Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[ChristopherPike]

I didn't see any rank on the cuffs. A different actor playing a younger Lt. Pike... say, in 2245 aboard when the Enterprise is first launched?

EDIT - Ah, just seen a clear shot on Facebook. Def rank.

 

[KirkusOveractus]

Yup. ‪‪I watched it a little with my niece years ago, It wasn’t bad at first, melodramatic, but fun at least.

I think it suffered from one of the same issues that many genre shows pitched to a younger audience end up having, it just kept going on, and its characters, relationships and storylines would be built up, then reversed/undone, ad nauseum.

It was successful enough for The CW that it’s had two spin offs, one still going currently, and it has a fairly sizable following still. Could be a good draw to bring in some younger viewers who might not have watched otherwise, as @KirkusOveractus intimated.

Once I looked up who it was, then told my daughter, she got excited and is looking forward to seeing the series (but she loves TOS and the Kelvin movies anyway, so this is right in that area!)

 

[JoeZhang]

Could he be... a new character?

Or if we are going for pre-existing Matt Decker?

 

[cooleddie74]

Captain Decker could still have been a thing in 2259. The Commodore rank could have come closer to the time of TOS.

 

[JoeZhang]

Captain Decker could still have been a thing in 2259. The Commodore rank could have come closer to the time of TOS.

Now you should never assume that actors ages match up with characters but...

So this new actor is 39 - if this is set in 2259 and he's roughly the same age then the character would be 46 in 2267.

William Windom was 44 when he played Matt Decker and I don't think we ever got an on-screen age.

Edit: How the hell am I older than Matt Decker!!

 

[cooleddie74]

Me too!

That does it. Time to wig out and pilot a small one-man craft into the maw of something.

 

[KirkusOveractus]

Could he be... a new character?

Or if we are going for pre-existing Matt Decker?

Maybe a new character, heaven forbid? God, small universe syndrome with people...

 

[fireproof78]

Maybe a new character, heaven forbid? God, small universe syndrome with people...

How else will we know it's Star Trek?

 

[KirkusOveractus]

How else will we know it's Star Trek?

It says so on the box!

 

[fireproof78]

It says so on the box!

We all know boxes lie...

 

[Precious Tritium]

Paul Wesley will be playing Kirk.

 

[fireproof78]

Mother fucker!

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Paul Wesley will be playing Kirk.

He's more Kevin Riley than James Kirk, but sure... Seems like this is something you'd want to keep a bit more under wraps.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Wow. Okay then. I expected we'd at least have to wait until near the end before they gave in to temptation and added Kirk, but I guess they're doing this!

 

[cooleddie74]

You know, I love canon and fanwank as much as any Trekkie but...sigh. I hope they stick this landing.

 

[KennyB]

Now.......how to reconcile him never meeting Chris Pike, AND it appears he's already a captain.......

 

[F. King Daniel]

BOOM CALLED IT. But the actor is like ten years too old, Kirk should be 26 at this time.

 

[cooleddie74]

And if he's already a Captain by 26 or 27 then how young was Tryla Scott in TNG? She held the record for youngest to ever make Captain, at least in the Prime Timeline.

 

[Jadeb]

Time-displaced Kirk? Like a reverse TOS episode, seen from the SNW perspective? (That he’s wearing a SNW uniform makes this unlikely, but it could be fun for an episode, if they have to go to that well already.)

 

[fireproof78]

BOOM CALLED IT. But the actor is like ten years too old, Kirk should be 26 at this time.

Why should they care?