Is this a faithful prequel to TOS?
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If one wants it to all be one timeline, then they should treat it as such. If one sees it as a multiverse, then they should treat it as such. The only important question should be around if the stories are entertaining.
No, I don’t care what CBS or current creators on the show think, as none of them worked on TOS.
Star Trek is supposed to be fun.
No, I don’t care what CBS or current creators on the show think, as none of them worked on TOS.
Star Trek is supposed to be fun.
May Gene have mercy on you soul for such a sinful post.
SNW Series Finale:
Pike (wakes up in Starfleet Medical): Where's my ship? Is it safe? Is it all right?
April: After the damage in your last battle, we outsourced the costly refit to the Pakleds.
Pike: No! The Pakleds are morons! They'll turn the ship into cardboard, I know it!
April:
Pike: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(slow montage of Sam Kirk moving to Deneva, M'Benga bowing his head and accepting demotion from Kirk, Christine Chapel looking at a photo of her and Roger Korby, Scotty overlooking the new engineering, and Pike being fitted in his new Fleet Captain uniform, all on now 1960s looking TOS sets)
Final cut to Uhura talking to Kirk on the TOS bridge with a PADD, then leaving when Spock arrives. Spock crosses his arms next to Kirk and they look out at the TOS bridge monitor, now no longer a window, as Trek music dramatically plays.
Cut to credits!
Yes, implying the trekverse was actually different from what we saw in TOS/TNG before the "interference" we saw with the sulibans and the future guy, and the sphere builders.... What it was like...we will never know. For all we know, Picard, the D and the Voyager's journey through the Delta Quadrant never happened the first time around.
I will make this easy.
TOS > TAS > 6 TOS films > TNG > 4 TNG films
DS9 - began during TNG's 6th season
VOY - began during DS9's 3rd season
ENT - franchise prequel - "the beginning"
Reboot: trilogy of films
DIS - ignoring the reboot trilogy, but borrowing production styles, 10 years before TOS
ST - companion show to Disco
PIC - 20 years after Nemesis
LD - following Nemesis, "4th series" to TNG-DS9-VOY 90's Trek
PRO - 5 years after Voyager's homecoming
SNW - following Disco S2 and setting up TOS
S31 - What happened to Georgiou? Seems she dropped into the 2330's instead of the 2250's.
Continuity can be sloppy at times, but we've basically only got 2 continuities.
Continuity #1 - All TV shows, first 10 movies + upcoming streaming movie
Continuity #2 - Movies 11-13
If that’s how you see it, then roll with it.
It's not my opinion, it's an objective truth.
Indeed. Entertainment is the goal, and creating barriers to entertainment seems like too much like work.
Objectively evaluating what story connects to what story isn't a "barrier" thing.
Star Trek ended in 1969.
Discovery premiered in 2017.
Strange New Worlds premiered in 2022.
People will expect SNW to be similar to Disco, not TOS. Honoring fans of TOS, which is kind of the whole point of SNW, general designs, characters, stories, and "important" continuity should also be expected, or so TOS fans hope.
By what objective? Experiencing entertainment is far more subjective than objective to me.
Doesn't look any worse than those goofy anbo-jyutsu helmets seen in TNG and Lower DecksNeed my helmet!
I said objectively, not "an" objective.
Objective truth is that SNW and TOS have nothing in common in production or writing. TOS is TOS, SNW is SNW.
In order to view something objectively the objective standard must be established.
It is like comparing a 1964 Mustang to a 2025 Mustang Mach-E. Both carry the name, but are made by completely different people, in completely different manner for a completely different world.
Ford can say it is a Mustang, they own the name, but ultimately it is up to each consumer whether or not it is truly a “Mustang” and each consumer will have their own views.
Ford can say it is a Mustang, they own the name, but ultimately it is up to each consumer whether or not it is truly a “Mustang” and each consumer will have their own views.
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