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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago (10 children)

How do the things in this bill accomplish that?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 4 days ago (14 children)

There’s no reason for us to come up with “draconian” bills to appease to Taco Chicken.

Maybe you should tell the Public Safety Minister.

Anandasangaree said Tuesday that Bill C-2 was drafted to contain "elements that will strengthen the relationship" between Canada and the U.S.

"There are a number of items in the bill that have been irritants for the U.S. so we are addressing some of those issues," he said. "But it's not exclusively about the United States."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-legislation-border-fentanyl-1.7550684

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 19 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Of the points raised in the video, which do you think aren't harmful?

Unilaterally cancelling immigration applications without any real oversight is draconian.

The video lays out a very concrete example of why the one-year limit on asylum claims is not a great idea.

I would think that eliminating "barriers" to forcing electronic service providers to hand over user data to law enforcement should be relevant to the interests of most Lemmy users.

Making it easier for the police to seize and open mail is...concerning.

”Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.” The middle of the battle against the Rev-1 seems like an odd time for Murf to imitate someone complaining about “Star Trek: Discovery”, but he does seem to have things handled.

I couldn't understand him because he was whispering, and I couldn't see him because it was too dark, and also he was too woke. Is that a Bingo?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

outside Canada they need to be better promoted as Canadian.

Interesting - what do you see as the benefit to that? I'm not disagreeing, but I hadn't really considered it before.

One thing that needs to happen is the Conservative traitors to stop lying about and maligning the CBC.

Big yup.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Nova Squadron cadets are practicing a maneuver called the Boothby Supernova, named for the venerable Starfleet Academy groundskeeper, who perished in such a maneuver, as per “In the Flesh”.

To shreds, you say.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's probably safe to assume that Gugu's character is unique in some way - a human hybrid or somesuch.

I do really like the redesign of the "traditional" Sea Devils. They look great.

Yeah, my brain definitely made a connection that wasn't supported by the story.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm terrible at gauging whether an opinion is popular, but I'm chock-full of correct opinions, so here goes.

  • The Timeless Child is basically fine, and served its function of injecting some new mystery and story hooks into the Doctor. RTD in particular has used it pretty effectively (read: sparingly), toying with the idea of the Doctor being a Foundling and embracing the Fugitive Doctor.

  • The worst thing the show can do is bore me, so I can't get too mad at episodes like "Love and Monsters" and "Kill the Moon", because for all their flaws, they are not boring.

  • I have no idea where the fandom eventually landed on Clara Oswald, but after her "recalibration" for "The Day of the Doctor", she was an all-time great companion. Danny Pink was good, too.

  • This is broad, but internet culture seems to insist that everything has to be either the best thing ever, or the worst. Most things are actually pretty average - that's why it's called an average.

Now, on to yours, OP...

I LOVED the first series of both 12

"Listen"! "Time Heist"! "Mummy On the Orient Express"! "Flatline"! Great stuff.

and 13

Look, "Demons of the Punjab" is a Hall of Fame-level episode, as far as I'm concerned. "It Takes You Away" deserves recognition for its delightful weirdness. "The Woman Who Fell to Earth", "Rosa", and "The Witchfinders" are all good outings. I'm probably more willing to defend "Kerblam!" than many are.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sunday was a bit of a spoiler minefield

A lot of it was driven by the BBC, too - normally, I would consider spoilers like that to be fair game to share, because if the production itself doesn't care, why should we? But this offended even my lenient sensibilities.

There were more emotional payoffs here than actually narrative ones

This is one of my favourite things about Doctor Who, really - the show often operates on emotional logic far more than, you know, logic-logic. Of course, that's a dangerous game to play, and there's a higher risk of a story doesn't quite land right with everyone, and...the more I think about it, the more that was probably the case for me with "The Reality War."

It was lovely seeing Anita again

I think it was intentional, but it was interesting that Anita was constantly sidelined by the narrative, kind of ignored by the other characters. A little heartbreaking, and I'm not sure what, exactly, the message is, but it did seem intentional to me. Also, I assume RTD had to write around Steph de Whalley's actual pregnancy?

And finally, a sitdown with Belinda in a new timeline where she’s now (and somehow always was) happily Poppy’s mum and the Doctor can wash his hands of paternity.

My initial reaction was that maybe this had been the case all season, and we had just been seeing the Doctor's altered memories, but...that doesn't really work at all, so never mind. It's a shame, too, because that could have been interesting.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The kid's manifesting - let's check back in 20 years.

 
  • This is a real good one: pretty good pacing, pretty good visuals, pretty good score. It's the total package!

  • Lousy title, though.

  • Apparently, Beatles music was cheaper in the 80s.

  • The little girl who gets plugged into the Dalek machine is great. She's got my vote for next Davros.

  • The Hand of Omega (that's OH-migga, mind you) macguffin is pretty deftly handled. It's a piece of machinery Omega used when he created the power source. No need for an overly long explanation of....gestures at the other two serials.

  • The Doctor hid the Hand of Omega on Earth in 1963, and guarded it for less than a month before taking off for several lifetimes. That...tracks.

  • That Mike fellow is a handsome twerp.

  • "I never really wanted to hurt anybody. It's just you have to protect your own, keep the outsiders out just that your own people can have a fair chance." Jeeze, when did Doctor Who get so woke?

  • The Doctor waffles a lot on the Dalek-killing issue. Mostly, he seems fine with it as long as he's the one pulling the trigger.

  • Skaro has been destroyed! We shall never see it again!

 

David wrote many, many Trek novels and comics, including the New Frontier series.

 
  • I was enjoying this one quite a bit early on, but it turns into a bit of a slog as it goes.

  • I'm a big advocate of the restoration of Gallifrey, but...yeesh. Less is more.

  • A lot of the energy is sucked out of the story by the layering of pointless mysteries. Does it matter if Omega's identity is revealed much, much sooner? Not really. Ditto for "who's the traitor on the High Council?" But I suppose they have a runtime to fill.

  • It's amusing to watch Colin Baker run around trying to hasten the Doctor's regeneration. Conflict of interest!

  • Omega has a TARDIS now? Okay...

  • Omega (that's OH-meguh) has a rather more subdued personality this time around, which is kind of a shame. A little eccentricity might have spiced things up a bit.

  • The Ergon, described as one of Omega's less successful attempts at psychosynthesis, looks kind of familiar...

The Ergon, a bird-like creature that appears to be made of bone, not unlike the bone palace and giant creatures seen in "Wish World".

 
  • I swear I saw bits and pieces of old Doctor Who reruns when I was growing up, and I have vague memories of the Third Doctor and Bessie - vague enough that I would never be able to actually identify an episode that I've seen before.

  • Jo is sort of blandly competent in this, without standing out in any way. The Brigadier is at his most buffoonish.

  • It's a shame William Hartnell's health prevented him from playing a larger role in the story, but you do what you can with what you have.

  • The "telepathic conference" effect (if you can call it an effect) was charmingly effective.

  • I also rather liked the blobby creatures, and whatever they used to dress the sets in the antimatter universe. That translucent red stuff has a visceral quality that enhances the overall...shoddiness.

  • Nice quarry, too.

  • Now, on to Omega. There's "over the top," and then there's this guy. He's an old-school supervillain at his core, with shades of Doctor Doom (and I'm not just talking about the mask). Despite being very one-note, his backstory is interesting, and has a very old-school sci-fi feel.

  • Also...Omega is trapped in a world that he's essentially wished into existence. Where have I heard that before...?

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