Wow, so this really is what the younger generation has come to. You can’t appreciate anything unless you can watch 17 straight hours of it. I can’t think of anything I want to do for 17 straight hours. I don’t want to have sex for 17 straight hours. But you want to watch Discovery forever back to back. You millennials…

Something that you need to understand is what Fear is. And what it is used for. Fear is a control mechanism. As a prey species, Saru’s fear is an instinctual level control mechanism. But he is also a sapient species, so like us, has learned to rationalize this fear, which is why he isn’t acting like an antelope…

Former admin/mod here and I couldn’t agree more. Clueless admins who didn’t want to make the offending member “feel bad” — somehow this never translated to the members who had to put up with the asshole offender, admins who wouldn’t let mods do their job because they had power issues, admins who thought everybody…

so very true. Definitely have moderated a few automotive forums, so I read you loud and clear.

Not giving a shit is the industry standard and has been for years. I can’t think of many major social media sites that take moderation seriously.

This seems like something that should have been done a long ass time ago.

...everyone giving evil eyes at how awful they think Discovery and/or Orville are, just remember how TNG started out:

For it to lean away from the Abrams-verse and reinvigorate people’s interest and investment in the prime timeline.

Nothing is as cool as dragons, but these are some good alternatives. I’d be happy to see more of any of them, especially the design isn’t too far off from folklore. Really, I’d love to see more of the batshit creatures described in mythology on film. So much of the time they’re much tamer than what you read. That’s…

No Hydras? Get the hell out.

The first time I read about the Coeurl, the science fiction creature that inspired the creation of the Displacer Beast I got so interested in the idea of the creature that I wanted immediately to buy and read The Voyage of the Space Beagle, the science fiction book where the Coeurl first appeared (well, first after…

Because jackalopes have a stronger budget for self-promotion.

The tsuchinoko might be from japan, but we have a similar viper right here in the good old U.S. of A. The hoop snake is a Tall Tales creature that can chase you down by holding its tail in its mouth and rolling after you. The venom is so strong it can make a walking stick swell up to the size of a tree. The only way…

Selkies have already gotten the big screen treatment with Ondine, starring Colin Farrell. Pretty good date night movie.

Too far-fetched. Fantasy doesn’t have to be realistic, but that one’s really, really pushing it.

Okinawa has the mythical Lion Dog called the Shiza. It is commonly depicted in statues that guard homes, sort of like the European Gargoyle:

Adar Llwch Gwin! The dusty wine bird might look a bit like a griffin.

(Beautiful movie btw. Amazing sound design. Highly recommend it.)

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