Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy General Discussion Thread
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I love all the stuff in Dee's recording area! And yes, I think those shots are of Solum too.
That was a pretty solid first season.
Carlos Alazraqui talks about his daughter Rylee and Star Trek:
https://twitter.com/rylee_alazraqui/status/1489357300879925248?s=19
https://twitter.com/rylee_alazraqui/status/1489357300879925248?s=19
We're only half way through.
Oooh. Thanks!
CTV advertised "A Moral Star" as the season one finale. It's good to know it's just a mid-season cliffhanger.
I was also under the impression that Season 1 of Prodigy will consist of only 10 episodes, but it appears that some time ago, it was decided that Season 1 will in fact have 20 episodes.
The premise that S1 would have only 10 episodes was a product of miscommunication it seems (if I'm not mistaken).
It's not uncommon for animated shows to produce a single larger block of episodes that gets released as two or more different broadcast seasons. We see this a lot with Netflix shows, where they often do something like 13-episode seasons that get released in blocks of 7 and 6 several months apart. But it's happened with other shows in the past as well. Batman: The Animated Series back in the '90s had two production seasons of 65 and 20 episodes, but their premieres were staggered over several years so that the series essentially had four broadcast seasons of 60, 10, 10, and 5 episodes. Although the "second season" aired in one week in September and one week in May, so it was more like 60, 5, 5, 10, and 5. (The new episodes were slotted in between the reruns of older episodes, so the show was airing continuously the whole time.)
So I figure the plan with Prodigy was always to do a 20-episode production season and release it as two 10-episode broadcast seasons, so the stories were designed to take place in two 10-episode arcs. Animation takes quite a long time to produce, so it can't have been changed late in the game.
Seems like the second season will be 20 episodes too:
https://trekmovie.com/2022/02/03/in...s-timelines-janeways-combadges-and-much-more/
https://trekmovie.com/2022/02/03/in...s-timelines-janeways-combadges-and-much-more/
That effectively amounts to about 10 live action episodes each of which lasts 40-45 mins per season.
Mind you since its a cartoon, episodes are usually shorter in duration compared to live action... but still.
True! And they have two 20 episode season orders/40 episodes total, so the first 2 seasons will be the length equivalent of 20 hour long episodes.
It would be nice if they could increase the runtime of Prodigy episodes from say 23 odd minutes to about 30 full minutes.
I know it takes a long time to set up scenes, animation, renders and post production (I work in the said field), but a lot of the stuff is also becoming automated which can make the work go faster.
It would allow the show more 'breathing room' and not quite 'rush' through some stuff.
Unfortunately, because it’s meant to be on Nickelodeon as well, it has a fairly strict time constraint to allow for the standard commercial runtime on traditional/cable network television, that I think prevents them from having the flexibility of the other shows currently being produced that are primarily intended for streaming audiences.
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Early Gwyn concept
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QnWDbd
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QnWDbd
She looks very different to the Gywn we got. I think they made the right choice in the end.
I agree. I don’t dislike the early concept art, but it looks closer to live action Trek, like, way easier to do with makeup, and that seems like a misuse of their resources as an animated series.
The early concept art almost makes Gwyn look like an android with the line on her face and shoulder.. When they say "events in Picard will drastically affect our characters" are they talking about the synth ban?
More info from showrunners:
https://trekmovie.com/2022/02/06/st...-chakotay-and-more-from-the-rest-of-season-1/
https://trekmovie.com/2022/02/06/st...-chakotay-and-more-from-the-rest-of-season-1/
Hm... depends on what they meant by 'events in Picard'.
There are several major events that we're familiar with in Picard:
1. Romulan Star going supernova.
2. The UFP fleet of 10 000 ships was destroyed (intended for Romulan evacuation) which was a result of Romulan secret agency programming the synths to attack and destroy Utopia Planitia - but it also caused Starfleet to withdraw its support (a decision with which Picard very much disagreed with and forced him to resign).
3. The synth ban (a result of the above event, but still technically separate as a slightly separate event in its own right).
4. Picards resignation? He's one of the biggest 'embodiments' of SF and UFP ideals (along with Janeway if you ask me)... so that could potentially resonate with the kids in a significant capacity (if the 'famed' Jean Luc Picard resigned from Starfleet... then is the Starfleet they thought of still real?) - obviously, as we learned, yes, it very much is, but Starfleet ended up with tied hands when those 10 000 ships were destroyed and I honestly don't think they thought they could do much else (time ran out effectively).
And while on a level I do agree with Picard that SF may have given up a bit quickly... on the other, losing 10 000 ships must have been a massive blow either way. All the effort etc. down the drain.
What else do we know from ST: Picard that could drastically affect Prodify characters?
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