In a way, it's our fault. Fans react much strongly when they see familiar stuff. General audiences too, but to a lesser degree.
Like it or not, brand recognition is a powerful selling point.
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Like it or not, brand recognition is a powerful selling point.
Preview pictures for Episode 1
https://blog.trekcore.com/2022/05/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-photos-series-premiere/
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Ahh, crap. I've gotten Kirk's brother Sam confused for his father, here. Bad on me.
Anyone know why the helmsman's sleeve stripes are red? I'm also guessing she's not a full commander, but hell, almost everyone else is.
IIRC, Robert April was captain of the Enterprise before Pike. So he should be older, a higher rank, and a gold shirt. He also wouldn't be a member of the crew. Those are the issues I have. That said, April is an obscure enough character in Trek that I could bite off on this being his kid, Robert April II, or someone else with the same name.
It's the same April that captained the Enterprise before. Pike was his First Officer
April's not a member of the crew in 2259. He's an Admiral who meets with Pike on the orbital habitat over Jupiter. He's just appearing in the new series, not an Enterprise crew member.
Pike should have kept the beard.
In season 2 of DISCO and on SNW, the rank stripes on the Enterprise uniform sleeves were a metallic version of the uniform color.Anyone know why the helmsman's sleeve stripes are red? I'm also guessing she's not a full commander, but hell, almost everyone else is.
Check out a picture of Spock's uniform sleeves from SNW. You'll see it's sporting blue stripes.
If Admiral April is 48 (like the actor portraying him) in 2259, he would've been 34-39 when he commanded the Enterprise between 2245-50. April does not have to be significantly older than Pike to have been his commanding officer. April could have risen up the ranks slightly faster than Pike did.
Spock, after all, was apparently three years older than Kirk.
I wasn’t keen on overwriting Chapel, because there’s no need for her to be in the show if they wanted a different character. But there’s a very good reason for changing April, a literal cartoon character.
That we’ve seen like 10 Enterprise captains and they’ve *all* been white is a relic of another time.
Oh dear
wokeness, wokness, wokness so apprently spoilers below, please dont read.
And so Kurtzman Trek continuesChapel is bisexual in SNW, like really?they have learned nothing from discovery.
Certainly nothing in the first two episodes suggests that.
And there's absolutely no good reason, dramatic or moral or in terms of blessed "canon," that she shouldn't be.
If this kind of thing offends you, your best course of action is to abandon ship and drop all further interest in Star Trek immediately. This is a given and you can do nothing about it.
If anything, the powers that be learned a great deal from STD, including and importantly that most Star Trek fans have a positive hunger to see the show to become contemporary again, and to embrace the morality of freedom and respect for the rights of all individuals to equal treatment and to inclusion in all aspects of our shared communities and culture.
And the idiot "true fans" who make bank with disgusting YouTube content ranting against this and holding out their manufactured claims of "cultural vandalism" had best fuck off and get lost.
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Archer - white male.
April - black male.
Pike - white male.
Kirk - white male.
Decker - white male.
Spock - white male.
Harriman - white male.
Garrett - white female.
Picard - white male.
Riker - white male.
Jellico - white male.
April and Garrett are the only outliers, Spock if we count him as being half-alien.
April - black male.
Pike - white male.
Kirk - white male.
Decker - white male.
Spock - white male.
Harriman - white male.
Garrett - white female.
Picard - white male.
Riker - white male.
Jellico - white male.
April and Garrett are the only outliers, Spock if we count him as being half-alien.
You're wrong.
I was 16 the year TMP premiered; and like many others was REALLY excited to see it (it was 10 years since the last true 'live action' Star Trek, and when you're 16, ten years is a LONG time
) - but afterwards was a little disappointed in that yes, in the end, it was a 40 million dollar redo of TOS S2 - "The Changeling", and I was someone who didn't care for the 1701 exterior update, or the walking pajama ship's uniforms; but enjoyed most of the new interior sets.The above said, that didn't stop me from seeing it 5 more times while it was in the theatres because I LOVED the opening with the Klingons (and REALLY loved the new 'Klingon' theme used in that scene. Bought the film soundtrack album as soon as it hit the stores and played it a lot.
Yeah, we're not discussing the JJ Abrams/Kelvin films in this thread. We're talking "Strange New Worlds" which is part of the Prime timeline along with TOS, TNG, et al.
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Oh dear
wokeness, wokness, wokness so apprently spoilers below, please dont read.
And so Kurtzman Trek continuesYouTube hearsay
This contradicts nothing about the original character and simply expands on the relationship possibilities of the character henceforth. That you see something wrong or ruinous about this is simply a measure of you projecting your own insecurities on the audience as a whole and passing on your unsolicited bigotry for us to have to read.Oh dear
wokeness, wokness, wokness so apprently spoilers below, please dont read.
And so Kurtzman Trek continuesChapel is bisexual in SNW, like really?
I'd say they have learned something from Discovery, which is not to listen to the exceedingly loud but insignificant voices of racist, sexist, homophobes when making casting decisions, unlike the perpetually risk averse and cowardly Berman-era.
Oh dear
wokeness, wokness, wokness so apprently spoilers below, please dont read.
And so Kurtzman Trek continuesChapel is bisexual in SNW, like really?
Apologies to Al.
Anything to avoid accepting the change.
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