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Agreed. The definition can be finagled because of streaming and what not, but in general there's no theatrical release, the budget is miniscule, the director had only done TV, and the production studio does television, not films. Twenty years ago this would be called a "Star Trek Discovery...

I agree that it's a movie the same way Dark Frontier was a movie. Essentially, it's a one-off Discovery tie-in. The fact that it was produced by CBS and not Paramount cements it.

The phasing is supposed to be the hard part, though. The reason I say it undermines them is because A) It makes the crews dealing with it woefully inept, and B) It takes the tension away because it's not really new technology. And like I said, I'm not usually so pedantic about it, but all of it...

The concept for Ilia, as stated by Roddenberry and insinuated with lines like "My oath of celibacy is on record", is that actual sex with Deltans can be and often is overwhelming to non-Deltans. And the episodes I'm referring to are "The Next Phase" and "The Pegasus", both of which posit that...

That's quite the mental gymnastics you're performing there. The point of S31 was for them to be villains. You are not supposed to root for them. You're supposed to root them out. If you actually watch DS9, it's consistently shown they do more harm than good. And if you still think that's not...

No, it was pretty awful with few redeeming traits. Some thoughts: There's plenty negative to say about Berman, but Berman really believe in following Roddenberry's utopian vision. Kurtzman, by contrast, flat-out says "Star Trek's utopia can't exist without something like Section 31 doing the...

Personally, I'm curious. It will be interesting to see a non-Starfleet perspective in an episodic format.

They're cool, but have you seen the stuff 3D Trekker is putting out? 3D Trekker

@locborg said it already: Create TNG eps that look, sound, and feel exactly like what they were in the 90s. Of course, this highlights the issue with AI. It doesn't actually create anything new. It just steals from actual artists and makes hodgepodge mishmaps of previous content. I've yet to...

Eh, it's not really a good video to illustrate that. Everyone hated Barclay and wanted him gone. Even Troi got fed up with him. Only Picard was willing to give him a chance. That video is comparing a fresh captain on her first assignment to the man most people in and out of the Trek universe to...

I don't think the Gorn really stretch canon as they've been presented so far. We had whole wars apparently happen with the Cardassians and the Tzenkethi that we never heard about until after the fact. And there's been so little established about them that they are practically a blank slate. I...

Yes. Studios are, I think, making critical errors in this new era, based on erroneous assumptions. 1) Bigger budgets = higher audiences. False. Discovery looked very nice, everyone agreed on that, but just like in comic books, it takes more than pretty art to keep an audience. 2) Streaming is...

Well, running with that idea: Showrunner: Ron Moore Writer's room: Brannon Braga Terry Matalas Davy Perez Sean Cochran Kirsten Beyer Cindy Appel Erin McNamara Kathryn Lyn Ben Waller

Fan demands should always be treated with a grain (or more) of salt. In the end, canon or not, nothing was done in DSC 3-5 that couldn't have been done in the 25th century (Just after PIC). The only references we ever had were from the 23rd-25th century. Several stories tied back directly to...

Discovery highlighted the new danger of relying solely on one thing to carry the franchise these days. One thing Berman Trek really had going for it was variety. For a while there e had TNG movies alongside DS9 and VOY, all offering different types of Trek experiences. Then it whittled down to...

It's not that simple. Like I said, on paper Fuller seemed like a good choice. But his ideas were not workable. But on the other hand, Paradise took the show in a direction many, many people disliked. Everything is a judgment call. But I think it's safe to say that it's a lot riskier to bring...

On that I agree. I was mostly happy with the first season of Picard until that ending. Ugh. That second season was a cluster. Multiple "showrunners" who kept disappearing to do other projects, heavy studio interference... it's no wonder it was so awful.

To me that seems similar to saying "If you write a WW2 story, the problem is you're mired in canon on either side". The Canon can be a boon, in teens of providing depth for the story you're telling.

You need good writers, but without a strong and competent showrunner you're going to be in trouble. Look, for instance, at the differences in these shows: True Blood Seasons 1-5, then 6 and 7. Discovery seasons 1+2 versus 3-5. Enterprise Seasons 1-3 versus season 4. Picard season 1 vs.season 3...

On paper Fuller would be a good choice. However, he's also shown that when he's in charge, things can get rocky. his shows are often very esoteric, and short. And he really chafes at following someone else’s IP (Hannibal, American Gods). There's no perfect equation. Nick Meyer, famously, knew...