If ‘Star Trek’ stayed the same, it would look like Dragnet — a dated and completely out-of-touch fantasy.
In my lifetime we’ve bombed our own citizens. We’ve been attacked by terrorists, both foreign and domestic.
It’s a complex world, and Star Trek had to change or die. 🤷♂️
I’m sure that
@vicmignogna
will be remembered as a creepy dude, but I’ll remember him as the ‘good Christian’ that stood by and did nothing when his fans started threatening and insulting anyone that spoke up about his behavior.
a reminder that the first science fiction novel was written by a woman
and that star trek fandom started with women
and that women started star trek conventions
other interpretations of the record are both delusional and ahistorical
I said I was done engaging, but nothing makes me madder than being called THAT.
You wouldn’t have sci-fi without women.
You wouldn’t have Star Wars without Marcia Lucas, or even Carrie Fisher’s rewrites.
You wouldn’t have conventions without women.
We are the backbone.
@UzamakiJ
I’m definitely going to make an effort to bring him something nice from one of the shows. Fortunately, this hospital is about two blocks from my home!
y’all realize we still haven’t found flight MH370, right?
it was a Boeing 777-200ER, roughly ten times larger than the weird tourist submarine
and it’s been almost a decade since it disappeared
You're a true believer? Well, okay. Problem is that I've seen Vic Mignogna grab a woman without her consent. I wasn't the only one. I don't have a 'cause.' We were there. We saw it. That's why we testified.
For you, this is a 'cause.' For me, it's simply telling the truth.
If you’ve been confused by my Twitter account this year, this is a fairly good explainer.
I saw Vic Mignogna grab a woman without her consent at a convention and wrote about it. Vic’s idiotic fans have been harassing me and my girlfriend since March.
Fuck ‘em.
Dear
@netflix
please understand that I cannot guarantee your safety from my girlfriend if you don’t get ‘Anne with an E’ back into production as soon as possible
I can’t believe people are giving
@neilhimself
shit about the rings of power but holding him completely blameless for soul train and highlander the series
a total abdication of responsibility for manimal and card sharks, too
Vic Mignogna’s disastrous lawsuit created a unique global event: A tremendous number of attorneys from different states, countries and professional specializations coming together to form a diverse but consistent agreement that this whole thing is hot garbage.
Correct — And while this image is very pretty it’s important to understand that she literally owned the studio.
She should be in command gold, at the very least.
I’ll remember when
@vicmignogna
’s attorney went on a livestream and told me that I would ‘never be Vic,’ and how his sloppy attempt at insult was incredible praise.
I will never be
@vicmignogna
, and it’s the best news I’ve heard in a very long time.
/thread
one of the classic games from hacker cons is called ‘spot the fed.’
you can play it on twitter, too
for example, when you see an ad on Twitter for a ‘car oil filter’ that is absolutely a suppressor for a firearm
this is a no-knock warrant in Twitter ad form
It’s disappointing to see so many people excited about this, not knowing that it’s made by Ares Studios — the same crew that have scammed nearly $2 million from Star Trek fans with “Axanar.”
Avoid these, please.
#startrek
#wearestarfleet
holding tech events in states that rightfully terrify trans people is an incredibly stupid notion
been in computer science for over 25 years, and trans people are consistent high performers and innovators everywhere I go
Cut the crap. You know I’m happy to fly to LA to ‘debate’ you. We can talk about your deleted video where you misrepresented my career, Vic Mignogna, anything you want. Let me run my own mics and camera next to yours for honesty, and I’m 100% ready for it, you disingenuous hack.
It’s a hospital. Patients are not combatants.
For all of the endless screaming about war crimes on the internet, you need to understand that disguising combatants as medical personnel is actually one of them.
@mehdirhasan
I really respect you and your work but I don’t see what is wrong about this. They are special forces, and the entire thing they train for is an unfair fight.
They are targeting people who are 100% valid.
I’ve taken an unfortunate sick day and been watching ‘Anne with an E,’ and I have to amend my earlier statement that it’s good.
It’s brilliant. It’s absolutely brilliant. Not renewing this series would be a terrible loss.
#renewannewithane
I’ll remember when the
@vicmignogna
told his fans in New York that the people speaking up didn’t have jobs. I’ll remember when he got on Discord and told his fans to engage the people speaking up.
bruh
star trek fandom started with ladies sending each other sexy spock stories in the postal mail
kirk/spock sex stories were a huge part of it, too
what does being gay have to do with the federation? almost goddamn everything, son
It's nice to be respected by my peers. It's wonderful to be compensated for my talent and skill. It's an honor to be consulted by my friends and colleagues for advice.
