There's no point in any of these statements that touches reality, never mind "grass."
Strange New Worlds' showrunners advise fans to write to Skydance and Paramount if they're interested in a "Year One" Kirk sequel series
Paul Wesley Landed His First Role After Star Trek. Now I Have A Big Question About His Future With The Franchise
I have to wonder.
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Paul Wesley Landed His First Role After Star Trek. Now I Have A Big Question About His Future With The Franchise
I have to wonder.
They're not doing Year One.
If they were doing Year One, McCoy and Sulu wouldn't be in SNW's final episode (Instead, they would've gone with people like Boyce or Piper -- people who can be developed into full characters).
Boyce predated Discovery and SNW; presumably M'Benga is his replacement. The second-pilot characters who could be developed more include Mitchell and Kelso as well as Piper. Although I don't think it's necessary to feature them all just because the original pilot did. TOS had plenty of officers who were in just one or two episodes and never again, like Riley and Palmer. Mitchell, yeah, since he's canonically established as Kirk's longtime friend who came with him from his first command. But Piper was such a nonentity that he could easily be skipped over. (Various novel and comics versions of Kirk's early days on the Enterprise, including mine, have brought in McCoy from the start and assumed Piper was just filling in for him temporarily.)
Still wish they had just had Gary on SNW instead of Jenna. He and Spock served together for years, that doesn't work if Kirk brings him over from the Farragut. Also, Kirk asked for Mitchell on his first command. If that request had been approved Denher would have said something like, "he's served with you since your first command".
Just ONE would have been enough.
The TOS crew has been done to death (We've just finished the Kelvin trilogy and its Young Kirk and Young McCoy.)
As much as I would like it to, like Star Trek Legacy; tbe Star Trek Year One series will never come to pass.
In fact with Paramount winning the bidding war for Warner Bros/Discovery; if the deal goes through within 2 years after that, you'll see Paramount Skydance filing for bankruptcy.
The real winner in that debacle was Netflix who's walking away with a $2.1 billion dollar 'separation fee' - and Who as a result is not being saddled with any debt whatsoever.
I don't think Paramount can afford the deal they pitched; and their entire production line will be hobbled because of it. They'll do what they can to market the existing library of Warner Brothers, but I doubt it's worth what they paid.
Time will tell.
In fact with Paramount winning the bidding war for Warner Bros/Discovery; if the deal goes through within 2 years after that, you'll see Paramount Skydance filing for bankruptcy.
The real winner in that debacle was Netflix who's walking away with a $2.1 billion dollar 'separation fee' - and Who as a result is not being saddled with any debt whatsoever.
I don't think Paramount can afford the deal they pitched; and their entire production line will be hobbled because of it. They'll do what they can to market the existing library of Warner Brothers, but I doubt it's worth what they paid.
Time will tell.
I think you missed my point. I wasn't advocating bringing in TOS characters, I was saying that the multitude of one-shot guest officers in TOS set a precedent for not using Kelso or Piper or Yeoman Smith and creating original characters instead.
Fun fact: the German dub added Piper stating exactly that from off-screen - German viewers on first airing would have already seen 26 episodes with McCoy at this point.
MA's article on Piper doesn't currently list that fact. Can you add the quote (and its English translation) to the page's background information?
Even though I agree Year One likely won't happen, that logic seems flimsy. It seems a foregone conclusion that SNW will bring McCoy in at some point, and I guarantee if Year One were to happen he most certainly would be in it rather than Piper. And since Sulu was in WNMHGB anyway, why shouldn't he be in SNW or Year One?
It was announced two months ago that McCoy and Sulu will be in the SNW series finale, played respectively by Thomas Jane and Kai Murakami.
In theory, Year One should be the show I've always wanted. A full season before Where No Man, where the absolute TRAUMA of that episode would finally be fully realized.
- Gary as the emotional, snarking part of the Trio, before McCoy. Give him Ensign Riley to corrupt and prank lol. Really explore his friendship with Jim. Give him really good instincts, hinting at his latent Psi abilitiy.
- Keep Scotty in the engine room, getting it just the way he wants it, and let Lee Kelso be the hands on, Macgyver-like tech genius on landing parties. He and Gary are the show's Chekov/Sulu, a good friendship that makes the ending of it all that much harsher.
- Develop communications officer Lt. Alden.
- Slight retcon when Dehner eventually joins the crew, expanding her onboard time before Where No Man and giving her a history with Gary, who screwed her over ROYALLY. He's the womanizer Kirk is accused of being.
- Spock becoming more withdrawn and minimizing his human side, with all these changes and new people. He was younger, more raw and vulnerable with the old crew, and he's not letting that happen again, but is secretly enjoying the banter and sarcasm.
- Dr. Mark Piper, exhausted and burnt out with each and every casualty and bit of craziness that comes his way.
- Yeoman Smith - absolutely wide open character.
I am VERY GLAD they are not going to do Year One. I love the show I built in my head, that I have dabbled at fanfic with, to the point that whatever they actually did with the show, I would probably despise it. Lol.
No Year One will be able to recapture the magic of TOS, and this is from someone that loves the Kelvin Timeline.
I want new fresh characters set in the 25th century, and please for the love of Pee Plus no President Archer show!
I want new fresh characters set in the 25th century, and please for the love of Pee Plus no President Archer show!
Shouldn't really appear since Kirk doesn't know her.
No show can recapture the past
It would hurt me.
I doubt this show will happen now. Trek doesn't need anymore prequels. The current show runners have shown they cannot do them properly. TOS characters had their time and then some. I want to see either a complete and utter reboot from the ground up OR a continuation in the 25th century. The 32nd century is not all that appealing to me. Things have gotten to the point where everything seems too "magical". It's hard to sustain any type of drama when they have to continually write around those advancements. Which causes a lot more logic issues imo. Plus I would think at least 80% of the galaxy has been explored at this point.
I want to see things at the beginning but not tied to any old stuff. Completely new with just the general premise and work from there. No Enterprise either. Make the first Starship whatever they want. Hopefully that is what we will get with the new movie franchise.
I want to see things at the beginning but not tied to any old stuff. Completely new with just the general premise and work from there. No Enterprise either. Make the first Starship whatever they want. Hopefully that is what we will get with the new movie franchise.
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