Sir G'kar

Gotta find the motivation to keep going somehow.

Seems like what’s needed is the ability to load an alternate profile or some kind of demo mode based on the pin. Something that looks normal but doesn’t have any info you don’t want others to see, without actually deleting anything.

I look forward to someone making an appropriate oompa loompa song for his exit.

You can point to those civilizations because their collapse was not the end, life continued on. We haven’t been hit by a gamma ray burst or any other complex life ending disaster since we are here to discuss the scenario. But that’s no guarantee that we won’t be.

The odds of anything happening to render Earth totally uninhabitable are very small… in our lifetimes. But as long as we keep existing, the time frame will keep growing, the opportunities for disaster will keep accumulating and the odds will keep multiplying. The basic math looks very different when you multiply by infinity. Even the sun won’t last forever.

Obviously, this is no reason to neglect Earth and rush to other planets. But it is reason enough to reject the idea that we should never spread to other worlds because Earth will always be enough.

On the one hand, yes, the Borg get all the attention. But on the other hand, that also resulted in them getting dumbed down, watered down, and utterly violated with the nerf bat until they were left cowering in a corner and sobbing.

I almost wish they’d stopped with the Borg stuff after Best of Both Worlds. At the very least they should have set some hard limits on how much they would ever be allowed to show up, maybe once or twice a series.

IIRC, something similar happened behind the scenes with Q; the plan had originally been for him to be a frequent visitor on TNG but it was realized that his constant presence would only diminish the character so they limited him to roughly once a season.

Apparently someone (I forget who, probably the director) was unsure about whether they should go that far. So he showed the final cut of the scene to his five-year-old son. When the kid wasn’t noticeably traumatized, the decision was made to keep the scene in as is.

Great, now I’m picturing Odo with boobs.

I finally got around to watching The Trial of the Chicago 7 the other day. Highly recommend it.

Also, UHF is a comedic masterpiece.

The Shadow (1994) is delightful. It’s fun, atmospheric, and does a great job of capturing the quaint charm of old timey pulp storytelling in a more modern action movie. It’s just a treat, and I honestly can’t believe it bombed, and as far as I know, never even got a cult following.

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr only got one season and has mostly passed into obscurity. Which is a shame because it’s fun and can be a great little time capsule from the days when people thought the future might actually be something to be optimistic about.

Cabin Boy is not what you’d call… good. BUT it is still weirdly enjoyable. It’s an experience. One other people should have. Whether they want it or not.

Advent Rising was so unsuccessful it helped kill the publisher, and it got terrible reviews. And yeah, the game feels like there are glaring omissions due to it being rushed out. But I absolutely love it. The powers are cool, the story is simple but works, and it definitely left me wanting more.

Also, Babylon 5 will always be underrated because it’s not possible to rate it highly enough.

I would have been way more excited for a Cursed Halo remake. Think of the nonsense they could unleash when actually building the game from scratch for it.

I really want a law that requires clothes sizes to use actual, verifiable measurements.

When I looked at it I just had the uncontrollable urge to play Tetris.

One of the wonderful little details from B5 was the holographic recording Londo made for [REDACTED] where he’s making his grand speech about how and why he’s having him [REDACTED]. The recording is constantly looking in the wrong direction, pointing accusingly at the wall, moving through people, and just obviously not lining up with the room it’s being played in because it’s just a recording.

Then the gospel choir kicks in and the episode officially becomes my all time favorite.