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027 - You stupid cow
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This week we discuss:
- The Empath, Elaan of Troyius, and Whom Gods Destroy
- Star Trek: Saw
- What do you do if you have limited resources and can’t save everyone?
- Low-percentage vs no-percentage
- Intellect alone is not sufficient
- Kirk acting in slow motion?
- Book recommendation – Shadow Divers – don’t get the bends!
- Star Trek’s Helen of Troy?
- Stories about things that the stories aren’t about
- Elaan hit first
- Tony Soprano is a bad person who does bad things
- Kirk has bad moments but isn’t a bad guy
- How was non-slapstick violence received in the late-1960s?
- Old tropes that are uncommon today
- Power struggles over resources
- When does the Prime Directive apply?
- Warp speed, physics, and suspension of disbelief
- Baggage when watching Star Trek
- A Spaceballs connection
- Litmus tests for how much I enjoy an episode
- Two Kirks and memories of X-men
- Pirates of the Caribbean and too much of a good thing
- Ensemble strength
- Powerful, yet helpless. Art imitating reality
- Episodes that are less than the sum of their parts
- Fan fiction from a simple line
- The Cochrane Deceleration
- High-stress turns in space?
- Planning some competitive trivia
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