Star Trek reboot starring Patrick Stewart is CBS' latest All Access offering-where's the audience?

[Shaka Zulu]

This article questions whether we need a new show with Stewart as Picard, who's the audience for it, and if this is just a way to placate white fans who can't stand Discovery:

CBS isn’t just bringing back Captain Picard because of the current political climate. It’s actually one of four rumored “Star Trek” shows for the All Access channel, including a teen-oriented series which will probably resemble what already airs on sister network The CW. The fact that Stewart’s show was announced first could be coincidence — but it’s probably not. More likely, CBS is using the nostalgic reboot to placate the (white, male) demographic that felt alienated by the network’s first Trekkie reboot “Discovery,” a show which was legitimately diverse and therefore immediately controversial.

A show focused on an aging white male hero, known for his calm equilibrium and wisdom, is a sharp U-turn from “Discovery,” which stars a diverse crew focusing on a young woman of color, played by Sonequa Martin-Green. After 50 years of paying lip service to equality and a future where sexism and racism were problems of the past, this new series features a cast that matches the rhetoric. The decision also dovetails with recent efforts by franchise rival "Star Wars" to improve its casting diversity.

New 'Star Trek' reboot starring Patrick Stewart is CBS' latest All Access offering. But who's the audience?

Personally, I too wonder why this is happening, especially considering how many fans (and the actor in question who portrays said character) wanted (and expected) a show about Captain Hikaru Sulu to be made, yet nobody could do so. And why does Stewart want this now when he said he was tired of Captain Picard originally?

 

[Krandor]

I expect this to be a short series (1-2 seasons at most) and mainly be a bidge/setup to whatever the next trek series is. You call it Star Trek Defiant or whatever with picard in charge season one, then he moves on and a new captain takes his place and continues the series.

the whole thing about making this to placate people who want a white male lead I call BS on.

 

[KennyB]

I love articles about nothing............

 

[Gepard]

They're bringing back Picard because Patrick Stewart is famous, and people have an attachment to the character. Its only relevant that he's white and male because that was the norm back when TNG was made. Wait 20 years for the nostalgia wave for shows of the late 2010s and we'll be seeing them bring back female and nonewhite characters to cache in on audience recognition.

 

[Tuskin38]

and if this is just a way to placate white fans who can't stand Discovery:

I doubt it.
White people who are upset because of a person of colour shouldn't be placated.

 

[Blooded]

Article praises the diversity of Discovery, and is hostile to those who allegedly complained about such diversity, then goes on to sh*t on the diversity of having different leads in different Trek shows at the same time...

 

[fireproof78]

the whole thing about making this to placate people who want a white male lead I call BS on.

/thread

I'm a white male. I don't need more placating. Give me all the Burhams, and the Georgious, Janeways and Siskos.


Edit: Oops. I do not need to be placated. If you liked this before double check it now.

 

[Mudd]

Clickbait article.

The writer can't be ignorant enough to believe that CBS would spend this kind of money to "placate" people without seeing the likelihood of a substantial profit, so the piece was constructed and posted primarily as a provocation to drive traffic.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

/thread

I'm a white male. I need more placating. Give me all the Burhams, and the Georgious, Janeways and Siskos.

A man after my own heart.

 

[BillJ]

Isn't this a little early? Considering we know nothing about the show beyond Stewart is reprising Picard.

 

[Gepard]

Isn't this a little early?

Not for clickbait!

 

[Noname Given]

Isn't this a little early? Considering we know nothing about the show beyond Stewart is reprising Picard.

^^^
You must be new to Star Trek fandom...Star Trek fandom can debate a WORD in any Star Trek article with a 100+ page Thread.

 

[BillJ]

I imagine the audience is the same audience that is currently watching Discovery. Just an attempt to get them to subscribe for more months out of the year.

 

[Gepard]

I imagine the audience is the same audience that is currently watching Discovery. Just an attempt to get them to subscribe for more months out of the year.

And it's not like CBS is hiding that fact. They've straight up said their goal is to have year-round Star Trek on All Access.

 

[fireproof78]

And it's not like CBS is hiding that fact. They've straight up said their goal is to have year-round Star Trek on All Access.

The fiends!!! They've been plotting this all along by telling us all about it. Diabolical

 

[Refuge]

I'm not surprised by the article after checking out the whole site. Regards its 'interpretation'... I'm with the reaction that we have had reboots of TOS and now we are getting them TNG based. If I live long enough maybe I'll get to see Janeway again.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

It's not a reboot. It's a continuation of Picard's story 20 years after Nemesis. Right off the bat, the article is wrong. I didn't bother reading past that.

Personally, I too wonder why this is happening, especially considering how many fans (and the actor in question who portrays said character) wanted (and expected) a show about Captain Hikaru Sulu to be made, yet nobody could do so.

Because only a small corner of Trekdom cares about Sulu's story. A far greater majority of are interested in Picard, and the general public also finds Patrick Stewart very likeable. George Takei doesn't have that kind of following.

And why does Stewart want this now when he said he was tired of Captain Picard originally?

Change of heart. Money. Probably both. Leonard Nimoy wrote a book called "I Am Not Spock" because he was so sick of the character, and look how far he got from the role.

 

[Takeru]

Personally, I too wonder why this is happening, especially considering how many fans (and the actor in question who portrays said character) wanted (and expected) a show about Captain Hikaru Sulu to be made, yet nobody could do so.

They could do so they just didn't want to because George Takei isn't a strong actor and Sulu was never that popular.

 

[thribs]

I see this show as the launching point for a new era of Trek. I doubt Stewart will be in it for the longhaul.

 

[Mudd]

Personally, I too wonder why this is happening, especially considering how many fans (and the actor in question who portrays said character) wanted (and expected) a show about Captain Hikaru Sulu to be made,

Yeah, like twelve or fifteen of them, average age 57.