So exciting. Squee.
Trek 2017 TV Show Teaser
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I think Farscape and nuBSG both experimented with multiple ships/crews a little bit. It worked okay for those shows.
Yeah multiple storylines in different locations can work well, I'm thinking Helo on Caprica in BSG season 1.
By the way, why is it 'premiering on CBS' and 'coming to CBS All Access'? I thought it was just the latter.
^ IIRC, the first episode was going to be shown on regular network TV (hence 'premiering on CBS'), and then subsequent episodes would only be available on All Access.
ETA: Ninja'd. This was actually in response to @cultcross .
ETA: Ninja'd. This was actually in response to @cultcross .
They went to warp inside a star system, don't they know how dangerous that is? 
In all seriousness though, other than "new crews" it doesn't actually tell us anything that we didn't already know. Even knowing that and accepting it logically, it still excites me!
In all seriousness though, other than "new crews" it doesn't actually tell us anything that we didn't already know. Even knowing that and accepting it logically, it still excites me!
might be wrong but wasn't there a period in the 90s when TOS was being referred to as 'Classic Trek' or 'Trek Classic?' or at least there seemed to be an attempt to have it called that on merchandise etc.(probably due to the Classic Coke thing?) Maybe the VHS reissues in the late 90s with the 3eps per tape being called "The Original Series" sealed the 'TOS' label? I'm not sure
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Going further back, Babylon 5 had a good run when everyone was split up.
Everyones assumed Praxis so far. Burning star, broken planet with green-ish haze... am I the only one seeing a more recent catastrophe?
I see mostly reused (or inspired) images from the closing credits of the last two Trek movies used for a TV promo...might have better luck reading tea leaves to find any "clues" that could be hidden in there, IMO.
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Probably not, I thought they simply tried to show visuals that look different from the peaceful earth and moon at the start.
I vaguely remember it being called "classic" but I think TOS won because it really fits the three letter abbreviation thing that started with TNG and was continued with DS9/DSN, we even got VOY and ENT.
This teaser is ... well, it's a teaser, it really doesn't tell is anything but it's nice that CBS did something for the upfronts despite not having any clips or cast to show off.
I was thinking of the New Voyages fan films. Although there was the whole domain name thing with Beyond.Or "Star Treks" since it covers new crews, new civilizations.....boldly going where, well...
Casual Viewer: There's a book series? I just want to watch the television or cable series. I don't care about any book series. I shouldn't have to understand a television series from the books; it should stand on its own.
And planets.....and ships...and different crews.
Yes, especially if all the stories tie in together in some cleaver and interesting way.
My 2 cents:
1. Oh boy! Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy! Oh boy!
2. Zooming through different space anomalies and stuff - obviously somewhat cheap cgi, won't re-appear in the final series, but is there to establish tone. Somewhat resembles the JJ. Abrams movies (who themselves resembled the older opening credits). Close enough in style to draw in the movie crowd, too different to confirm JJverse at this point.
3. New font - obviously inspired by TOS (aka the tone Bryan Fuller wanted to strike). But obvious alternations to not resemble the JJ-movies font OR any other previous Trek font (TOS-movies, TNG-era shows)
4. "New crews", and a split Trek emblem. - My personal guess: Not an anthology show, but either set on multiple starships (a bigger and a smaller one) or on both a starship and a stationary point (space station, colony). Or delving deeper into compartmentalisation. Or just a typo. But I doubt that.
5. "New villains", "new heroes", "new worlds" - pretty obviously not a prequel. Either a continuation of TNG era or the new movies. Or a new "broad-strokes"-continuity out of both.
6. "golden" Insignia. Note: the TOS-era star insignia from the very first teaser poster has vanished. The biggest indicator for me yet that they try to distance themselves from both the JJmovies and the TNG-era, while simultanously pick up audiences of both of those.
7. No subtitle yet. Pretty sure it will get one. Shows you how early this teaser is. At this point they are probably still trying and adapting the tone and general feel of the new show. Quite colourfull! But still mostly "realistic" and scientific with the imagery (nebula, stars, ice-planet).
I like it!
1. Oh boy! Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy! Oh boy!
2. Zooming through different space anomalies and stuff - obviously somewhat cheap cgi, won't re-appear in the final series, but is there to establish tone. Somewhat resembles the JJ. Abrams movies (who themselves resembled the older opening credits). Close enough in style to draw in the movie crowd, too different to confirm JJverse at this point.
3. New font - obviously inspired by TOS (aka the tone Bryan Fuller wanted to strike). But obvious alternations to not resemble the JJ-movies font OR any other previous Trek font (TOS-movies, TNG-era shows)
4. "New crews", and a split Trek emblem. - My personal guess: Not an anthology show, but either set on multiple starships (a bigger and a smaller one) or on both a starship and a stationary point (space station, colony). Or delving deeper into compartmentalisation. Or just a typo. But I doubt that.
5. "New villains", "new heroes", "new worlds" - pretty obviously not a prequel. Either a continuation of TNG era or the new movies. Or a new "broad-strokes"-continuity out of both.
6. "golden" Insignia. Note: the TOS-era star insignia from the very first teaser poster has vanished. The biggest indicator for me yet that they try to distance themselves from both the JJmovies and the TNG-era, while simultanously pick up audiences of both of those.
7. No subtitle yet. Pretty sure it will get one. Shows you how early this teaser is. At this point they are probably still trying and adapting the tone and general feel of the new show. Quite colourfull! But still mostly "realistic" and scientific with the imagery (nebula, stars, ice-planet).
I like it!
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I also really like the idea of focusing on more than one crew in a larger story rather than an anthology series, and I hope that's what we get. I hope a modern Trek will look similar to modern TV in general with multiple storylines, characters, and locations while all being a part of a larger arc.
Finally a teaser! It's such a tease!
What we see in the teaser is obvioulsy the destruction of Romulus ... I wonder if the series will actually deal with that. The disappearance of a major player in this quadrant might have very interesting consequences. It would certainly be in line with Nick Meyer's comment about TUC as a reference.
And we could have guest appearances by pretty much anyone from the TNG era!
And we could have guest appearances by pretty much anyone from the TNG era!
