Where is your confidence level now with ST:Dis?
- Thread starter queerTrekker
- Start date
I'm one of the few people who know what you're talking about. And yes, you should run. Run far, far away.
I'm one of the few people who know what you're talking about. And yes, you should run. Run far, far away.
Oh I'm sure a few people got it.
It would be interesting if someone broke this down. Because I'm betting that it wasn't the motivation that set most episodes in motion. The very first broadcast episode ("The Man Trap") didn't have the unknown as the motivation, Kirk and crew were doing medical check-ups on archeologists. So much of the show revolved more around them being the police/coast guard than explorers.
They also went around securing mining rights and planets in strategic locations.
As for new life and civilizations, they were rather quick to impose their own values on other cultures. Meyer described TOS as consisting of gunboat diplomacy where the Federation/Americans were right and aliens were "lesser breeds".
It'll be interesting to see if that is referenced in Discovery, as it was in TUC.
As for new life and civilizations, they were rather quick to impose their own values on other cultures. Meyer described TOS as consisting of gunboat diplomacy where the Federation/Americans were right and aliens were "lesser breeds".
It'll be interesting to see if that is referenced in Discovery, as it was in TUC.
I have to adjust my confidence level statement. After seeing the horror movie klingons, consider my confidence level completely tanked. I'll obviously still hope its good, but I won't be surprised if it ends up being the worst ST series. It has the worst version of klingons at the very least.
Seeing them forge ahead with their own thing is increasing my confidence level, all of the uncertainty was getting tiring with the fandom going back and forwards. My only real annoyance is not liking the design of the ship at this point, I know that's just me and most people won't be worried, unless that turns out to look a llot different too.
13 episodes with this amount of effort means we'll have a great looking, hopefully much better written series of stories than we've gotten in a very long time (television wise).
13 episodes with this amount of effort means we'll have a great looking, hopefully much better written series of stories than we've gotten in a very long time (television wise).
I like the Klingons, not sold on that Klingon ship. Something I will probably have to wait until I see it in motion to make a determination one way or the other.
I'm actually happy about the length of the season. With 13 I HOPE there will not be a need for any filler episodes........hit the ground FAST and just build every week till the season finale!
Exactly.
13 means you better deliver, no filler, no bullshit, keep the babble out of it altogether. These are highly trained people who know what everything is and how it works. They're not all scientists, but the ones onboard the ship who are, they trust to just shut up and get the job done, it's why they signed on and got the assignment.
We're going to get generally arc based, focused writing that has an end goal, cutting out 80% of what Trek relied on to pad out the story. That alone should be a huge improvement over...everything after TOS.
13 means you better deliver, no filler, no bullshit, keep the babble out of it altogether. These are highly trained people who know what everything is and how it works. They're not all scientists, but the ones onboard the ship who are, they trust to just shut up and get the job done, it's why they signed on and got the assignment.
We're going to get generally arc based, focused writing that has an end goal, cutting out 80% of what Trek relied on to pad out the story. That alone should be a huge improvement over...everything after TOS.
Seeing certain idiots on Facebook who spent the past 3 years promising a return to Berman-style True Trek do a complete 180 and proclaim Discovery the spawn of satan has done more to warm me to this show than anything from the studio.
The Usual Gang of Facebook Twats are highly indignant that most of us on TrekBBS seem to like the new Klingon look - I don't know how they're doing their head counting - and so are proclaiming once again that TrekBBS and all of us are being paid by Les Moonves. 
There could be cardiac misadventures in some FB groups. That would be a shame.
There could be cardiac misadventures in some FB groups. That would be a shame.
Between the Bad Robot checks for Star Trek Beyond, the CBS checks for the Axanar debacle and now these Discovery checks from Les himself, we're all raking it in!The Usual Gang of Facebook Twats are highly indignant that most of us on TrekBBS seem to like the new Klingon look - I don't know how they're doing their head counting - and so are proclaiming once again that TrekBBS and all of us are being paid by Les Moonves.
There could be cardiac misadventures in some FB groups. That would be a shame.
Similar threads
