Having had my fill of prequels a long time ago, I'll admit I was disappointed that DIS is another prequel. At this point, though, I'm just indifferent, which is how I'm starting to feel about Trek in general these days.
Poll What do you think about the Setting of DIS?
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I would've preferred Post-Nemesis (first choice) or Post-TUC/Pre-TNG (a close second) but I'm okay with Slightly-Pre-TOS.
I'm beyond ecstatic! There is more to TOS than meets the eye and lots of room for discovery! (no pun intended.) I've been wanting to see a pre Kirk TOS era setting. I originally was thinking of a pre Pike era setting like the 2220's - 2240's But it's nice to be within that ballpark. TOS is my favorite series in the franchise so I'm glad Discovery will be close to that. Maybe this will be what ENT should have been.
I would have preferred a few years post Nemesis-- long enough so that all the war stuff had died down so that we could get back to exploration and discovery, but near enough that familiar characters could make appearances. But I am perfectly happy with any time period set in the original Trekverse.
The only way I'd want post-Nemesis Trek would be if they embraced technological evolution. Commbadge-sized transporters (Nemesis) plus a formula to beam incredible distances and even to ships at warp (ST'09), slipstream/transwarp ships with near-invincible hull armour (Endgame), re-purposed Borg nanoprobes essentially curing death (Mortal Coil), WMD's like Thaleron (Nemesis) and Red Matter (ST'09) and even using transporters to their fullest, as a means of curing disease and reversing ageing.
I don't want post-Nemesis if it's more of the same. I want it if it explores how we evolve with all the above. Who says the Q didn't begin with similar technological leaps?
I don't want post-Nemesis if it's more of the same. I want it if it explores how we evolve with all the above. Who says the Q didn't begin with similar technological leaps?
First, I'm ecstatic it's in the Prime Timeline, if for no other reason than to know it hasn't been left for dead. That was my first and major wish for the new series, so I should just be thrilled.
What that said, put me in the "Disappointed but Still Hopeful" camp. With limitless options, I'm surprised they chose to revisit the one avenue that's already resulted in a cancellation. It will all come down to execution of course, but a pre-TOS setting would have been my last choice for DSC.
"Very unhappy" is too strong, so I didn't vote.
What that said, put me in the "Disappointed but Still Hopeful" camp. With limitless options, I'm surprised they chose to revisit the one avenue that's already resulted in a cancellation. It will all come down to execution of course, but a pre-TOS setting would have been my last choice for DSC.
"Very unhappy" is too strong, so I didn't vote.
I am just happy to have a new Trek TV show
Thank you - have changed my vote
I'm one of the few (it seems) who did not want post-NEM, for a couple of reasons:
1. The tech in a post-NEM series would have to be advanced from the Berman era. Either they would do this, and the tech would make the show seem magical and unrelatable, or they wouldn't do it, making the future look stagnant.
2. I have no interest in seeing the aftermath of the Dominion war, which would be a mandatory storyline in this setting. A prequel setting paradoxically gives the opportunity for the unexpected (because they can't just repeat things we know happened), whereas post-NEM there are storylines and elements that would be both very obvious in advance, and unavoidable.
1. The tech in a post-NEM series would have to be advanced from the Berman era. Either they would do this, and the tech would make the show seem magical and unrelatable, or they wouldn't do it, making the future look stagnant.
2. I have no interest in seeing the aftermath of the Dominion war, which would be a mandatory storyline in this setting. A prequel setting paradoxically gives the opportunity for the unexpected (because they can't just repeat things we know happened), whereas post-NEM there are storylines and elements that would be both very obvious in advance, and unavoidable.
Preferred post Nemesis, but at least happy to hear it set after the divergence of Prime/Kelvin timelines. When we first saw the Discovery designs and were told it was Prime universe, I was fully expecting it to be earlier than that so as to be more ambiguous in setting.
Also, I'm happier with this idea than post TUC/pre TNG. Or at least I thought I was until I started writing this sentence
Also, I'm happier with this idea than post TUC/pre TNG. Or at least I thought I was until I started writing this sentence
So is this in the Prime universe-- and NOT the Kelvin Timeline?
That seems a little not-well-thought-out... totally discards the possibility of crossovers and more important, cross-promotion!)
In particular, Captain Pikein fact, they said they do NOT want the Captain to be the central character... so why not nuPike?
But on the other hand -- so it looks like they are going with the Axanar series after all, huh?
That seems a little not-well-thought-out... totally discards the possibility of crossovers and more important, cross-promotion!)
In particular, Captain Pikein fact, they said they do NOT want the Captain to be the central character... so why not nuPike?
But on the other hand -- so it looks like they are going with the Axanar series after all, huh?
Don't overly care about the setting, just happy to get it back. Hopefully it's strong enough to not get panned/canned immediately.
Guess I'd have preferred a bit post-NEM, enough to change the tech/landscape a little, and then put them WAY out there so we don't get stuck in the old neighborhood again, but it's not a deal breaker.
Just want it to be good
Guess I'd have preferred a bit post-NEM, enough to change the tech/landscape a little, and then put them WAY out there so we don't get stuck in the old neighborhood again, but it's not a deal breaker.
Just want it to be good
Obviously I just want an overall good show but setting things so close to TOS requires a similar aesthetic visually and I don't think that is going to hold up well and deviations from it will seem like the show doesn't belong in the timeline. It also handicaps the show in how much progress it can really make as it can never reach beyond the point of TOS. Enterprise bent the rules in a few places and that usually met with mixed results.
I would have preferred something post NEM but I mean WAY post. It's been proposed many times but I'd be happy with something set 80-100 years after Nemesis with the Federations first leaps into a new unexplored galaxy. The past is still there and can be drawn from but it can wipe the slate clean otherwise.
I would have preferred something post NEM but I mean WAY post. It's been proposed many times but I'd be happy with something set 80-100 years after Nemesis with the Federations first leaps into a new unexplored galaxy. The past is still there and can be drawn from but it can wipe the slate clean otherwise.
My preference would have been the beginning of the 23rd century, about halfway between ENT and TOS, but I can certainly get on board with a Pike era Trek, a time period I've always been interested in.
There's no reason they can't crossover if they want to (though I'd say it's unlikely) - this is science fiction, after all, and Trek has numerous examples of alternate universes meeting.
