Thanks, I didn't read the whole decision.
Case dismissed! Discovery and Tardigrade game "not similar"
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The sarcasm might have a point if I were arguing that it wasn't in the decision. I wasn't.Like three or four times it was stated in the decision.
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I've always thought it was not the tardigrade per se, but the combination of the tardigrade and the characters that indicated Discovery borrowed some ideas from the game.
Either way, Star Trek would've been better off without tardigrades, spore drives and such, IMHO.
Either way, Star Trek would've been better off without tardigrades, spore drives and such, IMHO.
Very concise and thorough explanation of how the judge arrived at her decision. It should be noted (by some) that at about 8:05 or so, one of the judge's findings is that Ripper was NOT blue in color as so many in this thread have been pointing out, and with whom others have disagreed.
This is pretty much the slam dunk most of us were expecting after following the case and the presentation of Abdin's "evidence". I would feel sorry for him if I thought he had been wronged, but he was not.
I completely agree but it's in the Trek lore now so might as well utilize it.
Should they utilise the warp ten salamanders too?
How do you know that giant spore-network traveling tardigrades aren’t the time lost offspring of the warp ten salamanders?
The character aspect was even flimsier and, to a degree, manufactured as pointed out in CBS' response.
Certainly, if they can make an interesting story out of it. Certainly, that example illustrates that Star Trek is no stranger to odd choices and the spore drive is no exception. In fact, it might provide insight in to realms like the Q, and the Interphasic aliens that attacked the Equinox.
I get that many would like to toss it in the trash bin of Trek tech, but I am of the opinion that if you can tell an entertaining story with it then explore it.
Sure, if they come up with a good story for them. Same for any other Trek element.
Even the visual 'similarities' are totally pathetic. The one is supposedly similar to Burnham based on nothing other than the fact that its a black woman. Another one happens to bear a casual resemblance to Mary Wiseman with her hair down (while looking a lot less like Wiseman with her hair up, which is the look Tilly wears almost for the entire show). The rest are pure bs that look nothing like the DSC characters at all.
Count me as someone who actually thought the Salamanders were cool and people getting mutated by hitting warp 10 was fun. Star Trek often takes itself too seriously and I think sometimes it needs to be weird and space needs to be scary.
I'd take a season long arc about the warp salamanders over a single episode of Picard going to some boring conference or learning how to get his groove back on risa.
Yeah, why adding anything insightful when you can MEME!
*insert notorious Cumberbatch-nope...
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And here I thought it was just a Sing-A-Long Song.Yeah, why adding anything insightful when you can MEME!
I guess it's about as insightful as seeming to continue to decry the fact that a 'Tardigrade is a Tardigrade' no matter the use and CBS is guilty.
But that kinda-sorta puts it smack dab in the area of law, in which no one is able to Copyright it for their own personal use.
And is essentially what the decision from the Judge included.
Funny that.
(though apparently, not as funny as a meme)
Because there is very little to say beyond that?Yeah, why adding anything insightful when you can MEME!
*insert notorious Cumberbatch-nope...
Your post got exactly the level of insight it deserved. You've been running out the clock on this thread for ages, and now that the case is over you're shifting goalposts to arguing semantics and complaining about the title change, which you've mentioned three times already despite cultcross giving you an explanation and quoting the judge directly for the sake of precision. Move along. You can discuss the case and keep dragging this thread out indefinitely, but enough about the title change, at least. It's settled.Yeah, why adding anything insightful when you can MEME!
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