But there is no greater testament to my integrity and intelligence than to be called an idiot by Nick Rekieta.
Really,
@CreationEnt
? Vic Mignogna is a confirmed guest for your Las Vegas Star Trek con?
Okay.
Please stand by while I contact everyone I know on the franchise — and every fan I know on Twitter — and inform them of your unbelievably stupid decision.
#wearestarfleet
#startrek
I probably won’t forget seeing
@vicmignogna
’s inappropriate behavior. But I’ll never forget his silence. I’ll never forget his weakness. I’ll never forget that he encouraged children to protect his image.
Remember that time
@marchimark
got sued for telling the truth? And the guy that sued her admitted in a deposition that she was telling the truth?
What a crazy summer THAT was.
oh god it’s still this summer this will never end
I’ll remember when
@vicmignogna
did a convention appearance with a guy that made a 20 minute YouTube video (with a lot of pictures of me and my girlfriend) misrepresenting my career and implying I haven’t had a job in a decade.
This is both absolutely disgusting and completely predictable. This monster is Vic Mignogna’s primary fundraiser, and this is all you need to know to understand the harassment and abuse I’ve been dealing with from Vic’s fans for the past several months.
Also, can I talk for a second about how
@melissaCnavia
is killing it on
#StrangeNewWorlds
?
Lt. Erica Ortegas is a brand-new character to Star Trek, and I have no idea how we’ve managed to live without her.
She’s a gifted pilot and a hard worker, but she’s also funny and kind.
So
@vicmignogna
doesn't remember the convention in NY where he called his detractors jobless, or his attorney asking for help to make people miserable.
Vic: Please stop whining. If you have time to make videos for your fans, you have time to apologize to the people you hurt.
Today I learned that Vic Mignogna has never heard of Maurice LaMarche, Frank Welker, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Peter Cullen, Will Ferrell, Susan Eisenberg, Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Julie Kavner, Tim Curry, Kristen Bell, George Takei, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers...
Imagine being an attorney that raised 250k+ in 'legal defense funds' from anime fans without disclosing that the money was going to your family's estate lawyer, who lost every single claim in court...
...and then calling another attorney a lying pile of garbage.
Imagine being a lying pile of garbage like Doucette and categorizing a conference requirement as "begging"
Maybe Lemons just lied to him... I'm sure they'll giggle about it at their next docking party.
FYI:
@_Hero_Hei_
has declined, saying it’s ‘creepy’ that I’m willing to talk to him in LA, even though the reason I offered to do so was to directly address his complaint about technical difficulties talking to people online.
@_Hero_Hei_
is a disingenuous lying hack.
Cut the crap. You know I’m happy to fly to LA to ‘debate’ you. We can talk about your deleted video where you misrepresented my career, Vic Mignogna, anything you want. Let me run my own mics and camera next to yours for honesty, and I’m 100% ready for it, you disingenuous hack.
my wife is sexy, intelligent and adventurous, and I am very lucky to have her
this is what I repeat to myself in my head when she calls my wargaming miniatures ‘polly pockets’
Sometimes it feels like I’m on the front porch with
@MarzGurl
and
@renfamous
reading comic books, and every few minutes a bunch of teens in their mom’s car drives by and screams ‘YOU’RE GONNA GET SUED!’
We look at each other, smile and go back to our comics.
Dear Judge:
Remember the guy you had in court today? You showed him the death threats you had received, and encouraged him to turn down the volume on this nonsense?
This is that guy. This guy right here.
wastin' away again in nickrekietaville
lookin' for his lost twitter of salt
some people claim that there's an intern to blame
but I know
it's nick's fucking alt
I would like to personally thank each and every public school teacher that taught me to keep my hands to myself. It is unfortunate that these lessons didn't make it through to Vic Mignogna.
I sincerely hope that 'Eleven Months of Nonsense' is the last piece I'll ever have to write about the Vic Mignogna noise. Here it is. Please feel free to share and re-tweet.
1) We were witnesses.
2) We did take it to court and testified under oath.
3) What we said is true.
4) It wasn't a problem for anyone but Vic Mignogna, who should have kept his hands to himself.
@okaypompeii
@phiafacetious
I do like the Lynch approach, which is basically ‘there’s no reason for me to talk about my movies — if I could communicate what I was thinking with words, I would use words.’
RIP Dorothy Catherine “DC” Fontana, 1939-2019.
It is impossible to calculate the positive effects of DC Fontana’s work on STAR TREK and many other projects. A tireless fighter for fairness and diversity — She will be greatly missed.
It's been years and I still have a hard time understanding why Vic Mignogna would blow half-a-million in legal expenses to demonstrate that the people who called him an inappropriate creep were correct.