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Sean Alexander

@castlerogue.bsky.social

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Irish-Canadian explorer of castles, ruins & countryside. History & science buff, aviation enthusiast, Bell helicopter nut, animal lover, Trekkie. I loathe Donald Trump and its sycophants and cronies. 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🖖

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 4h

Respond with the same actor as a hero and a villain.

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 5h

The cat is currently updating and will be available again soon.

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

* uniforms from Discovery

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

Could someone please explain to my cats why the switch to Standard Time does not make me late getting their breakfast ready? 🙀
#muchmeow

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

My 3 favourite #StarTrek uniforms.

3. Star Trek Beyond
2. The Monster Maroon
1. The Picard field jacket

What are yours?
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* I know you did a video but didn't want to exclude you. 😀🖖

Captain Riker in the bridge of the Enterprise-D wearing the Picard field jacket uniform.

The TOS crew wearing the Monster Maroon uniform.

Captain Kirk and Ensign Chekov in the new uniforms from Star Trek Beyond.

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

There are several "size doesn't matter" jokes here but I'm just going to say I'm glad SNW didn't keep the Enterprise uniforms free Discovery. That collar was horrible! 😁 🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

So apologies for a long rant. There were things I liked. Honest! (Lorca, a villain that could have been on a Ducat level, for example). But once through plus a re-watch of seasons 1 - 4 was enough for me.

And I'll point out that I love Picard, SNW, and Lower Decks. I'm not a "new Trek hater." 🖖
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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

Other Star Trek shows had "we have to..." or "the crew is facing." It's often joked that Worf got his suggestions shot down on the Enterprise, but Burnham shot down *everyone's* suggestions nearly all the time (her plan was always "the only way" - if you heard her whisper it to you).
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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

out of their depth as a galley or longship crew would be on a nuclear aircraft carrier.

Its biggest failing was its focus on a single character who really wasn't that interesting. I especially lost interest in the 4th season when the log entry was "*I* have to solve it" (the 10-C's language).
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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

As an example, aside from programmable matter, 32nd Century tech wasn't much different from 23rd Century tech. Sure the phasers materialized in your hand, but they were no more powerful than 23rd Century phasers. I'd expect a crew travelling 800 years in the future to be as
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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

Its lack of character development was appalling. I re-watched seasons 1 - 4 before 5. It was actually painful. I still can't name most of the characters from the show, which I blame on not getting to know them. I also thought they just didn't think things through.
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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't hate it. I thought it was poorly written - lazy & immature with an awful lot of missed opportunities for great stories. Instead of generating real audience emotion through the story, Discovery instructed us "this is how you are to feel now." And the story hadn't earned it.
1/6

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

Aha! The truth comes out. Now we know who to blame for Five! 😂🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

If you meant a DM is okay, I’d need you to start it as I can’t message you. But if you meant otherwise, that’s totally okay too! ☺️🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't this also the uniform when you were born? There was some overlap there for awhile 😁🖖

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

You do such great work. I need a bigger budget!

And more walls! 😆🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

I'd like to share the details with you. I think you'd get it. I'm just not ready for any public announcements yet. I'm open to a DM if that's ok. ☺️🖖

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 1d

Just a nice quiet day trying to stay dry and warm. Working on a little project* that you just unknowingly helped me with! 😀 🖖
* not mentioning details until I know it's going somewhere 🤫

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 2d

Don't make me pick just one 😁🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 3d

Same here, Neil! No queue or anything - in and out in about 30 seconds. 😀🇮🇪

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Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent job (especially on this one, Seán!). I still don’t know why Yeoman Smith didn’t stick around. She had presence and the kind of bridge energy that made the camera linger. Maybe that was too much for 60s Starfleet to handle! She should have been a regular; one episode was not enough! 😄🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 3d

What's it like inside your head?

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 4d

Ditto on having the same issue. Can't say I share the same blame though. Maybe it's long-term TV exposure that trained my brain to require visual as well as audio to pay attention. 📺🤔🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 5d

Truly excellent shots, Ellie! Perfect away mission on a windy planet. I just hope stealth wasn't required because you're certainly going to turn heads and attract attention!
(ps - you look like you were having a great time in all the shots. "The camera loves you! Yeah baby yeah!") 😊🖖

Sean Alexander @castlerogue.bsky.social · 6d

Any chance of offering more colour options? The Ups & Downs shirt would look fantastic in navy blue! (I don’t wear black, but do love blue. If available in blue, I’d have your replicators whirring away fabricating me some!) 🙂🖖
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