Long answer, but good answer friend.

This in particular is gold:

in this future, humanity still succumbs to the pains and pitfalls of present-day life in a way that suggests we won’t grow out of them

I thought Section 31 was some shit clinging to the bowl, but the writers keep assimilating it into the Star Trek matrix so much so that it implies the Federation of TNG is a naive facade 😔

Viva Mintaka III 💪🏴 I love that episode for having primitive superstitious Vulcanoid aliens instead of generic humanoids.

We live in a world that has walls federation worlds, and those federation worlds have to be guarded.

Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Barclay?

she was chosen to rule the Terran empire

Administer 15 mg of damnatio memoriae to the previous regime, stat!

Admiral Vance:

“It’s made of our shit, you know?”

I have never seen so much monotone reading of dialogue. Renegade Soval carried every scene he was in, so at least there’s that.

Thanks for opening my eyes to something new 🍻

Hey thanks, it’s all new to me. I know what I’m watching this weekend.

After a dip I to that rabbit hole, perhaps I spoke too quickly…

Q: Look at me when I’m eating off you Picard.

But to your point, are there any fandoms (besides the church) that are still going strong with commemorative plates? Maybe they are just old fashioned.

What’s this, what’s this? There’s Trek alum everywhere!

Ooh, is there a hot take here?

I havent heard much about it, sorry if I’m retreading a tired topic.

Oh man, you just made me relive the night my dad took me to see The Undiscovered Country opening night at the Chinese. Thanks for sharing and good luck.

First time I saw him outside Star Trek was in a Scarlett O’Hara TV miniseries.

Imagine my surprise when he’s driving her around in a horse and buggy: an olde time transporter chief!

His imdb page is suprisingly prolific https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000538/ 151 roles since 1973 is a pretty damn good run.