Which is why I'm looking forward to more cheesy, contrived melodrama. Now in the more believable form of CW teenagers.
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Which is why I'm looking forward to more cheesy, contrived melodrama. Now in the more believable form of CW teenagers.
"Many months" indeed. That's been circulating since May 2020, pretty much three years ago.
If it were up to me, and thank God it isn't, I would have set the series during the very early days of the Federation. With all the love TNG, DS9, and VOY have been getting through Picard, and TOS getting plenty of love from SNW and DSC, I can't help but feel that Enterprise is getting left out.
Setting the series in the aftermath of the Romulan War and the early days of the Federation would present a multitude of opportunities for melodrama and teen angst, being they want a series for young adults.
You could have kids following in the footsteps of parents killed in the war. You have an era of rebuilding from the devastation while looking ahead to the stars and finally being able to explore the galaxy. You would have a massive shipbuilding program and the expansion of the Federation and an opportunity to examine the roll of Starfleet. Are they a military or are they explorers? You could add political intrigue and cultures learning to work together. Vulcan, Andorians, Tellarites and Humans forming lifelong friendships!
You could have opportunities to bring in guest stars from Enterprise. Guest lectures from Ambassador Soval. Combat training from Professor Shran. Visits from Admiral Archer. I mean...... come on!
Setting the series in the aftermath of the Romulan War and the early days of the Federation would present a multitude of opportunities for melodrama and teen angst, being they want a series for young adults.
You could have kids following in the footsteps of parents killed in the war. You have an era of rebuilding from the devastation while looking ahead to the stars and finally being able to explore the galaxy. You would have a massive shipbuilding program and the expansion of the Federation and an opportunity to examine the roll of Starfleet. Are they a military or are they explorers? You could add political intrigue and cultures learning to work together. Vulcan, Andorians, Tellarites and Humans forming lifelong friendships!
You could have opportunities to bring in guest stars from Enterprise. Guest lectures from Ambassador Soval. Combat training from Professor Shran. Visits from Admiral Archer. I mean...... come on!
Missing the point, as most complaints around tears do.
I work with adults and coworkers who regularly cry. Sorry to say they don't fit the Trek evolved standard.
To be fair..........
The Diversity is the only thing I like about this concept, but I expect the showrunners to fail at it.
It's the bloody 32nd Century. There shouldn't be many full-blooded Humans anymore. We've been living with aliens for 1000 years.
Hell, there shouldn't even be human genders for the most part. Babies born in labs. Women no longer carrying them.
Less physical differences between the genders and most people should appear non-binary. It should look very alien to us today.
They played it way too safe and unimaginative with Discovery's take on the 32nd century.
I dunno, that sounds good but I’m kinda “prequeled out” at this point. Doing a new show in the 32nd Century is perfectly fine by me.
Safe and comfortable is Trek's watch words now.
Yeah, fuck that. I’d rather them do something actually daring. Not sure it’s SFA or Legacy. I loved the concept of a Fenris Ranger show. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be happening.
I get that, but I look at the fact that we have nearly a hundred years between the start of the Federation and the start of Discovery. It's an era we know virtually nothing about. Even worrying about canonical issues would be minimal. It would be such a "boom era" I think it would be exciting.
One of my favorite Star Trek comic series ever, and absolutely my favorite one that wasn't directly based on one of the shows, was Marvel's Starfleet Academy series back in the 90s that followed Nog's adventures at the Academy. Great stuff.
And nothing could make me happier than more Tilly. Just say "yes" to more Tilly. More Cronenberg? Hell yes. More Saru? Yes, yes, yes, yes!
And nothing could make me happier than more Tilly. Just say "yes" to more Tilly. More Cronenberg? Hell yes. More Saru? Yes, yes, yes, yes!
The Hollywood Reporter: "Paramount+ Orders Diverse, Teen-Focused ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series"
More diversity?
They already had a show without a single straight white man.
If you look up the co-showrunner this shouldn't come as a surprise.
Noga Landau is also the co-creator of the "Tom Swift" show for The CW.
The show is an "adaptation" of the "Tom Swift" books by Edward Stratemeyer with a race-swapped Tom Swift and a very diverse all-black main cast.
Very diverse.
"Swagger is a science"
IMDB: 3.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 60%, 5 Reviews, Users 26%, 50 ratings
The show was canceled after one season.
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They can do all of this in the 32nd century. The Federation is still recovering from the burn and 'All is possible' established that many of the cadets of the first class of the new academy and little to no contact with other alien species and had to learn how to work together. The Federartion itself is also reunifying, Vulcan and Earth had rejoined but important members like Andor were still in negotiations. Starfleet had also spent 120 years in hiding for the most part, trying to protect what was left of the Federation and considered 5 year missions a 'luxury they could no longer afford' according to Admiral Vance. The Federation fleet was also reduced to around 100 or so ships that its implied were in continual service since the burn. The new Archer spacedock featured in Season 4 brought the promise of a massive fleet rebuilding effort.
I think a series about the first Starfleet Academy class in 120 years in an era of recovery for the Federation is ripe for telling stories about identity and reforging ideals and beliefs and working together for the common good and forging friendships among former enemies. More importantly it has free reign to actually push forward into the unknown instead of being burdened by a future we already know all about.
You raise good points about the eras being somewhat similar. My bias against the 32nd century aesthetic definitely informs my opinions, and I can admit that. I plainly don't care for the look of the era. I think alot of it is the tech. I just find it boring and in my opinion, ugly. Plus, I loved Enterprise and I feel it's due a little love after all these years.
I hope it's set in the 32nd century. I hope it's long after the Picard/TNG nostalgia era. Move Trek forward.
EDIT: lol, the complaints. It's no more "creatively bankrupt" than Picard Season 3 being a glorified TNG season 8.
EDIT: lol, the complaints. It's no more "creatively bankrupt" than Picard Season 3 being a glorified TNG season 8.
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Sounds like a fine idea to me. I'd watch it.
Well at least its nice to know we're not leave the 32nd century so quickly.
Nope. I assume the show won't be about a bunch of kids on stolen starship.
You seem to think this is a bas thing.
I understand, but the message of Diversity isn't for aliens in the future. It's for people living in the 21st Century to see people who look like them. The same way kids and adults in the 2oth Century saw characters like Uhura, Sulu, Geordi and Kim and thought that could be me. I expect their will be the usual hybrid and alien characters on the show.(it's a Trek staple) I'm quite sure some non-binary and LBGTQ as well. They won't stray too far from modern day human though. 32nd Century or not.
Not sure how test tube babies would erase gender though.
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