Only in the limited premise you have created and insist must be the way an Academy series must be done.
Space Cadet did it well. Starship Troopers did it well. There are interesting stories to tell if the assumption isn't a very narrow premise.
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Space Cadet did it well. Starship Troopers did it well. There are interesting stories to tell if the assumption isn't a very narrow premise.
The DIS episode with cadets having to learn to work with other species showed promise IMO. Stories about that, with the backdrop of the rebuilding of the Federation, sound quite interesting to me.
Yes!
the fact that too many dismiss “Academy” before they have even cast a single actor because they want the “Captain Seven power hour” instead is disappointing…yet not surprising.
Disappointing how?
Not all Trek is for all people.
"I'm so disappointed in you... "
Not all Trek is for all people.
"I'm so disappointed in you... "
I know Picard 3 shocked the heck out of me. Oh, you meant in a good way.
Season 3 was dumber than a clown car full of Paris Hilton sex toys. And yet, somehow, I enjoyed it. Go figure. Trek is an odd beast but as long as I'm entertained by it I'm cool.
Even Jonathan Frakes made fun of DS9s ad campaign "It waits" by saying "It sits".
Fans who were complaining that a space station didn't "boldly go" didn't know about the wormhole. What don't we know about the academy series?
Yes, they would have different issues to overcome. But we don't know what they are. I bet the writers do. Will they do a good job with it? Who knows? Will it make a damn lick of sense? Who knows?
Can we hope?
"Is that Dr. Smith from the Jupiter 2 mission?"
"DON'T MAKE DIRECT EYE CONTACT WITH HIS MUSTACHE."
"DON'T MAKE DIRECT EYE CONTACT WITH HIS MUSTACHE."
Shaw: no.
Not a bad point, but it'd hopefully be more than just a repetition of a shiny new alien invader trying to take over Earth, which definitely would get redundant and stupid too quickly. But it's the academy, just have some of the ensemble go out for training missions, field trips, and so on? Especially with modern shows being 8 to 13 episodes per season instead of 26, and each season is 18~24 months apart...
Remember "A Matter of Honor" and later stories that revolved around "student exchange program... in space"? Well, that can be done here. Have a couple episodes focused on one character.
The occasional alien abduction issue wouldn't come amiss, but they'd have to one-up the trope and, the last time I recall the trope being used, it was in TNG and "Schisms" wasn't all that stellar of an episode... but being centered at a static location (academy barracks whatever) instead of a dynamic one (the Enterprise), it'd probably be easier to buy into.
Did I mention that not all of the academy students are all going to be Wesley Crushers? Not sure what's worse; if none of them is, or if all of them are...
Deep Space Nine (DS9) also started out about a confined space. Granted, it's the edge of the galaxy by a wormhole where aliens of the week can come visit, bicker, and/or take over the station... but the creators definitely added in a lot of character backgrounds and archetypes and, what seemed like a limited premise, had a ton more mileage than what people were thinking of at the time...
...then again, DS9 also realized it had to expand its lore as well and finally included a ship - the USS Defiant - albeit with some creativity as to how they brought in the ship, a prototype specifically designed to be built to battle the Borg but having issues that had the ship class kiboshed, with - in turn - Sisko turning a lemon into lemonade and that's what I loved most about the ship's introduction - how Sisko kept being creatively thinking... (Apart from when the writers forget that the ship will tear itself at maximum warp, so look up its maximum warp and forget that number for when they actually state "Engage at warp (maximum number). After all, the 1996 TNG flick through everything about the Defiant out the window too... But O'Brien can easily put in a throttle limiter to compensate, since nobody can tell the difference between warp 9 or warp 6 when looking out the window... now there's some headcanon, complete with the proverbial dandruff...
)TNG had set some seeds in "Coming of Age", leading to fruition in "Conspiracy". DS9 had - if I recall correctly - "Paradise Lost". TNG also had that flick of "Insurrection", which could have handled Starfleet doing something evil a bit better... but it's a new production team now and a tad over a couple decades later.
Not a bad idea; especially if characters in ensemble shows aren't always fleshed out right...
Chances are, there's also the old contingency and/or joke about it being "teenage romance drama... in space" is the usual standby, of course... let's see 'em shuck off the clothes, boink like bunnies while showing as much sweaty skin as possible - especially for sweeps week (if those still exist), and focus on the ship. You know, their sex lives instead of a ship to explore strange new worlds with.
Also, since the tangent is too tempting,
I adore that scene. Even the shoulderpads - definitely am glad they didn't discard those by 1994, they work for the Romulans well and, indeed, are iconic...
Honestly, I hope SFA takes place in the 25th century when Star Trek: Legacy is purported to take place.
That would make it interesting, and Tawny can also Cameo as a older version of her character along with the rest of the Lower Decks Cast playing older versions of themselves as well.
There would be a 22 year time gap between "Lower Decks" and when 'Star Trek: Legacy' is supposed to be happening in 2402 AD
Well, finally I DID work up the guts to watch "Subspace Rhapsody".
Let's just say I didn't enjoy it. I could barely look at the screen. In fact I cringed so hard I almost threw my back out.
How's that for controversial?
Let's just say I didn't enjoy it. I could barely look at the screen. In fact I cringed so hard I almost threw my back out.
How's that for controversial?
You have to be in the mood for it. If you're in the mood for it, you're in the mood for it. If not, forget it.
That's my take. I enjoyed it, but didn't have time to finish it. Then I got side-tracked, wasn't in "the mood", and haven't gone back to finishing it yet. Yet.
I am in the mood for a musical when I go to the theater to see one. That's it, really.
I mean, I knew about this episode for awhile, I just didn't have the courage to watch it. I am glad I got it over with though.
Sorry to spoil the party.
I mean, I knew about this episode for awhile, I just didn't have the courage to watch it. I am glad I got it over with though.
Sorry to spoil the party.
The “courage to watch it”?
It’s not like you ran into a burning building or something.
Geez.
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