Captain Pike spin off petition
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Would it though? As much as I love Romjin in the little we've seen of Number One and would love to see her on an ongoing series, prior to this season, we really don't know a thing about the character past "The Cage." She's a blank slate. Could get promoted. Could get killed. Could resign. Or she could stay on the Enterprise longer.
As great as Peck's portrayal of Spock is, the opportunity to build an essentially new character in Number One is too good to pass up. I definitely wouldn't mind Spock taking the place of third in importance - sort of the McCoy to Pike and Number One's Kirk and Spock, so to speak.
I wonder if Nhan (or however you spell her name) would remain security officer. She's a cool character but her presence on Discovery makes very little sense, unless they're going to dramatically kill her in the next couple of episodes or she was only there to introduce her for a possible Pike series all along.
I wonder if Nhan (or however you spell her name) would remain security officer. She's a cool character but her presence on Discovery makes very little sense, unless they're going to dramatically kill her in the next couple of episodes or she was only there to introduce her for a possible Pike series all along.
It's Romijn.
Otherwise, it's like saying Blathazar instead of Balthazar. And I have personally seen too much of that kind of thing.
Otherwise, it's like saying Blathazar instead of Balthazar. And I have personally seen too much of that kind of thing.
I think this is the way I'd like it to go as well. I'm not certain a full series, even with the short length of Disco could really work for modern audiences. TV movies, on the other hand, or limited series of around 3 mini movie episode (like Sherlock) could definitely work.
I seem to remember one about saving Enterprise in the mid naughties. I can't remember exactly, but I think it turned out well...
Eh for me that traditional format was feeling incredibly tired and formulaic even during VOY and ENT (which just makes Orville feel even more stale to me now). And I would not want to see Trek return to that.
The only change I would make in a potential Pike series would be to just slow things down a bit, and allow more time for exploring the characters and relationships and the various worlds they encounter. Instead of always rushing through everything at top speed as DSC likes to do.
I want that Pike spin-off desperately, almost as much as that Pulaski spin-off with her and Kyle Riker running a beach resort on Risa.
As much as I love Pike and Spock on Discovery (both actors are great), I'm not sold on a show focusing on them. I really really don't want a return to the old "traditional" (which I read as conservative) formula of an episodic show with a guy as the main lead and captain. Star Trek is meant to be forging ahead and yes, sometimes challenging viewers in terms of their comfort zones. Discovery does that. If such a show were to get greenlit, then for me to want to tune in, Rebecca Romijn's Number One would have to be the third lead and be equal in terms of role status and story time. That would be the deal breaker for me, if not.
...and it would be nice if Trek ever broke out of it. Lots of money and cool camera work does not a silk purse make.
I've found the storytelling on Discovery to be pretty conservative up until now.
Seems kind of odd that they'd go to all the trouble of building a nice Connie bridge they weren't going to use. None of the new shows they've officially announced would need one. I mean, Picard might if it does a historical piece like Voyager did with the Excelsior, but otherwise? That leads credence to the possibility of a Pike series.
Honestly, as much as I'm looking forward to seeing Picard, I think I would be even more excited to see Pike. This is new for me: I've never thought very much of 23rd century Trek. TOS is way too hokey for my tastes. (DSC doesn't change that, because it's always felt to me like it belonged post-Nemesis. The first season in particular fit the tone that movie set.)
I think Mount's Pike could easily become the best TV captain we've had in the franchise's history. He's already outclassed everyone in my book, except for Sisko. Mount's Pike is a combination of traits from the best parts of the TOS and TNG eras.
Why wouldn't Number One be a lead? We're not talking about a TOS or TNG-era production with "sexy" catsuits or miniskirts and women on the periphery. She is the first officer, after all. And in a "traditional" Trek show, the first officer is always a lead character.
Not to mention, a possible Pike series isn't going to erase any of the other shows they've got on tap, including DSC (where the main character isn't even the commanding officer at all.)
