“All this seems to say that Starfleet Academy is a global hit for Paramount, reaching new demographics and new markets, but not a fit for the Sheridanverse Pro sports streamer Paramount+ was narrowed towards.”

If that’s true, I guess it’s UPN all over again. Starts with Star Trek as the lead only to have it slowly sidelined by a focus on a different audience, including a focus on professional fighting. The only way it could be more like UPN is if it was getting ready to merge with a similar-sized service owned by Warner Bros.

Oh dang.

Resurgence had voice acting for the whole game.

I was mainly using season 3 as an example, but fair point that they were referencing other shows from episode 1.

Heck, one of the first characters to speak on the show was Gul Evek, who had appeared in several episodes of DS9 and TNG starting with “Playing God” when he refused to help O’Brien with the voles.

Still watching, mainly out of curiosity.

It’s become more fun and less repetitive with the new Holodeck Rescues. I don’t know that it really does its job of teaching STEM or much of any lessons, but it’s relatively harmless.

That said, if I had kids I have no idea if this would hold their attention, and I’d much rather the hypothetical kids just watch Bluey instead.

But I’ll probably continue to at least check out the new episodes just out of curiosity based almost entirely on it having the name Star Trek.

Voyager referenced or included TOS and TNG characters in at least eight episodes of season 3.

• “Flashback” was the big Sulu/Rand/Kang 30th anniversary tribute
• “Death Wish” had Q and Riker
• In “Alliances” Tuvok talks about Spock and recaps the events of Undiscovered Country
• McCoy was mentioned in “Lifesigns”
• Data was mentioned in “Prototype”
• Sulu was mentioned in “Tattoo”
• Picard and Moriarty were mentioned in “Alter Ego”
• Picard was mentioned again in “Scorpion”

That’s basically a third of the season, assuming I didn’t forget any. And that’s not even counting things like the mention of Wolf 359 in “Unity” or the koon-ut-kal-if-fee in “Blood Fever”.

And that’s from the show that went out of their way to make it hard to use existing concepts.

I like to think that the pepperoni pizza was a tribute to the 30th anniversary of “Threshold” on the same day, but the true tribute to “Threshold” was depicting parents stranding their offspring on a planet and then justifying that it was fine.

I have one. I want to say ThinkGeek used to sell them, but I definitely recognize that backing as being from the same device I have.

It’s cool and fun to wear, but not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn’t pick up super-well, which isn’t too surprising when it’s clipped on your shirt. Magnet would sometimes slip off if the shirt bunched up or something too. (I haven’t used it in a few years, so I’m a little hazy on some of this.)

A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success, albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.

She’s definitely missed.

Incidentally, sounds like you might appreciate this podcast if you aren’t into it already. I’ve heard it mentioned a few times, though to be honest I haven’t given it a listen myself yet. (I’m behind on too many podcasts already to add another one at the moment.)

https://www.alltheasiansonstartrek.com/

I look forward to them, so thanks for the update. Take your time.

Not sure your country of origin, but in the U.S. it has all 13 theatrical films + Section 31, as well as Woman in Motion and Building Star Trek.

https://www.paramountplus.com/collections/star-trek/

Nice notes, other than the Berman comment, which was tacky and unnecessary.

It’s the same dumb cycle that’s happened with every new Trek show since TNG (and probably TAS). It’s tiresome, but at least it’s predicable, I guess? Just ignore the obligatory backlash and see how it turns out.

I love Prodigy, but I’ve seen people struggle to get past the first episode. If someone’s coming in reluctantly it’s not where I’d start.

I’ve shown this as a first episode (or at least first 2-3 episodes) and it hasn’t been an issue. If you’re sitting with them you can explain significant items, but generally they get enough without much help.

Great episode, but I’d argue it doesn’t really give a new viewer much of a feel of what Star Trek is. Probably works better when you have a few episodes of TNG already under your belt.

Might be worth showing him the first episode of Lower Decks then. Or “Temporal Edict” is another strong early episode that’s still fairly introductory and really gives a lot of the Star Trek vibes about being capable and ethical while still showing it as a fun time.

They’ve retracted the comment.

“The premiere date for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3 was given to one of our members in error and is incorrect. Apologies for the inconvenience caused. We share your excitement and can’t wait for the 3rd season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to premiere.”

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN67nU54jJap8YLNTbSPBZg/community?lb=UgkxyY8OW7LJKPTqVl1gc46zFVOUZHBfFFZz

Though it could still be accurate and they’re just doing damage control. Maybe we’ll find out for First Contact Day?

Great notes, as always.

In addition to the already-cited references, the Beagle could additionally be a sly reference to Archer’s pal Porthos.

Interestingly, Jolene Blalock is credited simply as “Jolene”. EDIT: Mike McMahan says this was at her request. https://bsky.app/profile/mikemcmahan.bsky.social/post/3ld3v4usznc2i

Our T’Pol also had some indirect experience with the concept of katra transference when Archer briefly carried Surak’s katra.

I’d probably just start the PIC era in 2399. We only see the 2380’s in a handful of flashbacks. Prodigy definitely has some PIC connections, but it’s far more a continuation of Voyager, and it starts like a year after season 5 of Lower Decks.