Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy General Discussion Thread

[Markonian]

How does the novel differ? The game was relatively repetitive, a novel writer would want to avoid that.

I've only just started repeating both, but in the game Janeway has the crew evacuate via beaming even though the transporter is impaired. Dal and Gwyn remain until the last second to turn the ship's crashlanding into less of a crash and more of a landing.

The game locals and secrets could be presented in a similar way, just dropping most of the energy cube and combat instances.

In the novel, Rok confirms the transporter works perfectly and the entire crew is beamed off by accident when a solar flare hits the Protostar. The ship doesn't crash at all.

Also, the reasons for visiting the system differ - in the novel, it's because of coordinates inscribed in a doll, in the game it's curiosity.

Does the novel also have the curious passage of the game, where one of the level bosses claims Gwyn was created "to carry shadows inside her" or something close to that?

I'll look out for that.

 

[Timofnine]

Anyone know why they did not always render full res backgrounds?

This particular screenshot looks like some CGI was missing, so they filled it in with Minecraft blocks.

 

[fireproof78]

Anyone know why they did not always render full res backgrounds?
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This particular screenshot looks like some CGI was missing, so they filled it in with Minecraft blocks.

Time and money.

 

[Markonian]

I never noticed.

 

[NCC-73515]

Stairs?

 

[fireproof78]

That's definitely not up to code.

 

[Timofnine]

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[Cr0sis21]

So, now that companies have to disclose viewership numbers for streaming shows, who's thinking that might have an effect on what Paramount does with Prodigy?

 

[Timofnine]

So, now that companies have to disclose viewership numbers for streaming shows, who's thinking that might have an effect on what Paramount does with Prodigy?

It all depends on whether or not they include only the North American viewing figures, I hear that Prodigy got bigger viewing figures in Latin America for example. Also, they kept scheduling the show and not actually broadcasting it in some countries, or even showing a completely different show in its place. Some episode were also delayed or skipped. When exactly *was* Prodigy broadcast on Nickelodeon? It was probably sandwiched in between the Rugrats. It’s all quite bizarre if you ask me!

 

[Christopher]

So, now that companies have to disclose viewership numbers for streaming shows, who's thinking that might have an effect on what Paramount does with Prodigy?

As I understand it, the numbers are going to be disclosed to writers as part of determining their compensation, but it's under a confidentiality agreement. I don't think they'll be released publicly. And Paramount presumably already knows what the numbers are.

 

[Cr0sis21]

As I understand it, the numbers are going to be disclosed to writers as part of determining their compensation, but it's under a confidentiality agreement. I don't think they'll be released publicly. And Paramount presumably already knows what the numbers are.

Yes. But I was thinking, if the writers for Prodigy see that their show had comparable views to, say, Lower Decks or Discovery, they might have reason to be pissed that Paramount not only rescinded their renewed season but also yanked it off P+, thus depriving them of any residuals. I imagine doing that to a show that had comparable ratings to other Trek series would indicate that something fishy was going on.

And I do have a feeling that Prodigy had similar ratings to other Trek shows.

 

[Christopher]

But I was thinking, if the writers for Prodigy see that their show had comparable views to, say, Lower Decks or Discovery, they might have reason to be pissed that Paramount not only rescinded their renewed season but also yanked it off P+, thus depriving them of any residuals.

Not necessarily. Remember, they're shopping Prodigy around to other broadcasters/streamers. If it ended up on a commercial network, say, the writers would actually get better residuals than they get from streaming. I think that may still be at least somewhat true under the new agreement.

Besides, even if the writers got angry, how would that affect the studio's decision about what to do with the show?

 

[Cr0sis21]

Not necessarily. Remember, they're shopping Prodigy around to other broadcasters/streamers. If it ended up on a commercial network, say, the writers would actually get better residuals than they get from streaming. I think that may still be at least somewhat true under the new agreement.

Besides, even if the writers got angry, how would that affect the studio's decision about what to do with the show?

Maybe I'm just naive. I figured the bad publicity, after the PR drubbing they took with the strike, is something they'd want to avoid.

 

[Christopher]

Maybe I'm just naive. I figured the bad publicity, after the PR drubbing they took with the strike, is something they'd want to avoid.

If the studios were afraid of bad publicity, they would've settled months ago.

 

[fireproof78]

Maybe I'm just naive. I figured the bad publicity, after the PR drubbing they took with the strike, is something they'd want to avoid.

Not right now.

They want to save money.

 

[drt]

As I understand it, the numbers are going to be disclosed to writers as part of determining their compensation, but it's under a confidentiality agreement. I don't think they'll be released publicly. And Paramount presumably already knows what the numbers are.

I'd also assume that they only get the numbers for shows they wrote, so comparisons will be difficult unless they also wrote an episode of a live action show.

 

[tomalak301]

Yes. But I was thinking, if the writers for Prodigy see that their show had comparable views to, say, Lower Decks or Discovery, they might have reason to be pissed that Paramount not only rescinded their renewed season but also yanked it off P+, thus depriving them of any residuals. I imagine doing that to a show that had comparable ratings to other Trek series would indicate that something fishy was going on.

And I do have a feeling that Prodigy had similar ratings to other Trek shows.

I wish we could see what those numbers were. That collaboration between Paramount+ and Nick made Prodigy kind of unique and I wonder if it hurt the show more than it helped. I also know Nick only aired the first half of the season, which probably made the situation worse. I wouldn't be surprised if Prodigy was the lowest rated of the new shows, but it would have been nice to get that clarity.

 

[AnimationAdmiral]

I wish we could see what those numbers were. That collaboration between Paramount+ and Nick made Prodigy kind of unique and I wonder if it hurt the show more than it helped. I also know Nick only aired the first half of the season, which probably made the situation worse. I wouldn't be surprised if Prodigy was the lowest rated of the new shows, but it would have been nice to get that clarity.

It may not have helped that the ratings were split between two networks.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Netflix has picked up season 2.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/variet...trek-prodigy-season-2-netflix-1235752032/amp/

 

[Campe]

Amazing news! Yay!