I use Kbin and I see it as “removed by moderator.”
I use Kbin and I see it as “removed by moderator.”
Star Trek: Year Five - four-volume trade paperback (from the comic books)
Outstanding pacing, art, and characterization. Uhura really gets a chance to show her expertise in communications. Several connections to the original series, but they don’t feel like they’re just awkwardly-forced name checks.
I can’t remember if Milo or Binkley said it, but “there are no moral absolutes in a complex world.”
One of the reasons you don’t know Detmer was they made a conscious decision to make a “one main character” show instead of an ensemble show. They were consciously not trying to develop anyone but Burnham, and to a lesser extent Saru, then Stamets.
Where does quality news come from if people aren’t willing to pay for it?
“I can’t imagine it would have been good, but boy do I wish I existed in a universe where this movie had been made.” — This is the perfect reaction and I cannot improve on it in any way.
“partially intentional”…
Oh, it’s WAYYYY intentional. Star Trek knows what it’s doing. A story like this one may not map 1:1 onto one particular group’s struggles IRL, but the moral principles that motivate us (or should motivate us) do. There is a current in our society now of people who are hurting because they feel they’re not free to be who they really are, and that they’re expected to lie about it or apologize for it. That’s exhausting. That’s why Una turned herself in.
As as everyone reading this knows, that has affected and is still affecting more than one group. So Trek episodes are a little broader, more allegorical, and ambiguous. That way, it’s not just “the trans episode” or “the racism episode.” It’s an enduring message of unity in diversity that can stand the test of time.
I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and your story here. It takes strength to be your true self when the world feels like a stream running the opposite direction. Just like Una saved La’an, who then went on to save others, you are now a part of that chain. Your strength, and the strength of your contemporaries, will make it easier for more and more in the future to live their authentic lives with pride.
The original post here uses words like “gouging” and “raking”, so this didn’t start out as a calm discussion of opportunity cost.
The post you’re replying to is kind of condescending, so all in all this is probably not the best content we’ll see all day.