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Will the Patrick Stewart and new shows hurt "Discovery?"

I'd say no. However, if that rumored Captain Pike show ever comes into being, I do think there's the potential of hurting DIS tremendously. I say this because the two shows would take place in the same time period in roughly the same sector of space (unless DIS skips off due to a spore drive malfunction somewhere else). Also, DIS slowly moved away from the "lower decks" format over the season, and seems like it's going to settle into the Trek norm of bridge crew as main cast. While they still could have the shows differ a bit in tone and structure (e.g., Pike Trek as more of an ensemble, a bit more semi-episodic, etc) there would be precious little to distinguish the two, making it easy for CBS to shitcan whichever show wasn't working (and find some way to transfer over the more popular characters to recurring - or even starring - roles on the other).
 
1. A post-Nemesis show that takes us into somewhere near Star Trek Onlines current timeline. With Picard or without.
2. Anything else in the world.
3. Star Trek: Diversity.
 
1. A post-Nemesis show that takes us into somewhere near Star Trek Onlines current timeline. With Picard or without.
2. Anything else in the world.
3. Star Trek: Diversity.

Yes, definitely! And hopefully, while we're wanking along in the ever-coveted post-Nemesis show, there is an in-Universe reason (probably associated with the aftermath of the Dominion War and Hobis Star tragedy, because nerdgasm!!!) to have far less women, heterosexuals, and people of color on the show as well!!

Talk about heaven for any Star Trek fan!!

:techman:
 
Yes, definitely! And hopefully, while we're wanking along in the ever-coveted post-Nemesis show, there is an in-Universe reason (probably associated with the aftermath of the Dominion War and Hobis Star tragedy, because nerdgasm!!!) to have far less women, heterosexuals, and people of color on the show as well!!

Talk about heaven for any Star Trek fan!!

:techman:

Wow, that’s quite the hyperbolic reaction there. Please show me where I’ve said there should be less women, heterosexuals and people of colour in any iteration of Star Trek.

You won’t be able to, because I didn’t.
 
1. Tarantino Trek
2. Trek Thor
3. TNG Resurgence
4. Ceti Alpha Khan
5. Animated Trek
6. SFA
7. Discovery 2

So yeah..
 
Captain Picard likes younger women, he and Michael Burnham or Tilly should get along real well.....;)
 
That's quite the insult to every hard working, creative and talented person on the production of 7 years of DS9. STD is nothing like DS9

Disagree wholeheartedly.

DIS shares many of the same qualities as DS9, most important of which is a Trek series that is daring to try different tones, themes and presentations from the standard "ship files planet-to-planet / anomaly-to-anomaly getting into predictable adventures approach," as well as having characters that grow and develop in a real way over time.

So you may not like one in favor of the other, but don't try to say they're "nothing alike" just because you happen to have an opinion. Cuz that ain't accurate. At all.
 
It will filter out people who are hate-watching Discovery because they want a Trek TV series and that's all that's available right now. By them shifting over to one or more of the other shows, it should pacify the haters. At the same time, whatever viewer metrics CBS uses to determine whether Discovery is a "success" will become clearer, as a hate-watcher is still a watcher. So the ratings or whatever you want to call it on streaming TV will most likely go down, as will the show's overall mindshare.
 
It will filter out people who are hate-watching Discovery because they want a Trek TV series and that's all that's available right now. By them shifting over to one or more of the other shows, it should pacify the haters. At the same time, whatever viewer metrics CBS uses to determine whether Discovery is a "success" will become clearer, as a hate-watcher is still a watcher. So the ratings or whatever you want to call it on streaming TV will most likely go down, as will the show's overall mindshare.

Make no mistake, though, there will be hatred no matter what they decide to do. It's the beauty of the fan base (still better than the Star Wars wing nuts though).
 
Patrick Stewart would help it out I think. He's a big movie star as well as our very own meme favourite Captain Picard. TNG is also held in good esteem and will be a nostalgia favourite with a certain generation.

As for these new series'? Seems a bit of oversaturation. But if they do a job I like, I'll watch it. If they go down a direction I don't like, I'll probably still watch it. :techman:

Either way I'll be sure to share my impressions of it on here. :ack:
 
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