Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[Danja]

Is he though? SNW has Rebecca Romijn. And Thomas Jane has done a couple TV shows in the past.

Paramount has just finished the Kelvin trilogy. They're backing away from Kirk, Spock, and McCoy for a while.

If they were doing Year One, they would've gone with Piper or M'Benga (Piper is a blank slate. He doesn't have a ton of backstory behind him.)

 

[Mudd]

Is he though? SNW has Rebecca Romijn. And Thomas Jane has done a couple TV shows in the past.

Agreed. The remark made no sense at all.

 

[Christmas Canon Spock]

Who's going to waste time explaining costuming inconsistencies?

Star Trek fans with more time on their hands then writers.

 

[SantaEddie74]

And that's a lot of us.

 

[Unionized Elf]

I like Thomas Jane, though he isn't the first person I would have thought of as McCoy. But hey, the other recast TOS characters who have shown up in SNW have all been perfectly cast, so I'll trust they made the right decision. Don't know anything about the guy playing Sulu.

If they were doing Year One, they would've gone with Piper or M'Benga (Piper is a blank slate. He doesn't have a ton of backstory behind him.)

There's absolutely no reason to expect Piper in Year One, just as there was never any reason to expect Boyce in SNW.

 

[Mudd]

The idea of using Piper is ridiculous.

 

[SantaEddie74]

I wouldn't mind seeing him briefly, but yeah, he won't work as CMO or in more than one episode.

 

[Mudd]

Paramount has just finished the Kelvin trilogy. They're backing away from Kirk, Spock, and McCoy for a while.

If they were doing Year One, they would've gone with Piper or M'Benga (Piper is a blank slate. He doesn't have a ton of backstory behind him.)

This sounds logical, but in fact it's fabricated from poor premises and has no bearing on reality.

 

[Tosk]

Is he though? SNW has Rebecca Romijn. And Thomas Jane has done a couple TV shows in the past.

Which reminds me that Tom and Rebecca have already worked together at least once, in The Punisher. In which Tom's car had a license plate that said Year One!

Hung reference?

Nah. You don't have to be hung to bone a lot.

 

[Danja]

This sounds logical, but in fact it's fabricated from poor premises and has no bearing on reality.

Alex Kurtzman tries to gear shows towards new viewers as much as possible. He doesn't want shows loaded down with a ton of backstory.

Paramount is rebooting the feature film franchise with a new ship and a new crew that's completely disconnected from anything Trek has done before. After three Kelvin films featuring Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, I don't see P+ going back to that well anytime soon.