They should call it "The North Atlantic Gulf" and let Mexico join NATO.
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VanVelding
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I'm VanVelding. I'm on my 4th Star Trek podcast. Bitter but not cynical. Friendly but not nice.
If you're asking yourself, "damn, what movies are coming out this month?" I have you partially covered (with at least 10 movies). https://vanvelding.blogspot.com/2025/01/movie-trailers-for-february-2025.html
"Hide and Q" feels a bit too early to bring back Q, but it's...nothing if not memorable. Please enjoy this week's #TBnTB rerun. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tbntb/episodes/Hide-and-Q-e51a2c/a-al4am8
Hide and Q by The Beige and The Bold
The streak of callbacks to TOS episodes continues. Naked Time and Naked Now is obvious, but there’s also Journey to Babel and Lonely Among Us and The Apple and Justice. Even next week’s episode is somewhat reminiscent of Amok Time. But what about the Picard/Riker bromance? Most of Picard’s crew are hand-picked folks who are new to their position. Did he pick folks because they didn’t have that experience? It’s presumed he spent his time since the destruction of the Stargazer doing admin on Earth; was he grooming these kids? All weird, Professor-X stuff aside, does the Picard/Riker implicit trust and respect thing work? Has it been sufficiently established?
Star Trek Minus Context
It's "The Battle," on this week's #TBnTB rerun. An oft-forgotten episode probably because it's a bit weird. "Even for TNG Season 1" weird.
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tbntb/episodes/The-Battle-e50q1g/a-al44vo
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tbntb/episodes/The-Battle-e50q1g/a-al44vo
The Battle by The Beige and The Bold
So Wesley saves the ship for, like, the second of three times. This one seems perfectly organic and any perceptive crewman traveling between departments could have solved this. What we should really be complaining about his the trope where the ship is saved by some contrived coincidence instead of, y'know, competence.
This week's #TBnTB rerun is "Justice," which despite all of its flaw is quoteworthy. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tbntb/episodes/Justice-e50q0s/a-al44tg
BBC News#BBC World's hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C warming limit https://w.st/h6yQB5
Jef PoskanzerHappy MAGAt Tasing Himself In The Nuts Until He Died Day to those who celebrate
@SunDancer Ah. I quit playing for years when they brought the 1st edition of TacOps to their GenCon table instead of sending the pre-orders out.
Got a refund (store credit) after they finally got back to the office. Nabbed Eclipse Phase and CthuluTech with it though.
@SunDancer I don't read them. What's their deal?