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chyron8472

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#1111011
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All Things Star Trek
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After watching the first part/episode, the crew apparently has several years of history together, and yet they often interact as though it’s the maiden voyage; The captain asks questions of the first officer in a manner that sometimes is unclear whether the captain is testing the first officer or is just legitimately uninformed; The first 12 minutes are extremely dialogue heavy with very little relevance to the story; and the first officer and science officer needlessly bicker. In previous Treks, while crewmates might disagree, there was a clear chain of command or at the very least respect, but this crew seems to lack that. At best, the first officer seems the captain’s pupil, and the crewmates bicker just because.

Oddly enough, the best part about the pilot is the Klingons, not the Starfleet crew.

And while yes, I agree that the title sequence feels like it could be in a medical drama, I didn’t think it was generally bad, just didn’t have the feeling of exploring “Space, the final frontier…”

The truth of the matter is, the Kelvin Timeline felt much more like Prime Universe Trek than this does.

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#1110999
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Aaand… with this latest bout of protests and the argument here, I’ve come down off the fence on the side with Frink and Co., with a caveat. I understand that the anthem and what it stands for are held sacred by some, but it is both nowhere akin to WBC nor up to us to judge how someone feels they best may protest (so long as it’s peaceful, which obviously WBC is not).

I once was annoyed at Kaepernick for simply bringing attention to himself—only himself and not the cause for which he protested—but having this kind of coordinated group effort of protest does actually get the point across. And so now I’m okay with it. I’m sad that it’s potentially a mainstream thing, and certainly once it’s gone from protest to popular it will have lost its purpose only to devolve back into disrespect, but again I agree with those who serve who say they fought so people have the right to sit.

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#1110511
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Star Wars: Heir to the Force (TFA edit) <em>Released</em>
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What source? I’m watching the spleen version.

JEDIT: Okay, wait. I did run it through Handbrake on the “Roku 1080p” preset before adding it to Plex. Said preset creates two tracks. The second “AAC 5.1” track sounds fine, but the first “AAC Stereo” is the one that sounds off. Not sure why that is.

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#1110502
Topic
Star Wars: Heir to the Force (TFA edit) <em>Released</em>
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I just started watching Heir, with headphones in, and I immediately notice that the Fox Fanfare is coming entirely out of the right channel; and the theme during the title crawl feels a bit off with more instruments (especially the melody) coming out of the right channel than the left. I feel like at least the main melody should be coming from both channels.

As soon as the crawl ends, the direction of the sound noticeably shifts to the center and the sound during the movie is fine.

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#1110334
Topic
Penultimate Movie Seen
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Essential Edition (fanedit by Q2).

The first (and only) time I watched the theatrical edition, I recall being annoyed about the climax (especially the collapsing temple scene) being super duper sci-fi instead of metaphysical or religious. This time it didn’t bother me, so maybe the theatrical version’s climax was just the icing on a turd cake.

This movie was very good, actually. Except, during the scene where Indy and Co. are in the truck, there are several single frames accidentally inserted in odd places and it breaks my “doesn’t feel like a fan edit” rule.

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#1110320
Topic
STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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You joke, but I was actually serious. Carrie Fisher did actually have a drug problem, and having a single long “coke nail” actually is a real thing that really is used for that, which pulls me out of the movie a bit because I don’t imagine Leia getting addicted to Spice. And I seriously don’t know what could be wrong with Yoda’s puppet in Jedi. Max Rebo, yes; but not Yoda.