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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday October 12 2017, @08:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the boldly-go dept.

Phoenix666 and looorg have both written in with stories about 'Star Trek: Discovery':

'Star Trek: Discovery' Producers: Be Patient With Us

The Fine Article contains spoilers for those who haven't seen the show:

The lightness and easygoing chemistry among the "Discovery" cast present a stark contrast with the characters of "Discovery." In the first few episodes, the show has turned Burnham into a shunned mutineer, introduced a suspicious skipper in Capt. Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) and given us an arrogant and snappy scientist in Lt. Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp).
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It's the darkness of the characters and the background, which is set amid a war with the Klingons, as well as potentially continuity-bending aspects like Burnham being the adoptive daughter of Sarek, Spock's dad, that have some longtime Trekkies nervous.

If you're among those worried about the changes brought on by "Discovery," the producers have some advice for you: Just wait a little bit.

"We are canon," executive producer Alex Kurtzman said in an interview Saturday. "You'll have to be patient with us."

Kurtzman addressed the notion that the show would be grittier, assuring fans that the core themes of Star Trek remain.

Is it Game of Thrones in Space?

Windows into the Future

So this is a sure sign of the apocalypse. Windows will still be around in 2256 according to Star Trek. Guess we have to wait for that year of the Linux desktop for a few hundred more years.

https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/10/3/16412372/star-trek-discovery-cbs-windows-code-command-line


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Grishnakh on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:42PM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:42PM (#581147)

    Our shows are about the best of humans solving problems and learning about their own humanity. In our story sessions, we talk about how the world should be. Our characters symbolize where humans could be if they wanted to be.

    Exactly, and this is why the earlier ST shows were so great: they didn't show humans as the nasty, evil, violent, frequently incompetent, back-stabbing assholes that they really are in this universe. Instead, they showed humans at their very best, working together to solve difficult problems, establishing peaceful relations with other civilizations where possible, and in general doing good, and doing so with great competence at their jobs. That's completely and utterly realistic of course, as real humans aren't like that, but it's what I wish humans were like, and why I like watching Star Trek (TOS, TNG, etc.) From everything I've seen and read about Discovery, it just isn't like this. There seems to be one good character (the captain), and she gets killed off in the 2nd episode. The main character they focus on is entirely unlikable and does not symbolize how any decent human would want to be.

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  • (Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Friday October 13 2017, @12:42AM

    by BasilBrush (3994) on Friday October 13 2017, @12:42AM (#581461)

    What you say is all true. But it looks like there will be a series long, or even multi-series arc to get the culture to where it was at the start of TOS.

    It seems like they've knocked Michael down right at the start, in order to build her up. They have set up a story of redemption. And, it being storytelling, her personal redemption will likely be representative of the whole federation's redemption.

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