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Netflix Cancellations
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Netflix have cancelled Space Force after two seasons.

We weren't a fan. The nicest thing we could say about it was that a sci-fi show making a second season is a rare thing.

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Strange New Opening
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Paramount have released the opening titles for upcoming new series, Strange New Worlds.

While we haven't been impressed by all of the teasers, the title sequence is nicely done.

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The Center Seat
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You might recall that last year we heard news of a new Star Trek documentary series - The Center Seat - which curiously excluded recent entries like Discovery and Picard.

Seemingly it would be a love letter to real Star Trek fans of old. Its director was implicitly quite scathing of the newer titles.

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Disney Developments
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Following the walk out and other protests against Disney's support of legislators behind Florida's don't say gay bill, Disney publicly opposed the bill.

Florida's Governor DeSantis explicitly retaliated by repealing Walt Disney World's special district status.

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Elon's Captain
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Elon Musk recently announced a deal to acquire Twitter, make it a privately owned company and "enhance" it. Not everyone is happy about this news.

On the other hand William Shatner has tweeted that not only will he remain on the platform but has jokingly pitched the idea of becoming its new face with the hashtag #dumpthebird.

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Gender Equality
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Last week we saw a few sites running a story about a sexism complaint made against Twitch .

By itself it was slightly interesting but not substantial enough for our purposes but is now joined by a Change.org petition to have actress Amber Heard removed by Warner Bros. from the Aquaman 2 film, which has received over 2.5 million signatures.

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Batwoman Cancelled
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US Network CW have cancelled Batwoman after its third season.

While it might be tempting to interpret this in the context of Ruby Rose's controversial departure following season 2 we're more inclined to see this as part of a bigger picture.

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5th Element's 25th
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The Fifth Element will celebrate it's 25th anniversary on May 7 and The New York Post have published an interesting piece including input from associate producer John Amicarella and sound designer Marc Mangini.

Its opening scene music - a slowed down recording of Tibetan monks chanting.

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Starfield Dev Diary
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Bethesda have published their third dev diary for upcoming sci-fi roleplaying game Starfield and this one is all about sound.

We found the first three minutes a yawn but it picked up once they started talking about the actual music and the process of making it.

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Xbox & Bethesda Showcase
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Following the full cancellation of this year's E3, Microsoft have announced that they will hold their own Xbox and Bethesda showcase on June 12 which will be streamed online.

Bethesda's Nasapunk roleplaying game Starfield is due to release later this year and doubtless will feature prominently in the show.

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