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  • That, to me, is the real tragedy of Mass Effect, looking back through this new lens. BioWare seems to have borrowed many concepts from Revelation Space, but very little of it is explored with any depth, and none of the ideas are given new twists that improve upon them.

    Damn, didn’t expect a thoughtful analysis of Revelation Space and its impact on Mass Effect.

    But since Mass Effect avoided most of the extra weird stuff, the ending of Mass Effect 3 never really had a chance to be good.

    Ahh, can’t talk about ME without addressing the elephant in the room the controversial ending.

    Good read 👍

  • As one who played every Dragon Age game, this expresses much of how I feel as well.

    After such a long wait I wanted another Origins or Inquisition, but I got something else and it was a fine, forgettable, C+ entry. A game that wants you to wave a giant foam finger instead have thoughtful choices, but at least it delivered an ending.

  • Federation outsiders serving a gleaming resort planet find out their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadran

    Ok not bad, Acapulco is a funny show about working in a resort so I can sorta imagine it in space. Not as sure about the Punkd angle, but I’m remaining optimistic.

  • They left out Enterprise!

    Star Trek TV Series Rotten Tomatoes Ratings

    Star Trek: 92% critics, N/A audience

    Star Trek: The Animated Series: 94% critics, 81% audience

    Star Trek: The Next Generation: 92% critics, 90% audience

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 91% critics, 89% audience

    Star Trek: Voyager: 76% critics, 80% audience

    Star Trek: Enterprise: Am I a joke to you?

    Star Trek: Discovery: 91% critics, 33% audience

    Star Trek: Lower Decks: 91% critics, 73% audience

    Star Trek: Picard: 89% critics, 57% audience

    Star Trek: Prodigy: 97% critics, 88% audience

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: 98% critics, 79% audience

  • Starfleet going around to other worlds to fix and moralize about other peoples’ problems, but never needing to self-reflect or improve on themselves.

    There are a few PTSD episodes that at least try : Picard at the chateau and Archer on shore leave after the Xindi adventure.

    I feel these are the best episodes where a character realizes they have changed and not for the better, but I wish there were more.

    Maybe trek is sleeping on the post-adventure recontextualization power of a shore leave coda?

  • You have 2 main characters to follow and it’s absolutely different based on your age.

    Very similar experience with Cars 3. Children identify with the new up-and-comer race car while grownups identify with a Lightning McQueen who must accept his glory days are past and embrace the next generation.

    Shoutout for the race announcer who drops a microcosm of the whole film in a single line:

    McQueen’s fading! Fading fast!

  • So ultimately, I feel like what we’re saying is that in order for Starfleet and that beautiful vision that Roddenberry had of this optimistic utopia, in order for that vision to exist, in order for the light to exist, you need people who operate in the shadows. And it’s a yin and yang. You can’t have one without the other.

    I don’t like this sort of mother-goosery in my fully automated luxury gay space communism.

    I prefer the assimilating power of root beer as the true defender of the federation.