CBS Chief Says Star Trek Remains A Priority For Paramount, Answers Why ‘Legacy’ Has Not Been Greenlit
Some interesting quotes herein.
@billmason @startrek I’m skeptical. I fear they ruined trek with discovery. By showing the universe nearly a millennium in the future, now any new stories they will be “filling in the timeline” where we already know at some level how it all works out. The dramatic tension is gone.
Or, stories set after any time we haven’t already seen will be so far into future as to be disconnected from what came before.
Makes me sad. Abrams damaged Trek. Kurtzman may have killed it.
I really don’t understand this notion that a story is ruined because you’re also familiar with stories that take place after it.
I know how WWII turned out, but there are stories set in that period that are worth watching.
@ValueSubtracted I mean, it’s not binary, but it is a factor. I’ve watched the same movie, or even single episodes, many, many times. But there is a reason people, like myself, want to avoid spoilers before watching something new. Knowing how it ends ahead of time just hits different.
I guess so. I’ve just never watched Star Trek VI and felt like it had been affected by the fact that TNG was in its sixth season by that point.
Strange New Worlds is “filling in a timeline” that we absolutely know how it works out - even the characters do! It’s part of the plotline - but it’s a decent show. Sure, I have plenty of objections to the episode authors and character details, but after Abrams it’s almost refreshing. I don’t think knowing the future renders making an enjoyable series impossible, do you?
I’m just gonna say it: Is anyone else not really interested in a show about Starfleet Academy? I’ll give it a shot, and it could be phenomenal, in which case I will enjoy watching it. But on the whole, that’s just not a setting that interests me in the slightest. I want Legacy.
@reddig33 @Reverendender 💯 this
I’m okay with it. My problem with Disco is how high stakes breathless it is all the time, visiting the timeline with a lower stakes Academy lens could be cool. Being far future means it won’t be a TOS/TNG cameo fest (SNW’s biggest flaw) and I wouldn’t mind being able to do some actual character development on Tilly / other Disco crew if they weren’t just constantly in mortal danger.
Of course it’ll probably end up being flashy bullshit again, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.
@Reverendender @startrek “I’ll give it a shot” is basically where I am going into any new Trek project. We’ll see what it is.
