Well... I hope something happens.
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There’s been lots of crying wolf for Star Trek films these days.
I'm intrigued by the idea of a prequel to Star Trek '09 set "decades earlier." Could feature a young Christopher Pike or an unknown Enterprise sandwiched between NX-01 and NCC-1701, regardless of what any continuity might otherwise say,
While I have no doubt this movie is just to hype up clueless investors prior to the merger, I'd be cool with a Trek movie totally out of continuity akin to the X-Men movies which had virtually none but still managed to be really enjoyable.
I would call that a bit of an exaggeration. The X-Men movies were increasingly sloppy with continuity but their situation, at least in intent, was actually analogous to what went down with the Kelvin films. Namely, that there is an "original timeline" ( FC-Origins-X1-X2-X3-The Wolverine-DOFP Sentinel 2023 ) and then there is another timeline created by time travel ( DOFP 1973-Apocalypse-Dark Phoenix-improved 2023-New Mutants-Logan ). The difference being that unlike in Star Trek the new timeline seemingly overwrites the old one instead of existing alongside it.
( I know that Logan is too cool for school and basically does its own thing, and there seemingly wasn't any meaningful coordination between the productions of Logan and Apocalypse, but if you have to put Logan in one of the two extant timelines it can't be in the original one. )
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Could also go with a birth of the Federation or an early Federation story with an all new cast of characters.
Thst seems far back for a "decades before " story.
It's an odd thing because "decades" before '09 is... not the Kelvin Timeline. It's just. Star Trek. But if they weren't going to set in the Kelvin Timeline, why not say like, "Decades before Discovery"... which happens in the same time period?
I have always thought a story set around 2200ish would be an interesting time period. Federation is established but young, and still a half-century away from TOS. WHAT that story is, I don't know.
Narada/Jellyfish incursion caused timeline changes both forward and back.
I know people on the crew have thrown that out... but that's stupid.
Although then again, Discovery did also suggest that it's not a "timeline" per say, it's an outright alternate universe and always been. In that case... sure. Whatever that's fine.
Well, it could be, depending on if they mean decades before the start of the film or decades before the rest of the film.
So is a good chunk of the rest of the stuff in Star Trek. It is what it is. Time isn't necessarily linear, so in the case of major incursions timelines can change back and forth creating new universes. At least in the Star Trek Universe. Michael Keaton can get out his spaghetti.
No.
Agreed, so we will see what they do.
I love how we all know exactly what Paramount is thinking. It's quite amazing to behold. 
I love how we all know exactly what Paramount is thinking. It's quite amazing to behold.
What are we supposed to be thinking? Every year they come along with someone new that is making the next movie, and that movie never comes to fruition. I can't believe it is that hard to come up with the "right" story.
I still think it's a valuation thing for their sale, not a rights thing. Or maybe a way to pay off Abrams for some reason. I do agree it's not serious and will not be made.
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