’t retconned the Gorn. In “Arena”, they slaughtered the entire Cestus colony, and the Gorn captain is utterly merciless.
“Arena” is about mercy, but the Gorn didn’t really earn it in the episode, which was really kind of the point.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto STO Alliance@startrek.website•[PC] Bonus Dilithium EventEnglish2·2 days agoI’m only going to speak for my own playstyle…I’ve really only ever played as a single-player game, following the linear storyline for the most part. Once you hit endgame, there are 5-player team-up events to participate in, and things like that.
The bottom line for me is that it’s not a difficult game to play, the PvP scene is basically non-existent, and there’s not really a lot of incentive to get really grindy with it unless you’re really a “make the numbers go up” kind of person. The game provides opportunities throughout the year to earn things through gameplay that would otherwise be locked behing IRL currency.
I have spent maybe $10 on the game in the last several years, and even that was more because I was bored more than out of “necessity.” That said, I bought a Lifetime Subscription in 2010 that gives me the equivalent of a $5 store credit each month, so I have the means to occasionally “buy” things without spending any money.
Lastly…it’s an old game. The gameplay is, by all accounts, pretty dated. But for the price of $0, it’s a pretty enjoyable Star Trek sandbox to play in.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Russell T Davies says Doctor Who will "never end" as he addresses Billie Piper mysteryEnglish3·3 days agoDeadline seems to have taken a much bleaker interpretation from the very same content:
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Russell T Davies says Doctor Who will "never end" as he addresses Billie Piper mysteryEnglish2·3 days agoOne thing that I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention about that “oh, hello” is that it’s another fourth-wall breaking moment, this time not from Mrs. Flood/The Rani. Does that mean anything? Who knows!
And there’s Susan, of course.
Good to hear he doesn’t seem to have abandoned that thread in the wake of the finale.
(I’m still wondering who Gus is, from Mummy on the Orient Express. Maybe they’re the same!)
Also good to hear he’s still a dedicated troll.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Russell T Davies says Doctor Who will "never end" as he addresses Billie Piper mysteryEnglish3·3 days agoSpeaking in this week’s issue of Doctor Who magazine, Davies wrote: "No, not the end, don’t be mad. Doctor Who will never end!
“There are pathways leading to potential futures – we’ve still got the mystery of that bright and blazing ending, ‘Oh, hello,’ yes indeed, hello Billie! And there’s Susan, of course.”
He went on: "I wonder if we’ll ever find out who the Boss is. Or who the Boss are. (I’m still wondering who Gus is, from Mummy on the Orient Express. Maybe they’re the same!)
“But we don’t know what’s happening yet, and while everyone works that out, I’ll take a pause on this page … Hopefully, we’ll have news soon, and certainly, The War Between the Land and the Sea is about to break out, so there are great things ahead. Until then.”
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•David Tennant, Peter Capaldi contribute to new Doctor Who project, raising money for charitiesEnglish5·4 days agoStories included have not only been written by Tennant, Capaldi and Whittaker, but also by Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Chris Chibnall, Steven Moffat and Hugh Bonneville. In fact, there are more than 50 contributors.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)English10·5 days agoJump 900 years into the past and do a period costume drama.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)English6·5 days agoI always figured TAS was the final two years of the five-year mission…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)English12·5 days agoI think Goldsman’s actual statement is pretty vague - he could easily mean a spinoff with the non-TOS cast. Just redress the sets and you’re off to the races.
He could also mean a movie, or…some third thing.
And in any case, he’s moving on with his career.
It’s cool that they’re excited about possibilities, but I remain very skeptical that there’s any actual traction there.
As someone who doesn’t really pay attention to the off season…it’s stunning.