noooooo i would have loved it

You’d think so wouldn’t you. I make no presumptions when it comes to the weird choices that company makes on what shows it wants to renew and cancel. Nevertheless I’m very happy if this is true. I’ve been throwing it on as background noise just to feed the fussy and mysterious Netflix algorithm in hopes for a renewal…

Yea I would agree that Spider-Man: Homecoming is Zendaya’s breakout mainstream role. Came out two years before Euphoria and Spider-Man movies are seen by a much bigger audience than that show is.

Nope. Two reasons — both of which were brushed over here. First, this is going to be built in a National Historic Park, restricting free space for people to come and do stuff outside. Which particularly impacts lower income residents, as at least one neighborhood borders this park.

But it also sets a precedent for studios to dick about with contracts like this in future. It’s probably better an actress with clout like Scarlet does it now where it’ll actually get attention.

Been watching the show, legitimately. Liking the characters.

Gotta admit, during these less than happy times Lower Decks has become the unexpected panacea I needed. A dose of Star Trek mixed with some lighthearted humour. A nice little 20 minute escape from life once a week.

satire and parody are not the same thing, and after 50+ years of trek - i have been watching for 32 of them, yikes! - i think there is plenty of room for loving self satire, and that’s my read on this show so far. i really enjoyed it and encourage you to give it a try.

What does he mean, because I’m trying to parse if he means political diversity, racial diversity, or Tupac v. Biggie versity?

Don’t be an asshole.

I wouldn’t consider The Orville a parody either as much as it’s a love letter to Trek.

Lower Decks isn’t really a parody, though. It’s a Star Trek show that’s just funny. I like Discovery for what it is, but Decks is WAAAAAY closer to an actual “Star Trek” show than either Discovery or Picard.

Thank you for writing this piece.

A lot of people did. That is why the Harry Potter books, and then movies, are so wildly popular. That is why Bill Cosby was nicknamed “America’s Dad.”  I guess congratulations are in order, to you, on having picked up on vibes from Cosby, through his fictional TV show, and on Rowling, through her fictional wizard…

I’ve been reading the testimonials on the website, and was astonished that (1) there was a very unique and proven pattern to Ellis’s behavior and (2) ashamed, to a degree, of my lack of awareness of the patterns and impact of his actions and of those like him.

At some point the black delegation is going to have to settle on a name for male Karens

No, I don’t think we can all agree on that.  There have certainly been issues with the show, but the attempt at breaking away from planet-of-the-week storytelling is not one of them.

the most fascinating one may have been the season three revelation that, for thousands of years, no one was making it into the Good Place

On a side note, I’d like to know how a black cop ended up named after the president of the Confederacy.

I find the need to give every rock, stick and background character a huge background story one of the most annoying things about the expanded universe. “Did you know the snake in the swamp scene actually belonged to Boba Fett’s sister, Lola Fett, and she used it in her stage act, which happened twice a day on Jabba’s…