Honestly, as much as I'm looking forward to seeing Picard, I think I would be even more excited to see Pike. This is new for me: I've never thought very much of 23rd century Trek. TOS is way too hokey for my tastes. (DSC doesn't change that, because it's always felt to me like it belonged post-Nemesis. The first season in particular fit the tone that movie set.)
I think Mount's Pike could easily become the best TV captain we've had in the franchise's history. He's already outclassed everyone in my book, except for Sisko. Mount's Pike is a combination of traits from the best parts of the TOS and TNG eras.
Why wouldn't Number One be a lead? We're not talking about a TOS or TNG-era production with "sexy" catsuits or miniskirts and women on the periphery. She is the first officer, after all. And in a "traditional" Trek show, the first officer is always a lead character.
Not to mention, a possible Pike series isn't going to erase any of the other shows they've got on tap, including DSC (where the main character isn't even the commanding officer at all.)
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Indeed. Number One would obviously be one of the main characters. And hopefully the Chief of Security Nhan would be as well!
Pike, Spock and then all the other main characters could be female ones. This would be actually something new for Star Trek. All the other Star Trek series did the opposite with at most 1/3 female characters, which is really pathetic. Time to change it up! And I would say it would be more groundbreaking than what DIS has done.
Indeed, the show presents the writers with the chance to put basically anyone they want on the bridge crew/command staff. We already know of a couple of people from The Cage, but they could have been reassigned or promoted to different ships since then, if the writers want a clean slate.
As for Pike, a white man, still being the lead, that needn't necessarily be the case. Picard, Sisko and Janeway were ostensibly lead characters, but in terms of screentime, they all lost out to certain members of the rest of the cast. Pike could act as he does on Discovery now - a likeable central character in a command position to hold the rest of the cast together, with large roles in most episodes, but we could still spend most of the screentime focusing in on other characters. There's also no reason Number One and Pike couldn't basically share the lead role in the way Kirk and Spock did.
Not only could we have better diversity among human crew members, we could have aliens too. We've still never really gotten a proper Andorian or Tellarite character. And as is probably obvious from my profile pic, I'd really like more Caitians. Pump all the CGI budget into having a fully-rendered Caitian, and have the space battles just be cardboard cutouts moving around, that's my policy.
As for Pike, a white man, still being the lead, that needn't necessarily be the case. Picard, Sisko and Janeway were ostensibly lead characters, but in terms of screentime, they all lost out to certain members of the rest of the cast. Pike could act as he does on Discovery now - a likeable central character in a command position to hold the rest of the cast together, with large roles in most episodes, but we could still spend most of the screentime focusing in on other characters. There's also no reason Number One and Pike couldn't basically share the lead role in the way Kirk and Spock did.
Not only could we have better diversity among human crew members, we could have aliens too. We've still never really gotten a proper Andorian or Tellarite character. And as is probably obvious from my profile pic, I'd really like more Caitians. Pump all the CGI budget into having a fully-rendered Caitian, and have the space battles just be cardboard cutouts moving around, that's my policy.
This is what Picard series is supposed to be like. When comparing shows Kutzman said: “Discovery is a bullett, Picard is more contemplative.”
Just Star Trek. No need for a subtitle, it's the adventures of the USS Enterprise on a five-year mission of exploration in space. It just took them 56 years to approve the Pike pilot for full series production. They could legitimately say "Created by Gene Roddenberry" in the credits.
TOS Season 3 was the result of a letter-writing campaign. That's kind of like a petition. Also, I think Jericho got a few more episodes because of jellybeans or some nonsense.
I wanted to keep quiet about it until I saw tonight's episode and now, having seen it, sign me up!
Although I'm still more of a Discovery and Section 31 person.
Although I'm still more of a Discovery and Section 31 person.
The more the merrier. Don't like how Section 31 is shaping up? Watch Captain Pike! You want 24th century action? Picard has you covered! Something less depressing and more comedic? Tune into Lower Decks! Don't like animation? Wait for Starfleet Academy!
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