Yeah it felt too quick-paced, especially with regards to Melba. I hope it smooths over, but if the whole book is in these 7 eps, that is one *fast* pace.

You all might appreciate listening to the Churn podcast, which features Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham (i.e. James S.A. Corey themselves) weekly talking about the show. They discuss hiring Strathairn this week, who came into the writers’ room and broke down the character; they talk about Naomi and Drummer; about the…

Why does anyone assume Avengers 4 will be set one year after IW? If it picks up immediately after then there is no time “in between” for shows to be set in.

The good thing is he meets up with Admiral Souther (and in the book leads the fight against Sadavar’s forces), who is a potential ally of Avasarala. Still, nasty spoiler promo :/

Emma became ‘good’ in Grant Morrison’s phenomenal New X-Men (c 2001-4, issues 114-154), which Whedon both followed on from & sidetracked from after Marvel walked back from the conclusions Morrison left behind. If you haven’t read it, you really need to - its one of the most ambitious & creative high points of 50 years…

This season never mentions Frank’s headwound, which is a shame. It, alongside a distinct lack of mention of “Red” or Reyes, is one of the weird gaps in the season. 

I loved Nathanson on The Knick, where he played a brilliant Jewish doctor, Dr Zinberg, who forms a medical rival to Clive Owen’s main character, at first, and later a mentor to Bertie as he enters into the New York Jewish world. His focus and also his warmth were really on show there.

He could be alive in the mirror universe.... :D

A sad thing about this is probably that Kojima will have no role in the film or any adaptation henceforth. He doesn’t own it, Konami does.

Hi Nobled, sorry to be pedantic, but can you stop mispelling ‘canon’ please :)

No, they aren’t all white. If you want to learn more about them, check out https://twitter.com/startrekroom, esp https://twitter.com/extspace. 

You know Wrath of Khan is the only Trek film without any Klingons before the theatrical cut of Star Trek (2009)....

Ah, i imagined the funding deal was like that of HBO and the BBC with Rome, or other more recent con-fabs - a hefty chunk of cash for distribution of a sure fire hit for Netflix (given the popularity of old trek on it too)

As part of its international distribution, Disc is shown & part-funded by Netflix (its a Netflix original in the way Theme Expanse, Designated Survivor & a host of other shows are/were).

Why is it when an adaptation is made of a film from a book, that’s a form.of art or high craft? Why is it when an author makes a novel based on a film or TV show, that is seen as not a form of art, or even craft?

He wasn’t doing or being that. He was challenging the show itself, because he wanted to test how effective a particular character introduction was. And he was talking with his peers:

I like Alan’s work a lot, but I don’t know him personally beyond web interactions. Why do you say this?

I loved this! I don’t mind all the changes, it was just very evocative, brilliantly dark yet optimistic. Saru is brilliantly evoked, funny, snide, yet playful - and Burnham too. It is a shame to lose Georgiou, but she was brilliant in her brief time on-screen and presumably flashbacks through the serialised series…