Actually, we both say it. 
Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread
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You said it last.Actually, we both say it.
I give up, nothing will ever make some people happy. I feel so sorry for people in charge of Star Trek now. They bring back Star Trek from the dead in 2009 and you whine about how the ship looks too weird and different. They then make a show which is aimed at a MODERN audience with MODERN sensibilities, make the ship look inside and out like a clear homage to the outdated visuals of a show from the 1960's, and yet somehow it STILL isn't enough. Do you want them to literally film the thing from the Ticonderoga sets? Would that make you happy? Cause that would make me vomit, and I'm pretty sure it would never happen anyway.
I will probably be roped into one of these pointless debates again someday, but I might as well be talking to a brick wall.
I will probably be roped into one of these pointless debates again someday, but I might as well be talking to a brick wall.
It's just never going to work. Both sides keep talking past each other, and sometimes they even use the exact same argument to support their own point. You either have no imagination because you can't suspend your disbelief and accept an updated design to be a visually different depiction of the exact same thing, or you have no imagination because you can't suspend your disbelief and accept the 23rd century exactly as depicted in TOS as futuristic.
My main concern is if SNW will be good or will suck. Anything beyond that takes a backseat even if it's the kind of backseat passenger who won't be quiet and constantly asks you for things.
Just make it fun and bring back some of the daring, swashbuckling feel that made TOS and TNG so interesting.
Just make it fun and bring back some of the daring, swashbuckling feel that made TOS and TNG so interesting.
After two live-action series in a row that have serious problems sticking the landing I want this one to be the one that works on a consistent basis.
Don’t forget that you are disrespecting the creators if you treat the show as anything other than Prime!
Shhh. You're not supposed to bring those inconvenient facts into this discussion.
But in the end, it really isn't real.
Or in other words, just another day on Trek BBS.
It would, actually.
If the story is good, what does it matter?
They'll have to bring their writing up several notches above what they've managed so far in order for the show to be better than "meh."
It's notable that the two animated series, developed by animation groups employing entirely different talent, are by far the best of the current crop.
It's notable that the two animated series, developed by animation groups employing entirely different talent, are by far the best of the current crop.
I'm hoping that that Strange New Worlds will develop its own distinct identity just like the animated series have and I think there's every chance it can be something really good. In fact its more episodic nature might mean we could be back to wild swings in quality where we get a standalone masterpiece one week and absolute trash the next.
Which I'm cool with. At least then the trash episodes won't affect the rest and the overall story.
As long as the regular series bridge contains this much GLORY how can anyone complain?
I'm hopeful for an episodic structure that still has ongoing character development and perhaps some storylines / arcs that the series isn't dependant on to function week-to-week.
Disco's mystery box stretched across 13 episodes for me is the worst of all worlds. You stifle momentum and artificially pad it out to ensure you time the reveal at the backend of the season, but neither are you engaged in a larger serialized story across the series (e.g. The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica and to a lesser degree, DS9). At least, these writers haven't succeeded in making it appealing.
With SNW, it'll be a breath of fresh air to have a galaxy-ending threat that gets introduced at the start of an episode and resolved by the credits.
edit: YMMV, just so we're all clear.
Disco followed modern trends. SNW is going towards different format. I'm glad for the options.
Vastly preferable to the current status quo of consistent, pre-chewed drivel.
Give me 19 so-so or great episodes and 7 mediocre or terrible ones. I just don't want the seven bad or downright awful ones to ruin the entire season because they're all part of the same story.
