Wrestling’s an interesting…“sport” isn’t quite the right word, but I can’t think of what else to call it right now. I wouldn’t call myself a fan, but it was also pretty inescapable in the late 90s, so I’ve seen my fair share.

It’s absolutely a performance, but especially over the last couple of decades, the industry has shifted away from maintaining “kayfabe” and mostly just embraces the phoniness (though they still play it absolutely straight in the ring).

At the end of the day, it’s a very unique type of performance art that requires both athleticism and, for the most successful wrestlers, acting chops.

And yeah, there are definitely toxic aspects to it and its fan base.

What are the chances that Alberta just agreed to an increased industrial carbon tax in exchange for a pipeline that never gets built?

A bunch of people in pyjamas flying around at faster-than-light speeds? Seems like a gimmick to me…

I would love them to continue the continuity of the previous series, but…that’s a lot of continuity…

And the third reason for the Klingons and their inclusion in The Last Starship is connected to Starfleet Academy, so we can’t really talk about it except to say that we’re laying some exciting groundwork for that series.

Hmm…

At this point, I’m comfortable assuming that the Beeb wants it released in December, Disney doesn’t, and neither party cares to budge.

I can’t recall a single time it’s been referenced on-screen, but the TNG Technical Manual says they primarily get their antimatter from good, old-fashioned tankers that deliver antideuterium from generation facilities orbiting stars throughout the Federation.

On-board antimatter generation is possible, but is extremely inefficient, consuming 10 units of deuterium to produce one unit of antimatter, and is generally a last-resort option.

I like this stuff a lot - I think it makes the universe seem a bit grittier and less “magical” - and it’s a shame we never really get to see it.

Well, euthanizing 1/3 of the population would certainly help alleviate the housing crisis…

Congratulations to the Riders - this team deserved it, and their fanbase certainly does.

This was a very entertaining game, lots of fun to watch. The Riders were the better team for the vast majority - nearly flawless, outside of a handful of penalties.

The Als brought the fight, and even after Alexander re-aggravated his hamstring injury, there was still a sense that they could pull something off.

That is so 90s it hurts.

Yeah, it’s a difficult topic, but I think it’s important to re-examine it from time to time.

I have a personal policy of not altering headlines, but the style that Radio Times uses is awful on many levels.

I’m the first aboard the “Star Trek contains multitudes” train, for sure.

Discovery never had a connection to Abrams/Bad Robot, unless you were to count Alex Kurtzman, but he’s been involved with every series of the new era, so…you kind of can’t?

In any case, I agree - the D&D movie was a lot of fun, and while I wouldn’t want a ST movie to strike that tone, I’m interested to see what they cook up.

After breathing new life into high-profile IP like the Spider-Man franchise and Dungeons & Dragons, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are looking to boldly go where no directors have gone before with a very popular franchise. Sources tell Deadline, the duo are coming on to write, produce and are attached to direct a new original Star Trek film for Paramount. They will produce under their GoldDay banner.

Based on this, it seems like they’ve completely broken from JJ Abrams/Bad Robot - they were seemingly always connected to previous projects.

That’s been a pretty common commentary, and I get it, but I think there’s room for just about all genres - they’ve done their fair share of horror-tinged episodes over the years.

Agreed - it’s pretty unlikely that you’d be able to prove something like that.

I suppose you could try to apply precedents surrounding HIV disclosure, but I think it’d be a tough sell.

Edit: And to be clear, even in that situation, we’re talking about disclosure, not actual treatment-related choices.

Are the Als still at McGill

They are indeed!

is their ownership situation stable

As far as I know, but it’s not exactly my neighborhood.

what kind of weird run did they go on to make the Grey Cup at barely over .500?

When their starting QB is healthy, they’re possibly the best team in the league. For a lot of the season…he was not healthy.

All that said, there’s no doubt a degree of disappointment in the Bombers failure to make it to a hometown Grey Cup, which was undoubtedly imagined locally as a coronation for one of the greatest eras of Bomber football there’s ever been.

“Coronation” is an overstatement, but there were certainly high expectations.

TSN reported Monday that the Argos have received permission to speak to O’Shea and those conversations have begun.

Mmhmm…

The commissioner’s annual state-of-the-league address is always a barometer of sorts about where the league sits and where it is going. Johnston’s first time at the podium this week will be closely studied for clues about what may be on the way.

I look forward to The Discourse.

Strictly speaking, there’s no formal rule - you won’t find a CBS/Paramount definition of “canon” anywhere that I’m aware of.

In practice, they stick with the tv shows and films.

But they’ve also worked very hard over the last few years to keep the tie-in novels and things like that “canon-ish,” in that they flesh out backstories from the shows, and the shows mostly don’t step on their efforts.

It sounds like the podcast is getting that treatment - as far as they’re concerned, this is what happened, and they have no plans to contradict it (and, considering the nature of the story, it’s not likely to come up one way or another).