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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 bzipitidoo on Saturday May 16 2020, @03:16PM (1 child)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Saturday May 16 2020, @03:16PM (#995010) Journal

    The spirit of Star Trek is the spirit of science, of conquering irrational fears with cold, calm, logic. And, the thrill of exploration and discovery And the eschewing of violence and conquest, and the problems such activities tend to lead to. Klingons are that, and it just doesn't work that great, not for them. Romulans too, are flawed and get into trouble thereby. Star Trek hams it up mightily, but mostly in a fun way. They explore the physical plane. Real science has plenty of field trips, but on the whole is much more mental.

    However, aspects of Star Trek are becoming dated. The bridge in TOS has not aged well. Toggle switches for a user interface? LOL. The viewscreen, yes, spot on, great idea. Then, the whole idea of personally scouting a dangerous situation or place with people, and having the fabled redshirt death or two, is just silly. How do we explore Mars, today? With robots, not people. As the years go by, sending people to the Moon looks ever more obviously a mere publicity stunt. Now that too is primarily explored with robots. Doubtless 24th century robot and drone tech will be able to do a superb job. No need for a magical transporter device, robots could certainly be dropped down to a planetary surface easily enough with the methods used today, the parachutes and heat shields, the retro rockets, and even the giant inflatable bouncy ball method.

    Finally, the whole Faster Than Light travel and communication. While that's necessary for Star Trek, the show, to work, it's fantasy. Great that they employ a somewhat plausible propulsion method, warp drive. But it falls apart when you start considering how incredibly much energy it would take, and the "dilithium crystal" is, sigh, crystals. Crystal mumbo jumbo. But even if it was dilithium something-else, it's still "hand-wavium."

    But those are mere technical details, really. It's things like the Prime Directive, the spirit of camaraderie and willingness to help, rather than exploit, and the respect and veneration for science and discovery, the hopeful tone, that defines Star Trek. Someone said Kirk was the spirit of TOS? I disagree. Spock is the spirit of TOS, though not without constant questioning, particularly in the constant but friendly sparring Kirk and Spock engage in over the value of emotions.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 17 2020, @12:14PM

    You forgot the bit where the Federation are authoritarian douchebags. You can live in peace and harmony in their technotopia but only if you do so how they say you must. And even if you've no allegiance to their flag at all, they're more than happy to interfere with your shit.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.