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Did Sliders really need a recurring villain? Particularly if it wasn't going to be allowed to be serialized, what does it do for the show? It's a new world on every slide. Shouldn't there be enough to engage viewers by exploring these different realities and how our cast reacts to each one? Even if it were to become serialized (which didn't help S4 or S5 any), what carries over from episode to episode should be how each of the fab four grows personally and as a group, rather than who follows them around the multiverse. If any recurring villain was needed, maybe just have it be doubles of that villain each time he or she shows up, much like what was intended for Bennish. And, no, I'm not calling Bennish a villain.

I know they've pitched a spinoff that would basically be Kirk's Enterprise pre-TOS. Rumors are that Skydance is going to let Kurtzman's contract expire, end all the currently running or in-production Trek, and start over in a few years. Who knows if that's true, but it would explain cancelling SNW, cancelling Lower Decks and Academy's rushed 2nd season.

EDIT: and for the record, I though Four and a Half Vulcans was the series worst episode to date.

My feelings on the importance of maintaining canon have changed over the years. It's still important, I think, to honor what has come before, but I don't think it serves to be a slave to it. If you have a great story idea, but some minor part of it would violate canon, have at it. That being said, if you can tell your story without directly violating canon, I think you should.

I haven't seen this week's episode yet, but there was a holodeck of sorts in TAS, so they're not really breaking anything by having one a few years earlier.

As for the swings in tone, TOS had them, too, just not as severe, but watch Balance of Terror (submarine war movie), The Trouble With Tribbles (comedy) and Spectre of the Gun (psychedelic western) and tell me what kind of show it is. I think of SNW as a reaction to DISCO, and maybe an overreaction. SNW was supposed to be episodic, rather then heavily serialized, bright and hopeful rather than dark and grim, and, most of all, fun. It doesn't lean into allegory as much as it probably should to really be a successor to TOS, but I'm happy with it.

In a way, I think that was the point of the time jump in Discovery. It's still the future of a universe we know, but the writers aren't really required to worry about canon as much because they can now just say, "things changed." Even if characters get their history wrong, how many details do we get wrong today about what happened 1000+ years ago.

Now, do I like such a huge jump? Not really. I think a 100-year jump past TNG (or Picard, I suppose?) would have been sufficient. You have room to maneuver, but there's enough familiar that we're still invested.

FWIW, I like SNW. I like fleshing out Pike and Number One and meeting that crew of the Enterprise. I don't love the dips into retconning the Gorn, the Spock/Chapel relationship, Trelane, etc. There should be enough to explore in this time period without bringing in Kirk, who in TOS said he'd only met Pike once. Still, it's a fun series. It only exists because of the reaction fans had to Pike when he was in Discovery, so I disagree that they could have used this cast for a completely different show. Not because I don't think it would have worked, but because there's no way it would have ever gotten greenlit.

I'm not particularly jazzed about Starfleet Academy, but I was never interested in Dawson's Creek or Felicity, either. And the Academy idea has been around since Star Trek V flopped. VI was going to be an academy film showing Kirk, Spock, etc. all meeting at Starfleet Academy. One idea was for that to be bookended with appearances from Shatner, Nimoy, etc. reprising their roles one last time. None of the original actors wanted to participate in such a project, and the fans revolted, and we go The Undiscovered County instead. They chose wisely.

I saw Superman at a preview showing last night. No spoilers ahead. I really enjoyed it. I've seen early impressions claim that it's silly at points or leans toward the Silver Age tone. I can't say they're 100% wrong, but I think James Gunn gets the character and his relationship to the rest of the human race. Yes, it's a little over-packed with characters, but the non-cameo characters get their moments while the film remains firmly a Superman film.

Watching MAGA heads explode because the film acknowledges that Superman is an immigrant (refugee, really) is a bonus.

I don't know if the DCU as a whole will mesh well once we start getting closer to a Justice League-type film, but I like this better than I liked Creature Commandos.

Also, if you haven't watched Strange New Worlds, according to TrekMovie.com, S1 will be free from June 30 to July 31.

So Strange New Worlds gets renewed for a 5th and final season before the premiere of S3. Season 4 is currently in production. Only 6 episodes for S5. Apparently, 5 years is the new 7 years. This will leave Starfleet Academy as the only Star Trek in production, though supposedly there are still films in the works.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/star-t … 236429020/

It gives the network the ability to chose which episodes to air during sweeps or other important parts of the year. Star Trek's first aired episode was "The Man Trap," the 5th episode to be filmed (6th if you count "The Cage"). The horrid "Charlie X" was filmed two episodes after "The Man Trap," but aired second. Network execs have long felt they were better at choosing which episodes would be most popular than the people who made the shows. They were wrong about that then and wrong about it now.

The struggle is real.

I saw someone suggest (don't recall where) that Netflix is updating their UI. Maybe the new system doesn't support interactivity?

I saw Thunderbolts* last night. More on that in the Marvel thread, but I thought it was better than much of what has been put out since Endgame.

Just finished Presumed Innocent. It was fair. Can't say I saw the real murderer coming.

I still need to finish Daredevil Born Again.

Considering The Studio and Murderbot.

