I fail to see how this is different than other Drag Queens on the show out of drag.

The hate for Eureka drives me crazy. Critiquing a Drag Queen for having a big overt the top personality has been the stupidest critique ever. Queens having over the top personalities is basically one of the oldest stereotypes in Drag

Not that it matters, but I saw through his shit a long time ago. Dude was always more concerned with puffing his own image and ego above everyone else, and using his various outlets (podcast, websites, TV shows) to do so.

Yes, on the surface he’s generally likeable and goofy, but just occasionally he lets that mask slip and gives off a slightly irritable, intense, uptight vibe that could suggest an undercurrent of nerd rage.

Always got a weird vibe form Hardwick. Like for all the happy go lucky persona stuff, that dude has legit nerd rage, too.

Aldi acceptable quality food - cheaper than everywhere else.

“your site’s (tacit) endorsement”

Looking through some upcoming new releases in science fiction and fantasy and finalized a realization I’ve been slowly coming to concerning fantasy mostly, but it also has its parallels in scifi/space opera.

I’m wary of you, io9. I’ve taken a few of these recommendations and been extremely displeased. Annihilation was, while thematically and atmospherically excellent, not very good. Then I picked up Armored Saint and could not have been more turned off by a novel in years.

As tragic as this situation with Stan Lee is, it illustrates a further issue in this country with elder abuse that desperately needs to be addressed.

Terry himself always wanted Jason Flemyng (in the absence of a young Pete Postlethwaite) for Vimes, but I like Liam Cunningham, he would be a good pick too (although I’ve just this second realised that ‘my’ Vimes looks more like Iain Glenn!)

Dream casting, anyone?

Liam Cunningham as Samuel Vimes
Tim Roth as Lord Vetinari (unless they keep the excellent Charles Dance, of course)
Lenora Crichlow as Angua
Olivia Coleman as Lady Sybil

and just for the sheer fun of it - Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran (or Alan Davies) as Colon and Nobby, respectively? :D

Only one I’m…

It’s not automatically better, it’s just different. But being different itself isn’t bad, it’s how the show handles it. DS9 handled their darker storylines really well. Enterprise...didn’t.

“Luke just “is different now” with no credit to the audience. It’s bad writing.”

Funny how no one asks why he didn’t tell her his plan.

The problem is that Star Trek *IS* optimism made manifest.

I think Star Trek Discovery and The Last Jedi took huge leaps forward in that they treat the characters like human beings and not archetypes.

It’s definitely something a lot of critics have been struggling with - criticizing the show as it is vs. as a part of the larger Star Trek mythos. I think a good critic will find a way to balance both, but it obviously isn’t an easy balance to find.

To each their own. Personally, I loved it. Does it give Lorca’s behaviour a cop out? Probably. Did they hang a lantern on the twist? Absolutely not.

I read a couple of different recaps of Discovery each week, and I find that they say a lot more about the particular reviewer and what he or she expects STAR TREK to be than about the particular show.