News Fuller: Why I Left Star Trek: Discovery
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Remember the "Don't screw it up!" guy? Imagine he and others with plenty to say happen to somehow find Fullers contact information, you don't think they could or would jam-pack every method of contact to overflowing?
I think so.
This really sucks. However, I always thought Fuller's hiring was too good to be true. Then, when they announced Nicholas Meyer and the rest of the creative staff, I figured something bad had to happen in order to balance the universe. So, alas.
It kinda feels like CBS was pushing Fuller out, though. I know very little about the intricacies of television politics, but you would think Fuller would still remain on-board in some capacity if it was otherwise. Yes, I understand scheduling conflicts. It is possible he wishes to remain completely devoted to American Gods and that would overlap with production & post-production on Discovery, but to be completely uninvolved (and to say "They have my number") to me implies more than just scheduling conflicts but possibly creative differences. Or, at the very least, CBS was unsatisfied with the way Fuller was making progress, given his commitment to American Gods.
Even though I'm still excited, my excitement levels went from "I must see this" to "cautiously optimistic". I think, as someone mentioned before, I was previously super excited because Fuller's attachment elevated this to something more than just another Star Trek show. However, with him gone, it really does feel like just another Trek show.
Which is still exciting, just not as exciting.
It kinda feels like CBS was pushing Fuller out, though. I know very little about the intricacies of television politics, but you would think Fuller would still remain on-board in some capacity if it was otherwise. Yes, I understand scheduling conflicts. It is possible he wishes to remain completely devoted to American Gods and that would overlap with production & post-production on Discovery, but to be completely uninvolved (and to say "They have my number") to me implies more than just scheduling conflicts but possibly creative differences. Or, at the very least, CBS was unsatisfied with the way Fuller was making progress, given his commitment to American Gods.
Even though I'm still excited, my excitement levels went from "I must see this" to "cautiously optimistic". I think, as someone mentioned before, I was previously super excited because Fuller's attachment elevated this to something more than just another Star Trek show. However, with him gone, it really does feel like just another Trek show.
Which is still exciting, just not as exciting.
He is still on board in some capacity. The article says he's still an executive producer on the show, so officially he's still part of the staff. He's just not a hands-on part anymore. Most shows have a bunch of executive producers who aren't active participants in the production, whose involvement is more on the business or financial side of things than the production side of things -- examples on Discovery include Heather Kadin and Rod Roddenberry. Fuller has just stepped back into that category of producer. He's left the day-to-day operations of the show, but he's still professionally affiliated with the show. It's like if a doctor went from being the chief surgeon of a hospital to a member of its board of directors -- he's still with the hospital, he's just not operating on patients anymore.
Now, if his credit changed to executive consultant, that's when you'd know he'd completely left the show. That's the title used for a series creator/showrunner who's moved on completely.
I don't read it that way. What he says is "They have my number and if they need me I will absolutely be there for them." That's not something he'd say if he'd severed ties completely, I think. It's the statement of someone who's still connected with the production but unable to participate directly unless the need is urgent.
I am becoming increasingly wary of Discovery, but hopefully the show will be high quality and enjoyable. I am disappointed to hear this though as I was so happy that someone who has done Trek previously was running it, but can just hope for the best I guess.
I love STAR TREK, as it was, on TV -- particularly, in the 24th Century. But entertainment grows stale and becomes boring, without change. To keep recruiting STAR TREK veterans to work on the show is like living in the past. There are some new ideas and additions that Discovery is introducing, which don't thrill me. At all. But that's the price you pay for changing times, I guess. What STAR TREK needs is young writers, like what TOS had, who were excited about their fresh ideas and weren't cynical that, "oh! This is going to fall on its face." They believed ... and from out of that, many a famous episode was made.
It's a TV show, not a snake - there's nothing to be wary of. When you see it you'll enjoy it or not.
If you expect it to cure cancer, inspire the invention of a perpetual motion machine, win a Nobel for literature or bind up the wounds of a divided nation you will be disappointed.
If you expect it to cure cancer, inspire the invention of a perpetual motion machine, win a Nobel for literature or bind up the wounds of a divided nation you will be disappointed.
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