Borg in Disco?

[XCV330]

I hope there will be another series addressing the Galaxy’s state post Romulus destruction. What happened to the Dominion? And the Borg? And the Romulan?

Anyways, I was thinking those red spots are trans warp conduits. Perhaps the Borg picked up the Mycellian network and decided to come take a look? Or perhaps they come from another dimension? It could actually be intriguing!

The Founders are learning from Odo to not be buttheads. I don't know where they are in novelverse
The Borg were set back but ready to be another dissapointing bad guy of the week.
The Breen interestingly enough, were one of the empires left in relatively strong shape after the Dominion War. They might have done quite well in the power vacuum afterwords.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The title of this thread is giving me ideas, I gotta admit...

"Polyester pantsuits are irrelevant. Your dance moves will be assimilated. We will add your ginormous shirt collars and your 1970's hair to our own. That is the way, uh huh uh huh, the Collective likes it. Get down tonight."

 

[Mad Jack Wolfe]

The Borg stopped being an existential threat when TNG did this to them...

From then on, they might as well be Daleks or Cybermen. Defeated in 42 minutes or less. Unless it's a two-parter, of course.

I do not want to see DiscoBorgs. Unless they can pull off a really good rendition of "Super Trouper", with the dance moves and everything.

 

[Lord Garth]

The title of this thread is giving me ideas, I gotta admit...

"Polyester pantsuits are irrelevant. Your dance moves will be assimilated. We will add your ginormous shirt collars and your 1970's hair to our own. That is the way, uh huh uh huh, the Collective likes it. Get down tonight."

I was wrong. I do want to see Disco Borg. Mr. Laser Beam's version.

"That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it."

 

[DaveyNY]

And I wouldn’t blame you

In reality I actually hope it’s not the Borg. Too many continuity issues.

I didn’t mind the Enterprise episode cotinuity-wise - it was done well enough I thought - but if DSC is going to do the Borg they might as well do the Ferengi, the Bolians, and the Betazoids while they’re at it!

We have no idea when the Bolians & Betazoids actually joined the Federation so to equate them with the Ferengi & Borg is more than a bit of a stretch.

 

[Vger23]

Negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full

 

[Groppler Zorn]

We have no idea when the Bolians & Betazoids actually joined the Federation so to equate them with the Ferengi & Borg is more than a bit of a stretch.

That’s true regarding when they joined the federation. I just meant that those species were introduced in TNG and I tend to associate them with that era. I’d prefer it if DSC either reintroduced species from TOS (which they seem to be doing with the Saurian) or come up with their own things (which they also seem to be doing with the Kelpiens). The only species I’d definitely like to see revisited in DSC is the Denobulans.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

The title of this thread is giving me ideas, I gotta admit...

"Polyester pantsuits are irrelevant. Your dance moves will be assimilated. We will add your ginormous shirt collars and your 1970's hair to our own. That is the way, uh huh uh huh, the Collective likes it. Get down tonight."

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I'm not sure how they could justify the Borg appearing unless it's a far weaker version of the Borg. I guess they could finally explain the origin of the Borg. I don't know if we have canon material establishing how long the Borg have been around, if the massacre of Guinan's home planet was ever dated. We know in the 22nd century the Borg sent out that transmission but they must have known how long it'd take to get there. There's nothing I know of that says the Borg didn't start in the 23rd century.

 

[Longinus]

That’s true regarding when they joined the federation. I just meant that those species were introduced in TNG and I tend to associate them with that era. I’d prefer it if DSC either reintroduced species from TOS (which they seem to be doing with the Saurian) or come up with their own things (which they also seem to be doing with the Kelpiens). The only species I’d definitely like to see revisited in DSC is the Denobulans.

I don't know, I think it would be good material for a prequel to show a first contact with an established TNG species.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

I'm not sure how they could justify the Borg appearing unless it's a far weaker version of the Borg. I guess they could finally explain the origin of the Borg. I don't know if we have canon material establishing how long the Borg have been around, if the massacre of Guinan's home planet was ever dated. We know in the 22nd century the Borg sent out that transmission but they must have known how long it'd take to get there. There's nothing I know of that says the Borg didn't start in the 23rd century.

