I am very comfortable at this point with TOS being the outlier and no longer part of the main continuity.
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I am very comfortable at this point with TOS being the outlier and no longer part of the main continuity.
The original (!) show that started it all should never be an outlier and be kicked out of main continuity...
The original (!) show that started it all should never be an outlier and be kicked out of main continuity...
Yes and no. I understand the emotion behind wanting to keep it in the main continuity. But, the show is fifty years old and simply doesn't fit what they are doing now.
So Star Trek stays "Star Trek" and is a wide open world where no of the rest exists and anything can happen. I'm okay with that.
Their modus operandi is to make a product with mass appeal that makes them money. It a "TOS retro" could make them money they'd do it.
I know their goal is to make money. That goes without saying. And yes, if retro made money they’d make DSC look just like TOS. But how do you know that retro wouldn’t make money?
Niche market.
Retro TOS is a niche in a niche.Though I'd counter with, Star Trek is a niche market at this point.
Science fiction fans are a niche market anyway, and Trek fans even more so. And I would think whatever casual tv viewers CBS is trying to attract wouldn’t care about the retro nature and would be more interested in a good story with good characters.
I think they would. CBS isn't making comedies that look like I Love Lucy either.
That would depend on the audience. I have no particular affinity for the 1970’s, but I absolutely loved That ‘70’s Show because of the humor and the actors/characters.
There's a difference between making a show set in the 1970s and making a show that looks like it was made in the 1970s. Plus the 1970's are real. The 2270's, not so much.
That’s not the point. DSC is supposed to be a prequel to TOS. Except it doesn’t look remotely like TOS. If the creators of That ‘70’s Show made their show look like it actually took place in the ‘90’s (when the show was produced) then it wouldn’t look realistic in the context of that show.
But all that aside, I still think that DSC having a more retro look would have been fine, with the understanding that even casual tv viewers know about TOS and ‘get’ the concept of a prequel. And that if the story was great and the characters were outstanding, the window dressing wouldn’t matter.
I would complain less if the ships interior and exterior matchedi
If I had the skills I would make the attempt.
If I had the skills I would make the attempt.
Again the 1970's are real. The 23rd Century of Star Trek isn't. It's fiction and is mutable to fit a changing and evolving idea of what the future will look like.
That's my view as well. It amuses me to see Star Trek, a franchise about humanity's future, keeps clinging to the past.
If they had changed the TOS look in its appearance on TNG, DS9, and ENT already, it would be less of an issue now. But they kept it consistent throughout the years, only to now go wild and change it. Even the JJA movies kept consistency intact by opening a parallel timeline. So after 50 years of unchanged conserved reaffirmed 2260s designs on the air, suddenly they lose their relevance or appeal?
Yup.
For a series and not a one off nostalgia trip? Yes.