Nuuh-oooooo!

It's like a Zen koan.

Trump creates strange bedfellows: consider the fact that he has both extreme rightwing Israelis/their Christian apocalyptic fans and Neo-Nazis all cohabiting in his version of a big tent. (This apparently caused problems when he sent some envoys or something to Israel.)

Ug. That's too bad.

I hated it when it was on (quit sometime around 7 of 9's introduction) mostly because it seemed like the most three dimensional character was the hologram.

It's interesting that you mention the crew getting along well. I don't know anything about the behind the scenes stuff on TNG, but I find it telling that on random projects you'll see a few to a bunch of them popping up. (Gargoyles, Blunt Talk - fucking Family Guy…)

(In Werner Herzog voice)
Soon, my child.
But we were never alive to begin with.

But so, we are a functional meritocracy, because this failed?

That's the one!

Sometimes people need to be saved.

I don't think he knows how.

No, it was a Japanese movie.

I would bet money that it's only the second grossest mermaid movie I'll ever see.

Knowing is half the battle, thank you.

I think the concerns about Miller's work usually orbit around its lack of self-awareness.

"an empty burlesque of ennui"
- The AV Club

Sort of tangent:

That sounds right.

Ah, gotcha.

Yeah, but isn't that a bit like asking an old, shell shocked war hero back into an even worse war, while knowing the odds of any of us surviving are poor?