Petition: Cancel Discovery And Greenlight Post-Nemesis Series

[BillJ]

I'm starting a petition to cancel you.

Life already did that, and its gaining momentum.

 

[Shalashaska]

I'm not happy with your insinuation that no one is happy. I'm starting a petition to cancel you.

I'm offended.

Everyone sign my petition to cancel this petition.

 

[locutus101]

I still think it would be nice if they had more cgi aliens. Who's with me?

 

[Trajet]

It's a joke. Feel better now Greg ?

I'm afraid I'm lying however.



Oh, I don't know, there are SEVERAL weeks before it goes into production...

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Ironically, that's about the amount of pre-production time Nemesis looks like it had 'lavished' upon it.

 

[OpenMaw]

I still think it would be nice if they had more cgi aliens. Who's with me?

Petition for more CGI aliens.

 

[locutus101]

Petition for more CGI aliens.

Can I use cgi petitioners?

 

[BillJ]

I still think it would be nice if they had more cgi aliens. Who's with me?

I'm more than happy with real people. CGI aliens create another expensive weekly hurdle for the show.

 

[Shalashaska]

Petition for more CGI aliens.

We need a petition for a petition for more CGI aliens first though.

We can't just go making a petition without having a petition to back it up beforehand!

 

[ItIsGreen]

I'm more than happy with real people. CGI aliens create another expensive weekly hurdle for the show.

I think it would actually be cheaper (and look better) to CGI-enhance real actors rather than create and animate entire characters.

 

[locutus101]

I'm more than happy with real people. CGI aliens create another expensive weekly hurdle for the show.

But it's the only way to have truly non-humanoid aliens. For example Picard once spoke of aliens with four arms but we never got to see them.

 

[BillJ]

I think it would actually be cheaper (and look better) to CGI-enhance real actors rather than create and animate entire characters.

It would still be more post-production work. I'm not against it, but I'm not really for it either.

 

[BillJ]

But it's the only way to have truly non-humanoid aliens. For example Picard once spoke of aliens with four arms but we never got to see them.

A four armed character doesn't really add anything more to a story than a two armed character does. Ten seconds of "he's different" then the show is stuck doing it weekly.

 

[Shalashaska]

As long as I'm not working in post-production, I'll welcome a four-armed alien character

 

[locutus101]

I think it would actually be cheaper (and look better) to CGI-enhance real actors rather than create and animate entire characters.

At any rate, you have to use actors as virtual puppeteers for the aliens otherwise their movements don't look natural. Even Tex Avery would sometimes film people and use their positions pic by pic to draw his characters.

 

[locutus101]

A four armed character doesn't really add anything more to a story than a two armed character does. Ten seconds of "he's different" then the show is stuck doing it weekly.

Well, you can say that of almost everything.

Why did Armin Shimerman need to spend four hours in make up if as you say "it doesn't really add anything more to the story" to have him look like that? Why not simply put on a plastic mask and be done with it?

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

This... This is my reaction to this thread.

 

[nx1701g]

Nah.... I'm happy with Discovery.

 

[Tosk]

Is there a petition I can sign to ban stupid petitions?

 

[Amaris]

https://www.change.org/p/cbs-cancel-star-trek-discovery-and-greenlight-a-post-nemesis-series
This is a petition I started working on right after I read the news about Discovery being set ten years before The Original Series. I know it's controversial, but I felt the people who agree with it deserve a petition.

Oh ho, my, okay. Well, good luck, but you won't get a signature from me.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Well, you can say that of almost everything.

Why did Armin Shimerman need to spend four hours in make up if as you say "it doesn't really add anything more to the story" to have him look like that? Why not simply put on a plastic mask and be done with it?

I'd say Armin Shimerman, along with the writers is what made Quark work. I think that's what Bill is getting at, CGI and make up are no substitutes for solid writing and acting.