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You're really crushing the stereotype of Star Trek fans getting all bent out of shape over minor details here.
I'm pretty sure that's not the reason.
Sure there does. Why do it and not have a reason for it?
Thanks for the unasked-for sarcasm!
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Indeed. I take it as merely being an indication of Pike becoming more the mentor style figure of the show.
Yup.
I'm betting it's more of an indication that Pike is getting ready to transfer his command to a much younger Kirk. We'll see.
Captain's Log, stardate right-after-DSC-S2. We have spent a week at Starbase 22 where the bridge was slightly modified, we picked up those fancy new uniforms, and I finally got to the hairdresser for that "wise grey" look.
There, see?
Uh huh.
I'm guessing the first episode of SNW will be quite different from your interpretation.
I really don’t think Pike’s graying hair indicates they’re in that much of a rush to get to the Kirk era, and skip past what they could do with Pike. It’s certainly possible his hair is meant to show the passage of time, but sometimes design choices are just design choices that don’t inform anything specific in the storytelling.
To me the fact that they’ve said Celia Rose Gooding will be playing Cadet Nyota Uhura, a graduation and promotion away from her rank of Lieutenant at the start of TOS, indicates they’re not in that much of a hurry to get done with the show they’re making in order to get to TOS 2.0. If they really just wanted to make a show with a young TOS cast, they just would have.
To me the fact that they’ve said Celia Rose Gooding will be playing Cadet Nyota Uhura, a graduation and promotion away from her rank of Lieutenant at the start of TOS, indicates they’re not in that much of a hurry to get done with the show they’re making in order to get to TOS 2.0. If they really just wanted to make a show with a young TOS cast, they just would have.
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Indeed. I don't see much indication of moving towards Kirk. They have it set up to explore a variety of characters, including Pike, and Una. Setting him up to just leave is perhaps one of the dumber ideas to do with a show.
That's what J. Michael Straczynski did with Sinclair on Babylon 5. That was far from dumb.
My pleasure.
Oh no, the pleasure was all mine to be the recipient of such a witty and insightful response. Your contributions to this thread have been most gratifying.
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After how many seasons? I am not as familiar with Babylon 5 nor did I find the that inspirational in terms of characters. Though, it is good enough as an enjoyable show.
Regardless, I find it quite strange in this day and age of streaming to say "Here's our new lead. He will be gone soon." That doesn't create any investment for me.
Micheal O'Hare left after the first season and was replaced with Bruce Boxleitner. O'Hare suffered from mental illness and was probably supposed to last a bit longer than he did, but JMS's story arc intended him to eventually leave and the emphasis then placed on Boxleitner's character.
B5 was a slog to get through for the first season because the acting was so bad, but it eventually morphed into one of the best sci-fi shows ever produced. I would highly recommend it if you can get through season 1. A reboot is also being planned.
Mount was already the co-lead in DSC season 2. I like him, but I simply have the feeling that the show is being set up to transition his character out, based on what we know of his fate in TOS. But I could be wrong.
Not to mention that Anson Mount would probably be really annoyed if he found out they cast him for the sole purpose of drumming him out of the show mid-season.
Fair enough.
I am more inclined towards this, especially with Mount's personal life being important to him. It feels very disingenuous as a show to set him as a lead, then to say he isn't really the lead. That's not a natural transition; that's a "Gotcha" by the writers.
I am confident, based on absolutely nothing, that Mount and the producers have already had discussions about how long they expect the show to go under ideal circumstances and how long Mount wants to do a TV series, and how that fits with the known fate of the character. That's just basic stuff.
Exactly. Mount knows what the writers and producers have in store for his character. It’s not going to be some shocking surprise if he suddenly gets promoted, leaves the show, and Kirk takes over.
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Anyway back on topic - so Captain Pike's hair is a slightly different colour in Strange New Worlds compared to how it was in Discovery then?
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