News Discovery Twitter & Social Media Thread
I would assume something that would delay filming if not fixed quickly.
Or something that was needed quickly - maybe a new scene that needed a new toy, or even something that didn't look right in use.
Could be a number of things to be fair.
Could be a number of things to be fair.
This means they are filming episode 10 and 11. 7 episodes completed. 2 editing.
https://twitter.com/AaronHarberts/status/894320027867820032
Aaron HarbertsVerified account @AaronHarberts 3h3 hours ago
@startrekcbs team delivered 112 script, 113 story, 107 cut, and are editing 108/109. great work all! is anyone standing? #StarTrekDiscovery
https://twitter.com/AaronHarberts/status/894320027867820032
Aaron HarbertsVerified account @AaronHarberts 3h3 hours ago
@startrekcbs team delivered 112 script, 113 story, 107 cut, and are editing 108/109. great work all! is anyone standing? #StarTrekDiscovery
Also TNG was running 20-24 eps per season. The schedule was a bit tighter.
Also, for at least a year the production offices were a revolving door and for at least two years the writers room at TNG was a mess. It took most of season three to turn that around.
There's been a recent trend, driven by streaming services, to produce large blocks of episodes prior to airing rather than making them as they go along. This wasn't true for any television shows in TNG's era.
With a solid and stable writing team of a mix of fans and non-fans, and plenty of lead time, I expect Discovery to be incredibly high quality. Between attention to detail, and simply MORE TIME than any of the other Trek shows. I think we have a real winner.
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That's true. B5, IIRC, had each episode completed roughly six weeks prior to air-date.
I'm sure there were other shows that worked like that.
As I recall, during TNG's first season - when they were filming "Datalore" - they were OUT of scripts (IE had nothing in the pre-production pipeline; and were quickly scrambling to get back on track with something.
Yes, TNG's first season WAS a real mess production wise on many fronts. It's hilarious when you compare it to ST: D - even with the so called premiere date moves and all the discussion of 'how troubled' the production supposedly is given that at this point:
- CBS has stated the deal with Netflix has almost fully paid for itself before the series airs [In TNG's era, even with first run syndication, it took years to recoup production costs and see a successful series start turning a profit.)
- If the tweet above is accurate of the 15 total - they have 6 episodes fully completed/approved to air - a 7th in final cut stage - two more still in full editing (and in the SDCC panel the actors said principal shooting had completed for episode 10); so they're probably doing principal photography for episode 11 - have the finished script and are doing pre-production for episode 12, have the story for 13, and are working on the script for that.
Compared to TNG Season One ST: D Season One seems like a well-oiled machine.
This fan-boy who's seen TOS and is familiar with the design doesn't like the design; it should be as contemporary (small) as possible, not large and boxy to suit a bunch of older fans trapped at the founding moment of whatever previous Star Trek series they began to watch (TOS, but also TNG and the others.)
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Seems to be a new advert of sorts on the twitter feeds - but it won't load for me.
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/status/894641168230694914
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/status/894641168230694914
From what I've seen, as well as tweeting back and forth with some of the writers and production people, they are fans of varying degrees, some non-fans, but all with experience in working with the medium.
They are also incredibly nice people, down to earth, and know and understand the responsibility they've got to fans and being able to sell it to non-fans. Frankly, I have no idea where some folks are getting the ideas that the series is doomed.
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