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Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

How nervous are folks about the LDS episode? I think it will either fail super-hard or be the best thing ever and nothing in-between. I'm very curious to know how they will pull it off.
 
How nervous are folks about the LDS episode? I think it will either fail super-hard or be the best thing ever and nothing in-between. I'm very curious to know how they will pull it off.

I'm not nervous about S4 episodes. Those would have been written and recorded a long time ago. But actor Tawney Newsome is on strike (because she is also a staff writer for Starfleet Academy), and strike rules prohibit her from doing any improvisation when recording dialogue, which would be departure from previous seasons on LD. So the strike will affect production of S5 if it isn't resolved soon.
 
I'm not nervous about S4 episodes. Those would have been written and recorded a long time ago. But actor Tawney Newsome is on strike (because she is also a staff writer for Starfleet Academy), and strike rules prohibit her from doing any improvisation when recording dialogue, which would be departure from previous seasons on LD. So the strike will affect production of S5 if it isn't resolved soon.
I think Richard was asking about the Crossover episode.
 
I feel like Spock Amok and Elysian Kingdom were trials to see if the humor can get across.

SNW is much more lax than its predecessors, helps that Pike's command is like an evolution of Archer's. Its not rigid or formal.
 
I'm not nervous about S4 episodes. Those would have been written and recorded a long time ago. But actor Tawney Newsome is on strike (because she is also a staff writer for Starfleet Academy), and strike rules prohibit her from doing any improvisation when recording dialogue, which would be departure from previous seasons on LD. So the strike will affect production of S5 if it isn't resolved soon.
Actually the WGA doesn't cover animated content. Both animated Trek shows can continue production, at least until June 30th, when the SAG/AFTRA contract expires.
 
The WGA does cover some series, like The Simpsons and Family Guy, but most are covered by The Animation Guild.

Lower Decks is covered by TAG
Out of curiosity how does that work? So if hypothetically Dave Filoni, who writes for both live action and animated Star Wars, ceases work on live action shows and works solely on Animation Guild projects that still benefit Disney, would that still be considered "scabbing" by the WGA?
 
I feel like Spock Amok and Elysian Kingdom were trials to see if the humor can get across.

SNW is much more lax than its predecessors, helps that Pike's command is like an evolution of Archer's. Its not rigid or formal.

I liked Spock Amok but the fairytale one really grinded my gears till the ending and oddly that last act saved it for me.
 
Actually the WGA doesn't cover animated content. Both animated Trek shows can continue production, at least until June 30th, when the SAG/AFTRA contract expires.

Tell that to Tawney Newsome, who tweeted about not being able to improv for LD as long as the WGA strike is ongoing.
 
Tell that to Tawney Newsome, who tweeted about not being able to improv for LD as long as the WGA strike is ongoing.
Didn't she get hired as staff writer for the new Starfleet Academy series? So that makes her WGA. In which case anything she ad-libs might be considered"writing?" :shrug:
 
Didn't she get hired as staff writer for the new Starfleet Academy series? So that makes her WGA. In which case anything she ad-libs might be considered"writing?" :shrug:
It could also be that LDS IS one of the few exceptions WRT animated content where (like Family Guy) it's staff is WGA, and the production covered under that Union.
 
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