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by CharlesPhipps
Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:40 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: "The Gernsback Continuum" by William Gibson
Replies: 0
Views: 964

"The Gernsback Continuum" by William Gibson

https://beforewegoblog.com/review-the-gernsback-continuum-by-william-gibson/ “The Gernsback Continuum” is William Gibson of 1981, looking back forty years to the the Golden Age of Science Fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. While not quite as long from the Nineteen Eighties to the Twenty-Twenties, ...
by CharlesPhipps
Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: The Elysian Kingdom (SNW)
Replies: 25
Views: 2748

Re: The Elysian Kingdom (SNW)

I imagine her feelings on the subject were complex. Including possibly the fact she considered the Cardassian High Command as guilty and deserving of punishment as everyone but not thinking the civilians deserved what happened to them. Kira remained a fascinating unique individual because she was fi...
by CharlesPhipps
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Perfect show for SF Debris to talk about
Replies: 3
Views: 561

Re: Perfect show for SF Debris to talk about

There's so much Chuck would be awesome to discuss and got delayed on.

I'm just glad he's gotten much of it back up after the disaster(s).
by CharlesPhipps
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Hamas Attacks Israel
Replies: 591
Views: 35061

Re: Hamas Attacks Israel

BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:21 pm
CharlesPhipps wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:08 pm UN resolutions are musical chairs.

People vote knowing the others will veto it.

They're meaningless, sadly.
That basically describes the UN overall.
It's pretty good for distributing relief but even that is prone to massive corruption.
by CharlesPhipps
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Hamas Attacks Israel
Replies: 591
Views: 35061

Re: Hamas Attacks Israel

UN resolutions are musical chairs.

People vote knowing the others will veto it.

They're meaningless, sadly.
by CharlesPhipps
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: News
Topic: Hamas Attacks Israel
Replies: 591
Views: 35061

Re: Hamas Attacks Israel

yeah, it's weird the extremes of the argument.

* You can't be Pro-Palestine without being Pro-Hamas

* You can't be Pro-Israel while being against Netanyahu
by CharlesPhipps
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: [TNG/DS9] Wesley Crusher should have had Bashir's plot
Replies: 9
Views: 678

Re: [TNG/DS9] Wesley Crusher should have had Bashir's plot

I think part of the reason no one accepted Wesley's intelligence was so much vaster than everyone else's was because, well, you'd think the flagship would already be populated with a bunch of geniuses.
by CharlesPhipps
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: Remaining Star Trek Episodes (TOS-SNW)
Replies: 96
Views: 27845

Re: Remaining Star Trek Episodes (TOS-SNW)

Actually that whole crew first season is like kids on their first RPG come to think of it. Three different people did the "rogue with a traumatic past who Works Alone and Doesn't Play by the Rules" cliche, Agnes built a skill monkey, and Picard is played by Elron's dad who's been playing since the ...
by CharlesPhipps
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: [TNG/DS9] Wesley Crusher should have had Bashir's plot
Replies: 9
Views: 678

[TNG/DS9] Wesley Crusher should have had Bashir's plot

This is one of those random posts that is really just me sharing a thought experiment as television writing certainly doesn't work this way or reality but I think it'd have been interesting in Season Two or even Seaon One that Wesley Crusher might have benefited from giving him the "upgrade" that Ju...
by CharlesPhipps
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: I like when a Cool Intimidating Villain is Metaphorically Castrated In a sequel, adaptation, reboot or remake.
Replies: 6
Views: 332

Re: I like when a Cool Intimidating Villain is Metaphorically Castrated In a sequel, adaptation, reboot or remake.

Correct, we are in complete agreement about Utena. We just differ on Vicious. Yeah, my take on Vicious being a bad handling in the show is the fact that the Netflix version's biggest problem is that it removes a great deal of pressure from Spike Siegal. When he's talking about the fact that he like...