According to Guinan they are around for millions of years and in Voyager it was mentioned that they already existed 900 years before the show.

 

[Groppler Zorn]

I don't know, I think it would be good material for prequel to show a first contact with an established TNG species.

Like the Borg?

Jk I actually wouldn’t mind if they say met the bolians and the feds didn’t get on with them and they had to do the whole “understanding a new culture” thing that TNG did so well.

I’d just prefer they didn’t use previous treks as a crutch - but I guess that’s redundant at this point

 

[JirinPanthosa]

It's not the appearance of the Borg that bothers me such as there being no excuse for how, if they met the Borg, they are not all destroyed and assimilated immediately.

If the Borg existed for hundreds of years, I guess there's no way to say exactly their power level for all that time or if the collective existed as they do today.

I hope they don't use the Borg, but if they do, I hope they don't blatantly handwave the power difference there should be like they did in ENT. I hope they have SOME believable reason that the Borg don't just easily win, and also that nobody in the future finds out about them, and more believable than Enterprise's handwave of said issues.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The Borg stopped being an existential threat when TNG did this to them...

From then on, they might as well be Daleks or Cybermen. Defeated in 42 minutes or less. Unless it's a two-parter, of course.

I do not want to see DiscoBorgs. Unless they can pull off a really good rendition of "Super Trouper", with the dance moves and everything.

How about Waterloo?

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[johnnybear]

I feel the borg has been done to death, esp in Voyager. I'd prefer some fresh stories.

And the Klingons and Romulans haven't?
JB

 

[johnnybear]

If they do TOS era Borg they should match the aesthetic of the era!

To some these are the scariest Cybermen ever!
JB

 

[Lord Garth]

To some these are the scariest Cybermen ever!
JB

I keep meaning to watch more Doctor Who. When I do, I'll specifically seek out one of these episodes.

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm not sure how they could justify the Borg appearing unless it's a far weaker version of the Borg. I guess they could finally explain the origin of the Borg. I don't know if we have canon material establishing how long the Borg have been around, if the massacre of Guinan's home planet was ever dated. We know in the 22nd century the Borg sent out that transmission but they must have known how long it'd take to get there. There's nothing I know of that says the Borg didn't start in the 23rd century.

The Borg have been around since at least the 15th century, according to the Voyager episode Dragon's Teeth. There are suggestions in various Voyager episodes that they might be even older than that.

 

[DaveyNY]

The Borg have been around since at least the 15th century, according to the Voyager episode Dragon's Teeth. There are suggestions in various Voyager episodes that they might be even older than that.

If that's true than the planet that "Voyager-VI" dropped in on, could actually be the starting point of the Borg.

 

[Qonundrum]

I just looked at the mystery photo...

People think the Vervoids from Doctor Who looked rude?!!

I'll admit, the shadowy figure, silvery alien ships, and spacey void thing look cool - kudos to the graphic design team. Couldn't care less if it's female or male or Klinefelter Syndrome or otherwise.

Pike's an interesting twist.

Still love Tilley.

Not sure how they'll explain Spock, but 'The Cage' dies yield an opportunity to do something interesting with his backstory. Especially as "Journey to Babel" also brings up his childhood. Trouble is, Spock nowadays is to lure in existing fans...

Still, the teaser all feels a bit by-the-numbers template, generic verbiage all on cue, despite gratuitous visual effects and that's before the lame ooh-all-woooh muzak is piped in where things take a nosedive with the triteness.

Didn't stop me from laughing at the pulsar joke and dry delivery from the crewman who is now relieved they're not going to die...

And what's worse - I'm younger than the MTV generation, the one that apparently demands big effects.

But the teaser alone, despite the triteness, still feels like there's potential despite the overuse of slick visuals and sounds. That's what matters most. I hope it delivers and isn't plagued by season 1's problems.