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[Il Palazzo]

Holy shit, I've just seen this trailer for an upcoming SF animated series called Scavengers Reign. First time I hear about it, and the title is kinda cringe, but I'm so hyped right now I can't even.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOsZVmVPn4E

[Folly]

I remember enjoying the animated short Scavengers years ago. Had no idea they were turning it into a full show. And it looks like we won't have to wait long!

[Folly]

Gen V just dropped the first 3 episodes.

It's a spinoff of The Boys, with My Hero Academia vibes. There's bloody violence, trauma, and gratuitous nudity. I love it~

[McTraveller]

So even though I was on the fence with The Wheel of Time for season 1, given all the strange things they did with the characterization... I actually quite enjoyed season 2 in spite of myself.

[McTraveller]

Watched the first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on an airline flight.

/Kirk voice/ What. Have they.  Done. With Star. Trek.

Aside from visuals and re-using words and names from the Trek universe... it just doesn't feel like Trek.  Like the lack of professionalism of the bridge crew¹ is... astonishing. I mean the old Trek bridge crews knew each other, but when on the bridge, they were about their job even with some casual banter, not about "oh wow, that's cool!" or other juvenile remarks.  I think it's the lack of sophistication in the banter - on TOS and TNG, the banter was more high-brow.  This felt more like stuff you'd get from YouTube streamers.

No nuance at all with breaking General Order 1... just "eh, whatever, rules are meant to be broken."

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The idea that a civilization at war would suddenly stop fighting instantly just because aliens showed up? Even one with obviously superior technology? Laughable.

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And special mention to medical staff. Like what is up with nurse Chapel? Zero protocols for bringing aliens on board.  Just... mind-boggling.

[Il Palazzo]

I was never much of a Trekkie, but of the little I experienced I remember the adult, professional, and principled attitude of the crew as the thing that made it stand out.
Looking at the current productions, it seems like they only retained the costumes and the sets.

[Strongpoint]

Professional and mature behavior is boring! We need DRAMA, conflict, and character growth! (character growth usually means an insufferable protagonist who becomes slightly less insufferable later)

[King Zultan]

It seems like that franchise has gone down hill over past few years with each new series making the situation worse.

[Il Palazzo]

Holy shit, I've just seen this trailer for an upcoming SF animated series called Scavengers Reign. First time I hear about it, and the title is kinda cringe, but I'm so hyped right now I can't even.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOsZVmVPn4E

Oh, for fuck's sake. They released it but it's region locked. 

[Strongpoint]

Bingle watched Ahsoka. What the hell did they do to Sabine? It is not the character I enjoyed... and even if her going padawan has some potential, her confidently doing a Jedi knight level force push in the end was so out of nowhere.

Also, the only really good part of the series is the new dark Jedi. Everything else is rather - "it's OK I guess."

[Magmacube_tr]

I watched the second season of Heartstopper on Netflix.

It is great. But it is not for me. It is awsome and deserves the praise, but watching it viscerally bothers me. It ignored the dissonance in the first season, but since the themes in the episodes became more mature, It became too real, and too much to bear.

You see, I am like super very neurodivergent. I only consume non-liveaction content. My recognition cannot adapt to the flesh-and-bone human thing on the screen.

For example, I have no problems with written and drawn media. I can readily recognise Charlie as Charlie in the comics. My mechanism can just say that to me with no issues.

But I can't watch the show. My brain goes; "This person is Joe Locke- I mean Joe Locke- Joe- J-J-Joe-[CHARLIE_FRANCIS_SPRING]" It is like cognitive dissonance, but much worse.

You get it? Does anyone else has the same issue? It is very annoying. I want to watch the season 3 when it comes out, but I don't want to feel dissonant again.

[scriver]

Bingle watched Ahsoka. What the hell did they do to Sabine? It is not the character I enjoyed... and even if her going padawan has some potential, her confidently doing a Jedi knight level force push in the end was so out of nowhere.

Also, the only really good part of the series is the new dark Jedi. Everything else is rather - "it's OK I guess."

Who is Sabine again?

[Folly]

Sabine was a Mandalorian who bailed on Mandalore to join the Rebels, then bailed on the Rebels to become the leader of Mandalore, then bailed on that to become a Jedi, then bailed on the Jedi to become a Sith, then bailed on the Sith to just backpack around space with her boyfriend for a while.

[ChairmanPoo]

She was never sith aligned iirc?

[Folly]

Well that's from the new Ahsoka show. One could argue that she only cooperated with them temporarily so that they would help her find Ezra, and did not have any true allegiance to the Sith. But I still count it as one more team she sided with and then abandoned. Girl's got issues.