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posted by martyb on Saturday May 16 2020, @07:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the so-many-spinoffs-I'm-getting-dizzy dept.

CBS is launching a new Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds, which will be a TOS prequel set prior to Kirk assuming command of the Enterprise. As in season 2 of Discovery, the new series will feature Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romjin as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Spock. Discovery has been polarizing for Star Trek fans with many fans criticizing the writing of both Discovery and Picard, saying it deviated from the defining characteristics of Star Trek. Despite the criticisms, Mount's portrayal of Pike in Discovery was generally received well. The story for the pilot will be developed by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet, the first two of which are executive producers of Discovery. Because filming of TV shows has generally been halted by COVID-19, it is not known when the series will film or premiere on CBS' streaming service.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Saturday May 16 2020, @02:27PM (3 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday May 16 2020, @02:27PM (#994995) Journal

    Yeah, leave B5 the hell alone. My wife and I bought the box set 20 years ago and recently watched it all again. The CGI has lost a little luster over the decades, but it's still serviceable and was amazing for the time. Also, it was the first major series I can remember that had a story arc. Star Trek then was all purely episodic with no connection between episodes. And the scenes between Garibaldi and G'Kar or those between G'Kar and Mollari are timeless. The lines from Zathras were so awesome they entered our family lexicon: "Zathras used to being beast of burden. Zathras have sad life, probably have sad death, but at least there is symmetry" (muttered in exasperation whenever one of us asks the other to do something he doesn't particularly want to do)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 16 2020, @06:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 16 2020, @06:28PM (#995092)

    B5, previously known as TNT Boyz and Audio, is an American R&B music group originating from St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, which later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. The group consists of the five Breeding family brothers, Dustin Michael (b. October 8, 1986), Kelly Allen (b. February 27, 1988), Patrick Owen (b. September 19, 1990), Carnell Frederick (b. Hunnicutt, November 30, 1991), and Bryan Jesse (b. October 14, 1993). They were formerly known as the TNT Boyz featuring only the four eldest brothers, but renamed themselves B5 when Bryan, the youngest brother, joined the group. From late 2009 to early 2010, they renamed themselves Audio and then returned to the name B5 on May 30, 2012. Bryan and Patrick left the group, leaving Dustin, Kelly, and Carnell to rename themselves Men in Black(MIB). After Dustin and Carnell had their own kids, they dropped out of the group leaving Kelly as a rapper and Dustin a soloist, while Carnell stopped making music to devote his time to his family.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday May 17 2020, @01:05AM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday May 17 2020, @01:05AM (#995195) Journal

    I know...what J. Michael Straczynski could have done with it now, though. But then again it would be different...

    So good, but wish for more, like Firefly: would love to see more or a remake but it would be different and probably worse.....

    ....it's like the original Doctor Who First Doctor episodes: would love to see remade, but no...

    The only way I'd want to see a B5 remake would be if J. Michael was FULLY in charge...but could you really replace Peter Jurassic (not dead...just old).....or G'Kar!!!
    LOVE the way Mollari emphasizes every word like it's a meal to enjoy, lol.

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    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday May 17 2020, @01:25PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday May 17 2020, @01:25PM (#995348) Journal

      Me, too, Gaaark, but I suspect we (or those like us) have to be the ones to write it. There is not much appetite for good storytelling in the entertainment industry anymore, because they have been overwhelmed by the conviction that they need to teach the rest of us a lesson of some kind.

      Firefly and Serenity were particularly tragic because they were from a worthy universe that could have thrived if only the show creators hadn't chosen names that sound like feminine hygiene products. I once read a science fiction short story (maybe by Heinlein?) wherein two time travelers rescued Hemingway from his ignominous end to die more nobly on Mt. Kilimanjaro; Firefly would benefit from a similar intervention.

      Alas, Zathras tell Zathras, but Zathras no listen...

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