Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[F. King Daniel]

I'd have McCoy as the doctor. Just go full 2009 Star Trek and have the TOS crew under Pike but with Number One there too.

 

[Mudd]

...it's not redundant to my point, as I was offering a possible explanation behind some of the hate for the actor.

Yeah..."I heard a rumor" is always the best place to look for explanations.

 

[Reyman]

Yeah..."I heard a rumor" is always the best place to look for explanations.

Maybe try quote something I did actually say, rather than something to fit your faux outrage.

 

[Quinton]

Who's going to play Faux Outrage, though?

 

[The Old Mixer]

When you're done with your faux outrage

rather than something to fit your faux outrage

That's snark, not faux outrage.

 

[Lord Garth]

I think the rumours (might be more than just rumours) of him sexually harassing Nana Visitor might have something to do with it.

This is not the sort of post that should be made lightly. Not everyone here is "in the know". I'm certainly not. So reading this, if true, is a surprise.

You need to post a source. Given the serious nature of what you're saying, you need to. No one should just be like, "Oh, yeah, maybe it's true. I'll take your post at face value!"

"Maybe they're making a new Star Trek movie after all." That's the kind of thing you go "maybe it's true..." about, not something like this.

 

[Quinton]

This is not the sort of post that should be made lightly. Not everyone here is "in the know". I'm certainly not. So reading this, if true, is a surprise.

You need to post a source. Given the serious nature of what you're saying, you need to. No one should just be like, "Oh, yeah, maybe it's true. I'll take your post at face value!"

"Maybe they're making a new Star Trek movie after all." That's the kind of thing you go "maybe it's true..." about, not something like this.

Excellent post, tbh.

 

[Mudd]

This is from a couple of weeks ago, FYI:

ViacomCBS Schedules Two-Day, Remote Upfront

ViacomCBS on Tuesday announced plans for a virtual upfront, becoming the first media conglomerate to go ahead with something resembling a full-fledged presentation to advertisers.

In a memo to clients and partners, chief advertising revenue officer Jo Ann Ross detailed plans for "a series of short virtual presentations" showcasing the company's assets on May 18 and 19. The "ViacomCBS Upfront @ Home" will take place a few days later than what would have been CBS' traditional upfront on May 13. That show at New York's Carnegie Hall, along with all other traditional, in-person gatherings for upfronts week, was called off in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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The May 18 presentation will spotlight the combined assets of the recently merged ViacomCBS and present content from the company's cable portfolio, streaming platform Pluto TV and other digital assets. On May 19, the CBS broadcast network will announce its schedule for fall, and CBS All Access, CBS News and CBS Sports will also showcase their programming.

So maybe some more info today. Or not.

 

[Visitor1982]

This is from a couple of weeks ago, FYI:

ViacomCBS Schedules Two-Day, Remote Upfront



So maybe some more info today. Or not.

Does anyone know at what time the announcement will take place?

 

[wayoung]

Does anyone know at what time the announcement will take place?

What announcement? They already announced the show.

 

[Visitor1982]

What announcement? They already announced the show.

Fall schedule and more information about CBS All Access programming (Section 31, Pike, season 3 of Discovery).

 

[Mudd]

Virtual Show Must Go on for ViacomCBS Upfront

It won’t be Carnegie Hall, but ViacomCBS’s virtual upfront presentations on May 18 and 19 will be entertaining, promises Jo Ann Ross, the media company’s president and chief advertising revenue officer.

“First and foremost, we believe it is our job to entertain and show the content that will resonate with different clients that have different audiences that they want to reach,” Ross said.

The upfront will also present a unified front for Viacom and CBS, which merged at the end of last year. The coronavirus crisis wiped out both CBS’s annual theatrical presentation as well as the smaller intimate dinners with media buyers that Viacom held, hosted by CEO Bob Bakish.

“The upfront that we’ve come up with is a brilliant, I don’t want to say replacement, I’ll say a brilliant turn from what we were doing as separate companies,” Ross said.

The event will cover the unveiling of CBS’s primetime schedule, show off Viacom’s cable networks and display the combined company’s streaming assets, including CBS All Access and Pluto TV.

 

[Soong-type Android]

I was reading through the old Enterprise forum and came across someone actually predicting Discovery and Strange New Worlds back in 2003!

Since TOS is the creative foundation of the Franchise, the post-"Enterprise" revival of Trek -- however long it might take -- will very likely be a "re-imagined" version of TOS, oriented toward more modern aesthetics, storytelling style and mores.

 

[Mudd]

I was reading through the old Enterprise forum and came across someone actually predicting Discovery and Strange New Worlds back in 2003!

Yeah...I guess he "predicted" the Abrams movies, too. It was a reasonably logical guess.

Jesus, though, Buzzkill was a mean-spirited son of a bitch. I'm glad he's gone.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yeah...I guess he "predicted" the Abrams movies, too. It was a reasonably logical guess.

Jesus, though, Buzzkill was a mean-spirited son of a bitch. I'm glad he's gone.

I miss him.

 

[Lord Garth]

I was reading through the old Enterprise forum and came across someone actually predicting Discovery and Strange New Worlds back in 2003!

Yes, that's Serveaux, who was using a different username at the time.

A lot of us thought TOS would be rebooted. It was just a matter of which way. It came first in the form of movies. I think the only reason they didn't have this type of TV series earlier is because CBS didn't want to have something too similar to the films that Paramount was putting out. Now that CBS and Paramount are under one roof again, those films have stalled, and there was a demand for it, everything lined up so we could have Strange New Worlds.

 

[Mudd]

I miss him.

Meh, fuck him and the Toyota Echo he rode in on.

Rereading that thread, there are a few other unlamented and now-absent dickwads weighing in - but there are a few gems who I frequently miss here. Samuel T. Cogley and reno floyd chief among them...

 

[fireproof78]

I was reading through the old Enterprise forum and came across someone actually predicting Discovery and Strange New Worlds back in 2003!

Exactly as Roddenberry expected to happen.

 

[Mudd]

Who? Is he another old poster?

 

[Jayson1]

I think most of my predictions have fallen through except maybe the Section 31 show. I think that's a pretty easy one to predict though as well. Basically Mission Impossible in Space. Not to hard to see why they would eventually go their. My big prediction though is we will someday get a Trek show set in the present day. Not a Gary Seven show either. Also Klingon ninjas will be a thing one day!

Jason