Jörg Hillebrand
I should do posts about Lt. Sylvia Tilly more often, it always brings out the worst kind of people (at Twitter/X, so far). You know, the ones using words like "nuTrek" or "Kurtzman Trek". Their always crude and insulting comments make it super easy for me to block so I don't have to bother with them when #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy comes out. 😅
Oct 14 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadStill NmyownworldOct 14

@gaghyogi49 Some folks just jump up and down, wave their hands in the air, and essential shout, "Block me! Block me!" 🙄

Tilly! 

Show threadsnocanoOct 14
@Still_Nimmy Wait, what is that emoji? Can we do special Treklove emojis on this thing?? 🤯
Show threadSci-Fi GirlOct 14

@snocano @Still_Nimmy

Its an instance specific emoji. We only have a few that are unique to starbase80.wtf, but i also like the pallas cat!   

Show threadStill NmyownworldOct 14
@snocano The Star Trek delta heart  is a custom emoji available on the instance starbase80.wtf. Check with Guinan, TenForward's admin. Guinan has an amazing selection of Star Trek emojis. I'm not sure what it takes to add a new emoji to instance. Or who created the ST delta heart.
Show threadkeithzgOct 14
@gaghyogi49 mmm, purely academically though "Kurtzman Trek" is a very useful categorization. It doesn't even necessarily uniquely demean the Trek in question if one is aware enough of Trek's production history. Like, Berman Trek was also definitely an era, and similarly the guy in question was definitely a problematic dude with some wrongheaded ideas about how to do Star Trek, and people working on Star Trek still created a lot of great stuff (alongside some not-so-great, especially when the head honcho was most involved with something, and distinctly different stuff when he wasn't). The era of each was quite distinct, in ways that are always at least in some degree of dialogue with the suit in charge.

By contrast, NuTrek has the same labelling problem that any "New-" label does, from computer files to music genres, where it becomes increasing inaccurately named with time and subsequent eras. With Kurtzman stepping away from Trek it's going to be interesting to see what gravitational anomoly distorting the Trek nebula around it will be notable enough to be able to cite and have people immediately know what era is being referenced—for example if we get a scattered and parser set of productions as Paramount gets sold and contracts it might not have a singular person to reference in the same way and it might end up being in the short term "Post-Kurtzman", but of course in the long term "Post-" has the same ambiguity as "Nu-"…
Show threadElena. (she/ her)Oct 14
@gaghyogi49 Tilly is the BEST!
Show threadJames B.Oct 14
@gaghyogi49 I LOVE TILLY SO MUCH. It's absolutely on brand for her to lure out the baddies to easily get rid of them 🥳🖖🏻
Show threadnSonicOct 14

@gaghyogi49 You know - I’m not a fan of #StarTrek #DIS ( #DSC ?) but a LOT of People are, and that’s the spirit of Star Trek, I think. Every generation has ITS Star Trek.

And Tilly - she really is a great role! She is funny, clever, is learning stuff, is coaching and counseling … they should have made more „Tilly Episodes“ 😀👍

Show threadKhleedrilOct 14
@nSonic @gaghyogi49 Star Trek Discovery is a wild, messy ride, and I love it for that!
Show threadsnocanoOct 14
@gaghyogi49 You continue to keep it real, my friend. #teamtilly 🙌
Show threadUSS Joshua Norton, NCC-74819-BOct 14
@gaghyogi49 Looking forward to this so I can add to my block list as well. Also because Tilly is the best.
Show threadAnsonOct 14
@gaghyogi49 there definitely should be a #TillyTuesday
Show threadNickOct 14
@gaghyogi49 Her and Saru were the only two characters I actually liked.
Show threadClaudius 🎃Oct 14
@gaghyogi49 Tilly is one of the best things about DISCO.
Show threadSomething spooky named GreglyOct 14
@gaghyogi49 It’d be fun if you did some digital forensic investigation about what people said when TNG and DS9 were introduced. I think a lot of folks who hate “new Trek” have no idea how many assholes called those shows “politically correct” and “way too liberal/socialist”.
Show threadtptiggerOct 15
@gaghyogi49 It's so sad that we have to put up with these jerkweeds.
At least the trash shows you who to take out :)