Skip Navigation

User banner

StillPaisleyCat

@ StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

Posts
128
Comments
1152
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Kurt and Wyatt Russell Talk ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Return, Upcoming Spinoff and the Complicated Legacy of ‘Tombstone’

    Jump

  • That’s my recollection too, from the season one finale and the season two premiere.

    So, I’m wondering what Kurt Russell and the interviewer (who has had access to screeners) were referring to in this section of the interview:

    KURT RUSSELL Having been in Axis Mundi, the only specific is that you apparently have no memory of it. That is a bit of a hard-and-fast rule. [Writer’s Note: One of the standout episodes of season two, episode seven, makes excellent use of this rule.]

  • Assorted thoughts on "Godzilla" (2014) and "Kong: Skull Island"

    Jump

  • Here’s a meta take on that.

    Many of the Showa era films that made it into English audiences were produced during the Vietnam War — and it’s been relatively recently revealed that a number of the male voice actors who did the English language dubs in Hong Kong were moonlighting broadcasters and reporters, and even a military attaché at Government House.

    Stuart Varney, then working for the public broadcaster Radio Hong Kong but more recently well known on Fox News, was one of them.

    A good number of those voices — mainly British and Canadians putting on a ‘mid Atlantic accent’ - were otherwise in Vietnam and Cambodia covering the wars. Some of them worked for the major US networks and were producing the film that brought the horrors of the war into America’s living rooms.

    https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Category:Films_dubbed_in_Hong_Kong

  • Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EPs Talk “Sam 2.0” And Honoring The Doctor’s ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ History

    Jump

  • I’ve watched most of the first season of Absentia. It’s intense and dark. It’s also more of a British or European style thriller in that it keeps you in the dark with genuine ‘who done it?’ rather than ‘how done it?’

    Interestingly Violo was co-creator and senior writer of Absentis but didn’t get as much producer credit. Seems her talent moved her up into creative control more quickly than the WGA stepwise progression in titles allows.

  • Kurt and Wyatt Russell Talk ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Return, Upcoming Spinoff and the Complicated Legacy of ‘Tombstone’

    Jump

  • While Sheridanverse shows generally leave me cold, it will be tempting to watch Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer together in just about anything.

    Some spoilers in there about season two of M:LOM.

    And one thing that I somehow didn’t realize!

    How can they have no memory of their time in Axis Mundi or the Hollow Earth or whatever?

    How is that a hard and fast rule that I missed? Didn’t Cate recall what had happened to Shaw?

  • Annotations for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08: “The Life of the Stars”

    Jump

  • I wish that they’d provide just one anchoring standard date reference in-universe.

    🥺

  • Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

    Jump

  • Union urges federal government to halt early retirement program for public servants

    Jump

  • The headline and post summary are somewhat misleading in their incompleteness.

    From the article:

    The federal public service’s largest union has filed official complaints asking the government to "cease the unilateral implementation" of its early retirement incentive program until its parameters are negotiated with the union…

    By offering separation packages to public servants to reduce its workforce, the employer is "bargaining directly with PSAC members on terms and conditions of employment," the union says.

  • Gardening season reminder: look for local seed libraries!

    Jump

  • Also, if you have saved more seed than you need yourself, put it into your local seed libraries now.

  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    What Audiences Loved in 2025: How Audience Demand Became the Industry’s Most Reliable Signal

    www.parrotanalytics.com /insights/what-audiences-loved-in-2025-how-audience-demand-became-the-industrys-most-reliable-signal/

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

    Jump

  • Flix Patrol just compiles the public rankings from the streamers themselves as far as I know.

    Parrot Analytics used to make public their rankings that incorporate everything available, including social media volumes, and presumably ‘alternative views’. They were excellent leading indicators and covered many markets that the other metric companies didn’t. However, they stopped making their top ten streaming shows list available, let alone their show by country details, and we don’t see them reported in entertainment media as we once did.

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

    Jump

  • It has its ups and downs but many of us view it as the strongest live action first season in this era.

    For older fans, episodes 5, 6 and 8 seem to be the favourites so far.

    In fact episode 8 is so important for 90s fans, that I would argue that it’s worth hanging in until then at minimum.

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

    Jump

  • I have no issues with the ‘dots’ given this is the 32nd century. It really puts the fine point on assigning physical labour as a disciplinary measure.

    The lens flare is part of a directional code that’s getting dated at this point. I notice that in the premiere - which Kurtzman directed himself - he went for long camera pans with fewer jump cuts, and fewer lens flares.

    As long as Osunsami remains the supervising EP and supervising director in Toronto however, I don’t think that it’s likely we’ll see Kurtzman’s own style of direction reflected in the shows.

  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Monarch: Legacy of Monsters • FlixPatrol

    flixpatrol.com /title/monarch-legacy-of-monsters/

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

    Jump

  • Oh! That is an interesting pair of indicators.

    Nemechek tends to draw the old guard. If he’s seeing his reach increase, it would be a leading indicator for a shift.

  • The new Voyager game was pretty bad.

    Jump

  • Thanks for this.

    I think I should focus on finishing Resurgence.

