Star Trek Discovery in Trouble? Rumor Rundown-Midnight Edge
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I figured that this would happen. They can't decide whether to reboot the look and feel of tv trek into an Abrams-esque sexy trek, or to return to the tv trek we all know and love. I think the mistake is in not making the black woman captain, and in setting it before tng. They should have placed it far into the prime future where, changes in the look and feeling could be explained by the passage of time. It's not as though events in the prime timeline would step on the Kelvin timeline anyways.
If I wrote it, I would have set it into the future like in 2700, and made it take place after the federation was defeated in a war with a new race, say 15 years prior. The race would have come from a large region in the beta quadrant. Now that starfleet had technology that could allow fast enough travel, this region could be a place of new discovery. The federation would have been beaten back to its core worlds like betazed, vulcan, earth, andoria, etc. The discovery would be tasked with trying to explore the beta quadrant, keep the alpha quadrant united, the while avoiding the perils posed by the new race and its allies. The new group could even have an ideology that makes a compelling argument to rival starfleet ideals, and persuade alpha quadrant species to leave the federation to join. eventually the exploration might yeld opportunity to overcome the enemy either through development of a new alliance with them, or through some kind of tactical advantage.
If I wrote it, I would have set it into the future like in 2700, and made it take place after the federation was defeated in a war with a new race, say 15 years prior. The race would have come from a large region in the beta quadrant. Now that starfleet had technology that could allow fast enough travel, this region could be a place of new discovery. The federation would have been beaten back to its core worlds like betazed, vulcan, earth, andoria, etc. The discovery would be tasked with trying to explore the beta quadrant, keep the alpha quadrant united, the while avoiding the perils posed by the new race and its allies. The new group could even have an ideology that makes a compelling argument to rival starfleet ideals, and persuade alpha quadrant species to leave the federation to join. eventually the exploration might yeld opportunity to overcome the enemy either through development of a new alliance with them, or through some kind of tactical advantage.
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yeah well after Enterprise you'd think they'd learned their lesson. If not then fuck 'em, Trekkers will always support a well done series.
It was in trouble the moment they released the trailer showing the new ship. The ship was ugly as fuck and the cgi was horrible.
With such a large fan base and so much money to be made, it's crazy that they are finding every way possible to mess this up. Especially since we haven't had a series in over a decade.
With such a large fan base and so much money to be made, it's crazy that they are finding every way possible to mess this up. Especially since we haven't had a series in over a decade.
Quit backtracking, go ahead and set it way after Next Generation, I do believe this is what people really want.
I did some mapping of what the other Star Trek series have already covered, then looked at some popular TV genres, then tried to determine what would work within a Star Trek context for at least 5 seasons.
All I could come up with was the following:
TV series about a race trying to get into the Federation
(political) West Wing - first contact scientists and politicians fight the good fight,
(political) House of Cards - dirty backdoor politics of religious right and corporate interests,
(espionage) 24/Americans - another race, secretly embedded in their society, trying to hold them back, and the military trying to stop these spies
(crime procedural) combined with a bit of Law and Order as a low level grunt grinds through the story as our POV character.
The goal is that in 5 years they'll either be part of the Federation, realize they don't need it, or be dead from war/invation.
Holy shit - that's THE EXPANSE.
All I could come up with was the following:
TV series about a race trying to get into the Federation
(political) West Wing - first contact scientists and politicians fight the good fight,
(political) House of Cards - dirty backdoor politics of religious right and corporate interests,
(espionage) 24/Americans - another race, secretly embedded in their society, trying to hold them back, and the military trying to stop these spies
(crime procedural) combined with a bit of Law and Order as a low level grunt grinds through the story as our POV character.
The goal is that in 5 years they'll either be part of the Federation, realize they don't need it, or be dead from war/invation.
Holy shit - that's THE EXPANSE.
The new people at Paramount sabatoged ENT.
I think they already did that.It's called DS9.
Yeah ... but they did EVERYTHING in that show.
And technically Enterprise was the 'outsider race POV' since the Federation didn't really exist yet.
If you're not watching The Expanse, I suggest you do. It will help you with your Trek fix.
It shouldn't be but for whatever reason they always find a way screw things up. The original series didn't need a whole lot of CGI. The series needs good actors and good writing. The original Enterprise wasn't much more than a few empty paper towel rollers, a couple of dowels, glue and they made it work.
There's no way a new Enterprise needs to look so foreign from the first one. All this time and this is what they present.
Shit is good as hell!
I enjoyed this show so far but they seriously should've put this on broadcast TV
2 episodes in and loving it.
but who the fuck is signing up for a service to watch 1 show. If it were on CBS would be the 1st CBS show I checked since how I met your mother
Maybe theyll show reruns on CBS during the summer months 
This show has the best start of ANY
After watching the first three eps - my thought is that it's not a regular ship but some type of Klingon Federation hybrid for section 31. Almost all the crew are bad guys. Maybe 10 are normal federation types.
Look at the hackles on the kelpians neck at the end of ep 3. They come out when death is near. Can you guess who probably died just then?
Can you guess why?
This new captain is like a dark Picard. Evil as fuck but clever and philosophical. Motherfucker killing tribbles daily...
It shouldn't be but for whatever reason they always find a way screw things up. The original series didn't need a whole lot of CGI. The series needs good actors and good writing. The original Enterprise wasn't much more than a few empty paper towel rollers, a couple of dowels, glue and they made it work.
There's no way a new Enterprise needs to look so foreign from the first one. All this time and this is what they present.
After watching the first three eps - my thought is that it's not a regular ship but some type of Klingon Federation hybrid for section 31. Almost all the crew are bad guys. Maybe 10 are normal federation types.
Look at the hackles on the kelpians neck at the end of ep 3. They come out when death is near. Can you guess who probably died just then?
Can you guess why?
This new captain is like a dark Picard. Evil as fuck but clever and philosophical. Motherfucker killing tribbles daily...
Its Dope so Far
I respect other peoples opinion but Fuck them I been a trekkie and I thinks its great thus far
I respect other peoples opinion but Fuck them I been a trekkie and I thinks its great thus far
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