Mark Spatny

As in so many things, the British public is wrong.

You mean you don’t already have one? They are all the rage right now.

This is a real bummer. I just received my Lower Decks tunic and it was so good I immediately decided to order the Strange New Worlds jacket. Get your order in before the end of the year when their license expires.

YouTube video by Trek Family TV VOYAGER30 Q&A: Adam Howard

Check out my friend, four time Emmy winning VFX Supervisor Adam Howard, talking about his time doing VFX for Star Trek: Voyager and other shows of the TNG era: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br1y...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

I only know because it was a critical tool for my job at the time. It probably wouldn’t be common knowledge to anyone who didn’t make a living doing some kind of carpentry.

Makita started selling cordless drills in 1978, and by the mid 80s when Stranger Things takes place, they were in common use in construction and nearly every theater stage hand like me owned one for quickly assembling and striking scenery.

Sheb Wooly. Actor behind the Wilhelm Scream.

Kudos to MAN ON THE INSIDE season 2 for doing a traditional Thanksgiving episode that’s all about character development and zero moving the plot forward. Total poke in the eye to the “filler episode” haters. Loving the completely different vibe of season 2. I hope this show goes 5 more seasons.

did you just call TNG ‘classic Trek’

@somethingshiny.bsky.social I still need the right pants and I’ll have to make the boots, but it’s a good start.

I’m totally with you on the issue of actors vs AI for dubs. Question for you though (and this relates more to live action dubs than animated). How do you feel about using AI to change the lip synch of the original actor to match the recorded foreign language dub? Helpful for the audience or no?

My favorite movie of the year.

Random Holiday Party Guest: "Hey, good to see you. How ya doin?"

Me: "I'm excited that the custom Star Trek: Lower Decks uniform tunic I ordered in August finally arrived yesterday. It's pretty cool. Can't wait to wear it"

Random Party Guest: "...."

Me: (realizes I need to work on my small talk)

“Use AI to write your emails.”

I went to 12 years of public school and 5 years of private university specifically for the purpose of being able to compose my own thoughts exactly how I want to convey them, so no thank you.

There is a 100% chance that the stage and lighting crews had a betting pool about when and which actor would be injured first.

Cameron’s Avatar trilogy. The first is the highest grossing movie of all time. Avatar 2 is the third highest grossing movie of all time, and Avatar 3 is on track to have a $110 million opening weekend. If we’re just talking about a series being “hits”.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended

Pat Benatar
Chicago (2x)
Shonen Knife
Boingo
The Roddenberries

“What do you mean ‘Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire!! All weapons!”

Seen on Reddit:

"42 is just old people 6 7"

And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.

Annual reminder that MAD ABOUT YOU S3 Ep08, “Giblets for Murray” is the greatest Thanksgiving episode of all time. Available on Hulu ands the Roku channel. 📺

Peter Gunn
The Big Valley
Lost in Space (season 3)
The Avengers (UK)
The Flash (1990)
Perry Mason (original)
Only Murders
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Room 222
Doctor Who
That Girl
Stargate SG-1
Johnny Quest
Space Battleship Yamato 2199

a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

Time to watch Stranger Things season 5…

Ship replicas from Battlestar Galactica, The Orville, Stargate SG-1, and even The Expanse.

There is a Black Friday sale on @masterreplicas.bsky.social ☝️

With ship replicas from Battlestar Galactica, The Orville, Stargate SG-1, and even The Expanse.

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

To make their quota, ICE is now arresting spouses of US citizens who are in the country legally and who have passed all background checks, have no criminal records and are just waiting for their green card to be issued. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech but it's Ellen Ripley

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

lauren @NotABigJerk For everyone visiting their parents this week: LG tvs call it TrueMotion Roku/TCL calls it Action Smoothing Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus Sony calls it MotionFlow Panasonic calls it Intelligent Frame Creation Amazon Fire TVs call it Motion Processing 12/25/22

Jackets

For those interested, Hero Within is having a final Black Friday Star Trek jacket pre-order before they drop their Star Trek license. herowithinstore.com/collections/...

Well this is sad news. Hero Within made great Star Trek merch. I'm currently waiting for my much anticipated Lower Decks uniform tunic to arrive in the mail.