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by Asvarduil
Tue Dec 21, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Sex in Star Trek (A Jessie Gender Video Series)
Replies: 42
Views: 3489

Re: Sex in Star Trek (A Jessie Gender Video Series)

I think the miniskirt was less forgivable in the Abrams reboot. They changed almost everything about the aesthetic of TOS but not pants? Speaking of sex/gender in Trek, am I the only one that thinks the "skirt for men" from TNG season 1 has actually aged quite well no matter how silly it may have b...
by Asvarduil
Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:04 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: The Chimney of Surprise.
Replies: 22
Views: 3179

Re: The Chimney of Surprise.

Serious question: did you ever reach out to This Old House on PBS?
by Asvarduil
Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:35 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: VOY - Displaced
Replies: 64
Views: 6267

Re: VOY - Displaced

While I agree with Chuck that this episode is completely forgettable and totally run-of-the-mill for Voyager... I would like to support Chuck in creating his new "Load-Bearing Villain" category. Something I see so often that it's painful in fiction, is the load-bearing villain. "If we just defeat th...
by Asvarduil
Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Replies: 118
Views: 11920

Re: Dragon Age: Inquisition

I love that Chuck is getting to DA:I's biggest problem: That the vast majority of the cool stuff in the game is assigned to your minions, while you run around a giant boring open world picking up shards and plants. This should have been a Mass Effect 2-style mission-based game, and instead it has t...
by Asvarduil
Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: MAGA rioters storm the Senate
Replies: 290
Views: 19944

Re: MAGA rioters storm the Senate

But when it comes to something like the cancelling of Senator Hawley's book, The Tyranny of Big Tech , I just feel sad. I think this is extremely dangerous, because it's infringing on First Amendment rights It isn't. This is one business (Simon & Schuster) deciding they don't want to do business wi...
by Asvarduil
Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:11 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three
Replies: 383
Views: 29564

Re: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three

For me personally season three is far better than Enterprises third season, simply because that season was 26 episodes of the characters being angry, bitter, and miserable, and just nonstop depression and hopelessness, Discovery has a lot more hopefulness to it and great characters that personally ...
by Asvarduil
Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:06 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three
Replies: 383
Views: 29564

Re: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three

Forgot to mention that the show skips showing Stamets confronting Michael for tossing him off the ship to prevent him from jumping to the radioactive nebula, to Stamets being on the bridge and being happy that Michael is promoted to captain (MajorGrin pointed that out in his review video). I guess ...
by Asvarduil
Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:05 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three
Replies: 383
Views: 29564

Re: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three

At the end, I loved the callout to a Starbase with a gelato machine - someone clearly watches Lore Reloaded too! I'm glad the proud Federation tradition of installing gelato machines has continued even into the disconnected future of the Federation. Are you serious? Did that actually happen? I hate...
by Asvarduil
Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:29 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three
Replies: 383
Views: 29564

Re: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three

At last, I am ready. This final arc of S3 Discovery was decent, but not perfect, in my opinion. While there's a lot to love, I can't sit here and say it was well thought-through, either. Frankly, I think the plot with Saru was the strong point, as it was the most character-oriented part of the piece...
by Asvarduil
Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:42 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three
Replies: 383
Views: 29564

Re: Star Trek Discovery: Season Three

... Guess 40% of a shield does not stop transporters. That...is also a good lore/space magic question. Are partial shields good enough to block transporters? If Tilly was a half way decent captain, she would have known this. ...And I think that is unfair. Discovery was set up for a rescue/research ...