Discovery Renewed for Season 2

[Woulfe]

Every time I hear - Gene'sVision™ - I imagine something like SUPERCINIMASCOPE™ or SPECTRALVISION™ or CINIRAMA™ or many other film formats from the 1950's to get people from watching TV back to movie theaters, the wide screen format wars was an interesting time back in the day

 

[Mudd]

All this time he and I have been specifically talking about the TV show Enterprise. If there's a mistake it's on his part, because I've been pretty clear as to what I've been talking about.

I've never seen it but I would like a second season to be about exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new lifeforms & new civilisations, boldly going where none have gone before.

That was the mission of the Enterprise, but may not be the mission of Discovery. It also shouldn't be the expectation.

This is why the Enterprise was so often worth following and why, so far, Discovery is so dull.

I'm sorry...which Enterprises had the weekly mission statement about "New life and new civilizations...?"

It took a reread to see he was referring to the USS Enterprise of TOS. I also took it as referring to the show Star Trek Enterprise.

It wasn't complicated.

Are you two less confused, now?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Anyway, getting back to the topic, I'm happy to see the show renewed for a second season, even though that was pretty much guaranteed. I may have my reservations with the show so far, but I still want it to be a success and to usher in a continued return to the small screen for Trek, whether on TV or streaming.

 

[Gonzo]

Anyway, getting back to the topic, I'm happy to see the show renewed for a second season, even though that was pretty much guaranteed. I may have my reservations with the show so far, but I still want it to be a success and to usher in a continued return to the small screen for Trek, whether on TV or streaming.

Its future looks pretty good to be honest, with Netflix paying top dollar for it and CBS using it to anchor its paid for platform I have no doubt it is making money for CBS.

Good viewing figures will just be the cherry on top.

I am not so sure they should be thinking about spin offs just yet though.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I am not so sure they should be thinking about spin offs just yet though.

No, of course not. It's way too early for that and you don't want to become over-saturated. I just meant that I hope its success serves as an example that Trek can return to the small screen again with future series instead of being a film-only franchise.

 

[Ovation]

Though I'd be quite disappointed if they abandoned the film universe. I'm quite fond of the Kelvinverse cast.

 

[Gonzo]

Though I'd be quite disappointed if they abandoned the film universe. I'm quite fond of the Kelvinverse cast.

I suspect we will get a fourth film sooner or later and I really liked the Nuprise 1701-A.

 

[Refuge]

I thought it safe for a second season from the outset. I don't know if its performance once screened has impacted on that plan..

It's going to have to get a hell of a lot better to get to TOS and Enterprise's three and four seasons. Bloody miracle if it gets to seven like the others. Are there even the same amount of episodes per season in Discovery?

 

[Turtletrekker]

If I recall correctly, while under the same corporate umbrella, the TV rights belong to CBS while the movie rights belong Paramount.

Meaning, Paramount is not just going to sit by idly while CBS makes

 

[Noname Given]

If I recall correctly, while under the same corporate umbrella, the TV rights belong to CBS while the movie rights belong Paramount.

Meaning, Paramount is not just going to sit by idly while CBS makes

It appears ALL 'Star Trek' rights now belong to CBS again (even the JJ Verse film right now); Paramount was/is probably paying a license fee at this point.

 

[eschaton]

Agree with pretty much all of this except the part about the Beebs writing it all themselves. They didn't, but the problem was that they hired writers who, IMO, lacked imagination (except Mike Sussman). But because of the suits and the Beebs, the show had no real direction in the first two seasons which I'm sure affected the writing.

This is why the show lost most of that initial 13 million or so who tuned in for the premiere. The staff didn't come out of it's malaise and figure out a direction for the show until season 3. The rest was as you say above.

I admit I overstated it a bit saying it was all B&B. But they wrote or cowrote 18 episodes in Season 1 and 13 in season two. That's way too much writing for even a good writer, let alone someone who was hit or miss like Braga (or not really a writer at all like Berman).

 

[Cyrus]

For the second season I like the idea mentioned earlier in this thread: spore drive sends Discovery somewhere far away, maybe another galaxy, and then can't be used again to get back.

This way the premise of VOY can be redone as a single season arc, and they also can do space exploration, strange new worlds stories that would otherwise be hard to do on a prequel show.

 

[GeekUSACarl]

For the second season I like the idea mentioned earlier in this thread: spore drive sends Discovery somewhere far away, maybe another galaxy, and then can't be used again to get back.

This way the premise of VOY can be redone as a single season arc, and they also can do space exploration, strange new worlds stories that would otherwise be hard to do on a prequel show.

Interesting, but maybe not as so far away as Voyager? And maybe not in the Delta Quad,

Maybe in the Gamma Quadrant?

:: edit ::

like around Idran where the Bajoran wormhole eventually opens up.

 

[GeekUSACarl]

Every time I hear - Gene'sVision™ - I imagine something like SUPERCINIMASCOPE™ or SPECTRALVISION™ or CINIRAMA™ or many other film formats from the 1950's to get people from watching TV back to movie theaters, the wide screen format wars was an interesting time back in the day

Gene'sVision™ = a cocktail of drugs.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

"Hey Gene, we wrote an episode called 'Symbiosis', it's about drugs."

"YEAAAHHH!! I FUCKING LOVE DRUGS!"

"No, Gene. This is about how drugs are bad."

"Oh... Rick, do you have any on you?"

 

[NeoStar9]

I hope this is the first of many more new season announcements!

 

[Prax]

I admit I overstated it a bit saying it was all B&B. But they wrote or cowrote 18 episodes in Season 1 and 13 in season two. That's way too much writing for even a good writer, let alone someone who was hit or miss like Braga (or not really a writer at all like Berman).

There was a huge writers purge early on in Enterprise. They were almost all fired.

We might be able to find out their current subscription numbers in November. It was around 4 million between CBSAA and Showtime last heard. There's probably about 1.5 million Americans legally watching Discovery each week.

 

[Ensign Ogahd Ahmganadai]

Is that distinct from good TV?

A four-year run would be pretty successful for most hour dramas, particularly skiffy stuff. Trekkies were spoiled.

We've had our differences, to be sure, but I could not agree more with this. I almost replied earlier to the guy who said "Enterprise failed" by saying "In what universe? Enterprise got four seasons, which if you didn't notice is the same as a number of respected TV series and three more seasons than Firefly!"

 

[Ensign Ogahd Ahmganadai]

Glad to see a second season. Hopefully they do something other than more war stories next season.

...it's done more than war stories this season.

The irony is that this complaint comes from a guy with a soldier as his avatar.

Anyway, I'm glad you're not simply looking for opportunities to dump on it.

 

[137th Gebirg]

It appears ALL 'Star Trek' rights now belong to CBS again (even the JJ Verse film right now); Paramount was/is probably paying a license fee at this point.

Eh? When did this happen?