Past Tense - Date of the Episode is Approaching

[cgervasi]

That calendar over there. It says August 30th, 2024.

When I saw Past Tense in college, it seemed like it was set so far in the future that it wasn’t all that different from something set in the 22rd century. I knew I had a good chance of being alive then, but I would be old.

Now we’re almost there.

I wonder if there will be any public screenings of the two-part episode the weekend before the riots? I’m would love to go to such an event to celebrate that time has passed, we’re still here, and the 30 years since the show aired have turned out okay. It doesn’t have to be an event really, just more than a few people watching it on my TV.

Unfortunately riots across the US in late 2024 are still possible, but I hope people see the risk and will avoid that path.

[The people of the early 21st century] made some ugly mistakes, but they also paved the way for a lot of the things we take now for granted.

I wonder if theaters have the ability to contract with CBS, or wherever owns the DS9 episodes, to do a screening. I suppose I would need to contact theaters and figure out who in their office is the person who can arrange a screening. That Friday night or the following Saturday afternoon seems like a good time to revisit this episode.

 

[kkt]

It would be fun to get together in San Francisco to watch it. Or anywhere, really.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

It would be fun to get together in San Francisco to watch it. Or anywhere, really.

Nah, it's time to stockpile dry goods in the basement before things get real.

 

[Dukhat]

Well at least we’re getting a manned mission to Europa this year! Should offset any depression I have about all these Sanctuary Districts.

 

[FederationHistorian]

Well at least we’re getting a manned mission to Europa this year! Should offset any depression I have about all these Sanctuary Districts.

We are also getting unrest in France, the Caribbean, and Ireland this year.

Also, solar shields lowkey become a thing, thanks to some guy in California.

 

[Dukhat]

Well that sucks. I’m taking a trip to France this year. At least I got Ireland out of the way last year.

 

[FederationHistorian]

I think its some new guy taking over as Governor of California by the end of August that causes all of this.

Everyone is in their post-pandemic, middle of Second Civil War, DGAF attitude in mid-April. Then all of a sudden, there’s unrest everywhere at the end of summer. The tech also suddenly takes a downgrade in that same timeframe. That, or Northern California was really neglected.

 

[Tiran O'Saurus]

Also, solar shields lowkey become a thing, thanks to some guy in California.

I don't trust techbros like that guy. It's their fault we had those wars thirty years ago!

 

[kkt]

Well at least we’re getting a manned mission to Europa this year! Should offset any depression I have about all these Sanctuary Districts.

Oh, you mean in ST Picard. Took me a second, because I'm not aware of any manned missions past low earth orbit. Sigh.

 

[Tosk]

Past Tense is (partially) the reason I feel worse about the real world as it is currently.
Back when I first saw it I could (and did!) buy into the basic premise of it. A tragic event that ultimately leads to a better world.

Right now, the deaths of a bunch of people in a camp wouldn't change jack shit. And that's really depressing.

 

[kkt]

The unbelievable part is not the time travel or the communicators or the transporters. The unbelievable part is very expensive San Francisco real estate being used to house the poor and unemployed.

 

[Ragitsu]

Quick: convince anyone to legally change their name to "Gabriel Bell".

 

[Poltargyst]

Quick: convince anyone to legally change their name to "Gabriel Bell".

Such individuals already exist.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gab...CDI0NTRqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[at Quark's]

Quick: convince anyone to legally change their name to "Gabriel Bell".

Just don't talk about the 'you're supposed to die in some riot this year after which a future human will impersonate you' part.

 

[JoseNoodles]

It better happen or we're going to have to fire Kurtzman again.

 

[Reymet_2]

And there's just two years to WW3...

 

[JoseNoodles]

Good time to join the Civil Defense.

 

[NCC-73515]

And just a few days to Picard et al. arriving in LA

 

[The Emissary]

I wonder if theaters have the ability to contract with CBS, or wherever owns the DS9 episodes, to do a screening. I suppose I would need to contact theaters and figure out who in their office is the person who can arrange a screening. That Friday night or the following Saturday afternoon seems like a good time to revisit this episode.

That would actually be pretty cool. I'd love to see DS9 on the big screen - even if it's just a two parter.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

It's a two parter.