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  1. Thom
    I still want a real sequel to Aliens...
  2. Thom
    I could be persuaded to give this a shot.
  3. Thom
    Awesome job!
  4. Thom
    What was the whole point of making him an android anyway!? One of the goofiest things.
  5. Thom
    And that, I think is inferring way too much. You're now accusing the character of purposefully getting pregnant without having any evidence but conjecture about a show you yourself have pointed out has a story that can't really support its own weight, Unless the character herself says so, all we have is the poor plot to go on, and to blame. And no, purposefully getting pregnant is not sexual assault. Shitty, yes, but not sexual assault.
  6. Thom
    Pro tip, if you don't watch the first one the you won't need a lobotomy.
  7. Thom
    That was on last night, and suddenly I saw him and made the connection! He also plays the lead bad guy in the first season of Blood and Treasure. On seeing actors in other movies, I just watched the Director's Cut of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Carl Weathers was in a scene cut from the theatrical release and Lance Henrikson is wandering around in the background when the aliens arrive at the end.
  8. Thom
    Your super lancer is looking fantastic! And I;m not zooming by, I'm zooming in to see more of that pin-up!😍
  9. Thom
    Admiral Vance is a product of a show centered on Michael Burnham, and since she is the star, she is the one who must succeed. It is a trope that is both a strength (in other shows) and a weakness (in this one) seeing how they (the writers) have to tie themselves into knots in order to justify the end goal; Captain Burnham. He really is the best character on that show.
  10. Thom
    Where does that come from?
  11. Thom
    Thank you! I don't think he is a doctor. His mother is, and we didn't see her there in the flashback, but I think he is just smuggling the medical supplies, ale and weapons. As for what's happening with the warlords and the refugees, I have no idea. There must be some restrictions, otherwise the warlords would simply have killed everyone off rather than having to resort to a sickness that would be hard to track back to them. The Rangers themselves may be holding them from killing off any innocents, or than they already have. Again, I don't know. I don't even think the writers know.🤪
  12. Thom
    Granted. I was unaware it was no longer illegal. That if he's not just running a b.s. story for those Rangers. But even if he wasn't, he's delivering medical aid to the victims of the warlords - while helping those warlords kill each other off. Sounds like a 'win-win' situation.
  13. Thom
    That's the thing though, 'for all we know' ovaries could be made to produce more, like taking a kidney pill.😉
  14. Thom
    We actually don't know how medical sciences, much less evolution, has altered the time a woman has in order to get pregnant. For all we know, there is no menopause anymore and women, like men, can produce their half of the equation right up until death. I'd say all of this has everything to do with bad writing rather than the character scheming or being inherently bad. I think this is more likely...
  15. Thom
    Utterly fantastic!
  16. Thom
    Well, I've already said I don't think all of them are miserable. Just two, Seven and Raffi. At the beginning, Picard is in no way near miserable. He's bored. He's yearning for a new adventure, which is one of the reasons he's going with Laris. Bored, not miserable. Riker and Troi are clearly having some problems, but he does not look or act miserable, maybe a bit stressed and looking for a distraction. Better to go with Picard than risk a trip to Risa. And it seems they've come to grips, as much as any parent can, with the loss of a child that happened over a decade go. Neither one seems to depressed, as seen in the first season, where in fact they looked quite happy and content. And Worf isn't miserable at all. He's full into the Zen-thing. As for Jack Crusher, yes he's a criminal, but as we saw in that flashback the trading of illegal booze was to get medical supplies to a beleaguered world. I would go along that thread to say that all the other charges were also to further that ultimate goal. He does what he has to for a bigger purpose, even if that upsets what constitutes local law enforcement. I'd hazard a theory, that a lot of the pressure to arrest him may be from people he's made enemies of while doing that as, again in the flashback, those people on the planet were being allowed to die off in order to open up a claim for that world. People who do that won't like it when their nefarious plans are thwarted, so he's made enemies. Hence the price on his head and Varis hunting him for it. He actually comes off more as a Robin Hood-type figure, instead trading booze and guns for medical supplies. We know from what she said herself, that when he was younger they were on Earth for a time. Jack went to school in London. Then I'm just assuming that life happens from there, as Beverly got into more humanitarian missions transporting medicines and that, with the threat of assassinations either not materializing or diminishing, Jack just followed in her footsteps. That in no way excuses her for never telling Picard about his son, but that's what I've gleaned from what they've shown thus far.
