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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 9h

Makes sense, although it's weird that it's only a bit more than some random day in September.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Leonard Nimoy definitely remembered some stuff from his Mission: Impossible days.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Someone else described the sequence as "the most dramatic music Horner ever wrote, used to accompany 5 minutes of the Enterprise slowly backing out of a garage."

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The bigger problem is that we don't have 67 senators with integrity.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kids like you who have the grades but not the guidance suddenly discover they have a bunch of options.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is why I'm really excited that Illinois has rolled out One Click College Admit, which instantly admits you into one or more state universities just based on your GPA: www.oneclickadmit.org

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Never get tired of seeing this clip.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

--the visit to a barren land of scientific discovery (with the enemy ship hidden on the opposite side). The enemy that poses a danger if it gets away. The battle where the parties can't see each other until they're at point-blank range. Our heroes feign weakness to draw the enemy in at the climax.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fourth, the 2003 film and Star Trek II have enough similarities in plot elements that I don't think you can confidently say it's a *total* coincidence. E.g.--

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Third, The Far Side of the World was published in 1984, two years after Star Trek II was released, which means it is *technically* possible (if not that probable) O'Brian was influenced by the movie.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Second, the movie was based on elements of three of O'Brian's novels: Master and Commander, HMS Surprise, and The Far Side of the World. The bulk of the plot is taken from the latter book, including visiting the Galapagos and hunting an enemy ship.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Guy on the right knows something's up. Guy on the left still thinks everything is going exactly to plan.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the only difference between a historically bad '24 Sox squad and a '26 team that wins the World Series is the existence of a Sox fan as pope, I'd say that's airtight evidence that 1) God is real, 2) the Catholic Church is the one true church, and 3) Cubs fans need to repent NOW.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SCHMITT: Are you aware we have credit card records indicating you dined and gambled with a notorious gangster? SMITH: I...what? What gangster? SCHMITT [brandishing game tickets]: The man they call "The Rat," one Charles Entertainment Cheese?

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My guess was that Satan offered a deal to Hillary to let the Cubs win the 2016 series if she would trade away a few thousand votes in the Blue Wall states, and she figured there was no harm in that.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You could even see the puzzlement on Smith's face when Schmitt started asking him about Atlanta. He genuinely has no idea what Schmitt is trying to allege.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, Schmitt thought that he caught Smith lying to Congress about not attending the NBA game in Atlanta. But nothing of the sort happened.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Perjury, for one, but in the service of covering up that he had worked with Fani Willis to "get" Trump...I guess. I'm not even sure that would have been against the law if he had done it--which he obviously didn't--but IANAL.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Conversely, Master and Commander is a remake of Star Trek II set on the ocean.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Counterpoint: the close runner-up for the best Star Trek film, Star Trek: First Contact, was written by people who had written numerous episodes and directed by Trek actor Jonathan Frakes.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Buddy, everybody here seems to be on the same page except you. Consider the possibility that you're the one who needs to rethink your argument.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not in the sense of a series that breaks the conventions of the franchise but is still set in that universe.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What? No. Very little Trek is like Andor. Certainly no entire series.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Sleep, Data. Uh, but bring me Spot first."

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm surprised, but I suppose if Trump could still turn anyone on that person would be a Florida Republican.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The special effects have aged pretty well. The soft blue white light that they lit the Federation ships in makes them seem dreamlike and gorgeous. And I think Horner's score for TSFS is even better than his one for TWOK.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't even think it was ambiguous. The Klingon was right behind Saavik when the blades came out and David had to jump to tackle him.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

John Larroquette's greatest role.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not just in America, either. The French used to have an airline just for intersex individuals.

A Sud SE-210 Caravelle III airliner in Air Inter livery.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There was no need to rethink the Klingon makeup, or costumes, or...lots of other things. Glad SNW has backtracked on that.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"[P]eople are often harshest to those who care about them. The Heritage Foundation won’t give us the time of day—so we rag on the Human Rights Campaign. The random dive bar down the street hasn’t been requiring masks since 2020—so we expect mandatory masking every single night from the queer bar."

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fell asleep in an IMAX theater during a movie called Adrenaline Rush. Context: I got up at an ungodly early hour to fly from Chicago to DC to meet up with friends at the Udvar-Hazy Center on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Having said that, I loved seeing '60s glam Uhura in the season finale.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also: while the Uhura/Scotty romance in Star Trek V was one of the least liked elements of that movie, it seems that the SNW writers are trying to redeem it by at least making it not come out of nowhere. Not sure I agree that's smart, though.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Someone else pointed out that the underlying motivation for the characters in 20th century Trek was duty, in DIS and SNW it seems to have become found family. I think that's a mistake.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Certainly agree on Number One's non-presence, Kirk's overpresence, and what they're doing to Pike. I prefer my Pike to be a little more like Jeffrey Hunter's original steely-eyed performance, but Anson Mount's is turning into "witty space dad."

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's using your galaxy brain. Solve two problems at once.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[Melllvar voice]: He *found* a way.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looks like the racecourse goes through a graduation ceremony for ghosts.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you like it now, just wait 'til you get to Season 4. It's one banger after another.

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Benjamin Recchie @brecchie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Believe me, I have many, many friends who are furries, and that's what they all tell me."

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