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Poilievre's decision not to go through security screening means that no one in the party is in a position to act on the intelligence or challenge its accuracy, said Trudeau.

"The decision by the leader of the Conservative Party to not get those classified briefings means that nobody in his party, not him, nobody in a position of power knows the names of these individuals and can take appropriate action," he said.

"It also means nobody is there to stand up for those individuals if the intelligence is shoddy or incomplete or just allegations from a single source."

 

With the new poster having dropped, I thought it might be fun to compile the various Lower Decks posters, along with their theatrical poster counterparts. So...why don't we do that?


Lower Decks Season 1 Poster A

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Poster A

Lower Decks Season 1 Poster B

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Poster B


Lower Decks Season 2 Poster

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Poster


Lower Decks Season 3 Poster

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Poster


Lower Decks Season 4 Poster

Star Trek IV: The Voyager Home Poster


Lower Decks Season 5 Poster A

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Poster A

Lower Decks Season 5 Poster B

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Poster B


Those are the most obvious ones - I know there are other pieces of Lower Decks promotional art out there, so please chime in if you recognize any that I've missed!

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Indeed - for those who may not be aware, Lower Decks season posters tend to be based on the corresponding film.

We're now up to Star Trek V.

A red theatre seat with a seat belt, floating in space with the USS Enterprise in the background. Text on the poster says, "Why Are They Putting Seatbelts in Theatres This Summer?" Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

This sounds like my kind of book - going deeper than the usual suspects.

Yeah, the Delta arc is pretty laser-focused on the Vaadwaur, but it's a little surprising they didn't do a payroll or something.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

There's definitely nothing in STO, despite the dev teams absolutely loving deep cuts.

the fact the Federation was not picking up steam at all (and felt much more in decline), to me indicates that the writers intended for us to interpret this as the Federation in its death throws until the Discovery showed up.

I agree with the basic fact - the Federation was struggling to maintain what it had in the face of the Emerald Chain and others, and it took Discovery's arrival with unique technology to give it an edge.

But I think they framed it as a story of resilience and determination, mainly through Vance and Sahil.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I disagree with the premise - I think the series as a whole stands as a testament to the Federation prevailing over adversity - it's one of the prevailing themes of the series.

Even the Burn didn't destroy the Federation as you suggest. It became smaller as travel and communication became difficult-to-impossible, but it still existed, and Starfleet was doing everything it could to maintain the peace.

Very nice. I feel like this past week has finally felt seasonal.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  1. It's not a zero-sum game, and one entry doesn't have to die for another to live.

  2. From estimates I've seen, the viewership of "Lower Decks" is relatively low, second only to "Prodigy." It may be very popular with people like us, but it doesn't seem to generate as many viewers as you might expect.

Oh, I agree - the game has had a very good run.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think that one's in the can.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the Terran arc of 2021-2023 was high-quality, even though I didn't find it as engaging as the Klingon Civil War had been. We've already talked about the latest arc being relatively underwhelming, but at the same time, I think the episodes have been well-made, and I assume they were done under the watchful eyes of the Cryptic Old Guard.

Next year will truly tell the tale of what DECA is going to do.

The one thing that gives me any hope at all is that Star Trek is pretty popular in Germany...but with everything else that's going on, it's still a pretty faint hope.

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