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Rumor: the show takes place between TOS movies and TNG
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Why? Post-Nemesis wouldn't be my first choice (or second through sixtieth), but if the show ends up being set there, I'll roll with it. Life's too short to get wound up over it.
I will naturally watch it, regardless of the setting, but I have to say that I'm pretty exited about these rumours of prime universe show, and I will be severely disappointed if it doesn't happen.
It's odd. Nothing has really excited me about this show so far. None of the names attached, none of the rumors about it.
I'm guessing we're just too far out at this point.
Probably. I just want to see well done traditional Trek show, preferably in prime universe, and I think Meyer and Fuller could deliver. I like the both the rumoured time periods, post-TUC and post-Nemesis. I think both have interesting political situation that could easily spawn nice stories.
Well done could be anything.
Traditional is extremely vague and not something to be catered to. It could apply to anything from the incredibly different eras of old Trek. There was no real "tradition" between them, and those things that could be considered as such, contributed to the stale, small universe that needed to be changed to avoid that.
If the writers are good, then we should get good stories regardless of universe or time period. Though I'd want more of an exploration based show than one about Federation politics.
But the same would be true of the post-Nemesis era. Unless it takes place very very far in the future there's a pretty good chance the big players would still be around.
I don't know if I'd really want to "know what is going on". Part of the fun of a new show set in a new time period is seeing how things are different compared to what we knew before. If they set the show between two preexisting stories then there is no real mystery to the universe. Part of the fun of a prequel is seeing how things got to be the way they were in the original story, and part of the fun of a sequel is seeing how things have changed since the previous story.
Midquels can be cool, but at times it can just feel like the story exists just to check off some boxes.
I think midquels are the kind of that work better as just a one off, exploring one specific event, like the Star Trek novel Serpents Among the Ruins, or Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Sorry, I guess I needed to expound on that thought some more. With a post-TUC show a general "pop culture" level of Star Trek should be sufficient background knowledge to jump right in. Let's not forget that there's a perception in Hollywood that Trek failed on TV last time because it became so insular and self-referential that it disappeared up its own ass, which is why the reboot went to such pains to publicly distance itself from what came before. I'm not convinced they won't still tread lightly for this series.
I'm getting a kick right now thinking of a show about Federation politics done in the mold of "Veep."
The fact is there are no facts about the timeline or setting.
People who want a post-TUC series are going to believe the post-TUC rumours, people who want a post-NEM series are going to believe the post-NEM rumours (if you can even call them that).
I myself, hope the seasonal anthology rumours are true. A first season with a post-TUC crew rocking the Monster Maroons followed by a post-TNG era crew in season two would be perfectly ideal for me.
People who want a post-TUC series are going to believe the post-TUC rumours, people who want a post-NEM series are going to believe the post-NEM rumours (if you can even call them that).
I myself, hope the seasonal anthology rumours are true. A first season with a post-TUC crew rocking the Monster Maroons followed by a post-TNG era crew in season two would be perfectly ideal for me.
That's funny. Just the fact that there is a new Star Trek series makes me excited by itself! I do have a few preferences about what I'd like, but in general I just hope that they tell great stories!
I'm thrilled Trek is back on TV (well, sort of, you know what I mean)!
Mr Awe
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I hope it's a series set in the JJ Abrams Universe because there's a lot to explore in that world. I'm hoping there'll be more substance than whiz-bang, but I've adjusted to the style of the films and I wouldn't mind letting free from all the continuity from the old universe.
Because what happens to the characters, and the tough decisions they make, that's more important than what happens to the larger universe.
Canon dictates that the Klingons and Feds establish a truce. That doesn't change the fact that they were in a state of war (or cold-war) during TOS. A story taking place during TOS is about the specific actors in that time-period. Kirk vs. Kor, for instance. It's not about finding out whether or not the Klingons ever make peace with the Feds. Characters, not politics.
The example of Titanic cited is just the tip of the iceberg. Any historical drama whatsoever would be considered "not worth watching" because we "know how it ends". That is, unless you warp history like in something like Inglorius Basterds. Think of all of the various period dramas out there that have high accolades. Mad Men, Bridge of Spies, Lawrence of Arabia (they even started the movie at the end with his motorcycle crash! ). How about Columbo? They started every episode by showing you whodunnit. Then the entire episode was watching Columbo gradually figure out a puzzle we already solved in the first few minutes.
In what way? It's the same galaxy without Vulcan but with one extra Vulcan (less billions). The same writers would be there in either case making up stuff.
Finding out how the Romulans of this universe are reacting to one of their ships from the future attacking the Federation and in the process, making it stronger, if vastly more paranoid. And that calamity that they know is going to destroy them in less than 200 years.
New Vulcan itself could be a source of stories, they're an endangered species, that will greatly change their outlook on life, and affect anything they were involved in from 2258 to 2387.
Earth alone suffered an apparent Starfleet coup, with the casualties in London and San Francisco. Do the public in this universe really trust Starfleet now?
Etc
New Vulcan itself could be a source of stories, they're an endangered species, that will greatly change their outlook on life, and affect anything they were involved in from 2258 to 2387.
Earth alone suffered an apparent Starfleet coup, with the casualties in London and San Francisco. Do the public in this universe really trust Starfleet now?
Etc
Heh, Columbo usually figured it out in the first few minutes as well, he just messed with the bad guys for the next 45m.
