Star Trek: Discovery - Pre-release discussion [** NO SPOILERS **]

FutureGuy

Guys. Gals.

Word emerging that a new Trek series has been confirmed for 2016...an official announcement may arrive today.

Alex Kurtzman is heading it for CBS.


Please please please not be some sh!te hoax.

Myrddin

Very surprising if true. Trek would need to be radically different to survive todays world of tv...and not different in a good way unfortunately.

ibFoxer

Obviously not a confirmation but being reported here and here

bajer101

Confirmed.

http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

The_Valeyard

If true......

Omg omg Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg

If false,

F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck,

1hnr79jr65

The_Valeyard wrote: »

If true......

Omg omg Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg

If false,

F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck,

#Agreed :pac::pac::D

IvySlayer

Hopefully its more like TNG than TOS :P

bajer101

IvySlayer wrote: »

Hopefully its more like TNG than TOS :P

It may have more of a feel of the J.J. Abrams movies, as Alex Kurtzman, who co wrote those movies is the main man behind it.

The_Valeyard

Enterprise season 3 & 4

Kiith

Surprised about this to be honest. Not a bad idea with the final new film next year, but i wasn't expecting a new series for a while. Not sure about it being on CBS All Access...mainly cause I know nothing about it, but we'll see how it pans out.

Will be interesting to see where they take the show. I'd be fairly confident it'll be set in the newly created timeline, as it gives them a huge amount of freedom to recreate it as they like. A lot of Trek fans will not be happy with that though.

Either way, definitely good new so far.

super_furry

Jaysus, Star Trek and the Stone Roses is one day? I've got one wish left so.

IvySlayer

bajer101 wrote: »

It may have more of a feel of the J.J. Abrams movies, as Alex Kurtzman, who co wrote those movies is the main man behind it.

Please no Kirk great great great grandson with first officer descendant of Dax or something

Go with a whole new direction

bajer101

super_furry wrote: »

Jaysus, Star Trek and the Stone Roses is one day? I've got one wish left so.

Carlsberg don't do Mondays....

1hnr79jr65

Star trek renegades as a tv series would be cool based on the youtube film.

seamus

Myrddin wrote: »

Very surprising if true. Trek would need to be radically different to survive todays world of tv...and not different in a good way unfortunately.

A lot of people probably would have said the same when they were greenlighting TNG tbh.

We're in a golden age of TV at the moment, get the right team onboard and we could have a legendary Trek series in the making. Main question is which universe they're planning on going with. The new Abrams universe gives them a lot of potential to tread old ground with a modern spin - attractive to new and old fans alike.

But a continuation of the old universe gives them a lot more freedom to get into really serious technology. Which could be fun, but has the potential to become a farce too.

I think you're right that it'll have to be different to survive modern TV - it'll have to be a little darker and grittier. Look at the current top TV shows - they're not sitcoms or cheesy action series, but grittier stuff that skirts the line between reality and fantasy - Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Homeland, Gotham, Fargo, True Detective.

Could get a really good mix of the seriousness/drama of TNG mixed with the darker parts of DS9, with big-budget writers and directors.

bajer101

IvySlayer wrote: »

Please no Kirk great great great grandson with first officer descendant of Dax or something

Go with a whole new direction

Admiral Picard coaxed out of retirement to deal with some new threat. We can but dream.

Greyjoy

bajer101 wrote: »

It may have more of a feel of the J.J. Abrams movies, as Alex Kurtzman, who co wrote those movies is the main man behind it.

I wouldn't be opposed to a series in the new timeline per se (though I'd prefer the original setting) but if Kurtzman is helming the show then my expectations are severely lowered.

Myrddin

This is a dead cert to be set in the JJ-timeline, and in a way, it makes the most sense to do so. The TNG-universe had been pretty fleshed out, the the Alpha quadrant seemed much smaller by the finale of DS9 than it had done in TOS. Only way to do the TNG-universe would be to jump ahead in time by 100 years or so, and embrace new tech (transwarp?) etc

User45701

regardless of what timeline i just hope its set post borg 1st contact because that covers most of the other established races as well.
i don't want to spend the next 5 years having introductions. Id like to see it post Nemesis

my friends are convinced it will be a crew of 20 year olds, TOS era, different ship, wild west / firefly elements to it

ZeroThreat

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Enterprise season 3 & 4

♫It's been a long time.....



Hang on, I thought it ran for 4 seasons?

strelok

Slarkon wrote: »

my friends are convinced it will be a crew of 20 year olds, TOS era, different ship, wild west / firefly elements to it

that sounds just about awful enough to be right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd23slMhWQU

syklops

Myrddin wrote: »

Very surprising if true. Trek would need to be radically different to survive todays world of tv...and not different in a good way unfortunately.

Star Trek: Defiant NCC-90210

DivingDuck

There's a line at the bottom:

The new television series is not related to the upcoming feature film Star Trek Beyond which is scheduled to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in summer 2016.

In a perfect world, we could convince ourselves this means it isn't set in the Abrams verse, right?

wil

Given the infinite possibilities, there should at some point be a collision between all the sci-fis resulting in a TOS/TNG/B5/SW/FF etc mega mashup.

Solve all the confused gf conundrums:D

The Black Oil

Hopefully someone other than the writers of the recent Trek films will be the showrunner...

Goldstein

Why are people celebrating? This is the worst news possible for the franchise. Alex Kurtzman is in charge and it's set in the alternate universe.

All hope of a real Star Trek TV show is now dead.

Axanar and what follows in its steps is where the heart of the franchise lies now.

Myrddin

Goldstein wrote: »

All hope of a real Star Trek TV show is now dead.

Axanar and what follows in its steps is where the heart of the franchise lies now.

I'm inclined (at this early stage) to agree. It's hard to imagine any new show tackling human condition stories over space lazers etc, though I hope I'm proved wrong.

I really hope too that this news doesn't effect Continues & Axanar in terms of rights etc

AMKC

This could work out really well if they do it in the Mirror Universe. A Mirror Universe series how cool could that be. It could be dark and gritty just like tv is now but still be the prime universe Star Trek and you never know maybe even have some crossover with the good prime universe.

I really want to be happy and get excited about this but will wait until I see the first few trailers. Hopefully it will be good. I don,t mind which Universe as long as they are proper story's about real issues happening in the world now just like the Original series did it. Homeland can do it why can,t a new Star Trek do it.

WhatAMelon

If they reimagine it from scratch, OK, it could be very good. If it is, just Abrams flim flam, well, no.

Anyway, I assume it's a clean break from from the last tv series'.

helimachoptor

Oh yeah baby!

But please, not 90210 in space

degrassinoel

WhatAMelon wrote: »

If they reimagine it from scratch, OK, it could be very good. If it is, just Abrams flim flam, well, no.

Anyway, I assume it's a clean break from from the last tv series'.

Enterprise wasn't that bad tbh, i preferred it over voyager anyway