where did they say Discovery Season 3 would be late 2020?
Prequel comics and novel to Star Trek: Picard announced
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where did they say Discovery Season 3 would be late 2020?
God save me from posters who refer to books they haven’t read which renders their ‘information’ utterly uninformative. Although, to be fair, I couldn’t finish ENTERPRISE WAR. Jackson Miller’s cool, I’m just not a fan of his prose. Plenty of people are.
Sorry. They said "later" not "late." But if Picard airs March -May when do we really expect Disco to air? The summer shows this year have been great so maybe they do July or immediately after Picard. Or it could be September.
Fairy tale man save me from self-righteous posters. I bet you're fun at parties. I may not have read the book but my information comes STRAIGHT FROM THE AUTHOR HIMSELF who happens to post on these boards.
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Well, that's helpful. I remarked that DESPERATE HOURS' Burnham/Spock teamup story has been contradicted by the DISCOVERY Season 1 finale and Season 2 doing their own take on the Burnham/Spock association. You informed me that some effort to reconcile the two would be found in THE ENTERPRISE WAR which you have not read. You have now further informed me that the author of THE ENTERPRISE WAR (a book I could not finish) had said this himself. That's awesome. Good on you. Well done!
Your post doesn't actually provide any actual information as to how THE ENTERPRISE WAR reconciles DISCOVERY depicting the Enterprise and uniforms with a modern spin when DESPERATE HOURS presented the the same ship and uniforms with the 60s look (and had Spock feel that the Cage-era look is more advanced). Your posts didn't actually enlighten me as to how Spock and Burnham being raised separately and without interaction in DH can be squared with the two having a lengthy history together in DSC's second season. But you should feel good about yourself and the helpful information you've provided in response to my comment. Well done, you!
This seems like a good place to say that John Jackson Miller is awesome. He had a great run on IRON MAN that was sadly cut short, but it was brilliant. I love his KNIGHT ERRANT comics. His prose isn't really for me, but that's just personal taste.
Have you tried Kenobi?
I haven't. It has nothing to do with Jackson Miller's talent. I'm just at the point where when I read prose, I want it to be funny and goofy because I go to prose for lightheartedness and escapism. I'm more tolerant of seriousness in TV and comics.
DESPERATE HOURS was ostensibly a Serious Science Fiction novel, but it had the hilarious conceit and sheer cheek to describe Pike and Spock in the 60s-style Cage uniforms and describe the Enterprise as the wooden looking sets and models that were on TV -- and then juxtapose the DISCOVERY style uniforms and tech next to them and point-blank declare that the Enterprise is more advanced and that their uniforms look more fashion-forward than DISCOVERY. The cheerful mental dissonance of that is joyful and funny.
THE ENTERPRISE WAR is, I'm sure, very good. (Only made it a couple chapters in.) But it's also serious. I respect that writers cannot write everything for laughs. I respect that writers cannot always offer lightheartedness and escapism. And I respect the fact that if I don't want a serious, deliberate, even-toned reading experience, I need to put down THE ENTERPRISE WAR and go read something else. John Jackson Miller is a great writer and I have not a bad word to say about him or his talent. I'm just not the right audience for his stuff.
DESPERATE HOURS was ostensibly a Serious Science Fiction novel, but it had the hilarious conceit and sheer cheek to describe Pike and Spock in the 60s-style Cage uniforms and describe the Enterprise as the wooden looking sets and models that were on TV -- and then juxtapose the DISCOVERY style uniforms and tech next to them and point-blank declare that the Enterprise is more advanced and that their uniforms look more fashion-forward than DISCOVERY. The cheerful mental dissonance of that is joyful and funny.
THE ENTERPRISE WAR is, I'm sure, very good. (Only made it a couple chapters in.) But it's also serious. I respect that writers cannot write everything for laughs. I respect that writers cannot always offer lightheartedness and escapism. And I respect the fact that if I don't want a serious, deliberate, even-toned reading experience, I need to put down THE ENTERPRISE WAR and go read something else. John Jackson Miller is a great writer and I have not a bad word to say about him or his talent. I'm just not the right audience for his stuff.
I'm hoping they're good first and foremost, but I'm also hoping they don't impinge on canon or set up more background springboard for "Picard"'s show in the way "Picard" needs to do on its own in its premiere, even as a callback or side exposition (e.g. what Star Wars IV got in 2 minutes, which effectively negated the need for a 2 hour prequel since IV carried itself without "Rogue One"). But at the same time, hardcore fans made from the new show would definitely love such a combination, casual fans might appreciate a small callback if it's done right.
What does it matter?!
It's sorta like putting in a minister into one of those staged, petty contrived fighting talk shows and they all become well-behaved beacons of good behavior as a result, with a very special episode devoted to a threesome but not in an antagonistic way. You know there will be many fans of those show who will promptly decry "canon violation" or "continuity violation" with such a major alteration, especially if there's no reason attached or if they don't like it. Since one of those shows didn't end up a sappy brawl for the same reason every week for week after week for decades in a row. But I won't namedrop shows as most people know most of such shows in that genre already, I'd sadly hope.) But we all know, most of those shows never really discussed how to be better. Can't imagine why... probably because they'd be laughed at like that other talk shows with the people who talk feel-good does-nothing stuff and for the same reasons. It's all just entertainment fodder (meaning I don't disagree with you in that they're shows and after a point, depending on show, it matters less and less), but there still is a warped medium in between both sides and some believe people are coming in with giant steamrollers and sledgehammers...) Hence an alternative timeline where more creativity IS allowed, without upending the original...
Another analogy, albeit comparatively boring: If you go to your favorite candy store and buy the same candy bar as usual. You notice it now tastes differently than before. You find out they changed the ingredients in quantity. Maybe added a small one or two. Or they made a big change and put in a big neon yellow sign saying "NEW AND IMPROVED" so you know you'll love it yet in this instance "love" ain't the word to use. It's all a stupid analogy, sure, but it fits perfectly as both are entertainment paradigms - television and junk food - meant to satisfy some emotional need, or "escapism". Even those contrived bar fight shows where the audience chants the host's name out of delight and/or boredom. The larger the changes made that feel out of place only bring up canon and continuity that much more... especially after being firmly established and fanbases (from moderate-casual to hardcore) are made. Reinvention is never easy but sometimes a new nemesis is for the best to make and then drive into the ground with.
Treklit needs another How Much For Just the Planet?
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