Yep, because...internet.
What are your thoughts about seeing the prime universe again?
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Yep, because...internet.
Timeline = history. True, real history has minutiae, but it also contains a larger sweep of events that are important.
Obviously, we'd hope that DIS focuses on the important aspects of Prime history rather than the minutiae!
Mr Awe
I would not say that this is a known time period. We had a tiny glimpse of it in The Cage. One ship and one planet.
I'm happy with the pre-TOS setting but I don't expect that it'll bear much resemblance to The Cage or TOS. But, that's not overly important to me!
Mr Awe
If that's the case then what is your favorite "Universe" if I may ask? The TOSverse, the TNGverse, the DS9verse, the VOYverse or the ENTverse?
Whatever you choose, you should know that "IT'S DEAD AND BURIED AND IT'S NEVER COMING BACK"!!!
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Consider the possibility that the Prime you are served may not be the Prime you ordered.
Nick Meyer gave us a big hint when he said, paraphrased, "unclench and enjoy."
Nick Meyer gave us a big hint when he said, paraphrased, "unclench and enjoy."
No one said you should forget about anything. I know that TOS simply is never coming back, doesn't keep me from watching it about once a week (sometimes more).
Absolutely. Folks can be in denial about this, but it's demonstrably a fact.
Noted and edited. It still doesn't look/sound any better.
"IT'S DEAD AND BURIED AND IT'S NEVER COMING BACK"!!!
I can write a Captain America comic book and cherry pick events from other books to reference and discard and contradict others, completely up to me as the author. Nothing about that is an opinion.
I can then say that my book is in the "prime" Marvel universe and I'd be right but it effectively means nothing.
I don't have anything against that at all and that's a reasonable stance to take as a writer. But, that wasn't what was being discussed. The issue I have are the Prime elements being described as meaningless fluff (paraphrase).
The approach you describe is entirely different. It uses the best events/elements and makes the most out of them. They are not meaningless. I'd say we're in general agreement.
I'm guessing on this last point, but Fuller is a fanboy, so I don't think he'll contradict canon too much. Not entirely a slave to it but will take reasonable efforts to be consistent. We'll have to see how it actually turns out though!
Mr Awe
Me too, and I have to admit some of the those ST Continues fan films have helped with dealing with my cravings for more TOS. Especially the production quality. Wait, I just forgot about Paramount stopping them and now I'm sad again.
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Again, you seem to think you know what it will be like. You don't. Why not just wait and see? Maybe you're correct. Maybe you're flat out wrong. We don't know.
Mr Awe
Wait, I just forgot about Paramount stopping them and now I'm sad again.
STC is still going on.
Holding hard and fast to dates and snippets of dialogue is meaningless. You'll likely see many of the folks here ready to pounce the first time Fuller and company make an error, or change something to tell the story they want to tell.
I have to say, watching all the screaming over violations will probably be more entertaining than the show itself. It'll be Enterprise all over again.
Watching continuity freaks...well, freak...is like watching The Big Bang Theory.
You seem to focus on the minutiae of a timeline, but that's not what I'm talking about. I see the Prime timeline as a large canvas. Stories can use it if they need to, or not. But, I'm not talking about being a slave to all the tiny details.
Fuller said the story could be told in either timeline but chose the Prime *because* he wants to use Prime elements. I'm sure he's talking about the large historical scope and context of that timeline rather than the tiny details! Come on, have some faith in the guy and his team!
Mr Awe
