I hear a new SW movie coming..  They are working on casting now.

Personally, not interested. 

It will suck. Why bother?

Mon Sep 01 2025 12:17:36 UTC from darknetuser

Well, I guess I will download it illegally 5 years from now a day I find myself bored and with nothing else to do, which is how I get in contact with most modern crappy movies these days. But even then I usually end up downloading some movie from the 50s instead.

Is everyone enjoying "Starfleet Academy"?   

Yeesh.  Makes me glad I don't subscribe to Parawoke Plus.  It looks as if the captain and bridge crew were killed in battle and the ship is being flown by Starfleet HR.

Why do they need eyeglasses in the 25th century? 

Hopefully they've cured baldness, and ED. 

Fri Jan 23 2026 22:45:11 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Is everyone ready for Starfleet Academy hahahahahalolololol

Is everyone enjoying "Starfleet Academy"?   

 

They don't.

I cant remember which movie, but McCoy commented about Kirk wearing his..  They had a drug, but i guess he was allergic or something.  Of course that doesn't truly explain Geordi either.. as the visor was unnecessary. But it was to make the show look more inclusive, so it didn't have to really make sense.

Sat Jan 24 2026 06:11:24 UTC from ParanoidDelusions Subject: Re: Is everyone ready for Starfleet Academy hahahahahalolololol

Why do they need eyeglasses in the 25th century? 

Hopefully they've cured baldness, and ED. 

 

Fri Jan 23 2026 22:45:11 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Is everyone ready for Starfleet Academy hahahahahalolololol

Is everyone enjoying "Starfleet Academy"?   

 

 

I keep hearing the show is godawful and that they are trying to appeal to young females with it.

If that's the case then the ladies aren't what they used to be.  My wife has been a fan of "real" Star Trek since forever, and they didn't have to turn it into a chick flick to get her attention.

GenZ ladies. And no, they don't make them like they used to.

Wed Jan 28 2026 03:18:09 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Is everyone ready for Starfleet Academy hahahahahalolololol

I keep hearing the show is godawful and that they are trying to appeal to young females with it.

If that's the case then the ladies aren't what they used to be.  My wife has been a fan of "real" Star Trek since forever, and they didn't have to turn it into a chick flick to get her attention.

Snips. 

But - this... 
And also - that... 
It doesn't actually have to make sense. I hate that. People filtering every show through their sensibilities to go, "well, that is stupid..." 

Sure it is. 
I think in tech - growing up in the 80s before autism was really a diagnosis - we were surrounded by these guys - very pedantic, binary - RIGHT or WRONG attitude people who dissected every little detail for accuracy in a way that was not very emotionally intelligent - but was very high IQ. High functioning autists were rampant in Atari and Commodore and also CITADEL communities in the 80s. 

Guys that seemed a little "retarded" socially - excuse the politically incorrect but accurate phrasing - but who were able to tell you the exact byte count, sectors, heads, of any particular MFM drive - like counting toothpicks spilled on the floor. 

"You've been telling me you were a genius since you were 17. In all these years I still don't know what you mean." 

I'm listening to Steely Dan right now - but that lyric has ALWAYS resonated with me - because I have ALWAYS known that dude. Super smart - unable to work his way out of a single social challenge. 

And I have a touch of that myself. 

They opened a Microcenter here in Phoenix. I took my normal friend to buy a Bambu 3D printer. We were at their filament machine - this big carousel full of filament. You dial it in, it spins, your selection comes out.  Two of the workers, my normal buddy, and I are there, and I go, "It is like CARVANA for 3D printers..." the workers - both FULL nerds - burst out nerd-laughing - and I was *in* - I was their hero. They want me to come back and shop with them every weekend. My friend, the normal, looked awkward and excluded... 

Later on, he came to me and went, "What was THAT?" and I responded, "I'm king of the nerds. I look (mostly) normal, I have regular friends like you, but I know how to say just the right geek thing at just the right geek thing to show I'm part of the club." 

Now he is geeking out on Makerworld and Thingaverse and won't leave me alone asking me questions about how to do custom prints that are WAY beyond my level - because I'm not THAT much of a geek. He needs geekier friends than I am. I'm smart... 110, 118 IQ generally. Pretty smart. I know a lot of you are rocking 125-130 IQs and I seem like a mouth breathing troglodyte to you. 

I've always existed in this weird twilight between 95 and 130 where "pretty smart, but sometimes stupid," exists. 

Being too smart makes it VERY hard to ignore stupid plot devices. Being too stupid means you don't even see it. 

I'm at a place where I see it, but I can ignore it for the sake of enjoying the show. 

But lately - they've lowered the threshold down to the point where I feel like I'm hitting the 130s. I don't think my IQ has increased, the bar has just been lowered. 

I don't know how the rest of you can even watch a show without gagging. 

Sat Jan 24 2026 15:48:30 UTC from DarfWader Subject: Re: Is everyone ready for Starfleet Academy hahahahahalolololol

They don't.

But it was to make the show look more inclusive, so it didn't have to really make sense.