Yikes.

Twilight of the Jedi Order is what I think the title’s going for.

Roddenberry’s diminishing influence was a big factor, but there were other behind-the-scenes changes that really shaped TNG at that point. The big changes from seasons 2-3 included showrunner Maurice Hurley’s departure (he was, by all accounts, a super toxic influence on the early seasons and the reason for Gates…

The Acolyte’s First Trailer Plunges Star Wars Into Twilight

I’m a much bigger Star Trek fan than Star Wars, but Roddenberry was problematic as hell and shouldn’t be remembered half as fondly as he is.

I love that the “new” Star Trek in this context is TNG, which ended 30 years ago.

I bet Elon thought that was super believable detail. Who wouldn’t want a Cybertruck? All the people he talks to on Xitter love it!

I bet AoS gets decent streaming numbers for Disney+. There’s a ton of it, it has MCU clout, and the fanbase is pretty devoted.

I mean...I’d absolutely let Nick Offerman be a three-term president.

Good summary. It was basically “healthy” KFC in its prime. 

Playmates—which tried, and sadly failed, to revive its Star Trek toyline in 2022 to go alongside the current Trek renaissance on streaming

I had SO MANY of these when I was a kid. The Lwaxana Troi came with a solid-plastic suitcase accessory that was just as heavy as the one on the show (I mean, relatively speaking).

It depends on how well season 1 did and how well season 2 does when it is released. I get the impression that the story is largely self-contained to the 40 episodes produced across seasons 1 and 2, but there is room for more if Netflix goes ahead.

Riker was a horndog. Half the 32nd century characters are probably his descendants.

When the Star Wars sequels came out, a lot of the most critical “fans” claimed their criticism had nothing to do with the leads being a woman and a black man. It was the “bad writing” they were criticizing!

I was a little disappointed to lose the Janeway cameo in the finale. Having all of these cameos would’ve been excessive, but Janeway showing up for 30 seconds just to promote her protege to Captain would’ve been a neat coda to their Voyager arc.

The Wi-Fi is so bad that many software engineers are forced to plug ethernet cables into their laptops to do any work.

This is the kind of stuff 20 year old business majors with no life experience come up with. “What if we make Wendy’s the Uber of fast food?”

This reminds me of the time the guy who created Apple Stores became CEO of JCPenny and tried to apply the same model there.

Yeah this was the first thing I thought of. Google and Facebook are paying a ton in lobbying and legal fees and getting bad press for their efforts to not pay outlets.