Also to note one of the other big CBS All Access rumors is that each new episode of their original series will only be on the site for 7 days. So no "only buy the service after the 13 weeks and binge watch it and cancel"
News coming 8/10?
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Jesus Christ, are you looking for things to complain about?
New look, new (FIGURATIVE) world, still Prime universe, still TOS era.
It simply isn't going to be like Star Trek in the 60's or 80's or 90's or 00's. It never was. Everyone who thinks Prime timeline was code for going back to the way things were, are going to be very disappointed.
There is no reason NOT to make it look different. TOS was what people of the 1960's thought it would look like. Why should the TOS era be forever limited to 1960's TV? That to me is backward thinking.
Just wanted to share a post I made ended up getting things close to the money:
How about that?
Here, I comment that it would be good to get away from the typical Trek trope of the senior staff being the only ones who do anything, and everyone else in the thread argued with me that a show that didn't involve the "decision makers as the leads" is a show they didn't want to watch. And yet, here we are, this show's lead is an officer who is in fact not the captain.
How about that?
I'm disappointed. I was hoping they would play around with the new timeline, but instead it seems like yet another prequel. I don't know what it will be like, and it may succeed, but it's not exactly what I wanted.
I know, I'm not in charge and I don't matter, but that doesn't stop me from feeling, does it?
I know, I'm not in charge and I don't matter, but that doesn't stop me from feeling, does it?
I don't know just a little thing called consistent story telling.
I just didn't take his line literally. It seemed to me like he wasn't actually talking about a seperate universe/timeline but instead saying "let's make sure everyone is adjusted to and excited about the new characters and stories that we're establishing for the first time before we bring back old characters"
Great. So basically barely anyone will buy this and they can say "See!? Nobody cares about the Prime Universe anymore!"
We are not in the 1960's any more. Making sue it no longer looks like the 1960's in no way changes anything that has come before. The stories happened, but we are not viewing them though the lens of a 1960's era idea of what things should look like.
It breaks credibility each and every time they make it look like the 1960's
Seems like there are a whole lot of decision makers in the cast, two Admirals, a Klingon captain, possibly the Discovery captain. Things could always take a turn like The West Wing did. Where someone that wasn't anticipated breaks out.
So don't pat yourself on the back too hard.
Now this shit is starting to piss me off. If it's true.
No, I haven't complained about anything really regarding the show until now. I even love the ship design. Are people who don't like it looking for things to complain about? Jesus Christ!
Why in the world would I not be concerned if he said things like new universe, etc? Maybe not everyone would but to not say it's a valid concern is ludicrous.
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I think they need to retcon in replicators. We have 3d printers now that can do quite a lot and the tech is rapidly growing. Printing meals could happen soon in real life and all that replicators are is a combination of printing and transporter tech. Basically all the TOS tech needs to be retconned for this series.
I plan on subscribing all year... but this would be annoying.
You're confusing sets and props with storytelling. The show shouldn't be constricted by the limits of someone's imagination 50 years ago. You can be inspired by it, but also show a believable future. Go look at the props from the Kelvin scene from the 2009 movie. It's a perfect update of TOS props.
I expect it to have a modern look and style, but with sets, gadgets, and uniforms that make sense for the era it is set in (if unfortunately set in the "past" as it happens to be)... It just makes less sense to set it then when it will butcher canon (I don't think things things have to be absolutely perfectly canonically aligned BTW) due to things/sets/gadgets not looking like they did in TOS/TMP. Best to stay away from it and do something new.
Who's to say the 'food dispensers' in TOS weren't some type of replicator? The delivery of the food seemed fairly instantaneous to me.
Why in the world would it make sense to have tech/design/sets etc. that are different than already established within the canon of the universe?
Why should it be forever limited to 60's TV? Well it wasn't, it did after all continue in a lot of movies. But why do we have to keep going back there so many times anyway? How about something new.
NBC blows cats. Their coverage sucks. Too little sports, too many "heartwarming stories."
Plus - I'd like to see competitors from other countries, not just the US. And dump beach volleyball. That's the kind of thing that people play when drunk and young, not an Olympic sport (in my opinion anyhow).
Whoa, wait, what? Two Admirals and a Klingon? Where'd this come from? All the stuff I'm reading on Google only mention this female Lt. Commander being the lead, and that the main cast will include a gay character.