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol

    flixpatrol.com /title/star-trek-starfleet-academy/

  • Preview ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Episode 9 With 5 New Images For “300th Night”

    Jump

  • Giametti has said quite unequivocally that he is not in this episode.

    Big bridge scene with the senior officers.

  • Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

    Jump

  • Not sure. It’s his father Larry that is concerned about the news media.

    It seems that David Ellison wants to control the entertainment industry and is willing to sacrifice every and any scruple he may have to get that, letting the news media be captured by whatever agenda in order to get what he wants.

    Also, this way David is indisputably the victor in the succession competition that Larry set up between his offspring.

  • Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

    Jump

  • Seeing how that photo came up in the thumbnail took me aback too.

  • Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

    Jump

  • There is also this from David Ellison via The Hollywood Reporter:

    “By uniting our iconic studios complimentary streaming platforms with a global footprint, our cable and linear networks, and our world-class IP, we have the opportunity to help shape the future and build a next generation media and entertainment company. This has been our goal since day one,” Ellison said Monday. “This is not about consolidation, it’s about reinventing the business. We want to expand our reach and enhance our ability to create the world’s most compelling stories and experiences. And we’re incredibly excited about this transaction, and it will accelerate that ambition.”

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/david-ellison-talks-warner-bros-deal-comments-1236519395/

  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

    www.cnn.com /2025/12/22/media/paramount-warner-bros-ellisons-revised-deal

  • Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EPs Talk “Sam 2.0” And Honoring The Doctor’s ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ History

    Jump

  • You’re right!

    And I’m very curious to see where this takes the curmudgeonly Doctor we’ve come to love as fans.

    After the Doctor’s rapid development in Voyager, his relatively frozen state of psychological evolution — through Prodigy and on for 8 centuries — needed an explanation.

    At a meta level, I don’t think that fans would have accepted a very differently tempered Doctor at the beginning of the show. So, this allows both the writers and Picardo to take the character into new experiences and development.

    As an aside, American screenwriters are so stuck on trauma being necessary for character development that it sometimes feel they are celebrating it or suggesting it is necessary for greatness. It’s good to see instead a situation where a significant trauma causes a lasting paralysis in development that might never be overcome without taking emotional risks.

  • Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ EPs Talk “Sam 2.0” And Honoring The Doctor’s ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ History

    Jump

  • Why it didn’t really register that SAM will now be the Doctor’s daughter — formed by an environment where he shared his preferences and 800 years of experiences — I can’t say.

    That’s on me. But surely, this will be a wild ride for all.

  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Where 'Monarch' Season 2 Fits Into the Epic Monsterverse Timeline

    movieweb.com /monarch-season-2-monsterverse-timeline-explained/
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    If Godzilla attacked, could we survive? We asked the experts

    www.space.com /entertainment/space-movies-shows/if-godzilla-attacked-could-we-survive-we-asked-the-experts
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Wyatt Russell Reveals His Early Marvel Worries, Says Captain America Was "Like a Death Sentence"

    www.inverse.com /entertainment/wyatt-russell-interview-monarch-marvel
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website
    Featured

    Episode Discussion | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | 2 x 01 "Cause and Effect"

  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    M:LOG S2 -- photos and an early spoiler-free review from IGN

    www.ign.com /articles/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-review-recap-no-spoilers
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Paramount Brass Talk Film Studio’s ‘Rebuild Phase’ and Potential for New NFL Rights Deal

    variety.com /2026/film/news/paramount-ellison-theatrical-rebuild-phase-nfl-tv-deal-1236673005/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Whistleblower Claims Paramount President Jeff Shell Leaked Details of $7.7 Billion UFC Deal

    www.hollywoodreporter.com /business/business-news/paramount-president-jeff-shell-leaked-details-of-ultimate-fighting-championship-deal-rj-cipriani-1236514207/
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Preorders open for Titanbooks The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual

    titanbooks.com /72821-the-monarch-files-a-monsterverse-manual/
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    M:LOM early season 2 spoiler-free reviews

    godzilla-movies.com /news/monarch-legacy-monsters-season-2-blows-season-1-out-the-water-literally
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Episode Titles - Monarch Legacy of Monsters season 2

  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Godzilla takes over Hollywood drone show - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 premiere event

    www.joblo.com /monarch-godzilla-takes-over-downtown-l-a-world-record-setting-drone-show-we-were-there/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Announcing c/Monsterverse a new StarTrek.website community

    startrek.website /post/35903845
  • Monsterverse @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website
    Featured

    Monsterverse — Welcome to a new StarTrek.website community

  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Monsterverse curious? Would folks like to discuss Monarch: Legacy of Monsters?

    www.hollywoodreporter.com /tv/tv-news/monarch-legacy-monsters-godzilla-kong-titan-battle-apple-tv-1236493431/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    Kellogg's Raisin Bran launches its "Will Shat here" Super Bowl 2026 advertisement

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website

    35 Years Ago, Star Trek Retroactively Created New Canon, And No One Noticed

    www.inverse.com /entertainment/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-wounded-35-year-anniversary