I remain skeptical. Unnamed sources claiming it was someone on the art department who hand drew it is not entirely convincing. I’d like to see the layers. Or, failing that, an explanation for why the characters are so inconsistent and indistinguishable from one panel to the next. Why the shadows don’t make any sense. Why the hands when we see them don’t make sense.

Also, the article claims the AR wall is using machine learning, and I’d like to see a source on that. My understanding, based on what the VFX supervisor for Disco, PIC, SNW, and SFA has said is that their AR walls do not integrate machine learning.

The PIC s3 writer’s room.

Not to belabour the issue, but it seems like Tatosky might not be entirely convinced that those panels are not LLM generated.

I follow Brian Tatosky on mastodon as well, and he says, “as far as I know” it was drawn and coloured by the art department. That is not a confirmation one way or the other.

But I went through and screenshot every image that was on screen of the comic pages. I would believe the art department mocked up the cover, but you cannot convince me the interior pages shown weren’t shat out of an LLM.

I am a lot more annoyed at an official Trek production using AI slop comic book art that I probably should be.

That aside, this episode didn’t do much for me. I like SFA when it’s about Academy cadets doing school stuff. I really could not care less about Captain Ake’s tragic backstory, or Nus Braka.

I later learned she was also supposed to be Cardassisn, which I totally missed as well.

I found that Cardassian prosthetic they used to be pretty distracting. I’m guessing it must have been one of those full face deals based on how Tawny Newsome’s features were flattened out and broadened, giving her an almost uncanny valley situation. Pretty sure the Cardassian prosthetic in the 90’s shows were more appliques glued in place, and then make-up was applied on top. Also, the fact that Illa wasn’t grey like every other Cardassian we’ve seen really bumped me. It wasn’t until the reveal that she’s also part Trill that the skin tone, and less obvious ridges stopped being annoying. I still don’t think it was a great prosthetic.

Jeepers! Thanks for catching that

Damn, I’ve been enjoying the series more than I ever expected to, but this episode really got me.

868858.7 - that puts it pretty definitively after DSC season 5

Was that in question Reno being an instructor would seem proof enough that it was after her time on Discovery.

I’m going to be straight up honest and say that it’s been long enough since I watched the episode that I forgot McCoy’s revelations at the end of the episode. The part that stands out to me in that scene is Spock mind melding Kirk so he forgets he fell in love with a robot.

It certainly does throw a wrinkle into my theory.

Man, it must be exhausting being actively tedious about a television show that isn’t even being made any more.

While I personally have no interest in watching a youtube show for three year olds, as a new uncle, I hope the show will be a good entry point into the franchise for my niblings once they’re old enough to get something out of it.

As for a cooking show, don’t threaten me with a good time. Let’s see Latinum Chef Romulus’ reaction when the challenge ingredient is leola root.

The first two episodes are already available on youtube. From what I understand they’re very short, like 3 or 4 minutes each.

Sometimes I hurt myself to to make sure I’m still capable of feeling anything at all.

Also, Info genuinely think that stardates are an interesting solution to a problem I’m not sure actually existed.

I’ve said it before, but I cannot recommend “Warp Your Own Way” enough. It is extremely well done.

Nah, Rick Berman can go deep throat a cactus.

This is an unfortunate design choice.

Despite having perhaps the worst logo in comic book history, I am look forward to this book. The art looks pretty good, even if the uniforms are booty, and I did like the recently ended ongoing Trek book that Kelly and Lanzing wrote.

I’m not sure that would work. The House of Ra’ul was dishonoured by Dak’Rah’s defection to the Federation, that’s way worse than getting drunk and stabbing yourself while trying to murder a Ferengi.

Hell, even in Trek, LDecks did it, to an extent.

However, that doesn’t mean the SNW take isn’t going to be good, and maybe even have a new approach to the concept.

I feel like I’m too old to know who the non-Trelene one is.