And wanted Ferengi to wear giant 12 inch + cod pieces that curved upwards. Yes.

He’s probably right. Gene wanted everyone to kiss each other’s butts in happiness. As Khan said, “we are all one happy fleet.” The idea of conflict within the Federation bothered Gene and the producers often had to fight him to get more interpersonal conflict in.

Possibly. I have this car’s successor, a 2018 Genesis “HI” G90 5.0 Ultimate AWD. It’s as smooth and creamy as you can imagine, yet the V8 makes some lovely noises if you put your foot in it and it handles reasonably well. It’s a better LS 460 L, in other words. With the exceptions of the rearview mirror—pulled…

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Everyone will default to “old man yells at cloud!” but he’s right. New Star Trek blows. They gave in to their impulse to try and be Marvel with quippy dialogue and “big bads” every season. 

But is it the making out, or ongoing romantic dramas? For myself, I always wanted to see more interpersonal relationships in Star Trek. In Star Wars, too, from the beginning. The Mandalorian needs less shooting, more making out. (“Some” is more than the current “none”.)

I think Gene’s thing was more like “the crew of the ship should behave like professionals” which I get. Clearly the Kurtzman trek has completely jettisoned that concept, which I also get. That’s not really the problem with Kurtzman trek; the issues go so much deeper than that!

The fact of the matter is, however much they constrained the story, Gene’s rules did create a sort of believable and culturally distinct universe from ours which helped with making the series a compelling view into the future. The current iteration where people yell, cuss, fail to display the slightest amount of…

Listen to your wife & get the Phaeton. The articles you write about it will be much more entertaining.

This is the same Roddenberry who employed the casting couch and gave roles to both of his mistresses, right?

It wasn’t forbidden by Federation bylaw, Shatner is saying that Roddenberry didn’t like it. Likely because the show was about the dangers of being in deep space where anyone not on the main cast could be killed. Which is what happens in Balance of Terror when the groom dies after being injured during a battle with the…

The scene is from Plato’s Stepchildren and they’re forced to kiss against their will under threat by a powerful alien species.

If you go Equus, go full Equus and ride it naked and screaming “Mine!...You’re mine!...I am yours and you are mine!”

I get it, Bill.

I believe you are wrong. Vox describes them as “commonplace in criminal cases.”

I think because the AVClub has not instructed you to be outraged about them until recently, you believed they didn’t exist. But in fact it is the media you are consuming that makes you believe they are a new phenomena.

From VOX:

Are you new here? Defense attorneys routinely get raked over the coals, despite their only job being to defend the accused. Remember the Gabby Petito case? The same people that were saying “ACAB!” were saying “if you want to help just talk to the police!” It depends what the crime is, who the victim is, and who the…

It is such a dark development that we now condemn good people for writing letters of support for friends, even those who have done horrific crimes. It is a routine part of a trial. Shall we condemn lawyers for defending the accused as well? Tell me you love the police without telling me you love the police, AVClub

Yeah, like...I’m all for felons being hireable once they serve terms (that’s kind of how serving a jail term is supposed to work), but FFS the crime and the context have to be considered. In the case of a sexual predator who victimized kids, YOU DON’T LET THEM WORK AROUND KIDS.

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU HIRE HIM AGAIN ON A KIDS SHOW AFTER HE GETS OUT OF PRISON?!?!