You watched the video awfully fast - what did you think of his comments in context?

I have no beef with Paul Wesley - young Kirk was described as “a stack of books with legs” back in TOS, and I think that comes through in the performance.

But Sam Kirk is an absolute delight.

If the first season wasn’t your cup of tea, you might try skipping to season two - I personally think it’s the weakest of the five, but it does introduce Mount, Peck, and Romijn as Pike, Spock, and Una.

And then there’s the major shift at the end, which sets the stage for some seasons that I really enjoyed.

There was a leak a few days ago suggesting July 31, which has since been retracted by the source (SkyShowtime in Europe).

Interesting, thanks for catching that.

It does seem like a strange “error”…

Hiya Toys is pushing their Kelvin line pretty hard, though they also have the license for some SNW stuff - there’s an Anson Mount Pike figure available.

Historically, SkyShowtime has made episodes available on a one-day delay, so July 31 is likely the date for Paramount+.

The video’s pretty light on details on the model, aside from what it’s made of, but Memory Alpha has some info on it.

“No, Irish need apply!”

hopefully it’s not just about seeing these characters eat it.

It really does sound like a spin on the Suicide Squad or, dare I say it, Section 31 premise.

There’s also a spaceship on the show, which I think, I hope that’s not a fucking secret. I have been known—I’ve had a bad experience with oversharing, and I hope that wasn’t an overshare, but it’s fabulous.

I think Frakes is in the clear here - this tracks with Becky Lynch’s announcement that she would be part of the “bridge crew.”

STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS, kicking off in July, is the start of an all-new heartrending Star Trek five-issue miniseries by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek), featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crewmembers: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.

Led by an experienced officer embedded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.

They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. The red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line…and no one is safe.

Then, launching in August, is the five-issue limited series STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS - THE SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION from writer Robbie Thompson and artist Travis Mercer.

It’s classic adventure tale with plenty of twists and turns as the crew explore an ice-covered planet and the scary secrets that are lurking deep beneath the surface… Featuring beloved characters First Officer Una Chin-Riley, Security Officer La’An Noonien-Singh, Science Officer Spock, and Nurse Christine Chapel - plus, a new adorable robot sidekick named D6!

2025 continues the 30th anniversary celebration of the fan-favorite series Star Trek: Voyager with the STAR TREK: VOYAGER - HOMECOMING, a five-issue limited series launching this September, from co-writers Tilly and Susan Bridges and artist Angel Hernandez.

Captain Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager are back for one final mission before they head home. The limited comic series aims to offer the final resolution that fans have been waiting decades to witness.

This story picks up just moments after the final shot of the series! The final shot of the Emmy award-winning series featured the iconic ship approaching Earth before the screen goes dark… But what if just moments after that, there was one last emergency?

I just revisited the scene from “Red Directive” in which Burnham is riding on the top of Moll and L’ak’s ship - at the end of the sequence, she leaps from the ship’s hull as the warp field collapses. When she and the ship enter “normal” space, they both seem fairly stationary. Burnham is tumbling a bit in her EV suit, but she doesn’t seem to have a lot of velocity.

I think we’ve seen enough to safely say it would fall out of FTL in fairly short order.

I don’t think we’ve seen enough to say exactly what its sublight velocity would be - no examples are coming to mind.

Edit: as is often the case when the warp drive comes up, its worth pointing out that ships at warp pretty definitely have momentum/inertia.

That title has big 90s Marvel energy.

Big week for drinkware…

Rudy Ransom Did Nothing Wrong

Sounds great - it’s sort of our “not directly about Star Trek, but maybe the people who like this instance would be interested” community.