You’re really reaching for reasons if that’s the best you can come up with.
News Exclusive: Scott Bakula Eyeing Star Trek Return In President Archer Series Pitch From ‘Enterprise’ Producer
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Shaw himself doesn't decide what the ship does, he has to follow Starfleet's orders in regards to where the ship goes and what it does. If the ship wasn't doing any exploring, it's because Starfleet wasn't giving it any exploratory assignments, which is not Shaw's fault at all. Even the Enterprise E wasn't doing any exploring, which Picard even laments about in Insurrection. Does this mean Picard was a bureaucrat who preferred the privileges of rank as opposed to the job?
So what should he have done, left them on the bridge so they could have been blown out into space with Vadic?
Ships frequently wind up on missions they weren't assigned when they find something unexpected and are forced to deal with it. Granted, they may have orders to all but ignore certain things, simply informing Starfleet that a science ship should check out these neat things we found while we continue on our mission-but how often has a hero ship ever done that?- yet they often become drawn in through danger to the crew, kidnapping, firefights, etc.
In TOS and TNG the "five year mission" (and however long the E-D was supposed to be out there) to explore beyond Federation boundaries was the mission. It made things very open-ended for those crews. Just fly around and run into random shit to see what happens. If a vessel has not been given a free-range detail like that, then yes, they sit and wait for orders from Command, no matter how boring it may be.
One more example of how Starfleet is just like the military...
One more example of how Starfleet is just like the military...
It's probably (a lot) more affordable.
One reason will be that Mike Sussman is really making the rounds, popping into online chats, making himself available for interviews for even smaller channels, handing out those drawings from Andrew Probert etc
I would.. If its either this or the "Starfleet Academy" I'd choose this 10 out of 10 times.
Besides Enteprise is my favorite series
Wasn’t George Takei very vocal back in the day about his Captain Sulu series? And did that actually happen?
Fact: if Skydance/Paramount/CBS/whatever have no interest in producing a President Archer series, no amount of background buzz that Sussman is trying to create will change their minds. It didn’t work for Matalas, it didn’t work for Goldsman, and it’s doubtful that it will work here.
While I agree it's unlikely the show gets made, we don't have any insight into what Skydance is planning. Sussman probably doesn't either. But he's got nothing to lose by trying to generate buzz. It would certainly save Skydance time if they hire someone with an already existing pitch they like.
I've only seen Trek Culture and Sci-Finatics giving this any real attention. They both did same for Year One, and up until recently, the former has continued to support the idea of Legacy.
Are there any other larger channels giving it attention? I would imagine that any buzz will start to fade in a few weeks, unfortunately.
I think It's the Sussman interview that makes it stand out right now. It's very good, definitely worth a watch.
Are there any other larger channels giving it attention? I would imagine that any buzz will start to fade in a few weeks, unfortunately.
I think It's the Sussman interview that makes it stand out right now. It's very good, definitely worth a watch.
That’s just it: why exactly would Skydance like this idea? Is a show about an old guy from another show that was considered a failure going to generate a mass influx of new viewers?
Galaxy's quote was talking about why they though the pitch is getting attention, not a claim that it would actually get made.
I absolutely would. Of all the pipe dreams this is by far the best.
Kelvin is dead, Year One is a bit redundant, Legacy is offensive to the senses and the workplace comedy faces quite an uphill battle to even come together as a concept, and Skydance's plan to try and turn Star Trek into a mostly if not entirely movie franchise is just a very poorly thought through idea.
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