I’ve lived everywhere but Atlantic Canada actually. I also work with colleagues from coast to coast.
One hears it, (as in, ‘she moved into town once her husband had passed on’) but it’s not the kind of automatic euphemism that would make it the first interpretation. ‘She passed on that opportunity’ is really common.
When someone dies, we usually just say that.
I’d like to see CJ Cherryh’s Alliance-Union universe brought to the screen.
Downbelow Station seems made to become a streaming series.
OP isn’t American. It’s not a universal euphemism.
Even having lived in the US at one point it’s not an automatic connection.
Canadians (at least in my experience) use the expression ‘passed away’ if at all to avoid saying ‘died.’
But also being Canadian, I’ve given my regrets elsewhere on this thread. And* I’m sorry* for the unintended shock to any and all who don’t share my dialect.
I thought she’d directed episodes of Voyager too.
Memory Alpha credits her with Voyager episodes ‘Riddles’ and ‘Workforce Part II’.
Wish these had been available a few years back when our kids were in their peak Lego building phase.
The key question I have is about BlueBrixx distribution to places that science and tech oriented kids (and gift-giving extended family) look for toys and models. Does BlueBrixx have any distribution other than online?
While adult fans will find things online, having boxes and models physically on display somewhere that kids can see them makes a huge difference to whether a certain kind of model ever gets considered for a wish list and can even determine whether or not it gets built.
While our kids loved to peruse catalogues to decide what projects they wanted to do next, our occasional visit to the Lego store outside Montreal or a Playmobil vendor really sparked their enthusiasm. I don’t think that it’s only the Lego branding that gets in the way of building the North American market for a competitor.
Beyond online purchases and catalogues, our kids picked up their advanced LEGO, Playmobil, SnapCircuits, Smithsonian models etc. at museums, hobby stores, a few toy stores that targeted learning toys across a broader age range and even children’s hospital gift stores. It seems like family had picked up gifts from similar places where they lived.
Cool. My Mastodon account is on that instance, but I created it after the one here. See you there.
For many of us, Lower Decks already established itself a few seasons back.
Also, I’d argue that Lower Decks success in attracting its own fans, new to Star Trek, and convincing them to tryout other shows in the franchise is the key measure of its success in broadening the base Trek audience.
This just seems to be one of the last turnovers from Paramount’s policy to bring all its new Trek content to its own streamer.
But then it removed Prodigy and is marketing its second season to others….
It’s still in production.
As Waltke clarifies in the interview at the link:
Q …When the removal from Paramount+ was first announced, Prodigy was reported to be cancelled, but technically that isn’t right is it?
A. Yeah, as far as I know. There was a lot of confusion because it was kind of announced alongside a number of shows that were I believe, officially cancelled. But at the bottom of some of those articles, you saw the caveat of like, “Oh, we’re actually still producing our show and we’re shopping it around for the potential for more episodes and licensing.”
They were ready to start production May 2nd, but postponed due to the imminent strike.
Advent calendar looks cool but expensive.