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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.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 16 2020, @09:08PM (3 children)
Voyager jumped the shark in its first episode. The only redeeming quality was the series finale, but you had to wait the entire series for a somewhat watchable episode. Voyager was Trek's first lesson about how not to do the "woman in charge" thing.
Voyager would have kicked major ass if they had Commander Shelby from TNG promoted to captain and in charge of Voyager. She better-represented the spirit of the coffee-drinker and could be sassy and kickass without being annoying, unlike Janeway who gave off that "naggy mom" vibe.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 16 2020, @09:25PM (1 child)
How about Captain Garrett of the Enterprise-C?
She is destined to die a warrior's death in glorious battle.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 16 2020, @10:03PM
Garrett was also pretty cool but due to the circumstances she couldn't be shown at her best. Through no fault of her own she had to give off vibes of being a despondent miserable aunt always drunk on wine and held together by benzodiazepines while fighting an uphill battle she knew she wouldn't win(so, basically Nancy Pelosi). She died an honorable death with purpose, though, you can't really say that about a lot of other Captains in the Trek franchise...or Nancy Pelosi.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2020, @06:06AM
Janeway would have been much worse if the role hadn't been recast and given to Kate Mulgrew. See for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0 [youtube.com]. Mulgrew did a pretty good job with a poorly-written character.
I definitely would have enjoyed seeing Commander Shelby have a few more battles with the Borg. But Janeway could have been much, much worse.