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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.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday May 17 2020, @01:25PM
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...
Washington DC delenda est.