Who the **** is that and who the **** are they?
The Terry Matalas as Star Trek Showrunner Petition
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Who the **** is that and who the **** are they?
All but one of the Season 3 writers also wrote Season 2 episodes.
They're a writer on Picard S2 and S3.
Why did you censor yourself?
SNW isn't really that good.
Before Picard season 3, Lower Decks is the best of the current shows IMO.
Before Picard season 3, Lower Decks is the best of the current shows IMO.
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It's just a TV show. Granted one with a dedicated fanbase, but I wouldn't elevate it to something quasi-religious.
There is a big difference between Akiva Goldsman and Terry Matalas as showrunner, and Juliana James (co-writer of 204), being out, and 12 MONKEYS veteran Sean Tretta (co-writer of 302 and 304) being in.
Of the 2017-2022 live action NuTrek output, PICARD season 2 is actually my favorite, such as it is.
FWIW, the credit on 210 reads "Written by Christopher Monfette and Akiva Goldsman", and not "Written by Christopher Monfette & Akiva Goldsman"... ie, instead of being written in collaboration (earning an ampersand), Goldsman re-wrote enough of Monfette's initial draft to effectively earn his own story and teleplay credit... far beyond the normal expectation that a showrunner would do a final pass on every script written on their show. Even today, Monfette said everyone on season 2 was working under Akiva Goldsman's vision.
Christopher Monfette is a co-executive producer on PICARD seasons 2 and 3, who earlier worked with Matalas and Tretta on multiple seasons of 12 MONKEYS. Popcast are a YouTube channel that watched all of PICARD season 3 last Fall, liked what they saw, and have been covering the season, including with interviews.
I'd really recommend checking out the 12 MONKEYS series. In the US, it streams on Hulu. It handles serialized time travel extremely well, has very well developed characters, and really stuck the landing.
Agreed on SNW, but have you seen PRODIGY season 1?
He should. That he isn't castigated for his crimes against Trek shows the fickle nature of fandom.
Wow. Are we seriously detecting an Evil Agenda based on the writing credit actually spelling "and" out instead of using an ampersand? This is really turning into reaching to make a point.
Let us see the fact, that Star Trek Picard is already over with S3. So, if we want to keep Terry Matalas as the show runner of Star Trek, then what is his idea? What is the next Star Trek that he can offer to us? Beside that, what about Paramount+ decision? Do they have any plan to make another Star Trek series, or will want to decrease the number of Star Trek series?
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Yes, please.
Unfortunately this BBS doesn't have an emoji to emphasize deadpan sarcasm
Unless maybe winking Vulcan?
Terry Matalas wants to do Star Trek: Legacy. We know that this series will not be set onboard the Titan as all the sets were bulldozed after filming of Picard season 3 completed. Must be based on an Enterprise then…
Unfortunately this BBS doesn't have an emoji to emphasize deadpan sarcasm
Unless maybe winking Vulcan?
Some prices were saved. But the guy who knows isn’t allowed to say, it’s above his pay grade
You're technically right on one point and wrong on the whole.
Yes, that's the difference between "&" or "and" on television writers' credits.
You're wrong to the extent that you suggest that there's anything unusual about scripts going through several drafts by different writers, especially over the history of Star Trek. It's quite common.
What the "and" credit acknowledges, as a practical matter, is that the earlier writer(s) work and contribution to the final version is substantial and that they're allocated an equal percentage of the residuals (writing teams are one "writer").
In the case of any question, the credits are submitted to WGA arbitration.
Yeah, they would have saved the giant LCD screens and lighting rigs, also any plexiglass back lit LCARS display panels which don’t have the Titan printed on etc. The new Enterprise would need better lighting than the Titan though, I am talking JJ verse bright minus the distracting camera flares.
The petition only needs one signature: Brian Brophy's.
I'm not suggesting anything unusual, just that in this case, if someone was unhappy with the final product of 210, it wouldn't make sense to hold the writer of the initial draft to equal blame. All I'm saying is that Akiva Goldsman revised enough of Monfette's draft that he earned credit on it -- and thus to earn a credit, his revisions would have been beyond what showrunners normally do on every script.
And yes, Star Trek has a history of long credit revisions, especially VGR during Brannon Braga's run as showrunner, where he'd do credited re-writes of Bryan Fuller and Michael Taylor's work.
Why get Terry as a show runner when we could have Brophy?
We do? We know the pitch and casting and everything?
Give him all the money; we're dealing with artistic genius here!
As a former screen writer (For Trek) Serveaux probably has first hand experience with the process.
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