Mostly starting this thread as a response to people constantly making claim that Strange New Worlds is in an alternate timeline because of how the Eugenics Wars were delayed until to 21st century, as mentioned in Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
How quickly people seem to have forgotten that TNG moved the date of the Eugenics Wars, long before SNW ever existed.
From the very first time we hear about the Eugenics Wars in Space Seed, we are told it was the last of our World Wars.
Eugenics War = World War III
Flash foward to TNG and we have Encounter at Farpoint showing us the post atomic horror of World War III in the late 21st century. Further cemented by both First Contact and Enterprise going into further detail the events of a mid 21st century World War III.
SNW has simply built off what was established in TNG while giving a little nod to the fact TOS had the event taking place in the 90's.
The fact that we only have 2 specific references to a 90's WWIII with Space Seed and Wrath of Khan, as opposed to the many many more references to it being a mid 21st century conflict, has me choosing to believe the latter and simply view the former as being "just one of those things" from the early days of Trek that do not line up with the rest of the franchise.
Was there fury over this back in the 80's? I'm too young to remember, but it does confuse me how SNW seems to catch such flack for something that TNG started almost 40 years ago.
Thoughts?
How quickly people seem to have forgotten that TNG moved the date of the Eugenics Wars, long before SNW ever existed.
From the very first time we hear about the Eugenics Wars in Space Seed, we are told it was the last of our World Wars.
Eugenics War = World War III
Flash foward to TNG and we have Encounter at Farpoint showing us the post atomic horror of World War III in the late 21st century. Further cemented by both First Contact and Enterprise going into further detail the events of a mid 21st century World War III.
SNW has simply built off what was established in TNG while giving a little nod to the fact TOS had the event taking place in the 90's.
The fact that we only have 2 specific references to a 90's WWIII with Space Seed and Wrath of Khan, as opposed to the many many more references to it being a mid 21st century conflict, has me choosing to believe the latter and simply view the former as being "just one of those things" from the early days of Trek that do not line up with the rest of the franchise.
Was there fury over this back in the 80's? I'm too young to remember, but it does confuse me how SNW seems to catch such flack for something that TNG started almost 40 years ago.
Thoughts?
