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Bryan Fuller Stepping Back From Showrunner Role on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
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Oh boy.
If that really is true... siiiiiiiiigh...
This would contradict a lot of the things said in the official press release.
I'm slightly familiar with Goldsman. I was talking more about the other two.Akiva G. worked on such gems as I am Legend, Angels & Demons, 90s Lost in Space, and let's not forget
Star Trek is a franchise that makes a lot of money for CBS. They were never going to let Fuller color too far outside the lines. That was one of my concerns when Discovery was announced. That it would be more of safe, tepid 90's Trek.
I think anyone prone to panic over this news should watch Chaos on the Bridge before they say DSC is now doomed.
While it's not impossible - I'm a little sceptical about that one. Why push someone out because of his ideas only to assign two people who would do what he wanted anyway?
I hope you're right. But I'm not so sure.
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Akiva G. worked on such gems as I am Legend, Angels & Demons, 90s Lost in Space, and let's not forget
always thought AG mustve been brought in to make the Burton Batman films more like the 60s tv series..wonder if it'll be the same thing for STD?
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The point being... Fuller obviously has a lot on his plate. I think that's one reason he wanted to limit future seasons to only 10 episodes. If they bring in someone else who can devote more time to the series, then maybe we can see 13 to 15 episodes per season. I also think it's a myth to believe you can't get high quality episodes if there are more than 12 per season. If they find the right people it can be done.
I think CBS got tired of Fuller's delays and realized they need someone who can devote more time to this series, so I see that as a good thing in the long run.
I don't think it's gotten that bad yet. The showrunners in charge of this are still very closely tied to Fuller, they were his handpicked co-showrunners (and now successors) from the beginning when he brought them on board. Not to mention Nicholas Meyer who's known for going against the "safe, tepid" way. I'll get really worried when the other writers start dropping dead.
Goldsman isn't exactly Bryan Fuller, just look at his credits, but some have mentioned his work on Fringe as something to be positive about and I love his enthusiasm for the franchise in his StarTrek.com interview.
Regardless, one's knowledge of the canon of a fictional universe doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy business if you can't write a good script. It's sad we won't get Bryan Fuller's Star Trek, you'll know no one more disappointed than me, but this creative team they have right now ain't the worst either. Inferior? Maybe. But certainly not the type you'd see doing '90s Trek.
I just hope that rumour is not true. Yes, Star Trek makes a lot of money for CBS, but I'd like to think they understand you have to be bold and inventive with the property for it to succeed. Especially on a streaming platform. CBS allegedly going against his "creative vision" really doesn't make them look the bold and inventive type, if their network shows didn't already.
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And, not to say this would happen, but if American Gods were cancelled...
If he ends up leaving the show too, that's when we'll know for sure that something bad is brewing under the surface.
Well, the article that Collider actually ran on this doesn't contain a whiff of that:
Given that these folks are at least play-acting at being journalists, if they're not willing to put their rumor-mongering into their site's "reporting" then fuck their Twitters.
The real question to ask here is why has Fuller chosen to prioritise two, here today, gone tomorrow, TV shows (American Gods & Amazing Stories) over a franchise he's been telling us all for years on end he would love to be in charge of, so he could deliver his "dream" show?
It's hard to respect someone as much when they pull a stunt like this on you.
It's hard to respect someone as much when they pull a stunt like this on you.
the only Amazing Stories I saw was the Kevin Costner WW2 cartoon plane one.. (directed by Spielberg I think)
Maybe he couldn't do his dream show. So, rather than compromising his vision, he decided to back away.
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