Much sadder circumstances, but Jerry O’Connell, Wil Wheaton, and Carol Kane all took the stage during the Rob Reiner tribute.

It’s always seemed to me that the Firefly cast got the “best” version of Whedon.

Which in no way absolves him of anything he did on other productions - just an observation.

It sounds like they’re going to be shopping out around to non-Disney buyers, which is a bit of a rarity these days.

It’s hard to get a handle on what happened with the BtVS reboot, but one article I read suggested there were (unspecified) concerns with the pilot.

Sounds like that’s the plan - tough to include Tudyk otherwise.

Yeah, that’s the one I was looking at. I’d just like to see more interdisciplinary collaboration on stuff like this!

I understand why they’re so heavily invested in a neurological model for this, but it’s a little surprising that they don’t appear to have any behaviourists involved (at least, not from the way the journal article is written). They would have a lot to offer in terms of the nature schedule and of the “feedback” provided.

The “audience score” being significantly lower than the critic score is a red flag.

The “political alignment” (for lack of a better term) of the show needs to be considered, given that the tactic is a right-wing favourite.

The number of “reviews” that appear in a very short span of time could be telling.

The tone and quality of the discourse on platforms like Twitter could be informative, as well.

But yeah, it’s one of those things that can’t really be proven with the data available to the layperson.

“We will be back in there, that was always my expectation,” Feige said. “So the need to set a dinner or a lunch to say hi, I just never do. Because we’re busy and because we’re going to have a next time. And that hit me like a ton of bricks when I realized that there wasn’t going to be a next time.”

Good advice for me…

Why would you need to put on a show?

Well it was a literal show to establish himself as the leader of his little pirate society, so I thought the ridiculous show trial worked. But I also think his motivation to be that sort of leader was a little out of left field.

Yes, good call. I can’t believe I forgot to mention it, too!

I also wonder if a completely stabilized Omega molecule would even be viable as a power source - the original VOY episode doesn’t seem to really touch on that, but it does seem like its energy potential comes from it being destabilized.

not seeing Discovery blipping first right as the blockade is lifted, at least a few seconds or a minute before all other ships warping in.

I had the same thought - let the first responders be the first responders!

Hopefully we’ll see Stamets or someone show up as a guest lecturer at some point.

does anyone actually care about a gay character on Star Trek in the year 2026?

Well, yes - plenty of people care about, and celebrate, representation.

I am absolutely okay with Star Trek being just one of many franchises they’re managing, and not the largest or most prominent.

In the case of SFA, I do think they’ll be looking closely at the demographics - are they actually reaching the younger audience they were hoping to reach? I think that’s far more important than “was it a top 10 show” or whatever other limited metrics are available to us.

I could go on a whole rant about how that should be impossible, but I think I’m happy to let a gag be a gag in this case.

It’s going to continue to gather strength, and will eventually be the villain of season four.

You have Nus in custody, but we saw how well that went last time. So will we see Paul again in Season 2?

Kurtzman: No, not in Season 2. There’s nothing we want more than to bring Paul back and there’s nothing Paul wants more than to come back, so we are going to figure that out in Season 3.

This is the kind of confidence I’m looking for right now.

Okay yeah, I knew it was ringing a bell. I think they probably should have called that back at least once during the season. I can barely remember things for one week, let alone nine.

She married Saru in DIS’ series finale.

That was President T’Rina of Ni’Var, not Rillak.

I thought the various chyrons were a lot of fun, and very consistent with Braka’s unhinged energy.