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My V uses the preset jaguar skin. I would very much like to learn how to rip the image textures from the mod so I can recolor V as a king cheetah. This mod scratches my itch for the time being, though - it's very well done!

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My concern here is about much more than the unfairness to Krebs, though this abuse of presidential power certainly harms him and makes him and his family targets for threats of violence.

My larger concern is that this represents a clear and direct threat to anyone, inside or outside the administration, who dares raise a dissenting voice or who exposes facts that might be contrary to the party line.

It is diametrically opposed to what the first amendment is designed to protect.

Trump's official denouncement of former CISA director Chris Krebs (in the form of a "Presidential Memorandum") is chilling in substance and utterly Stalinesque in tone. By threatening anyone who hires him, it aims to render Krebs effectively unemployable.

I said it then, and I will repeat it now: There is simply no evidence that the 2020 election was "hacked". Krebs's forthright clarity about this in November, 2020 was a brave and important act of public service.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

I guess because like five of us are saying something, what was done to Chris Krebs is an absolute injustice and a mockery of his selfless service.

America no longer supports or protects critical infrastructure defenders. I hope someone else appreciates him a lot more.

I know he can’t reply.

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My review partner has smartly fled the theater.

Smart.

#wenchwatches #startrektmp

My partner reviewer expresses her opinion of the film so far...

#wenchwatches #startrektmp

The pacing is only fraught in comparison to the film's *production*. Being a colossal nerd, I knew some of the production details, but a friend of mine gave me a deep dive into the complexity of the production.

Originally...there was not going to be a movie. Instead, there was going to be a follow up TV series, "Star Trek II", sometimes called "Phase 2" to distinguish it from the this film's much more popular successor. TMP combines elements from that show's episode "In Thy Image", expanding upon it and including the original cast rather than new characters. I was fortunate to read some of the scripts for both these episodes and some early shooting drafts for TMP.

But you don't need to take my word for it. Go see my friend's site instead: http://dolari.net/startrek/tmp/index.html

The need to reintroduce and get the cast back together in TMP introduces significant overhead in getting the plot in gear. We now have some unknown number of years between the end of TOS and the beginning of TMP to account for. The result feels like a Peter Jackson film in reverse. Instead of 5 or 6 endings we get 5 or 6 *beginnings*. Anyone who's played a JRPG knows how tiring and tedious it gets having to reassemble your party after the whims of the plot gods fling them across the planet. We need to see the film's plot, then where Spock has been, then where Kirk has been, then....actually, we don't get to see whatever amazing disco shenanigans McCoy had got up into.

Pity. I hope McCoy raised so much hell it'd make Dr. T'ana blush.

The result of all these beginnings means we're almost an hour into the film before we actually get back to the plot proper. When accustomed to a 43 minute television episode, the glacial pacing becomes pronounced. This is helped in no small means by the fact that the very *idea* of Star Trek -- the triad of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy -- has been since been so popularized that it's become a cultural conceit. Audiences may wonder why in the hell we're taking so long...just get them back together already!

#wenchwatches #startrektmp

Hilariously, Star Trek The Motion Picture is the *last* film I watched from VHS recordings I saw as a kid. We had recordings of Star Trek 2, 3, and 4. It was only after watching all of these that I finally was able to watch TMP...during a thunderstorm. My copy had several minutes missing for intercut tornado warnings.

The midwest experience, everyone!

Tonight, we're watching the 2022 Director's Edition, clocking in over 2 hours long. We've also seen this film on Wenchwatches as least twice before, but I just can't stay away.

Blame my Dad. I do.

Let's watch!

#wenchwatches #startrektmp

Space. It seems to go on forever...

Then you get to the monkey and the en---

Hey, waitaminute, this is #wenchwatches !

Tonight: #starTrekTMP

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