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Disco established that the Vulcans have their own uniformed exploratory service. the Vulcan Expeditionary Group. Michael wanted to join, but Sarek could only convince them to take Spock, who ultimately turned it down to go to Starfleet Academy. We've also seen their ships in Lower Decks, so they continue to exist at least until the 2380s or so.

The latest we have info in is the first season of Prodigy, which is set about 15 years before Picard. And yes, Augments are still banned of of that period.

I love a good Star Trek courtroom drama.

If I end seeing this, it will only be to look at Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Near as I can tell, that’s all this movie has going for it.

That was Archer’s.

I guess we're finally getting some form of 1313.

That episode was set 25 years before the stuff in this season.

This was the first time I dipped a toe into homoeroticism. I wasn’t planning on watching this, but maybe I will.

If The Color Purple is as good as it appears to be, I wouldn't be shocked if she got an Oscar nomination.

Bond is a different case for me because with no actor really clearly identified with the part (as much as Sean Connery was the OG, Roger Moore did more movies and arguably Daniel Craig had more of a culture footprint), so you get it refreshed every ten years or so. Different actor, different vibe. Same reason Doctor Who works. Also, it is a massive misread of history to describe the Bond of yore as “banger after banger.” Half of Moore’s movies are nigh unwatchable.

Screw it, I got tickets for an IMAX showing tomorrow at midnight. I’ll be dead on my feet at work Friday, and I don’t care.

I think the live-action movie really drove home how one-of-a-kind he was. Lin-Manuel Miranda attempted to ape Howard’s style in his Moana songs, and while I think they’re good, they just lack that spark of genius. And comparing their lyrics head-to-head, as TLM allowed, really lays that bare.

I know this movie didn’t need to exist. Halle Bailey nailed it anyway.

And the nomination Taraji should have gotten for Hidden Figures.

I have to admit, that made me laugh. And honestly, I'm calling that an incredibly effective trailer. It made me a lot more interested in seeing it.

Fantasia's definitely getting an Oscar for this.

Holy flurking schnit, Marvel and Hasbro reached a deal to release omnibus editions of ROM and Micronauts. Now give Bill Mantlo some money.

The pending Little Mermaid release has gotten me doing a deep dive into the Disney Renaissance, and I am struck by how queer the whole thing was. Yes, you've got the obvious campy villains, but there are some pretty evident trans themes in both LM and obviously Mulan. In the case of the latter (and from what I know of the folktale about Hua Mulan, I still think this), it's barely subtextual. "Reflection" is already the saddest of the "I Want" songs: Ariel wants to explore, Belle wants adventure, Mulan...wants to be free to be herself. But put the lyrics, especially the longer version that was only released as a single, in the mouth of a trans person ("Must I pretend that I'm/Someone else for all time?") and it's heartbreaking.

Yeah, you’re cool. But you’ll never be Jeri Ryan Playing Dungeons & Dragons with Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick Cool.

If you can't have Pat Carroll or a drag queen, and Queen Latifah's already done it, I think that was as close as we could reasonably come.

Not that I’m not excited, but the premise sounds waaaaay more Star Trek than B5.

Really not the news I wanted to wake up to. This one hurts.

Depends on how closely they want to integrate the X-Men into the MCU. Not so much Magneto, but they've got the Shi'ar, Phalanx, and Apocalypse, just off the top of my head. And if they want to do a real throwback, Inferno touched on just about every character.