I see The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is being released on (HBO)Max on June 27. If you're a looney tunes fan, it's worth catching. I wasn't at all sure Porky and Daffy could carry a full-length film, but they did. I think it's horrible the way Zaslav has treated this property, so show it some love if it's at all your thing.

https://deadline.com/2025/05/black-mirr … 236391435/
Netflix Pulling Its Last Two Interactive Specials – ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ & ‘Kimmy Schmidt’

Gone as of yesterday.

I don't think I've seen Black Mirror since before "Bandersnatch."

I started Presumed Innocent. I've read the book and seen the Harrison Ford film. A twist at the end of episode 1 tells me they won't be resolving things the same way. It's ok so far.

The Studio has been recommended to me. I'm not really a Seth Rogen fan (though I prefer him infinitely to Joe Rogan) and haven't really been up for comedies lately, so I haven't started.

No in depth analysis here. No spoilers. Just a 'what has DMD watched lately.' Not an exhaustive list. I've had a lot of time to watch TV lately.

The Good
Severance - love this series, but no idea where they can go with it next season
The Pitt - A+ no ER clone, not that ER wasn't a great series in its own right
Paradise - I'd heard there was a twist at the end of episode 1 and still had no idea what it would be
Slow Horses - I'd read the first book. Enjoyed the season based on that book to binge the series

The Fine
Black Doves
Cross
Will Trent
Reacher

The Meh
Tracker
Watson
Captain America: Brave New World

The Not Good
The Gorge
Kraven the Hunter (I was on a plane, honest)

Looking Forward To
Thunderbolts*
Superman
Fantastic 4 First Steps

Yes, I said no analysis, but Watson and Tracker reminded me of a problem I see developing in some current series. Strong lead characters with mind-numbingly insipid supporting characters. I've seen it in the just-mentioned series, but also in the new Matlock and the Irrational, neither of which qualify as things I've watched recently. Decent to good premises with decent actors, but man, the lesser recurring characters are hard to watch.

So I'm late hear this news. I actually found out about it today with the latest podcast from the Inglorious Treksperts. They did an episode dedicated to Tracy Tormé. It's mostly about his time on TNG, but there are Sliders mentions (unfortunately, the podcast hosts couldn't remember Cleavant Derricks' name). Included are several recordings from Mark A. Altman's interview with Tracy for Altman's oral history of Trek book. Worth a listen to hear the man in his own words.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show … SS-e2erk60

https://twitter.com/broadwaycom/status/ … 0896574467

"Tune into this weekend's @thebwayshowtv  to hear from
@jessetyler Ferguson of TAKE ME OUT, Cleavant Derricks of
@WICKED_Musical, Adi Roy and Senzel Ahmady of the
@aladdin  national tour and much more!

Check your local listings: https://broadway.com/the-show/"

https://www.broadway.com/the-show/episodes/

I'm not one to defend DC's handling of its films, but it may just be a case where Affleck decided that it was too big a job to star and direct in a film like this. He's done a fine job wearing two hats in other situations, but a Batman film, particularly one that's going to be made in this universe... it's going to be all any director can handle. Or maybe he hates the script and doesn't want to have anything more to do with it than he's contractually obligated to do. Hopefully, that's not the case.

I caught this while waiting in an airport a few days ago. Well worth your time if you're a fan of the original series or Nimoy in general.

I have yet to see any reason to believe Trump when he talks about anything. Ever. It's just as likely he's gotten his information from Alex Jones or an Internet meme as anything else. And he'll deny having said something ten minutes after having said it, even if you play him a recording of it. I have no love for Bill Clinton, but there really is no comparison between him and our fascist in chief.

Yeah, they haven't exactly been clear about any of that. I don't think they have an answer, to be honest. In the original timeline, Thawne lost his speed and couldn't time travel on his own. I'd forgotten about Thawne mocking Barry in the present, doing it in the past would have made more sense. Still, it's pretty clear that somehow Thawne ended up needing to kill Wells and turn Barry into the Flash the same way it originally occurred, or at least close enough to it.

It's still a thing. Still when advertising rates are influenced. This "November" the dates run from October 27 – November 23. Maybe with all the election coverage, there's been less room for big event programming.

We've elected a con man. Lord help us.

It's their thing. I can't say they really do anything for me or greatly bother me. Occasionally it's interesting to see them change to fit something that's happened on the show because they aren't always static throughout the season, but since they don't really have theme songs, I just go with it.

Season 5, maybe?

My guess is that they'll have Flash in its own timeline to start the season, with the other Arrowverse (and Supergirl) shows unaffected. Maybe that's what the crossover event will handle, reintegrating Flash with the other timeline, and maybe even brining Supergirl into the Arrowverse as well.

BvS was a box office success but didn't perform up to WB's expectations. The initial weekend was extremely strong, but the fall-off in ticket sales was huge.

Right now, between Flash losing its director, Aqua Man's director not sure if he wants to continue, the entirety of Batman's rogues gallery being in the stand-alone film the DC 'franchise' looks like a dumpster fire. WB let the wrong guy create their universe, and now they're desperately flailing about trying to save it. No, you don't have to copy Marvel to be successful (and I'm a long-time DC guy), but you do need to have someone somewhere who loves the source material. Someone has to be able to say, "let's get things going before we 'deconstruct' the universe."

This spoiler-filled "Batman v Superman FAQ" nearly perfectly sums up my feeling on the film. Warning: it is a long, snarky, typo-laden read.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/batman-v-superma … 1767720335

An excerpt: