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[Snaploud]

RE: The Picard Limited Series on CBS All Access.

It wouldn't take much to keep the trek novel fans happy (as the story would take place 13 years after the current novels, per a previous poster's calculation). They just need to make Picard married to Beverly (possibly divorced or widowed, though that would be controversial--despite them being divorced in the potential future of 'All Good Things') and have some vague reference to a son (who is probably in college, some preparatory pre-college classes, or starfleet by that time). Avoid references to the Borg, and you're probably golden. Kirsten Beyer should be able to keep the show from tripping over any unnecessary novel canon issues.

 

[Christopher]

I can have an opinion on what was said.

We all have a right to our opinions, but with every right comes a responsibility. The right to our opinions carries with it the obligation to make sure our opinions are informed and based on the best available information rather than blind guesses, assumptions, and fears. It is not an excuse to ignore other people's superior knowledge of an issue.

 

[The Wormhole]

Here's another thought, if he makes parts of the conversation part of the discussion I can have an opinion on what was said. I also didn't tell him what went on, I'm making guesses about what wasn't said. I'm not doubting the words they said to him, I'm just doubting that it means there's no reason to be worried.

This isn't Mr. Ward's first rodeo. If he's not worried, there's no reason for the rest of us to be worried, and reinterpreting a conversation you weren't part of is ill-advised to say the least.

Kirsten Beyer should be able to keep the show from tripping over any unnecessary novel canon issues.

While it might be possible to avoid any "novel canon issues" as you put it, that's not going to be a priority for the show at all.

 

[Dayton Ward]

You should be worried because the current TrekLit story will get tossed, there's no way the staus quo won't change. They probably told you to carry on as planned because it's too early in development to give specific directions to lit writers or because they don't plan to pull the plug until after the release of your novel.

Yes, thank you. None of that ever occurred to me until just this moment. Never came up. Not once.

 

[Mage]

Here's another thought, if he makes parts of the conversation part of the discussion I can have an opinion on what was said. I also didn't tell him what went on, I'm making guesses about what wasn't said. I'm not doubting the words they said to him, I'm just doubting that it means there's no reason to be worried.

Meh, I'd rather trust an author in the know, than a fan who's worried.

 

[Christopher]

Meh, I'd rather trust an author in the know, than a fan who's worried.

Indeed. Part of the message of Star Trek has always been that we should be guided by knowledge rather than fear. It's an especially important message in these times.

 

[Mage]

Indeed. Part of the message of Star Trek has always been that we should be guided by knowledge rather than fear. It's an especially important message in these times.

Exactly. I'd like to point out I have an anxiety disorder and basicly fear controls my life. Even I know not to let fear lead my feelings about TrekLit. What will happen will happen.

 

[Jinn]

That's not how the internet works.

This is a fandom. That's not how fans work....

Well, I don't do rulez!

 

[Mage]

Well, I don't do rulez!

Damn, Rulez with a Z even!! You're not joking.

 

[Jinn]

Damn, Rulez with a Z even!! You're not joking.

I'm so hardcore, when I walk over my local cliché 90s school yard all the cool kids don't punch me in the face, because they respect me. Or because I'm wearing glasses. But I can hope!

 

[rahullak]

How things change....it wasn't too long ago that Stewart hung up the Captain's suit saying it was all over.

 

[Mage]

How things change....it wasn't too long ago that Stewart hung up the Captain's suit saying it was all over.

The way he described it, he makes it sound that that was the case, but he become somewhat 'retrospective' and felt that Picard was such a big influence on his life and others, that he looked at it with a new perspective.

The cynic in me wants to say he realized the paycheck was damned good.

 

[Snaploud]

While it might be possible to avoid any "novel canon issues" as you put it, that's not going to be a priority for the show at all.

I don't think it should be a high priority, but it can be a lesser priority to avoid unnecessary novel canon issues under the proviso that it doesn't take away from the vision or main story of the limited series.

 

[JoeZhang]

I personally am looking forward to them shitcanning the current book line and starting again.

I don't think it should be a high priority, but it can be a lesser priority to avoid unnecessary novel canon issues under the proviso that it doesn't take away from the vision or main story of the limited series.

No they shouldn't give a moment of thought - they should simply tell the story they want to tell and give the novels absolutely no consideration at all.

The books can simply shift back to represent the mainstream.

 

[David Weller]

I feel that the novels could continue the current storyline and slowly evolve to the situation in the new series (which will probably have its own range of TPBs as with Discovery).

 

[JoeZhang]

I feel that the novels could continue the current storyline and slowly evolve to the situation in the new series (which will probably have its own range of TPBs as with Discovery).

Given they haven't even written scripts yet - impossible to say. They might decide that the Enterprise-E was destroyed a year after Nemesis with all hands lost or that Riker was killed on a mission or a whole range of things.

 

[Takeru]

We all have a right to our opinions, but with every right comes a responsibility. The right to our opinions carries with it the obligation to make sure our opinions are informed and based on the best available information rather than blind guesses, assumptions, and fears. It is not an excuse to ignore other people's superior knowledge of an issue.

I'd rather use common sense. A new series post Nemesis will contradict the novels and the current TrekLit narrative will end, that's pretty much a foregone conclusion, no matter what CBS licensing tells individual writers right now.

Yes, thank you. None of that ever occurred to me until just this moment. Never came up. Not once.

If I scrape off all the sarcasm it looks like you are agreeing with me. Good to know.

 

[Tuskin38]

The way he described it, he makes it sound that that was the case, but he become somewhat 'retrospective' and felt that Picard was such a big influence on his life and others, that he looked at it with a new perspective.

The cynic in me wants to say he realized the paycheck was damned good.

I think I believe him.

 

[David Weller]

Given they haven't even written scripts yet - impossible to say. They might decide that the Enterprise-E was destroyed a year after Nemesis with all hands lost or that Riker was killed on a mission or a whole range of things.

True. The show runners and CBS could decide to do things that might cause the cessation of current storylines.

However, with Kirsten Beyer involved I’m hoping that there will be no contradictions.

But as no scripts have been written anything is purely speculation.

 

[Mage]

I think I believe him.

About 95% of me does as well.

True. The show runners and CBS could decide to do things that might cause the cessation of current storylines.

However, with Kirsten Beyer involved I’m hoping that there will be no contradictions.

But as no scripts have been written anything is purely speculation.

Had it been studio henchman #47, I would've said they're gonna throw it all out. But with KMFB involved, there's atleast a shot at the TrekLit universe being part of it. If not all of it, atleast some of it. For example, with the connection between them already established in TNG itself, Picard and Crusher being a couple, with or with kid(s).