The Temporal Cold War in Enterprise and franchise continuity

[fireproof78]

Yeah, of course, it's probably better to just not think about all this stuff and just enjoy ENT & DSC and any other future prequel/interquel/reboot-prequel hybrid/prebootquel for what they are, and not judge it for looking more advanced than previous works that are chronologically set after it. But that ain't happening... not with this fan base.

More's the pity.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It doesn't explain the Klingon redesign. But whatever.

 

[fireproof78]

It doesn't explain the Klingon redesign. But whatever.

I see no reason to believe that we saw all the Klingons in their interstellar Empire over the years, or that Klingons were not doing genetic engineering to address the augment virus.

 

[Yistaan]

It doesn't explain the Klingon redesign. But whatever.

Didn't the series premiere of Enterprise literally state that Temporal Cold War factions were genetically redesigning races like the Suliban? Sounds like a Klingon redesign explanation to me.

 

[dswynne1]

Many people have the opinion that Enterprise, and then later Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, created a lot of violations of previous continuity. Some, for example, would say that Discovery isn't actually in the Prime timeline. However, perhaps there's a more subtle way to deal with inconsistencies between older and newer series. Perhaps the differences are the result of the Temporal Cold War in Enterprise. Temporal agents from the future would have gone back in time to restore the timeline to the best of their abilities, so the events of all shows before Enterprise would have generally happened the same way, but certain details might be impossible to fix completely, resulting in many small discrepancies. The result is a sort of "Cold War Prime" timeline where minor differences exist, but the overall chain of events is the same. The Kelvin timeline would actually be a branch off the Cold War Prime timeline rather than the original Prime timeline.

Anyways, just a thought. Does this work for fixing most issues in continuity between older and newer series?

FINALLY, another person sees an "in continuity" means to resolve the "discontinuity" within the STAR TREK franchise. The producers of DISCO would have saved themselves a lot of headaches if they used the TCW as a reason why Spock suddenly had a human foster sister, when previously this was not the case (though, personally, I would have made the show post-NEM).

 

[Nyotarules]

Spock had a brother in Star Trek V, no temporal reason was needed for it. The writers do not need to explain continuity or production changes in the script, a shame Discovery started that nonsense in season 2 about the holograms.

 

[XCV330]

Spock had a brother in Star Trek V, no temporal reason was needed for it. The writers do not need to explain continuity or production changes in the script, a shame Discovery started that nonsense in season 2 about the holograms.

It was much better how they did it with the intro to If Memory Serves

"Yes this is how it used to look, this is how it looks now. same story"

 

[Nyotarules]

It was much better how they did it with the intro to If Memory Serves

"Yes this is how it used to look, this is how it looks now. same story"

Yep just like the two faces of Saavik in the movies

 

[1001001]

FINALLY, another person sees an "in continuity" means to resolve the "discontinuity" within the STAR TREK franchise. The producers of DISCO would have saved themselves a lot of headaches if they used the TCW as a reason why Spock suddenly had a human foster sister, when previously this was not the case (though, personally, I would have made the show post-NEM).

As far as I know, they never said he didn't have a foster sister on TOS.

 

[Matthew Raymond]

As far as I know, they never said he didn't have a foster sister on TOS.

You're forgetting Spock's adopted half-Gorn, half-Tholian cousin. They never said he didn't exist, so you know I'm not making it up.

 

[Tim Thomason]

You're forgetting Spock's adopted half-Gorn, half-Tholian cousin. They never said he didn't exist, so you know I'm not making it up.

Exactly. Sslapkene will be a major figure going forward on Strange New Worlds.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Sybok came out of left field. Why can't Michael Burnham? Was it ever stated that Spock did not have a sister?

 

[1001001]

I hope SNW rolls out sibling after sibling for Spock.

Like a freakin’ clown car. A new one every week.

 

[Vger23]

I hope SNW rolls out sibling after sibling for Spock.

Like a freakin’ clown car. A new one every week.

TWO per week, or I use catapults armed with diseased meat to attack CBS headquarters.

 

[Lord Garth]

Star Trek: Marriage Counseling

The next Star Trek spin-off after Amanda finds out why Sarek is always so worn out.

 

[XCV330]

Sybok "An Earth woman in every port" Son of Skon

 

[Tim Thomason]

I hope SNW rolls out sibling after sibling for Spock.

Like a freakin’ clown car. A new one every week.

They should just hedge their bets by giving Spock like 15 or 16 siblings. He barely remembers Michael because Amanda kept bringing in orphans and Sarek had a bunch of illegitimate kids across the quadrant during his wild youth.

 

[1001001]

I could see Sarek as a playa.

He could have baby mamas all over the quadrant.

 

[fireproof78]

I could see Sarek as a playa.

He could have baby mamas all over the quadrant.

As ambassador to Earth it was logical to understand all human customs, including their mating ones.

 

[Tim Thomason]

As ambassador to Earth it was logical to understand all human customs, including their mating ones.

Sarek: "I must study the mating habits of the human culture."

Aide: "But, sire, there isn't one human culture. There are thousands, spread across the entire planet and beyond, each with their own nuance and peculiarities."

Sarek: "Understood." (puts on sunglasses)