Hence my 'head canon' (hate the term) is that Scotty, Sulu and Mitchell were all settled on the Enterprise, working with Spock and anyone else who was still aboard (maybe No1 had already been promoted off), when Kirk replaced Pike.
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This, more than anything in my recent memory, is a case where we should wait and see what role Kirk has to play before sharpening the pitchforks.
I'll give CBS this: They learned from trying to hide that Benedict Cumberbatch was in fact Khan in STID.
They've finished and are about to premire SNW S1 - and are filming S2 now. They COULD have tried to keep this casting and the appearance of 'Kirk' a secret - but I thionk they figure this way THEY get to control the initial drop of this info and put their spin on it.
They figured there was probably no way this would stay a secret the entire year - so they just come out announce it (realizing there will be a WIDE/VARIED reaction to the news from the fanbase who will have opinions across the spectrum from SUCKS! to WONDERFUL!
But in doing this they generate interest and media buzz and give Star Trek fans something about the show to talk about and debate for the next YEAR in addition to whoever they feel about and also discuss the episodes as they air in S1.
So yeah, CBS can 'learn' from Star Trek fandom.
They've finished and are about to premire SNW S1 - and are filming S2 now. They COULD have tried to keep this casting and the appearance of 'Kirk' a secret - but I thionk they figure this way THEY get to control the initial drop of this info and put their spin on it.
They figured there was probably no way this would stay a secret the entire year - so they just come out announce it (realizing there will be a WIDE/VARIED reaction to the news from the fanbase who will have opinions across the spectrum from SUCKS! to WONDERFUL!
But in doing this they generate interest and media buzz and give Star Trek fans something about the show to talk about and debate for the next YEAR in addition to whoever they feel about and also discuss the episodes as they air in S1.
So yeah, CBS can 'learn' from Star Trek fandom.
Filming in public and with TikToks posted may have sped them along too.......I'll give CBS this: They learned from trying to hide that Benedict Cumberbatch was in fact Khan in STID.
They've finished and are about to premire SNW S1 - and are filming S2 now. They COULD have tried to keep this casting and the appearance of 'Kirk' a secret - but I thionk they figure this way THEY get to control the initial drop of this info and put their spin on it.
They figured there was probably no way this would stay a secret the entire year - so they just come out announce it (realizing there will be a WIDE/VARIED reaction to the news from the fanbase who will have opinions across the spectrum from SUCKS! to WONDERFUL!
But in doing this they generate interest and media buzz and give Star Trek fans something about the show to talk about and debate for the next YEAR in addition to whoever they feel about and also discuss the episodes as they air in S1.
So yeah, CBS can 'learn' from Star Trek fandom.
Really? This will hype Season 1? How so?
Well people are talking about it.......7 pages here........all over social media.....so yeah I can see this helping the Season 1 premiere out and giving it a boost from non die hards just to see what's cooking.
I wish them all the luck, then.
Seen a lot of talk on the possibility that Anson Mount was ditching the show after one season and they’d hasten the introduction of Kirk. Personally, I don’t see that being the case. Anson knew of the outpouring of fan support and how much we wanted to see this happen. For him to abandon it so quickly is just absurd.
Kirk could simply be doing an arc for that season. I will admit, I’m disappointed he’s being brought in so quickly. I wouldn’t have wanted him to be seen before the series conclusion as that’s where it makes the most sense to introduce him.
Kirk could simply be doing an arc for that season. I will admit, I’m disappointed he’s being brought in so quickly. I wouldn’t have wanted him to be seen before the series conclusion as that’s where it makes the most sense to introduce him.
Hell - Kirk in all likelyhood is in one or perhaps two of the 10 episodes for S2 (remember SNW isn't doing a 'season long arc'™- but hey, fans are going to be wondering/discussing and trying to find out for the next year.
I am betting the final scene of season 1 the Enterprise receives a distress call from the Farragut or some such nonsense setting up a tease of Kirk's arrival, much like The E showed up in the last minutes of Discovery S1.
At this point, they might as well declare TOS non-Canon and put every character from that series into SNW because they clearly want the show to be TOS 2.0.
Nah. It's TOS 1.5
I don't even like TOS, but it's a bad idea to rehash that show when the entire point of SNW was supposed to be "The Pike show" but clearly isn't any more because they've crowbarred Uhura, M'Benga, a Kahn, and now Kirk into things for zero reason.
Rehash? No more than any Trek show is a rehash of TOS.
They're gonna tell the stories they want to tell with the characters they want to use. That's reason enough.
Would I likely do things a little differently? Yep. Absolutely. But this isn't a retcon of TOS. It's yet another prequel, the third. Until and unless the producers say something stupid like: "that show is a relic of the late '60s and no hip, modern kids and audiences will want to see that reproduced so these new series will replace it in the continuity" I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
I don't think it is a rehash but it definitely is overshadowing Pike. And that's unfortunate.
