Michael Gemar

@cygnus The earlier books have fantastic, well-thought out space combat scenes, fairly well informed by physics and orbital mechanics.

Everything around those scenes is cringeworthy, and gets much worse as the series goes on. (Honor may be the most Mary Sue character ever.)

@Doug @startrek That scene was pure fan service, and after a decade in the wilderness this fan at least *loved* it.

@Uranium3006 @startrek Arguably the original vision was far less sexist, with a female second in command (which the network quashed). Even having a female as part of the bridge crew was ahead of its time.

@HeartyBeast @startrek *Please* can we forget them?

@StillPaisleyCat @startrek Of *course* their programming language would require a special keyboard.

@ZenkorSoraz To paraphrase a developer from the ‘80s: “I don’t know what the language of the future will look like, but I know it will be called Fortran.”

@MaxMouseOCX @startrek That’s not the criterion for the Bechdel Test — it’s ONE conversation between two women that’s not about a man.

@Blamemeta Yes, that’s TOS.

@Blamemeta TOS, and Roddenberry’s original vision, was all about diversity/inclusivity.

@Blamemeta Have you actually *seen* Star Trek?

@Continuumguy @startrek If Starfleet has weapons that work against the Gorn, *why keep them secret*?!

@UlyssesT @startrek Yep.

@oocdc2 @startrek I definitely took that as a shout-out to “Once More With Feeling”…

@poundsignbuttstuff @startrek I thought he says explicitly that it contains adrenaline and pain inhibitors. I’m not sure such a real-world cocktail would have the portrayed effects, but it’s clear they’re trying to ground the concoction realistically.

@poundsignbuttstuff @startrek The war scenes definitely reminded me of the serious side of M*A*S*H.

@lonlazarus @startrek The show The Magicians did a musical episode every year that generally was quite good, but again, the premise allowed that kind of fancy.

@rob_t_firefly I’m not sure why a diplomatic vessel wouldn’t need to be fast. I would think the opposite — diplomacy can be needed in rapidly-developing crisis situations, and you’d want people there as soon as possible.

@stuck Terrific performance, and a great re-imagining of a character that was woefully underserved in TOS.

@Continuumguy @startrek But in its serious mode, without the wacky anti-authoritarian hijinks.

@darth_helmet @47_alpha_tango I like Ortegas a lot, but I think it is kinda silly that a huge starship would need (or could use) a hotshot pilot. The ship is like an aircraft carrier, which generally don’t make fancy moves.