Not sure why that would be a bad thing? Just expands storytelling possibilities.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x13 - "Such Sweet Sorrow"
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Not sure why that would be a bad thing? Just expands storytelling possibilities.
Stamets and his husband (I just love it I can type those words) need to make up or break up, they are getting on my nervous.
I prefer to think of Disco as what's left of the TOS/TNG/etc universe after the temporal war and all the other damage that's been done to the timeline.
Obviously, to CBS it's all one perfect continuity.
Obviously, to CBS it's all one perfect continuity.
Based on their conversation near the end of this episode, they did. Stamets is going to either teach on Vulcan or live on a Starbase and Culber is going to become part of the 1701 crew.
I doubt CBS cares about continuity beyond how it can be used to sell All-Access subscriptions.
Yep - CBS concerns about continuity stop after:
"The show has 'STAR TREK' in the title..."
Interesting. The 23rd century setting is really the only setting I ever truly cared about.
That's debatable...
To CBS the writers are a production cost - CBS makes the money it spends on such things back by advertising and mechanizing revenue (assuming the show is popular enough for such a profitable market to exist).
The writer's care because if the show they're working on isn't popular enough, it gets cancelled, and they stop drawing a salary (plus any other contracted perks).
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Me too. It's definitive Star Trek. Everything else is basically an afterthought to me.
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The writers do Martin-Green no favors by having the character of Burnham act as if she is the person whose sole responsibility is to solve all the problems that come up in the show, and thus usually leaves everyone else out of the solution to the problem.
That character attitude the writers have given to Burnham is an impediment to the rest of the characters working together -- which would normally give the characters a reason to interact with each other in fun and entertaining ways, which is what I think many people want in a TV show.
As it is, we often get Burnham trying to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders, while the other characters often just work on the "B plot".
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Only if one has no desire to give people a chance to breathe and accept maybe they're allowed to like something. Seriously, I've never understood "the writers hate the fans and the show!" because, even if I'm being cynical and jaded as hell, who in their right damned mind would purposely sabotage their source of income? I have no doubt the writers care. A writer cares about their stories, or they don't stay professional writers very long.
What has made it worse this season is the emerging trope of Burnham going off on some personal mission, dragging the narrative focus away from the ship and therefore the rest of the cast, and the decision in the last third of the season to make most of Burnham's interactions with temporary or guest characters (Pike, Spock, Georgiou), further reducing the role of the regulars.
I don't think Calypso needs to be an integral part of this season, nor any season.
So far two of the four short Treks were meaningful to this season -- The Brightest Star and Runaway. That's 50%. Maybe the other two (the other 50%) will not be anything other than stand-alones.
I'm starting to think the mystery of "Calypso" won't be solved by the end of the season. Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm also still wondering how the crew gets separated from Discovery? Do they end up in the future and Discovery has to catch up to them? Is Discovery like the DeLorean in Back to the Future, Part III? "It's been buried here for 70 years, 2 months, and 13 days! Astounding."
Their care hasn’t translated into cohesive writing though.
They still need to acquire a new, unnamed shuttle.
