Alex Kurtzman Gets New Deal With CBS, Will Expand 'Star Trek' TV

[Pindar]

From the way you're describing them, they sound like modern versions of Xena or something.

Legends is not far off that vibe

 

[XCV330]

Y'all should know that the one that Nicholas Meyer is working on is separative from the 4 new ones that Kurtzman contract with, base on that it's already in the works.
The 4 new ones that Kurtzman have a contract with, are in the planning phase. Meaning that plots hasn't been writen yet.
The one that Patrick Stewart will be in, will take place 16 or more years after Nemesis. The other 3 are base off of rumors and speculations.
These are the most top rumors ones.
Starfleet Academy
The Romulan War
Five year mission one during TOS time period, but not involving the Enterprise and crew.
A 5 year mission after TMP with Kirk and crew.
A 5 year mission with the Enterprise-A.
One with the Enterprise-B
One with the Enterprise-C

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Tuskin38]

Y'all should know

You already posted this.

 

[Rhodan]

I don´t think this will end well, but I would give a chance and curiosity to practically every one of these projects. Sue me but I think that Starfleet Academy might be at least solid guilty pleasure. Or maybe I am just too big fan of Runaways.

 

[eschaton]

The Romulans will now be spiders, and still related to Vulcans!

I hope Kurtzman is taking notes, this is awesome shit I'm spewing!

Romulans are actually MU Vulcans, and vice versa. They somehow cross-colonized thousands of years ago.

Section 31 was actually a front organization put together by Q for teh lulz.

TAS's depictions were actually the most visually accurate - including pepto-bismol pink on everything.

 

[Lord Garth]

HOLY SHITBALLS WHAT WILL WORF LOOK LIKE???

Worf has hair. Period.

We can argue about the differences and how that's possible on boards like this.

 

[XCV330]

Miniseries give you a chance to get talent that might otherwise be unable or unwilling to commit to a full blown series. It gives a little more leverage in negotiating salaries. And it could hit the sweet spot for CBS in having enough offerings to keep subscriptions turned on.

 

[cultcross]

I'm certainly keen on the general idea of shorter form Star Trek stories. Miniseries, one season shows etc

 

[plynch]

Somewhere upthread someone was discussing DSC v. network/syndication viewer numbers.

Allow me to report that none - not one - of my 150 high school juniors and seniors had any idea there was a new Trek show on. Not even the self-identified SF/fantasy nerds.

Nor the woman who works at Wal-Mart who helped start a chapter of Starfleet here a few years ago (!) and with whom I and others saw ST09 in costume. I asked her how she liked Discovery. I was greeted with a blank look.

 

[Groppler Zorn]

From the way you're describing them, they sound like modern versions of Xena or something.

Yeh that sounds about right

 

[Jinn]

Allow me to report that none - not one - of my 150 high school juniors and seniors had any idea there was a new Trek show on. Not even the self-identified SF/fantasy nerds.

While we're talking anecdotes; quite a few fellow students who never ever knew watched any Star Trek show or movie watched Discovery and seemed to like it. Then again this all happened in Germany where we have the advantage of watching DSC on Netflix.

 

[Groppler Zorn]

They typically have likeable casts and can skate by on charm even when the scripts don't quite deliver (especially if you have a fondness for the source material).

This is what I was trying to say above but you’ve put it much more elegantly here

I'm sure I'd hold Trek to a high standard even if the showrunners weren't constantly puffing Discovery up, but the puffery doesn't help. If that's the bar you want me to judge you by, I will

I agree with this 100% as well

 

[Groppler Zorn]

Well, no. They'll change everything, including giving Data a never before known sister and having him served with Picard on the Stargazer. Claim it is "Prime" and certain folks will eat it up.

Er there’s no evidence in canon that data didn’t have a sister he never mentioned her so the files in data’s brain were obviously deleted and data always had 3 arms and a second head it’s called a visual reboot get over it
(Have I missed any of the “get over it brigade” tropes! )

If they wanna do tng they should go waaaaaaay past it into the 25th century and do whatever they want. Maybe the hirogen invade the alpha quadrant or a species of intransigent bees? Just stay away from established Trek cos if DSC is anything to go by they’re just asking to be criticised no matter how “woke” they tell us they’re being before their head writers (or whatever) are fired for being decidedly “not woke”

 

[XCV330]

Worf has hair. Period.

We can argue about the differences and how that's possible on boards like this.

Yeah. I just can't see Dax or Troi dating evolved-lizard-Fuller-Klingons. I will say this. Fuller's Klingon's would have made BADASS Gorns

Somewhere upthread someone was discussing DSC v. network/syndication viewer numbers.

Allow me to report that none - not one - of my 150 high school juniors and seniors had any idea there was a new Trek show on. Not even the self-identified SF/fantasy nerds..

Anecdotal.

 

[Groppler Zorn]

HOLY SHITBALLS WHAT WILL WORF LOOK LIKE???

Worf will look like T’Kuvma because that’s what Klingons have always looked like

 

[Groppler Zorn]

Yeah. I just can't see Dax or Troi dating evolved-lizard-Fuller-Klingons.

What about the Duras sisters? From their costumes in TNG and DS9 they quite obviously didn’t have scales on their... um... unmentionables like we saw when L’Rell and AshVoq were canoodling. I can’t even

 

[BillJ]

If they wanna do tng they should go waaaaaaay past it into the 25th century and do whatever they want. Maybe the hirogen invade the alpha quadrant or a species of intransigent bees?

I'd rather they do more classic sci-fi concepts, that relies less on people with funny foreheads shooting at people. I watched "The Empath" last night, and have been revisiting The Twilight Zone. I miss that kind of idea driven science fiction.

 

[Kor]

No offense, but cut the crap.

Sometimes the factory puts out great stuff. We disagree about Discovery but with TV and film in general, the industry is a sausage factory. Anything with mass-production with regular quotas is a sausage factory. If you have good talent they'll put out good material but material has to be put out one way or another.

Mathematically these new Star Treks will be less of a sausage factory than previous Star Treks. 13 episodes per year instead of 26 means the chances of a bad episode slipping through are cut down by 50% and cuts down on the chances of the staff becoming worn out by the end of the season or having some sort of slump in the middle, which used to be common.

For the record my favorite show is Mad Men. I put it way above Discovery, no matter how much I like DSC. Don Draper didn't want to work for McCann because McCann is a sausage factory. McCann also makes or made Coca-Cola commercials -- they fictitiously even have Betty Draper in one -- and I love Coke commercials. They even end the show with one.

And now I want to re-watch Mad Men all the way through from the beginning. Yet again. While eating some sausages.

Kor

 

[Groppler Zorn]

I'd rather they do more classic sci-fi concepts, that relies less on people with funny foreheads shooting at people. I watched "The Empath" last night, and have been revisiting The Twilight Zone. I miss that kind of idea driven science fiction.

I’ll have to watch that one again i think. It reminds me of the tng one where they replace Picard with a doppelgänger

 

[BillJ]

I’ll have to watch that one again i think.

I hadn't watched it in years, but it was just a very interesting story to watch unfold.