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"Showrunner and franchise captain Alex Kurtzman joins The Hollywood Reporter each week to talk through the latest episode of the CBS All Access drama."
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...lex-kurtzman-spocks-unwritten-chapter-1176116

Spore fans rejoice:

"The spore drive is still a big part of Discovery and will remain so. What we’ll discover this year is that even the spore drive can’t help them with the problems they’re facing. This is where the Red Angel mystery comes into play. You’ll be in for some surprises about what travel means in the universe."​
 
I'm guessing that whatever energy they're putting out, the Drive can't get close, or doesn't work.

It looks like, based on the trailers, that they will be using the drive for things other than just jumping around.

Yes I know the Season 2 preview showed them jumping at some point this season, I mean along side that.
 
The ship's unique aspect was never going away. I still don't know how people could have honestly thought that or convinced themselves of that. We should all have a idea of how shows work by now. They have until the end of the actual series to address it if they choose. No need at all to take it off the table before that happens.
 
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Realistically speaking, the spore drive has to be involved somewhat in getting from here to there. The "Red Bursts" are defined as covering an area of 30,000 light years. Warp factors have always been hazy in Star Trek, but even using the most generous speed traveled at warp 9.9 (from Voyager's The 37s) it would still take about 1.4 years to traverse the furthest distance between the red bursts.
 
On a nearly daily basis - seven different stories and interviews in the past week (www.hollywoodreporter.com/topic/star-trek-discovery) - the Hollywood Reporter has been trying very, very hard to sell Discovery. An occasional entirely-positive feature story of this type is OK in journalism, but this goes way over the line.

Case in point: today's story (www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-how-discovery-brought-faith-franchise-1178661) with quotes from cast members, Kurtzman, director Frakes, et al., concerning the latest episode.

I especially dislike the unchallenged inaccuracy inherent in this sort of writing. For example, "Discovery has made an effort to address a heretofore taboo subject, showcasing that even in a universe without conventional religion, conviction and conflict in belief systems still exist." The writer emphasizes that Gene Roddenberry had wanted to avoid expressions of religious faith (hence "heretofore taboo") - kind of a silly argument to make when Roddenberry himself wrote "The Omega Glory" with its Yang worship words, etc., among other examples from the original series and TNG. And of course Deep Space Nine explored religious faith frequently - which this article doesn't seem to recognize.
 
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Roddenberry said that Religion was all but gone for Humans in the 23rd century.

Emphasis on Humans.

See nothing wrong with the information in these articles.
 
Tuskin38 said:
Roddenberry said that Religion was all but gone for Humans in the 23rd century.
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Yet his show had quite a bit of spirituality to it, from worshiping "the one", to Son worshipers.

So it is inaccurate.
 
gottacook said:
On a nearly daily basis - seven different stories and interviews in the past week (www.hollywoodreporter.com/topic/star-trek-discovery) - the Hollywood Reporter has been trying very, very hard to sell Discovery. An occasional entirely-positive feature story of this type is OK in journalism, but this goes way over the line.
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Selling products under the guise of news seems to be more and more important as the years go on for professional journalism.
 
I'll bet if it were daily articles about how much it sucks, that would be "real news," right?

Cuz we all know that the endless blogs and YouTube videos saying stuff like that isn't "propaganda..."

:rolleyes:
 
Vger23 said:
I'll bet if it were daily articles about how much it sucks, that would be "real news," right?
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I wouldn't expect that from the Hollywood Reporter either. The whole point is that they aren't YouTube, they are supposed to be a reputable site for industry news, not a mouthpiece for CBS or anyone else.
 
Calling the article inaccurate about Gene's contempt for religion because of a few cherrypicked throwaway lines in the franchise's budding years is about as disingenuous as an article labeling Trump a Republican inaccurate because he once showed fleeting support for the Clintons.
 
CorporalClegg said:
Calling the article inaccurate about Gene's contempt for religion because of a few cherrypicked throwaway lines in the franchise's budding years is about as disingenuous...
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Or, that the franchise nor its creator weren't stagnant with the same exact beliefs being in place for the entirety of its run.
 
OK, but my main point is that the Hollywood Reporter is apparently in the business of relentlessly pushing (on a daily basis) Discovery, to the point that it's vitiating any reputation it had as an actual journalistic outlet. I just happened to reach the threshold today of feeling the need to start a thread about it. (Not that I care about HR per se, although I do care a great deal about the state of journalism generally.)

And in contrast to the line from "Who Mourns for Adonais?" quoted above, in "Bread and Circuses" McCoy says (in response to being asked whether the Enterprise crew are Children of the Sun), "Well, if you're speaking of worships of sorts, we represent many beliefs."
 
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