Spoilers Robert Meyer Burnett: "Terra Firma" will ruin Trek canon

Arthur Conan Doyle said it best:
“It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?”

 

Indeed, yes. Burnham is just a main character.

 

Archer basically made Star Trek possible along with Zefram Cochrane and the former is rarely even mentioned again in the franchise after 2161.

 

He must have been a really bad Federation president.

 

Eight years and nobody wants to talk about him. He must have been the George W. Bush of the late 22nd century.

 

Well they're men so that's fine. A woman can't do the same for reasons that totally aren't sexism. The same thing happened with Janeway. She crippled the Borg, but instead of this being badass it's a criticism because they became so weak that a woman could defeat them.

 

It's old news but the Borg in VOY sucked, and had nothing to do with who was the captain.

 

Thankfully Metroid fans don't have a problem with Samus being the center of her universe. Time for a Metroid movie or tv show!

 

Or the best ever.

 

I recall a conversation with Burnett where he said you're not really a Trekkie unless you've watched TOS (or liked TOS, I forget exactly which argument he made, though either is objectionable). The sheer hubris is quite astonishing.

 

President Archer waving to supporters after his re-election in 2188.

T'Pol: In a year, you'll be so unpopular you won't believe it.

Archer: ... Did you just quote Denis Thatcher on me?

 

I've been wanting a movie for years.

 

Interestingly I am blocked by RMB on Twitter, even though I have literally never posted a single tweet (to anyone) in the 11 years I have been on it.

 

Why does this seem like such a 2020 thing for someone to say......

 

I don't know. It sounds likes 60s thing to say to me.

 

Yup, anything critical of a woman is automatically sexist.

But I loved and love Janeway. And Kira. And I think T'Pol had one of the best arcs in Trek.

I do, however, think Burnham has real problems, both as written and acted. I must be sexist, though.

 

I think what is going to seriously break canon is the Guardian donut wont look like it is made from paper mache this time round.

I can totally understand the blind rage in those tweets, when put into that context .....

 

Maybe you were following someone that he blocked followers of.

IIRC you can get programs that will mass block people for you based on what ever criteria you want.

 

why does it matter? is someone's insight only valid if you know them? XD

why is spock's head number important then? other anti-canonists at least say they also wouldn't care if vulcans suddenly had purple elephant ears and 3 eyes, so that at least makes sense for them XD
perhaps there is a spectrum between 100% canonists and anti-canonists, and most people are in between

and look how long that is. why is it a problem? this is a discussion forum - let people discuss. imagine I'd go to the star wars forum and post how I don't care about star wars, would that make sense?

that would also be interesting!

exactly - those who want the thread to stop are extending it themselves XD

 

If someone wishes to cite them as an "authority", then yes I need to know who they are and what makes them an authority.