I would take the reaction to Discovery with a pinch of salt. Fans have complained that new Star Trek is “too different” with every single new series, all the way back to The Next Generation. They complain on the internet instead of fan magazines nowadays, but “what is the point of Star Trek without Kirk?”, “who wants…

Yes, Netflix pays for it, at I think about $8-10 million an episode and then gets to stream it globally. 

Except for anything Klingon-related, STD is quite watchable.  Also not liking Spock’s “new” look.

The blu-rays flopped for a number of reasons, with their high price tag and special features locked behind retailer specific sets being the big stand outs. This also came at a time when the viewing public was making the shift to digital and streaming services and they still haven’t figured that out yet.

Also, who needs more Kelvin Trek when we got THE PICARD coming back!!! Personally, I’m hoping for a Darmok & Jalad reunion tour!

While I can appreciate that Abrams preferred Star Wars to Star Trek, I could never understand why he didn’t “get” Star Trek. Its a metaphor for the human condition, like most sci fi, in the form of a quasi militaristic adventure, seen through an optimistic, idealistic lens that favors reason, curiosity and American…

What Ishamael said about users subscribing to CBSAA is right.

I guess I’m a true Trekker, because my first thought was, “but I loved the excessively long expository scenes in mumbly Klingon!”

seems like everyone is forgetting that interbreeding is normal behavior for the Targeaeyns

“Though knowing George R.R. Martin and his stories, they’ll probably end up getting married and avoiding the whole problem anyway.”

This is no longer GRRM’s story. The first few seasons were a hit because they told a story that subverted, deconstructed, and reconstructed common fantasy/political/”chosen one”/TV…

The irony of this is that the rockets the Russians are using now are the same basic design as the rocket that put the first man in space. The R7 rocket put Sputnik in orbit, it launched Gagarin 23 days before Shepard in the Soyuz capsule stuck on top of an R7 rocket. The R7 and its variants have launched more than…

He will just insist on a wall around the moon to keep the undesirables out.

Good for them! Space is for everyone and we should applaud their success. I hope once they have their moon shot moment we can work together to build something remarkable.

We are currently relying on the Russians to get American astronauts into space. If the current situation isn’t making the federal government throw mad stacks of cash at NASA, I don’t see how another Chinese rover will, even if it is on the far side of the moon.

I can tell you that one option of bodies donated for science if the training of medical personnel.  I had the honor of attending a cadaver lab where a few amazing people had donated their bodies to science and it was a rare opportunity that would have not been possible without them.

No. But oddly gold pressed latinum is pegged to the Stanley Nickel.

Rainn Wilson makes the character, I could care less about Mudd if it wasn’t for him. In many way his performance reminds me of John De Lancie as Q, a character that could so easily fall flat on his face but works do to the masterful work of the actor portraying him.

The CO2 isn’t interned forever, but it is released at a much slower rate. The body is essentially composted and becomes soil. The carbon in the soil is taken up into plants. Eventually those plants either die and decay or are eaten by animals which then eventually die and decay. But that carbon makes its way around…

I want to be freeze dried. A Swedish biologist has patented a method which freeze dries the body, pulverizes the remains and removes all metals. The remain are buried in a box made out of starch and will be completely decomposed within 18 months.

Man, I hope devoured by crabs is an option by the time I kick it. Apparently they’re pretty quick about taking care of a body, and I have enjoyed eating them so it seems only fair to return the favor.