News CBS All Access Wants Emmys For Star Trek: Discovery

[Hey Missy]

The VFX department will probably get a nomination because Trek shows frequently do, even though the visual effects have been lackluster to even poor in some parts. But it might win by virtue of laymen voters who don't know any better picking the flashy space opera.

I keep saying this. A lot of the effects outside of the pilot appeared to be rendered at an even lower resolution than Enterprise was on its UPN budget in 2001, but covered in lens flares and wacky psychedelic colors in an attempt to hide it. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but starship/space porn is very important to me and DSC has been lacking.

 

[pst]

this thread has become savage.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

this thread has become savage.

Almost.

 

[pst]

Almost.

 

[BillJ]

this thread has become savage.

Let me be clear: I don't think it is the worst show on TV. It just didn't work for me. It had good actors and a lot of money spent on it, but never seemed to have a clear vision of what it wanted to be, beyond wanting to ride the coat tails of TOS.

 

[BillJ]

Can anyone tell me what pivotal event from TOS that the Discovery story is supposedly based on? I haven't seen the last three episodes, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what event the show is based on.

 

[Kor]

Can anyone tell me what pivotal event from TOS that the Discovery story is supposedly based on? I haven't seen the last three episodes, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what event the show is based on.

I forgot all about that. Thinking back on the whole first season of STDsc, I can't think of anything that ties into any events referenced in TOS.

Kor

 

[BillJ]

I forgot all about that. Thinking back on the whole first season of STDsc, I can't think of anything that ties into any events referenced in TOS.

Kor

They mention Donatu V in "The Vulcan Hello", but that was just the name of a battle that took place twenty-five years prior to "The Trouble with Tribbles".

 

[Hey Missy]

Can anyone tell me what pivotal event from TOS that the Discovery story is supposedly based on? I haven't seen the last three episodes, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what event the show is based on.

There is no "true" reason for DSC to be even set in the TOS era except to:
1: Bank off of TOS nostalgia, while not being an entirely faithful prequel because that would be "cheesy" and "not as risky".
2: Win over those who only have the JJ movies as their exposure to the Trek universe, and only know of basic concepts such as Kirk, Spock, Klingons, Tribbles, and Kahn (sic) when they think of Star Trek.
Case in point, why is Michael somehow Spock's secret human half-sister? So they could name drop Spock in the series for people to go "Wow, they said Spock! I watched Star Trek Into Darkness too!"

 

[Gepard]

Can anyone tell me what pivotal event from TOS that the Discovery story is supposedly based on? I haven't seen the last three episodes, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what event the show is based on.

That's probably one of the things that got jettisoned when Fuller left. (Alas that they didn't junk the entire Klingon war idea too.)

 

[BillJ]

All I can do is hope they have worked out whatever bugs that plagued season one, and give us a show that is Emmy worthy. Something that competes with Lost in Space, Westworld and others.

 

[ITDUDE]

Almost.

I love this forum!

 

[Hey Missy]

Can anyone tell me what pivotal event from TOS that the Discovery story is supposedly based on? I haven't seen the last three episodes, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what event the show is based on.

I'm sure that was to hype up and market the idea for yet another prequel after many Trekkies groaned at the possibility after having seen ENT.
As long as they made you think it was some "big important event" mentioned in TOS, people would check it out.
But then they didn't entirely fulfill that promise because I'm still baffled.

 

[Kor]

...
As long as they made you think it was some "big important event" mentioned in TOS, people would check it out.
But then they didn't entirely fulfill that promise because I'm still baffled.

I'm leaning toward the hypothesis that the 'big important event' was one of the things lost in the shuffle when Fuller left.

Kor

 

[Hey Missy]

I think it may have been the Klingon war, but then they sort of soft-retconned it to take place just before TOS and not some time in the 2220s like "Errand of Mercy" and Star Trek VI imply.

 

[Noname Given]

If they want accolades, they should put the show on TV where people can see it without paying for access.

Game of Thrones and Westworld disagrees. (HBO is a pay channel.)

 

[MarsWeeps]

They misspelled "Enema"

 

[Greg Cox]

If they want accolades, they should put the show on TV where people can see it without paying for access.

Honestly, at this point, the premium channels and paid services tend to sweep the awards, to the extent that it's considered noteworthy when a show on one of the "traditional" broadcast networks gets a nod. The more daring "prestige" stuff is mostly on HBO or Netflix or whatever, or at least that the perception

 

[lab rat]

Thing is HBO is sort of close to old school TV. We had HBO when I was growing up in the early 80s. Heck I remember when they used to sign off at night. They were just movies and specials back then.

CBS all access on the oter hand is a new fangeled internet based access thingy.

Putting something on HBO vs some internet thingy with only 2 million subscribers isn't really the same.

 

[ozzfloyd]

"Internet Thingy" lolz.