There’s some fun to be had in here - one of the “Distinguished Heroes” is Chwolkk, Class of 2376 - a Horta who served aboard the Titan in the novels.

Not sure I’m entirely comfortable with SFA as the acronym for Starfleet Academy.

Oh? Is there something I’m not thinking of?

I think it’s a decent evolution of the ENT aesthetic - the warp delta in particular - at a smaller scale.

Not exactly awe-inspiring, but as a glorified commercial transport…

They probably won’t, especially considering that the first version of the pitch has already been rejected.

But…the reason for that rejection has been addressed, and this seems like this show would have a unique identity, which has been a priority.

And frankly, this seems like a more interesting concept to me than any of the other not-quite-pitches that have come from creators over the last few years.

Far too rich for my blood, but their SNW boot pretty eye-catching.

There’s really any number of benign possibilities. It’s just…odd.

I haven’t seen “The Residence”, but I think I heard it was decent.

It was never officially stated as such, but…it seems pretty obvious?

It really seems like something happened/changed along the way.

Of all the cast, it seems like he would have the most reason to be there as a guest instructor - he’s an expert in a field that no one else gives a damn about.

I guess the biggest knock against it in-universe is that Starfleet’s first responders still need him to Make Them Go.

Professor Stamets would be a sight to behold, second only to Professor Rayner.

I didn’t expect Ceti Alpha VI to go “boom” quite so soon but here we are.

If anyone was still concerned that Khan would be somehow lionized by this series, his immediate decision to attack the crashed aliens should put that to rest.

Marla continues to be the most interesting character, trying to be the voice of Starfleet in the situation.

The framing story is beginning to get more interesting, as well, continuing to explore what the heck caused Ceti Alpha VI to explode in the first place.

The way they’ve been talking, it sounds like they’re playing with the idea that Kirk seemed pretty comfortable on the Enterprise in his first episodes, so there may be unseen stories to be told before TOS season one.

I think we’re good to go now, albeit possibly still catching up.

Have I got bad news about Ellison’s overall vision for the company…

Though to be fair, he said:

"I don’t think AI is a replacement for creativity. It’s actually quite the opposite. The thing that has been really problematic from my perspective in media, is people thinking that technology is something to be feared. It’s not. The artists and the filmmakers that we work with are first, second, third, fourth, fifth on our priority list, we are a storytelling company first.”

That…may or may not be terrible?

In any case, this position seems more concerned with licensing and stuff like the Universal Fan Fest nights from last year, and the upcoming parade float. As much as they’ve been a little better with that stuff lately, I don’t think new blood is a bad thing in this case.

Yep, looks like you’re right - looking into it.

Yeah…it would be nice if they could give it a permanent home, or maybe do a touring exhibit.

Paramount got rid of its theme park division back in 2006, but is some Prodigy(!) content at a theme park in Turkey, and there were plans for a Paramount park in China that included Trek content, but I have no idea if it’s still in the works.

It was temporary, after regular park hours - they had a bunch of IPs that aren’t normally part of Universal.

They’re already planning one for next year, but details on what it will entail are scarce.

As the series continues, I find I’m a lot more interested in the worldbuilding than the story itself.

There’s a lot of cool stuff in there - I hadn’t considered the fact that Khan and his people were unfamliar with Federation technology, and the fact that McGivers uses that to her advantage is a lot of fun. I enjoy listening to them go about the day-to-day business of survival - maybe it’s the Naveen Andrews of it all, but it reminds me of the first season of “Lost”.

The framing story continues to be pretty irrelevant, but it’s nice to hear them diving into the burning questions surrounding TWOK. How could the Enterprise crew have missed the fact that one of the planets in the system was about to go critical? How could the Reliant crew not have not noticed a missing planet upon their return? Now that these questions have been raised, I assume answers will be provided…

IGN has a (very) brief teaser trailer

Sure, I think the key is balance in all things. I absolutely loathed the third season of “Picard”, but I’m not going to jump into every conversation about it I see just for the sake of saying so.

But if it makes sense, and is relevant…I might, if I feel like it. There’s room to talk about what you disliked about something, and why. It just shouldn’t be your entire personality, y’know?

I think it’s completely possible to enjoy a flawed creation.

And in this case, I think La’An’s story this season was fairly strong, even though it was heavily (if not entirely) tied to her relationship with Spock.

Ortegas got an entire episode devoted to her, but the criticism about her experience with the Gorn being largely overlooked prior to that is completely fair.

Uhura certainly had less to do, and I think Una was pretty short-changed this season.