  17. Thom
    I don't mind these characters having human failings, as that is what they are after all. It's just that the writers are doing it very bluntly and ham-fisted (may mean the same thing...) I look back on the episode 'Inner Light' where Picard lived that entire life on that dying planet. Coming back from that would leave anyone devastated and traumatized, but the writers at the time treated it very poignantly and intelligently. The choice to do it this way on STP leaves a sour taste where Beverly is concerned, which is not handling the character very well at all. That's why I really wish Jack Crusher was just a clone of her dead husband, leaving Picard with the more noble option of defending a friend and her 'son,' even though he is no blood relation to Picard. And reading up on the episode, this left Picard with a strong desire to have kids, which makes one wonder why they didn't carry this over? Should have given him a big family.
  18. Thom
    It appeared again during Yesterday's Enterprise, where they clearly had a merely working relationship with some cold shoulder thrown in.
  19. Thom
    Very interesting. I love the design of the Titan, but they talk about bringing the Luna class forward to this, and it's just not there. They are two entirely different ships. But that;s been discussed. What wasn't and is glaring, is no mention of Bill Krause. Bill Krause AKA Admiral Buck, created the Shangi-La, a TMP version of a Connie-variant. According to him, he was then approached by STP in order to update the design and use as the hero ship. Yet no mention is made on this clip? Interesting.
  20. Thom
    Those are great looking scuplts. Awesome!
  21. Thom
    Dang that looks sooo good! Looks like I'll have to pop for one of these.
  22. Thom
    Both of theses are just awesome!
  23. Thom
    Hadn't even thought that, but you are right. Although I think the same would apply to torpedoes, seeing as they too have to pass through the shields, and I am pretty sure I saw them impacting Titan's shields when they were redirected. Oh the conundrums! I think the writers of these shows should visit some forums and go through thread histories, at least once. I can see Beverly's perspective in this. Yes, Picard was able to retire and live a peaceful life afterward, but at the time things sounded extremely dangerous, and I wouldn't fault any pregnant woman for wanting to protect her child. As has happened, she has lost both her husband and first son to Starfleet and exploring. So I can understand that. What I would fault was never telling him after the first year or so. Fine, she told Jack who and where he was, but she must have left a lot out if Jack decided never to see him on his own. In that, Picard is correct, he should have had the choice himself. All in all, I prefer Captain Beverly Picard of the USS Pasteur over this version.
  24. Thom
    Yeah, I don't get that either. Yes, knowing after the fact about the portal device robs Titan of much of it's offensive punch, but even before then they were all acting as though the ship was made of glass. Titan is well armed, with phaser strips and blisters on the saucer and torpedo launchers, and though the Shrike may be packed with weapons, the biggest weakness of Titan's crew is that they were so easily cowed. The Shrike can't fire all those weapons at once and, in fact, having all those weapons on board could make the Shrike a powder keg just waiting for the right spark, but they don't even try. I put that hesitance to act off on Shaw, and was expecting more when Riker took command, but even he decided not to use the ship to its full potential. Not until it had already been badly damaged did he decide to follow Picard's urging and attack. And it might even had worked if not for the portal device. Which, I think is really cool! In theory, the Shrike doesn't actually need any offensive weapons at all as long as it has the portal device, not if any weapon fired at it can be redirected right back at its launcher. Something also important to note, Riker is captain, not Picard, so the responsibility is his when he takes an action. Blaming Picard at the end was actually pretty petty, especially when you are left with no other choice but to attack.
  25. Thom
    I had to check and, thankfully, he did not write some of my fav Xena episodes! (phew!) Checking further, it looks like he only wrote one episode for Xena.
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