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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar 2 - Electric Boogaloo-Fanboys gone WILD-too many hyphens

Do you enjoy pie?

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Worrying about the minutiae of an emphemeral nonexistant world outside of your own control beyond the same daydreaming we all did as children is a kind of comfort food for the mind. Whether it is bad for us or not, who knows. On some level or not, this being a fandom forum, we all engage in it.

"we suffer more often in imagination than reality" -Seneca
I mean, fair enough, and Seneca is right. But, I think a moment of self-reflection to say "Hey, it's OK if this isn't canon" is helpful from time to time.

But, what do I know?
 
I once spoke to a fan on Facebook who insisted her Picard/Riker fanfic was canon. And that Pocket were "considering" releasing it as a novel. And then a bunch of newbies all with blank accounts joined the conversation to agree with all her points.

Fandom is a funny place.
I attempted to read her creepy book once.........
 
The only person I would trust to make a documentary about the Axanar debacle is Carlos Pedroza aka Axamonitor.
Personally, I think he's a little too emotionally invested to be objective, but he's still WAAAAAAAAAY better than Jenkins. At least Carlos isn't in it for the money.
I once spoke to a fan on Facebook who insisted her Picard/Riker fanfic was canon. And that Pocket were "considering" releasing it as a novel. And then a bunch of newbies all with blank accounts joined the conversation to agree with all her points.
Yeah, those are called "sock puppets".

There's an objective way to know if something is cannon. Just check to see if it's .50 caliber or over.
 
Plus if it involves Picard molesting a PTSD scarred Riker........I doubt Paramount is considering it. :guffaw:

Considering it? They've probably got the script written given how dark and dystopian current trek has been. That sounds like a thematic followup to Icheb's torture porn and mercy killing.
 
Considering it? They've probably got the script written given how dark and dystopian current trek has been. That sounds like a thematic followup to Icheb's torture porn and mercy killing.
Never saw TNGs two-part episode "Chain Of Command" I assume as that two-part episode had some way more disturbing scenes than the death of Icheb from Picard S1.
 
Maybe I’m either calloused or just naive but I have no idea how, when looking at the seasons as a whole, how Paramount+ Trek can be considered to be dystopian. Maybe a little dark, but Berman Trek sure had some dark moments too.

Sometimes I think dystopian is code word for “I don’t like it.”
 
Maybe I’m either calloused or just naive but I have no idea how, when looking at the seasons as a whole, how Paramount+ Trek can be considered to be dystopian. Maybe a little dark, but Berman Trek sure had some dark moments too.

Sometimes I think dystopian is code word for “I don’t like it.”
Same here. "Dystopian" has been completely warped to suit describing a show in the worst possible way.
 
Maybe I’m either calloused or just naive but I have no idea how, when looking at the seasons as a whole, how Paramount+ Trek can be considered to be dystopian. Maybe a little dark, but Berman Trek sure had some dark moments too.

Sometimes I think dystopian is code word for “I don’t like it.”

No need to roll them chicken bones or consult the Ouija board. I hope this helps.

https://www.bing.com/search?form=MOZLBR&pc=MOZI&q=dystopian

"relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.

I didn't watch season 3 of DISCO or Lower Decks so can't comment on that but DISCO s1/2 and Pic S1 sure does focus on those. Unless of course forced organ harvesting, slavery, concentration camps, future crackhead deadbeat moms, mutiny and murder committed by main characters with little to no consequence, and genocide commited or condoned by Federation citizens or the Federation itself doesn't qualify for your personal definition of suffering or injustice...

Berman trek showed the cracks in the surface of the utopia that Roddenberry set up as the exception to the rule whereas current trek not only focuses on them but shoves a crowbar into them to make them bigger so as to make them the default. There is a difference and it's ok if you like the latter just like it should be ok if I don't.
 
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