50 Years of Star Trek - RIP
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@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
new co-showrunner
Yeah, this is the 4th show-runner team now? Hopefully they go in a new direction. Especially with how Kurtzman has talked about how he wants to be more high-level management for several Trek shows.
Heard something interesting today. Apparently in Fuller's original treatment, the mushroom stuff was going to be about the use of advanced fungal colonies to terraform planets. Nothing to do with ghosts, the afterlife etc ...
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@taniwharugby Apart from a couple of flat episodes, The Orville has been pretty good this year. They are better at telling one major story per episode, and creating relatable characters.
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@Tim yeah a few in S1 were flat too, thought the gender re-assignment ep was silly.
Good series though given I am not a Trek fan!
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@taniwharugby said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
yeah a few in S1 were flat too
Season 2 has a higher "good ep" hitrate so far, IMO. I think that any sci-fi show that does old Trek style "idea of the week" stories is going to be a bit hit or miss. The "misses" are a lot better with a good cast of characters though.
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BTW @Kirwan, you might be interested in this:
It's Michael Piller's short book about how his production of Star Trek: Insurrection went wrong, despite best intentions from all involved. Pretty good outline of how movies are made (from the writing and planning, rather than filming, point of view).
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Picard series characters:
EXCLUSIVE: STAR TREK: PICARD Series Update With Character Breakdowns
Information on the Picard Series is still coming out slowly. But these character breakdowns give us the clearest picture yet of what to expect.
Seems to be a "team of rogues and misfits".
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How can you fuck up the Talosians? They look terrible, the originals were played by woman with male voices, and looked creepy as fuck.
These generic aliens look awful.
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@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
Picard series characters:
EXCLUSIVE: STAR TREK: PICARD Series Update With Character Breakdowns
Information on the Picard Series is still coming out slowly. But these character breakdowns give us the clearest picture yet of what to expect.
Seems to be a "team of rogues and misfits".
Not sure what to think about this. Not sure I care too much seeing Picard in a Firefly like knock off.
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@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:
@Kirwan The two are very similar. Despite little change in the squad/crew etc, we get some hopes up at the start of the seasons anyway.
Especially when you can see pieces of a great series. Just do the Pike prequel series on the Enterprise, and blatantly copy the episodic structure (and focus on story and characters) of The Orville.
