Watching TNG before TOS would ruin it as well.
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Watching TNG before TOS would ruin it as well.
Yeah, pretty much. So don't start with the second series.
So don't start with the 7th series (or 5th in your case).
You're just excusing breaking continuity because Romulans are something you like. Which is cool. But shows just how important continuity really is to most folks.
This person is representative of "most folks"?
Yeah, I really believe he does. Most folks won't even know when Discovery is breaking continuity (and it will). Internet blowhards will make a huge deal.
The show will live or die based on how entertaining it is, not its adherence to continuity.
I must have missed the part where people were making the case that canon will determine whether or not the show succeeds or fails.
If the writers consider it so important that they are nixing story ideas because of it, then they obviously believe it is super important to audiences. And, they're wrong.
It might also be important to them, since they're also fans.
Which is why you don't let fans run the show.
No. In my opinion you are wrong, because you are acting as if you speak for others. You are, without any surveys or figures, declaring the majority of fans to not care about canon based on a few like-minded people on on the internet who reinforce your views.
Your comment also presupposes that canon immediately stops good stories being told. What stories aren't being told? You don't have a clue. We've had half a century of Trek and in each and every era there are many many stories that are fantastic that canon never got in the way of.
Be honest, you, and several others banging the same drum over and over, don't care about canon so you must tell the rest of us that we shouldn't and marginalise those of us that value the canon us as some sort of tiny subset, advancing a narrative that we are angry moaners and losers.
Canon is not my first concern, but this is a show about the vastness of space and I don't accept that there aren't many great and interesting stories that can be told within the canon structure. If canon doesn't matter to you then providing the stories are good it shouldn't matter either way. So why begrudge those of us who value it the added bonus of canon adherence? Will do you no harm whatsoever and give rise to more happy fans. That sounds like a good thing to me. Sadly I get the impression that that wouldn't be good enough for you though.
Continuity never got in the way, because creators didn't allow it to get in the way.
Doctor Who - revived by fans, still running 12 years later.
JJTreks 1 & 2 - made by non fans - controversial in fandom
Beyond - Made by fans - most well received Kelvin film in fandom
Provided they are also talented, the idea that fans shouldn't work on their favourite franchise is utter hogwash.
SPOILERS:
You know it.
They're literally doing whatever they want and are calling it "prime" simply because they can.
Are you going to reply to my actual post, or just cherry pick tiny bits out that you find easy to reply to?
Then why not use the romulans?
They didn't want to?
They said in the article they can't use the Romulans because of TOS canon.
You also failed to mention that Beyond did the worst at the box office. And may have killed the film franchise.
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