There’s certainly a lot of pressure to move productions back to California right now.

Then again, they do own (one of) the buildings in Toronto, and Canada isn’t likely stop being an attractive place to make sci-fi any time soon.

The bigger question is likely the “if it happens” bit.

It sounds like they’ll be continuing the Trek license with S&S for the time being, but for how long as anyone’s guess…

Seven’s bisexuality was definitely an invention of “Picard” (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

In Mariner’s case, I wouldn’t be surprised if her bisexuality was intended from the beginning.

You know what they say - fake news is good news!

That’d be a provincial survey, not a federal one.

Yeah, it seems like even the old partners might be reluctant, having lost the rights once before.

But we need a lot of time and much deeper ties before we’d jump into eu membership.

Yeah, it’s very easy to be “open” to the idea. I’m interested myself, but I know next to nothing about what the effects of that sort of integration would be.

I always felt like Amazon might be the natural streaming partner.

But maybe they’re just going back to the original status quo of regional streaming rights, without a single global partner?

Hopefully better times are ahead now that the years-long game of hot potato with the company is over.

There’s no accounting for taste…

I just think it’s neat!

(And to be clear, I mean the second, 1886 City Hall, not the original, which looks rather boring.)

My instance’s image uploads don’t appear to be working, but feast your eyes on the postcard featured here.

Edit:

I truly wish I could have seen the old City Hall in person.

The latter, I think?

I definitely eat my fair share of doughnuts, though rarely the jelly-filled ones.

Huh. I figured it was regional, but I didn’t know it was that regional.

Though to be fair, I don’t think I’ve heard anyone call them that since my grandparents in the mid-90s.

Babylon 5 is fantastic - I guess if I were to describe it briefly (and vaguely), it would be “interstellar political drama with mythological undertones.”

It’s the mealy-mouthed half-apology of someone who was caught talking out of school. It’ll probably be enough for the whole thing to blow over.

Let’s not expect miracles…

It’s probably worth noting that this is what he had to say about fiction in general, and Star Trek in particular, a few years ago:

I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that.

Yeah, I didn’t really like the political message aspects of those stories [Stranger in a Strange Land, Brave New World, 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale]. Not that I disagreed with the political point. Just that I didn’t like the political points being there at all. Now, those writers are so good they make compelling and addictive stories despite the political messaging. But that’s often not the case with other stories and other authors.

You’re not mis-reading me, though. I deeply dislike social commentary. For instance, as a lifelong Star Trek fan, it’s always bothered me that there is a presumed “responsibility” within Star Trek shows to talk about social issues. I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other.

Yeah, the choice of podcast is a red flag all on its own.

and critics

That’s an interesting thing to bring into the conversation - Weir certainly isn’t one.