StillPaisleyCat

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 4d ago

Getting into the panels / speaker sessions was always my top priority.

Sometimes they have sessions with production or other behind the scenes creatives. Those are always amazing.

The vendor hall is always worth checking out and it’s fun to mill about and see the cosplayers.

Depending on whether you like that sort of thing or not, paying to meet and get a photo with a cast member or to get an autograph (usually two separate things) is a popular activity.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 4d ago

While I won’t be travelling to the US anytime soon, I think it’s great that Creation is getting back into regional cons.

I used to attend them in the late 80s and early 90s and they were a great entry point for newer fans and those who didn’t want the mass experience of something like STLV.

I think that they do more to build a franchise for the long haul than the megacons.

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5d ago

The general point about how spoilers are used to get around algorithmic barriers is interesting:

Sites like Takeuchi’s are the products of an online media landscape where writers are fighting desperately to capture readers’ attention, make money, and keep traffic up as search engines make their content less discoverable. Brazenly posting spoilers under the guise of making commentary has become one of the more common ways that people try to drive engagement on their social media profiles.

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5d ago

Court processes are not quick.

Someone familiar with judicial processes in Japan would know whether 18 months is about the norm or not.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 5d ago

The timing of this resolution seems significant as Godzilla Minus Zero is scheduled for release in theatres this November.

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 7d ago

Love the logo… 😹

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 1w ago

Thanks sincerely for asking. I have checked in with this community’s other mod ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on this response.

Memes are fine in principle. We would genuinely welcome a broader scope of posts here, from a broader range of subscribers.

Overall, we seek to avoid building another franchise ‘old boys club’ community, full of gatekeepers or escalating toxic culture. It is important that everyone from newbies to OG Toho fans of Godzilla (1954) and Showa-era films feel welcome no matter their gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, or race.

Scope-wise, anything Godzilla, even anything Kaiju generally is fine.

We’re not restricting this community to the Legendary Entertainment Monsterverse continuity or even to licensed Toho or Toho creations. The community name was chosen as Monsterverse is the major continuity currently in production and drawing in new fans, rather than to exclude other Toho-licensed media.

Regarding NSFW content, tagging is required so that those who wish to use the filter to avoid NSFW content can do so.

Generally, memes and NSFW content can be more likely to take risks in terms of potentially making marginalized persons feel unwelcome. So, we’ll be modding closely and listening attentively to those who raise concerns about posts or comments that are taken as unwelcoming or inciting/escalating drama for its own sake.

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 1w ago

/Film is more generous here to Godzilla (1998) than I could ever be.

The TLDR observation that the threat to the ecosystem and humanity of an egg-laying Kaiju on our Earth hasn’t been fully explored by the franchise is an interesting one though.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 1w ago

It was great to see Godzilla, and it was a high quality daylight scene. I was feeling Co-Cai’s pain as well and hoped that Godzilla would cut her some slack when he saw she was defending her young. So, that was a sad fight to witness.

Kentaro has been such a stalwart character so it’s been difficult to see him appear to go off the rails and get sucked in by Isabel. I was feeling Cate’s fury at him.

On the other hand, this isn’t the first time he’s followed his inner voice — his insistence that he’d seen something in Alaska saves them all. So, perhaps what he said to Cate about not falling for the Simmons but that he’s doing what needed to happen is correct. Would the egg have survived without AET?

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 1w ago

Lots of action that serves mainly to unveil another layer of corporate skullduggery.

I’m intrigued that Hammond chose to use her window of opportunity to impart the message to May/Corah that her biggest error was not understanding what AET really. Clearly signaling where to dig further despite the recording status light on the surveillance camera in the corner of the room.

And then we see that Jason Trissop, who ran off with the computer with May’s code, is not just working with Isabel Simmons, he’s running her op to grab what they can on the beach in northeast Australia.

I’m feeling this episode is laying pipe for a potential third season alongside the Titan excitement.

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2w ago

That makes sense!

Definitely there was local control over availability. I recall shopping for gifts and seeing walls of SW toys but no Trek in Ottawa.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2w ago

Even in Canada, I don’t recall that they had wide distribution. They were also marked up quite a bit from the US price (well beyond the exchange rate). I saw them mainly in specialty stores, not Toys R US and department stores.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2w ago

That was a very time limited counter example, and were largely unavailable outside the US.

And it may be a really important factor in explaining the loyalty of millennial guys in the US to the franchise vs other demographics and countries.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2w ago

Class sizes are up and supports are down.

Now attendance requirements for grades are being instituted.

It doesn’t occur to the government to enquire about why students are avoiding or refusing school attendance.

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StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2w ago

It looks like a 1970s toy. . . Which makes sense given who their target market is.

I would take it as another sign that the franchise has aged out were it not for the fact that it’s always had awful merchandising and licensing.

StillPaisleyCat @startrek.website 2w ago

And this is why Starfleet Academy ranked 1st or 2nd on Amazon Channels but “didn’t find its audience” on Paramount+.

We’re dropping Paramount+ now. Neither the GenZs in our household nor my partner nor I can find anything to watch on that streamer other than Star Trek. No new Trek means it’s easy to align our values with our choice to spend our dollars elsewhere.