?! Wow. I didn't think you'd agree with me.
Will the Patrick Stewart and new shows hurt "Discovery?"
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?! Wow. I didn't think you'd agree with me.
You can't make a soufflé rise twice, you know what I'm saying?
Well...could be. It's guaranteed that if a Star Trek project featuring Stewart as PIcard is really announced, and certainly if it in any way promises to be a continuation of TNG, news interest in that would spike at least initially to levels that STD has never touched. The simple reason for that is TNG being so widely known and such a favorite of so many people a couple of decades ago. It's almost its own brand apart from just "Star Trek."
the risk is if they treat it like a good-old-folks back-slappy-remember-when-we-used-to-have-a-show feeling. I got that feeling from Insurrection and Nemesis, a sort of "watch this because these folks used to matter" feeling. It doesnt have to be that way but they need to avoid that at all costs. MASH was great. AfterMASH not so much.
TOS is my favorite era by far, so I'd be more interested in Discovery ... if I liked Discovery. But I'd definitely check out both. Really, I'd give a shot to most any Trek show other than a Starfleet Academy series, and maybe even that, if they did it right.
At the same time, if everything is cast in the mold of Discovery's first season, or is comparable to that in terms of quality, I will end up losing interest in all of it.
At the same time, if everything is cast in the mold of Discovery's first season, or is comparable to that in terms of quality, I will end up losing interest in all of it.
I do not think it would hurt. In fact, it would probably help.
1) No overlap. As others pointed out, it would probably air at a different part of the year. Certainly if it is on CBSAA. And almost certainly if not, given the short seasons (12-15 episodes) for each show. Basically 1 season of TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, or ENT.
2) Season length shorter. As above. Plus, from 1993-2001 there were 2 Trek shows on every year save 2000 I think. Close to 50 episodes per year, all in the same timeframe save for Enterprise. Discovery/Stewart should offer differing storylines due to the timeframes being so distant.
3) Could help draw more eyeballs to Disc if on CBSAA as well.
1) No overlap. As others pointed out, it would probably air at a different part of the year. Certainly if it is on CBSAA. And almost certainly if not, given the short seasons (12-15 episodes) for each show. Basically 1 season of TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, or ENT.
2) Season length shorter. As above. Plus, from 1993-2001 there were 2 Trek shows on every year save 2000 I think. Close to 50 episodes per year, all in the same timeframe save for Enterprise. Discovery/Stewart should offer differing storylines due to the timeframes being so distant.
3) Could help draw more eyeballs to Disc if on CBSAA as well.
I prefer the TNG relaunch books to the tv show. If it's pompous Picard I won't be watching. If they film the Destiny books I'll watch that .
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The argument of them not overlapping thus not being a issue and maybe even increasing interests in "Discovery" because they have signed on because of Stewart and the TNG update seems solid. One possible flaw though is just how people will watch the shows. It people steam whenever they want and binge watch shows it might mean that one show will be ignored for awhile. Maybe they watch TNG during one week and "Discovery" some future month it seems like it could maybe hurt. The question is are people interested in Trek being around all year except us fans? Is their a limit ot just how much Trek people are going to be into at any one time?
Jason
Jason
Yes, the Trek franchise is doomed to utter failure. Red Hour is upon us. Festival! FESTIVAL!!!!
You SCORN festival! The lawgivers should know....
This exactly.
I give 50/50 odds at best the Picard thing ever sees the light of day. And even if it does, by the time it comes around, Disco will either have a solid footing or be canceled.
I don't think CBS is going to dump whole season's worth of episodes in one time (like native Netflix shows do) That's too advanced a broadcast model for them. I think they were aiming for GoT (where hype builds every week) instead of Stranger Things or OITNB (excellent shows that are binged on in two-three days). Personally I like to bindge (just binge watched The Expanse season 3 in about 20 hours, needed some sleep in the middle), but there is something to be said to prolonging the experience, but only if it's good. STD season 1 was NOT very good (decent, but overall not very good) so if it was dumped all at once, it probably would have ended up being better for it.
Well, if contract is signed already, AND it really is a mini-series (4 episodes or so), AND depending on scope (just Picard, not a lot of TNG crew, not too many CGI scenes) it could be filmed in couple months and be ready for CBS to dump it between season 2 and season 3 (if there will be season 3) to fill in the empty space. So about this time in 2019 is absolutely earliest it could be ready.
Don't forget "Trek Eye", the show where a Klingon warrior, a Romulan politician, a Vulcan priest, an Orion female, and a simple Cardassian tailor help everyday early 21st century humans make needed improvements in their lives and lifestyles, while occasionally being pursued by the Department of Temporal Investigations for abusing time travel this way. (I'd actually watch hell out of this.
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my list:
1. Quentin Trek
2. Discovery
3. Kelvin 4
4. Picard
5. DS9 documentary (What we left behind)
6. starfleet academy series
7. Khan miniseries
